RBI Helpline To Assist Startups With Forex Issues
For young startups, negotiating the bewildering maze of foreign exchange regulations is often daunting. With Indian startups becoming increasingly global and doing business with entities based abroad, startups often need a ready reckoner on how to deal with monetary transactions that span across borders. In order to assist startups with such transactions, the Reserve Bank of India has announced a dedicated helpline to answer queries.
Ola Autos Launched In Chandigarh
Ola has launched its auto hailing service in Chandigarh. It is the 7th city in the country to have the service, after Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Pune were added in October 2014. The company intends to add two more cities by the end of the year.
Uber Is Offering Chopper Rides This Christmas
While most brands offer attractive discounts, bring out special advertising, and roll out numerous other activities to engage with their potential customers, Uber has taken the Christmas game a notch “higher”.
Uber, in partnership with Droom, an online marketplace for automobiles, has entered into another strategic alliance with Uber for the festive period to bring on-demand chopper rides to Indian consumers.
17 Of The Funniest Out-of-Office Messages You’ll Ever See
It’s that time of the year again. You’ve already left or are set to leave on your annual long leave. This also means setting up an automatic Out-Of-Office reply on your work inbox. Here’s a collection of some of funniest, witty or cheeky OOO replies.
TCS, Wipro, Infosys To Lose Revenue Due To Chennai Floods
The horrific floods in Chennai that disrupted normal life and left over 300 people dead have also left their mark on the city’s IT industry. Owing to offices being flooded and hence closed down, IT companies with a presence in Chennai will see reduced revenues this quarter.
Some Of The Most Interesting Outdoor Advertising Hacks Done By Indian Startups
While advertising through billboards, hoardings and usually any offline methods is considerably more expensive ( read: up to a million bucks for a months’ spot on a prime location billboard) than online advertising, flush with VC funding, most of the hot startups wouldn’t mind shelling out the dough to stand out from the clutter. And just as well. It makes perfect sense to not only capture the ready online audience, but also onboard and engage a potentially huge and captive offline audience on your platform.
US Work VISA Fees Shoots Up, Indian Companies Like Infosys, TCS Will Feel The Pinch
Every year thousands of Indians move to the USA for greener pastures. Amongst the topmost of all the US immigrants from India are engineers and software developers from TCS and Infosys, two of the biggest IT services providers. The numbers are so huge, that almost 50-70% of the work permits by the US embassy are given out to Indians. However, in a major revision this year, the embassy has doubled the fees of the H1B (work permit) and L1 (resident) from $2000 to $4000. Infosys and TCS will hit feel the pinch.
Indian Government Changes Designations Of Junior Staffers
What’s in a name? Obviously much, in as far as job designations are concerned. The Government of India has changed the designations of its junior staffers.
Three Senior Helion Partners Quit Firm
Three senior partners at Helion Venture Partners, one of India’s oldest Venture Capital firms, have quit. Rahul Chowdhri, Ritesh Banglani and Alok Goyal will…