There’s something deliciously mordant about minister Piyush Goyal standing before India’s most successful non-conformists, only to scold them for conforming a little too successfully.
According to Tracxn’s Karnataka Tech Annual Report 2024, the start-up hub raised $3.7 billion. It is also a staggering 68% fall in funding compared to $11.7 billion raised in 2022.
The memorandum of understanding (MOU) will see ITC deploy startup solutions in various sectors, including digital platforms for manufacturing execution systems (MES).
Though India saw funding numbers rise a modest 6% in calendar year 2024 when compared to last year, overall decline since 2021 appears to be a matter of concern for Indian companies.
Agritech startups like Fyllo, AgWise, and BeePrecise are revolutionising farming across India, offering farmers in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Telangana AI-driven solutions.
Goa is among India’s top states for female-led startups, with over a third run by women—well above national average of 18%. Ease of doing business & work-life balance are big draws.
A growing ecosystem of entrepreneurs, evangelists, and incubators is pushing hard to make millets trendy, tasty, and thrifty. Hyderabad is leading the way.
Uravu Labs makes water from air, Saaf Biogas makes zero-emission gas & Voxelgrids has built the first made-in-India MRI. Innovation thrives in intersection of academia, entrepreneurship, and govt funding.
The DSM-Firmenich merger was just one of the 20-odd deals worth $1.5 billion pending before the CCI last year. Some experts blame the commission for trying to be too 'industry friendly'.
Donald Trump seems to have rejected the old assumptions. He does not care that India is the world’s largest democracy. As for the Indian market, he wants access on his own terms.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.
Indian Army has inducted loitering munitions, kamikaze and surveillance drones for over Rs 5,000 crore post Operation Sindoor from various domestic firms.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
I read this theory in a well-researched article by a China-expert-Indian that claimed- Chinese political leaders have systematically nurtured scientific temper in their masses. That has been rare among Indian political class. In fact Nehru had most of it among our PMs. Scientific temper brings rationality which is absent in our bureaucracy that strngulates innovation. We have culture that encourages bribing our Gods.
The Print, this is not constructive criticism and frankly, you are incapable of doing that. Your organisation consists of extremly narrow minded people and its a pathetic attempt to discredit all that India has achieved so far in this century.
Stick to hindu muslim propaganda.
Mandarin ccp is shit to Cantonese who dislike Jaishankar but like you and me. So for Kaplany and Aadhar fuckups, voterids tag a log, commerce as Indian superior despite Sunakpride lepers to Leo Irish strength. Best wishes,
I read this theory in a well-researched article by a China-expert-Indian that claimed- Chinese political leaders have systematically nurtured scientific temper in their masses. That has been rare among Indian political class. In fact Nehru had most of it among our PMs. Scientific temper brings rationality which is absent in our bureaucracy that strngulates innovation. We have culture that encourages bribing our Gods.
The Print, this is not constructive criticism and frankly, you are incapable of doing that. Your organisation consists of extremly narrow minded people and its a pathetic attempt to discredit all that India has achieved so far in this century.
Stick to hindu muslim propaganda.
Sorry but I’m an evil mind.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prafulla_Chandra_Ray
Soft (White) Underbelly on YT
Mandarin ccp is shit to Cantonese who dislike Jaishankar but like you and me. So for Kaplany and Aadhar fuckups, voterids tag a log, commerce as Indian superior despite Sunakpride lepers to Leo Irish strength. Best wishes,