Rumita Patel
IBM iX and ad software provider Mediaocean are forming a blockchain consortium aimed to solve some of the biggest issues in advertising.
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Originally appeared at Zero Hedge With the US increasingly willing to use the dollar, and SWIFT, as a strategic weapon against the country’s sovereign enemies (as Iran learned every 5 or so years), Russia and India are preparing to bypass US sanctions on Moscow by using the rupee and the ruble in bilateral trade involving…
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IBM is offering a free certificate course on blockchain technology for students in India. The technology giant has partnered with Indian elearning platform National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) to offer a 12-week online course titled “Blockchain Architecture Design and Use Cases.” The enrolment for the course is currently open, but the coursework will not…
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According to a report published by the National Health Mission, the burden of family planning rests squarely on the shoulders of women in India. The report stated that between 2017-18, 93.1% of the sterilisations performed in India were on women. According to The Indian Express, the report stated the following: ‘Women continue to bear an…
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While sources confirm foodtech startup Swiggy is raising $200 million from DST Global, the company remains tightlipped. The Indian foodtech industry is believed to be valued at $700 million, and competitors Swiggy and Zomato are eyeing a big chunk of the pie. This year seems to belong to foodtech. In March, Swiggy raised $100 million from…
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Mumbai-based iGenetic Diagnostics, which applies molecular biology to medical testing for quicker and more accurate results, plans to expand its presence in India and target neighboring countries. At a glance: Startup: iGenetic Diagnostics Founders: Arunima Patel, Siddharth Patodia, and Homer Paneri Funding: $20 million Founded in: 2013 Where it is located: Mumbai Sector: Healthcare The…
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This morning in metals news, India has plans to impose tariffs on U.S. goods in response to the latter’s steel and aluminum tariffs, workers at the Port Talbot facility in Wales are wary of the impacts of the U.S. steel tariff and copper approaches a two-week low. Need buying strategies for steel? Try two free……
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Since Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy that’s separated some 2,000 immigrant children from their parents in the last six weeks, the general public has largely been left to wonder what’s actually going on inside the facilities housing the unaccompanied minors. Even members of Congress were in at least some cases…
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For wheelchair users like me, who love fashion, ‘adaptive’ clothing has often been disappointingly dowdy. But Tommy Hilfiger and other high-end designers could change that Toronto-based designer Izzy Camilleri is best known for her work styling celebrities such as David Bowie, Angelina Jolie and Meryl Streep. But her latest collection, released this month, has one…
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New Delhi, Jun 18 (ANI): Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui on Monday proposed a trilateral summit between three neighbouring countries of China, India and Pakistan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Addressing media at the Institute of Chinese Studies, he said, “If China-Russia-Mongolia trilateral is possible then why don’t we try…
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