While financial institutions like banks not showing interest in investing in basic biotechnology research as they have long gestation periods, PE and VC funds too are not comfortable betting their money on research projects as they do not give an opportunity for a quick exit facility.
Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union president Aishe Ghosh, who was injured in the violence at the university, was discharged from the AIIMS in New Delhi on Monday. Ghosh suffered head injuries in the violence that took place on the campus on Sunday.
Several hours before a protest march, the Jawaharlal Nehru University authorities appealed to its student fraternity to 'reconsider' on account of their safety.
'Anything you buy from any Future outlet should have financing options by us'
The collection of mostly small and medium sized businesses is a hotchpotch of ventures and include design schools, schools, villas for hire in Goa and a country club in Gurgaon.
In comparison, Flipkart India, the marketplace unit of the country's largest e-commerce marketplace, posted a 750% growth in losses to Rs 20.6 billion.
The 3-0 series win against the West Indies could be called a precursor and the real battle begins now against Quinton de Kock's Proteas who are also in the midst of a tough transition.
While investment activity jumped three to four times this year over last year for e-commerce, it has shown marginal growth (five per cent) in the case of consumer and retail
A pass-through in taxation means that the business entity need not pay tax. Instead, all taxable income is passed through to its owners or members.
Andhra Pradesh police has foiled yet another attempt to supply arms to the Naxalites in the state by seizing a big cache of arms and ammunitions in the Medak district.
With these states imposing lockdowns anew, the health ministry emphasised that the restrictions should be utilised to focus on containment, surveillance and testing in the containment and buffer zones as the key strategy for early detection of cases and fatality management.
"Dr Vipin Srivastava who took charge as the interim vice-chancellor of Hyderabad Central University has proceeded for leave from the afternoon of January 29 and the next senior most professor Dr M Pariasamy will perform the duties of the V-C till further orders," a university official said.
Activist and journalist Madhu Kishwar on Smriti Irani and the controversy over the four-year course offered by the Delhi University.
In its annual report, the central bank had said that it would lay down a risk management and capital adequacy framework for bank-sponsored private pools of capital.
Amazon's fresh investment in its India entities come at a time when the Seattle-based firm has faced losses in several of its business entities in India, such as seller services, wholesale, transportation services and digital payments, for the 2018-19 financial year.
While some have announced setting up of a PE club for aspiring entrepreneurs, others plan courses, special lectures and seminars to create awareness about the booming sector. Students of the Post Graduate Programme for Executives at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, will go through a course on PE in their last term between December and February.
The meeting was attended by the JNU registrar, proctor and other admin officials who briefed the MHRD officials about the incident. Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' has vowed 'strong action' against the perpetrators of the violence at JNU.
US-based venture capital firm Norwest Venture Partners recently raised a $1.2-billion fund. It is one of the few large funds to be raised in recent times. Managing Partner Promod Haque says NVP took less than a month to raise the fund. The fund is almost double the size of its last fund of $650 million raised in 2006.
So far, VCs used to fund start-ups which either had product prototypes ready or had some customers on board.
The country's two venture capital firms, Anil Ambani Group's Reliance Technology Ventures and Nexus India Capital, have been named in the Red Herring Top 100 Global Venture Capitals.
The RBI has been repeatedly cautioning everyone about the usage of cryptocurrencies, flagging a slew of concerns.
'Education is disconnected from social reality and does not even attempt to solve the real problems of our country,' observe Peehu Pardeshi and Sandeep Pandey.
Even at early stage, start-ups are raising more money faster owing to the rise of a lot of specialised early-stage VCs and emergence of seed-stage programmes.
It is the first time that the JMI has been placed among the top 10 universities in the (HRD) Ministry's National Institutional Ranking Framework rankings.
If India's net session on Wednesday is taken into consideration, Wriddhiman Saha is starting as the wicketkeeper ahead of Rishabh Pant for the series opener beginning on Friday.
The fast-growing, high-margin branded spices business is turning out to be an interesting growth opportunity, which to an extent was reflected in the Sunrise-ITC deal, with multiple parties from PE to strategic players joining the fray.
The original idea was to replace the existing schemes for scheduled castes and tribes.
After a subdued year, the investors and market experts are expecting the PE and VC investments to pick up next year as raising debts have become costlier and IPOs are not finding any takers and the dampened investor sentiments might finally start improving on the back of efforts made by the government. At the same time, VC investments into Indian firms have declined to $733 million with 122 deals so far this year, from 142 deals worth $874 million in 2007.
The 21-year-old Molineux, who plays for Melbourne Renegades in the Women's Big Bash League, has requested for a break and will not be travelling with the Renegades squad to Ballarat for their match against Melbourne Stars on Saturday.
A board position requires one to hold at least 3 per cent of the outstanding shares. Binny holds around 5 per cent stake in Flipkart
Videcocon Industries plans a major consumer electronics retail foray across West Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America under the brand name "VC" to raise global revenue shares from the current 2 per cent to 50 per cent by 2011.
Shankar believes how he prepares will be the key factor going into the tournament.
The cut comes as part of their plans to launch affordable housing project to lure buyers. Referring to slowing sales, Rajiv Singh, VC, DLF, said the cut in prices will be visible in the next three months. DLF indicated on Monday that it will launch two-, three-bedroom apartment projects in select cities in the coming months.
'There is no discipline here -- only autocracy. The state is not governed by any democratic ideology. Democracy has ceased to exist here.'
Five coaches of the Gautami Express were gutted in a massive fire in Warangal district in the wee hours of Friday, killing at least four passengers, the police said. The train was traveling from Secunderabad to Kakinada. The passengers were fast asleep when the fire broke out. The victims include three handicapped persons and a pregnant woman. Soon after the fire broke out, the crew of the train acted quickly and separated the engine and other bogies from burning coaches.
The mind block against online education is crumbling and the demand may be led not just by parents but also teachers.
Indian software product companies, which are planning to raise venture capital funding, will have to ensure that their domestic and emerging market focus is sharp. Indian IT start-ups, which are introducing software products, have better prospects of availing VC funding, according to many VCs. It has always been difficult for start-ups in the software product space to compete with the global software giants, even in the domestic market, they note.
The hard-hitting 27-year-old becomes the fifth Australia player to leave the Indian Twenty20 tournament early following the departures of captain Steve Smith, John Hastings and Mitchell and Shaun Marsh
In her weekly column, mental health guru Anu Krishna offers advice on how to take charge of your life.
'There is a misconception that gold is a dead asset in India.' 'Around 30 per cent of agriculture loans are collateralised by gold, Soumya Kanti Ghosh and Saket Hishikar, economists at the SBI, point out.
