Government to withdraw cut in interest on small savings: Finance Minister

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the government will withdraw orders to cut the interest rate on small savings schemes and assured to restore the rates to the last…

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Russia registers Carnivak-Cov — first COVID-19 vaccine for animals to stop virus mutations- Technology News, FP

Agence France-PresseApr 01, 2021 10:05:17 ISTRussia announced Wednesday it had registered what it said was the world's first coronavirus vaccine for animals, describing the step as important for disrupting virus…

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Paytm Money opens R&D centre in Pune to drive innovation in wealth management

Paytm Money, the wealth management arm of Indian fintech giant Paytm, on Thursday said it had opened a new research and development centre in Pune to drive product innovation in…

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YouTube is testing ‘few new designs’ that don’t show the public dislike count on videos- Technology News, FP

tech2 News StaffApr 01, 2021 09:47:51 ISTResponding to creator feedback on "well-being and targeted dislike campaigns", YouTube says it is testing few new designs for the platform where the public…

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Tropics lost 12.2 million hectares of tree cover in 2020, largely due to agriculture- Technology News, FP

Agence France-PresseApr 01, 2021 09:52:32 ISTAn area of pristine rainforest the size of the Netherlands was burned or hacked down last year, as the destruction of the planet's tropical forests…

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[Funding alert] Easebuzz raises $4M in Series A round from 8i Ventures, Varanium Capital, and Guild Capital

Easebuzz, a B2B-focused, API-driven full-stack payments solution provider, has raised $4 million in a Series A round led by 8i Ventures, Varanium Capital, and Guild Capital. Former Citrus Pay founders…

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Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces are the Goldilocks zone of conversation – they’re just right- Technology News, FP

Nandini YadavMar 31, 2021 17:08:48 ISTOne of biggest tech trends of 2021 was the skyrocketing popularity of the audio-only app Clubhouse. From 2,000 downloads in September 2020, the app’s monthly…

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[Investor Summit 2021] Capture value before thinking about an exit, says Pankaj Makkar, MD, BII

The way India leapfrogged to the forefront of the global startup ecosystem has been phenomenal. The country produced 30+ unicorns between 2010 and 2020. Heading into 2021, research firms and…

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