• ELECTRONICS
    ‘3 lakh jobs coming to electronics-manufacturing sector in Telangana’: KT Rama Rao

    HYDERABAD:  Over three lakh jobs will be generated in the electronics-manufacturing sector in the next four years, Minister for Industries and IT&C KT Rama Rao said on Monday while inaugurating Intel India’s new design and engineering centre in Hyderabad. He added that 30,000 employment opportunities have already been generated in the electronics-manufacturing sector, and the […]

  • NEWS
    Government Unveils Twitter Sewa for Telecom, Postal Sector Complaints

    Government Unveils Twitter Sewa for Telecom, Postal Sector Complaints The government on Tuesday launched a Twitter Sewa service for addressing the complaints and concerns of the common man and other stake-holders in the telecom and postal sectors. The initiative was launched by Minister of State for Communications (Independent Charge) Manoj Sinha. The Twitter Sewa handle […]

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    Apoorva Patni plans to invest Rs100 crore in healthcare sector

    Apoorva Patni, son of Patni Computers co-founder Ashok Patni, plans to deploy nearly Rs.100 crore in the healthcare sector through his fund Currae Healthtech Fund. Patni, who has invested about Rs.10 crore in seven healthcare technology start-ups since 2015, plans to expand the fund’s portfolios to 20 companies with an expected investment of about Rs.100 […]

  • ALL DEALS
    Regulators ahead of the curve for fintech sector, says Nandan Nilekani

    Nilekani says he does not invest in fintech start-ups because he does policy-related work for the government and does not want to have a conflict of interest. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint Bengaluru: Getting millions of rural Indians online, organizing sectors like pharma and logistics, and utilizing Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar and mobile phones are three areas […]

  • NEWS
    Govt plans start-up center for capital goods sector

    Photo: Mint Mumbai: The Indian government has decided to create a ‘start-up centre’ for the capital goods industry and will also launch a technology development fund for the sector. The ministry of heavy industries and public enterprises, on Monday, while announcing national capital goods policy 2016, said it will create a start up centre for […]