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Madhya Pradesh-based agritech startup Farmkart, which offers a wide range of agricultural products and services to farmers through its e-commerce platform, is planning to raise Rs 90 crore in Series A funding from venture capitalists for expansion across the country. "At present we are functioning at 1,240 locations in Madhya Pradesh. We plan to begin our immediate expansion to 8,000 locations in Maharashtra, Gujarat, southern region and reach one lakh (locations) by December 2021, across the country in next one year. Initially, we had invested Rs 15 crore in this venture and are looking to raise Rs 90 crore in Series A funding through venture capitalists," said Farmkart founder Atul Patidar. Recently in one of the episodes of 'Mann Ki Baat', Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the efforts of Patidar to digitally connect farmers and deliver farming items to their doorsteps. Farmkart's tech solutions are designed for non-tech savvy farmers providing them with fertilisers, … [Read more...] about Agritech startup Farmkart to raise Rs 90 crore financing for pan-India expansion

Vodafone Idea's marketing director Avneesh Khosla said the telco is working with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and consumer finance companies to make smartphones affordable for its customers in India. Vodafone Idea also wants to ensure that smartphones reach its last-mile customer, Khosla told Mint. Vodafone Idea, which recently rebranded as Vi, Friday said that it entered into strategic partnerships with key players in the areas of Learning & Upskilling, Health & Wellness, and Business help to offer benefits to its customers. Khosla said that these strategic pacts with help rhe cash-strapped telco to create new revenue streams from various sectors. "It is going to be a meaningful revenue stream…this (the partnerships) is again something that we have very very clearly outlined as one of our strategic moves as we move forward… A strong source of revenue for us as we move this agenda forward," Khosla was quoted as saying by the publication. The telco … [Read more...] about Vodafone Idea working with OEMs, lending companies to make smartphones affordable: Report

Limited time sale One of the best Windows laptops is $550 right now — and stock is limited Buying a laptop isn't an easy decision, but it's one that's slightly easier on weeks like this — on Black Friday. The Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 has been heralded as one of the best laptops on the market by practically every site that ranks these kinds of things, ourselves included, and there's a brand new reason to pick it up. Today only, the XPS 13 2-in-1 with Intel 10th Gen CPUs are up to $... … [Read more...] about Metro Exodus is getting enhanced for Xbox Series X, S and PS5 in 2021

A quarter of a century since it was developed by Brendan Eich, JavaScript is not only the most popular programming language, it is also widening its lead. Developer analyst firm SlashData’s Q3 2020 report says 12.4 million developers globally use JavaScript (JS). About 5 million of these were added in just the last three years, the biggest absolute increase for any language. “Adaptive, nimble, open and powerful capabilities are the main reasons for the rising popularity of Javascript, other than it being the language of the web browser,” says Gireesh Punathil, IBM’s runtimes architect. The proliferation of cloud, easy accessibility of the programming platform, availability of the largest reusable library on the planet (npm) have made Javascript and Node.js the preferred language and runtime … [Read more...] about JavaScript is No. 1, and its popularity is still soaring

Over the last decade, the estimated price tag for a new reactor has skyrocketed, jumping from $2 billion in 2002 to as high as $12 billion today. Wall Street won't finance a project unless Uncle Sam co-signs the loan, which leaves taxpayers on the hook if a project fails. So while Southern Company and its partners, with the help of an $8.3 billion federally guaranteed loan, are building two new reactors at the Vogtle nuclear plant site in Georgia, it's unlikely the industry will be able to muster more than two or three more new plants in the next decade. As recently as five years ago, utilities applied for licenses to build more than 25 new reactors. … [Read more...] about The Time for Wind and Solar Energy is Now (Op-Ed)