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ELECTRONICS 
April 9, 2018 Intex Aqua Lions N1 With Hike Total Review
HIGHLIGHTS This super-affordable phone is based on the Hike Total Android platform Some services like Hike Messenger can be used without a data plan The Intex Aqua Lions N1 is priced at Rs. 3,149 before offers Entry-level Android smartphones are about to get a shot in the arm thanks to Android Go, and we saw a couple of announcements about new […]
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ALL DEALS 
September 19, 2016 Hike Messenger Raises $175 Million in Funding From Tencent, Foxconn, Others
HIGHLIGHTS Hike Messenger announced funding of $175 million Hike Messenger is now valued at close to $1.4 billion The funding round was led by Tencent and Foxconn Hike Messenger, started as a joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and SoftBank, just announced its Series D funding round of $175 million (approximately Rs. 1,170 crores) at a […]
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NEWS 
March 16, 2016 Five-fold hike in govt budget for funding startups
In the 2016-17 financial year, the government will provide seed capital to 50-80 new ventures with funding ranging from Rs.50 lakh to Rs.1 crore per company. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint New Delhi: A five-fold hike has been made by the government in its budget for funding startups in the next fiscal, a move which is in […]
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NEWS 
March 11, 2016 Hike raises undisclosed amount
The company, which claims to transact 30 billion messages per month, has been strengthening its management since last year. Photo: Bloomberg New Delhi: Hike Ltd, the instant messaging company founded by telecom billionaire Sunil Mittal’s son, said it has received funding from global technology veterans, including Quora founder and chief executive Adam D’Angelo and Aditya […]
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ALL DEALS 
March 11, 2016 Fee hike in Indraprastha University colleges will be rolled back: Kejriwal
A file photo of Arvind Kejriwal. Photo: HT New Delhi: In the wake of students’ agitation over retrospective fee hike in colleges affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday that the hike will be rolled back. “Learnt that fees of all IP Univ colleges has been hiked. […]
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ALL DEALS 
March 11, 2016 Budget 2016 sets stage for hike in IIT, varsity tuition fees
Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint Fees for students studying in publicly funded higher education institutions such as the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and central universities could more than double, with budget 2016 proposing a new funding pattern for the elite schools. The budget proposed setting up a Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA), a quasi-sovereign body which […]
