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Monday, December 15, 2025
TopicStart-ups

Topic: start-ups

Govt funds start-up to produce device that reduces presence of coronavirus in closed space

Pune start-up has been given Rs 1 cr to increase production of Scitech Airon, which claims to reduce presence of the coronavirus in a closed room within an hour.

The secret to startups like Uber, Airbnb succeeding is in their playbook

Startups such as Uber, Airbnb and Gojek are armed with centralised knowledge as opposed to smaller players who are dependent on fragmented expertise.

In hunt for next big campus start-up, govt wants institutes to allot 1% budget, relax rules

AICTE’s new start-up policy also wants institutes to allow faculty & staff to mentor and work on such projects, and grant students various exemptions.

How a Newton-apple moment in South Africa led Ashish Hemrajani to start BookMyShow

In the pre-smartphone era, BookMyShow's work involved physical delivery of tickets and COD. It was a logistical nightmare.

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant surprised that Delhi-NCR has more start-ups than Bengaluru

A report by entrepreneur network TiE has revealed Delhi-NCR has 7,039 start-ups while Bengaluru has 5,234. Amitabh Kant urged the city’s rich to invest in them.

India’s start-up scene isn’t as sexy as China’s, but it’s growing

Contract management & food delivery may not be as chic as electric cars or AI, but India is about to prove you don’t need to be hip to be hot.

What slowdown? Global funds are chasing India’s start-up boom with a spree of deals

The rising interest in India occurs as investment in China’s recently start-up sector faces a steep drop-off & India assures political stability.

This Bengaluru-based startup is helping save India’s soldiers on the frontlines

Axio Biosolutions, which produces a cheap haemostat, is the first Indian company to receive US FDA clearance for a wound dressing.

Govt spells out defence industry vision: $5 billion exports by 2025, leader in AI, cyberspace

Rs 1,000 crore startup funds, 3 million jobs in defence ministry’s plan for next seven years.

K. Vaitheeswaran’s new book has many lessons for Modi’s Startup India

K. Vaitheeswaran co-founded India’s first e-commerce website, Fabmart.com and his book speaks of how it collapsed.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

Rupee’s turmoil has echoes of 2013

With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.