Uber and Ola are in for a rude shock as starting today, the State Transport Department has started a crackdown on the bike services that these companies had launched in the city.
Over 17th to 28th Feb 2016, India’s best hardware startups competed in cities across India for a chance to visit China and present their ideas in front of investors such as Sequoia China, IDG and Matrix Partners China. India Startup Hunt, a part of the the Asia Hardware Battle, aimed to recognize the best hardware startups in India and shine a global spotlight on them.
India’s crowded wallet space has a big new entrant. After many months of speculation, Flipkart has finally come up with its own digital wallet. Dubbed Flipkart Money, the wallet is being powered by FX Mart, a Punjab-based company that Flipkart had acquired last year.
It’s the flavour of the season. Companies are rushing a grab a foothold in small town India, and are adapting their English interfaces to suit the average Indian consumer. After Snapdeal and Quikr had gone desi and made their apps available in local languages, e-commerce platform has now added a Hindi interface to its seller app to increase its appeal in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.
There are 2 men on the list who are decades younger than everyone else. They didn’t inherit their wealth, or have famous surnames. They got there because they started a company and it happened to do really well, really quickly. Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal are the youngest people on India’s billionaire list, and Binny, at 33, pips Sachin by a few months to be India’s youngest billionaire.
Bengaluru-based Indian science startup Azooka Life Sciences has announced the discovery of the world’s safest DNA/ RNA fluorescent gel stain.
Ola cabs, which has been aggressively looking to be a bigger part of the Commutech industry by experimenting with Share rides, Autos and Shuttles has now rolled out possibly the last remaining piece of puzzle to complete the transport gamut. The Bangalore-based startup has just announced the launch of Ola Bike Taxis.
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The Bangalorean commuter just got another option to try and beat the city’s legendary traffic jams. Uber, having recently launched its Uber Pool service in Bangalore, is now launching bike taxis in the city. While bike taxis already run in Gurgaon by companies like Baxi, this will be a first for Bangalore.