New Delhi : The Centre on Monday constituted a committee headed by the Economic Affairs Secretary to consider ways for further development of the financial technology (Fintech) sector in India, according to an official announcement. Among other things, the Steering...
By Mehtap Yilmaz, Ankara: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and Global Environment Fund (GEF) will support entrepreneurs who work on innovation in clean technology, the council's head has said. TUBITAK President Prof. Ahmet Arif...
By Mohammed Shafeeq, Hyderabad : One of the five pillars of Islam, "zakat" is mandatory charity for every well-to-do Muslim. And Hyderabad Zakat and Charitable Trust (HZCT) has shown how this obligatory form of charity can be channelised to bring change in society...
Agartala : The Tripura Gramin Bank (TGB), one of India's 56 regional rural banks (RRBs), posted net profit of Rs 35.98 crore up to September in current fiscal (2017-18). The bank has been notching profits successively for the past 17 years, the bank's chairman said...
Bengaluru : India added about 1,000 technology start-ups in 2017, retaining its position as the third largest hub for entrepreneurship, IT apex body Nasscom said on Thursday. "About 1,000 tech start-ups were registered this year (2017), taking their total to 5,200 and...
New Delhi : Airline major Lufthansa on Thursday said it expects over 10,000 startups to participate in its ‘Startup Expo' to be held later this month. According to the airline major, it will organise the "Start-up Expo" on August 23 at Gurugram. The one-day event has...
San Francisco : PayPal, one of the world's largest Internet payment companies, said on Thursday it would acquire Swift Financial, an online lender for small businesses in the US. Headquartered in San Jose, Northern California, PayPal said the move is part of its...
New Delhi : The first batch of 10 Indian start-ups was on Friday graduated from the "Nexus Incubator", a collaboration between the University of Texas and the US State Department, during at event here. The startups were chosen from over 113 applications from across...
New Delhi, (IANS) : The Indian government has extended the Start-Ups Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP) scheme for three years till March 2020 to ensure protection of entrepreneurs' patents, trademark and designs. The scheme, in force till March 31, 2017, has...
New Delhi, (IANS) : The All India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations -- Parisangh -- urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to open a separate bank with a capital of Rs 1 lakh crore to help Dalit and tribal entrepreneurs. Parisangh Chairperson Udit Raj said continuous...