Consumer goods giant giant Procter & Gamble’s Indian subsidiary ( Of the Pantene and Ariel fame) has just announced a progressive HR policy. The company will allow upto 6 months of fully paid leave to employees who adopt a kid. The leave will apply to both male and female parent if they’re the primary caregiver of the kid.
Mukesh Bansal and Ankit Nagori have teamed up and put in $5 million of their own money and will launch a startup in the area of healthcare, sports and fitness.
Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar may have retired from the world of cricket a couple of years ago, but for the master blaster doing epic things is classic. Tendulkar has just made his startup debut by investing in an Internet Of Things (IoT) startup called Startron recently.
There’s no love lost between Ola and Uber. Both companies are fiercely competing for a share of India’s lucrative cab hailing market, and have been engaging in price wars, advertising and the occasional jibe to get a leg up over the other. But if Uber is to be believed, things have just got a lot more serious.
Ace shooter and India’s first individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra has launched a venture fund to invest in startups.
An ugly controversy has put a dampener on Infibeam’s IPO on the very first day. Factor Daily has reported that a large section of twitter users were being paid to show their enthusiasm for the event.
Infibeam’s IPO, the first ever by an Indian e-commerce company, has got off to a sedate start. Day 1 of the IPO, which will run from 21st to 23rd March, saw 21% of shares on offer being snapped up by investors. Infibeam is trying to raise Rs. 450 crore and dilute 20% of its equity through this stock sale.
Is the mobile phone becoming the most important thing in our lives? Perhaps, so, if the findings of a recent study are to be believed. Nearly a third (32%) of Britons admitted in a recent study that they cannot live without their mobile phones.
This is the season for Indian startups to expand their wings and test international waters. Responding to demands from international customers, Indian ethnic products and handicrafts website Craftsvilla to extend its services overseas, beginning with the Middle east, Australia and New Zealand.