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The COVID-19 pandemic has made a major impact on every sector. Some sectors have grown up north, while some have gone down. The fear of contracting the virus from handling liquid cash has also become a point of worry. With the government rooting for digital payment and seamless customer experience from payment platforms, everything falls into place for the dawn and uprise of digital payment.
US-based start-up Eat Just has secured an approval from the Singapore government to sell lab-grown meat, which is created from cells of animal muscles. Reportedly, the meat will be sold as nuggets and though it was expected to cost around $50… read-more
TAGS: SINGAPORE, U.S.A, Cultured Meat, Josh Tetrick
India's 'ed-tech' business, with big players like Unacademy and Byju's, has reported a record funding of $1.95 billion in 2020. Reportedly, the growth measured from the beginning of 2020 till present showed a 31% increase than the combined… read-more
TAGS: India, Online education, Inc42 Plus, business, Investment, Ed-tech
Facebook's Oversight Board has reviewed its first case in India, which was a post considered to be a threat to French President Emmanuel Macron. The post contained a man with a sheathed sword in his right hand and mentioned the words 'Indian… read-more
TAGS: Facebook, Social Media, India
As a measure to curb hate speech of different kinds, the micro-blogging site Twitter has updated its conduct policy on December 2. As per the new policy, Twitter will prohibit the “language that dehumanizes people based on race, ethnicity and… read-more
TAGS: Twitter, Social Media, hate speech, Race
The owner of MDH Masala, Dharampal Gulati, died on December 3 after suffering a cardiac arrest. The 98-year-old was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Delhi for the past three weeks. Popularly known as “Dalaji” to many, Dharampal Gulati… read-more
TAGS: Businessman, Death, Cardiac arrest, MDH Masala
Acronis' cyberthreats report for 2020 revealed that India suffered the third highest number of malware attacks, trailing Japan and US. About 31% of companies globally faced cyberattacks on daily basis in 2020. Moreover, the… read-more
TAGS: India, Cyber Attack, cybersecurity, Technology