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New Delhi-based India Assist is working towards making the travel easier for the visitors coming to India

While lawmakers are doing their bit to tackle the environmental crisis-for instance the Odd-Even scheme in Delhi-several start-ups are also looking to help deal with the situation

According to Innov8 founder and CEO, Dr Ritesh Malik, co-working has made the most amazing impact on start-ups as with co-working spaces one just needs to plug and play.

Speaking at the online event Startup Funding Summit organised by MyDreamStore.in, Sama said entrepreneurs need to be themselves while pitching

Facebook India has joined hands with venture capital firm SAIF Partners to support early-stage small and medium businesses

Indian government has asked WhatsApp to explain how the spyware Pegasus was used to spy on Indian users by November 4

Hungerbox partners with food vendors and allows office workers to place orders at their workplace cafeterias using the mobile app and make payments online

Hero Electric CEO Sohinder Gill believes the Centre has little role to play in the electric vehicle space.

According to WhatsApp, NSO was involved in the cyber attack on WhatsApp's video calling service using which they send malware to users

According to World Bank's, Doing Business 2020 report, India ranked 63rd in the Ease of Doing Business index, 14 positions up from 77th rank last year

The social media firm launched 'Facebook Protect' to safeguard the accounts of elected officials, candidates and their staff who may be more vulnerable to be targets of malicious activity

The segment has attracted Unicorn Ola which launched its self-drive car-sharing service 'Ola Drive' last week wherein users can book a car of their choice by paying a security deposit starting at INR 2,000

Pioneering Ventures follows a hybrid model between a venture capital and entrepreneur firm where it creates its own ventures and incubates them

Ankur Capital's focus is to invest in technology for the new one billion Internet users, a majority of which are going to come from India' rural areas, Tier II and III cities

A perfect scenario is when investments in start-ups give financial returns and have social impact too, according to Unitus Ventures' Vikas Sarda

Poverty and lack of opportunities across the country became the driving force for Vineet Rai to launch an impact fund, Aavishkaar, to accelerate development in India's underserved regions

Impact fund Omnivore looks for start-ups that are working towards developing breakthrough technologies in food and agriculture verticals, according to managing partner Mark Kahn

According to a report by RedSeer, the Indian OTT market is projected to grow 80 per cent from 170 mn in 2019 to 300 mn by 2022

Flipkart has registered a new entity named Flipkart Farmermart Pvt and is preparing to apply for food retailing licence

Some entrepreneurs spend as much as 35 per cent of seed capital in security deposits to landlord, fees to the architect and building office. With co-working spaces, one just needs to plug and play

While building a profitable business model is extremely important, entrepreneurs should strive to serve users and solve their problems

While the US and Japan will allow open access to even government data, India is a strong proponent of data localization

The Centre is keen to develop charging infrastructure after realising that it will mirror the growth in adoption of electric vehicles in India

The Indian electric vehicles ecosystem is at a nascent stage, however push from the government and the industry players' zeal to develop the space has made many start-ups join the bandwagon

Consensus is that banks and financial institutions have a big role to play in encouraging EV adoption in India

The funds will be used to drive growth in the United States and strengthen its position in the vacation rental business in Europe

Social media companies have been facing trouble with the Indian government over privacy, data usage and spread of misinformation

Amazon is speculated to foray into cloud kitchen segment and launch private food brands in Bengaluru

Uber has restructured its corporate holdings to bring its cab and food delivery business under Uber India Systems

Indians are some of the most optimistic people across the world concerning technology, according to WEFreport