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This Indian Restaurant Voted Best In America

Opportunity India Desk Jun 16, 2022 - 3 min read

An Indian street food restaurant named Chai Pani, situated in North Carolina has been voted America’s best restaurant at the James Beard Foundation Awards in Chicago. The awards were cancelled in 2020 and 2021 as COVID-19 induced lockdowns forced closure of several US restaurants. “After a very challenging few years for our industry, we are ...

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DAOLens Raises USD 5M In Pre-Seed Funding Round

Opportunity India Desk Jun 16, 2022 - 3 min read

The Bengaluru-based Web3 startup DAOLens has raised USD 5 million (nearly 39 crore) in a pre-Seed funding round led by Web3 investors Nexus Venture Partners, Better Ventures and iSeed II. The round also saw participation from Web3 investors, including Gokul Rajaram, Board of Director, Coinbase, Sandeep Nailwal , Co-founder of Polygon, Raj Gokal, Co-founder of ...

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Jio-bp To Power Mobility Services Of Zomato

Opportunity India Desk Jun 16, 2022 - 3 min read

Jio-bp will provide electric vehicle mobility services to food delivery app Zomato to support its commitment towards the Climate Group’s EV100 initiative of 100 per cent EV fleet by 2030. Announcing the partnership, Jio-bp and Zomato said that Jio-bp will also provide access to ‘Jio-bp pulse’ branded battery swapping stations for last mile delivery. Leveraging ...

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India’s Largest Culture Multiverse eDAO Launched With The Support Of Polygon Studios

Opportunity India Desk Jun 15, 2022 - 4 min read

India’s Largest Culture Multiverse, eDAO, Launched Polygon, an Ethereum scaling platform on boarding millions of people to Web3, announced the launch of eDAO an organisation to design and launch global art, media and entertainment IPs (intellectual Properties) at scale, into the world of Web3. eDAO will create a unified experience for the largest spectrum of culture ...

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Toprankers Raises INR 31 Cr From Sixth Sense Ventures

Opportunity India Desk Jun 15, 2022 - 3 min read

Aiming at expanding its hybrid coaching centres and build marketing reach and technology platform, EdTech venture Toprankers has raised USD 4 million (nearly INR 31.3 crore) in Series A funding from consumer fund Sixth Sense Ventures. “Over 15 million students appear for Grade 12 every year, with roughly 10 per cent of them sitting for ...

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APEDA Organises 8-Day Mango Festival In Bahrain

Opportunity India Desk Jun 15, 2022 - 3 min read

A total of 34 varieties of mangoes from eastern states of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha, are being displayed at eight different stores of Al Jazira group supermarket at , Mahooz, Zing, Juffair, Budaiya, Adilya, Seef and Riffa in Bahrain as a part of eight-day Mango Festival—launched by the Agricultural and Processed ...

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Sequoia Capital raises USD 2.85 bn to fund start-ups in India

Opportunity India Desk Jun 14, 2022 - 3 min read

Sequoia Capital on Tuesday announced that it has raised USD 2.85 billion to deploy across start-ups in India and Southeast Asia, the largest dedicated corpus for the region by a risk investor. It will utilise USD 2 billion across its India venture and growth investments, while the remaining will go to the Southeast Asia companies. ...

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What Is Fiat Currency? And Its Pros and Cons

Opportunity India Desk Jun 14, 2022 - 6 min read

You would have probably heard your grandparents say that a 25-paisa metal coin could get them one or two kilograms of rice during their childhood. When you asked your parents how much a kilo of rice cost while they were kids, they would answer that they could buy one or two kilos of rice with ...

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Start-Ups For Railways-- Indian Railway Innovation Policy launched

Opportunity India Desk Jun 14, 2022 - 3 min read

Indian Railways has taken an important step in the field of innovation through the participation of start-ups and other entities. The Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on June 13 launched “Start-Ups for Railways” in Rail Bhavan, New Delhi. This policy will bring scale and efficiency in the field of ...

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Over 400 Stakeholders Take Part In NHA-NASSCOM Conclave

Opportunity India Desk Jun 14, 2022 - 3 min read

The National Health Authority (NHA) and National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) organised a conclave 2022 on Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission—Revolutionising Digital Health in Bengaluru as a hybrid event. The conclave was attended by over 400 stakeholders and industry veterans from the healthcare and technology sector as well as investor community in India ...

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