PUNE, India — India’s hyperlocal delivery start-up Dunzo recently raised $40 million in its fresh funding round. The Series E funding saw participation from Google, Lightbox, Evolvence, Hana Financial Investment, LGT Lightstone Aspada, and Alteria, among others. “Dunzo’s mission resonated stronger than ever in 2020,” said Kabeer Biswas, chief executive officer and co-founder, Dunzo, in a press statement. “We have been amazed by everything merchants and users have started to depend on the platform for,” The start-up is based out of the southern city of Bengaluru. “We believe we are writing a playbook for how hyperlocal businesses can be built…
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PUNE, India — Nearly one-third of those invited to receive the vaccine failed to turn up in the first five days of the phase-one vaccination drive against Covid-19 in India. The first phase of the drive began on Jan 16. The health and frontline workers are being inoculated during this phase. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, said that 786,842 beneficiaries received vaccination through 14,199 sessions as per a provisional report. In all, “82 cases of adverse events following immunization have been reported on the fifth day,” said the ministry. In the western Maharashtra city of…
PUNE, India — An analytical report published by the Indian state of Tamil Nadu found that 96.23 percent of road accidents took place due to the driver’s fault. As a result, the Tamil Nadu Road Safety Policy focused on drivers among other factors. Implementation of the policy resulted in reducing road accident deaths from 15,000 in 2014 to 10,000 in 2019. Today, this state is a beacon of hope for other states as well as the country. “If Tamil Nadu can do it, all states can make progress,” said Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari at the inaugural function of…
ULM, Germany — Germany has become the third country in the world to allow Rabbis to work for the federal police department. A rabbi is a religious teacher in Judaism, ordained by another rabbi, takes a course of study of Jewish texts such as the Talmud (a central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law and Jewish theology). Two rabbis were chosen for the role in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg after the suggestion of the anti-Semitism commissioner Michael Blume of the state government. “As the guardian of our free and democratic basic order, the…
TYROL, Austria — Motorcycle fans across Europe would be under major shock after Austria’s Top Mountain Crosspoint motorcycle museum was completely destroyed by the raging fire in Hochgurgl, Tyrol on Jan 18. Heart-wrenching scenes of firefighters tackling the raging blaze can be seen after their efforts failed to save any piece of the European motoring history. “We are a strong family, we look ahead, we have no other choice,” said museum owner Alban Scheiber claiming that an “insane value” was lost during the raging fire. It is believed the fire broke out in the exhibition area, but the exact cause…
KARACHI, Pakistan — As Pakistan grapples with containing and eliminating Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists in the country, as well as terror financing, an engineering student has been arrested on charges of international terror financing. Omer bin Khalid, a final-year student at Karachi’s NED University of Engineering and Technology, was arrested on Jan. 18. He had been released on bail last month after his initial arrest by the Counter-Terrorism Department of the police on suspicion of gathering funds for ISIS. “After a forensic analysis of Khalid’s mobile phones, we came to know that he had links with the militant organization and…
MUMBAI, India — India’s government is asking WhatsApp to withdraw recent changes to its privacy policy, citing “grave concerns” over the “implications for the choice and autonomy of Indian citizens” in potential data-sharing with Facebook. In a strongly worded email to WhatsApp head Will Cathcart on Jan. 18, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology raised concerns about users’ information security as the messaging app’s new policy proposes to share metadata of users’ chats with business accounts with other Facebook companies, according to media reports. Personal chats between users would not be shared with Facebook. India is WhatsApp’s largest market,…
NEW DELHI— Angry Indian farmers, who have been protesting three new farm laws for months, have rejected a government proposal to put the laws on hold for 18 months. Farmers who have been protesting at the borders of the national capital for more than a month despite cold and rainy weather, are sticking to their demand for repeal of the laws. Meanwhile, they are organizing a large rally, anticipating representation from 20 states, with plans to encircle the capital during the annual army parade on Republic Day, Jan. 26. “We will carry tableaus of farm laws and agriculture, highlighting how…
KOLKATA, India — Led by gains in IT and auto shares, and buoyed by global events, India’s S&P BSE Sensex reached an all-time high of 50,184.01 in early trading on Jan. 20. The Nifty 50 index also hit an all-time high of 14,666.50 points. At the closing bell, Sensex was down 0.34 percent, and the Nifty 50 fell 0.37 percent. The top gainers for most of the day were Bajaj Fiserv, up about 4 percent, followed by Bajaj Finance, Reliance Industries, IndusInd Bank and Axis Bank, according to market reports. Nifty Auto was up 2 percent, while Tata Motors gained around 6 percent.…
Si te asustan las víboras, no te quedarás tan relajado, pero se vale probar. Entre las múltiples técnicas de relajación empleadas para liberar el estrés acumulado en el cuerpo por el estilo de vida moderno existe una forma que llama la atención por lo exótico del ofrecimiento — masajes con serpientes. En Asia, cada día son más comunes estos tipos de terapias, mientras que en Occidente aún se observan con cautela. Solo los valientes se atreven a disfrutar de todo lo bueno que esta terapia ofrece. Se lleva a cabo en países asiáticos, donde se han comprobado sus efectos calmantes…