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An innovative Pune-based startup is creating a new way of hiring domestic help

When you need housekeepers in the future, you might post your requirements online. A suitable professional will be matched with you and arrive at your house at the scheduled time. In Pune, more than 100 families already utilize this service, founded by a startup called Maideasy. Maideasy was founded by Mandar Ghugari and Sunita Ghugari and specialises in connecting families with professionals for elderly care, home help, cooking, babysitting, and patient care.  A new office will open in Pimpri-Chinchwad around September, and an app is on the way. A friend in the US, who lives in Pune, called me to say his mother needed help sometime in January or February...
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14 Indian startups which have joined the unicorn club in 2021

There is a unicorn rain in India. India has already welcomed 14 startups into the capital pool in the first four months of 2021 and there are more coming in the near future as much of this year’s IPOs will be raised in this country. 2021 will be a year of many firsts for the ecosystem, as it witnessed the entry of the first healthtech unicorn, the first social commerce unicorn, the first infrastructure unicorn, and the first epharmacy unicorn, with BrowserStack becoming the latest to join the club. In April 2021, eight Indian startups – fintech startup CRED, social media startup ShareChat, wealth management company Groww, messaging platform Gupshup,...
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Anant Ambani takes seat on boards of RIL’s 2 new solar cos

(This story originally appeared in TOI on Jul 05, 2021) MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Anant Ambani, the younger son of Reliance Industries (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani, has been appointed as a director of Reliance New Energy Solar and Reliance New Solar Energy, expanding his role in the family business. The two entities were incorporated a little over a fortnight before unveiled its green energy plans at its annual shareholder meet on June 24. In February this year, Anant, 26, was inducted as a director of Reliance O2C, where Saudi Aramco is expected to be an investor, and a year before that, he was appointed on the board of Jio Platforms, where his...
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In India, Twitter loses immunity over user-generated content

NEW DELHI – Twitter Inc no more enjoys liability protection against user-generated content in India as the U.S. micro-blogging giant has failed to comply with new IT rules, the Indian government said in a court filing. The statement is the first time Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration has officially said Twitter has lost its immunity after repeatedly criticising the company for non-compliance. The dispute and the public spat has raised concern that American firms will find it difficult to do business amid a more stringent regulatory environment. India’s IT ministry told the High Court in New Delhi that Twitter’s non-compliance amounted to a breach of the provisions of the IT...
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