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Financial independence gives women greater control over their income, savings, investments, and future. Across India, several companies are helping women access banking, credit, financial education, and wealth-building opportunities. 1. Save Solutions Save Solutions is working to expand access to banking and financial services across rural and semi-urban India. Through its extensive Customer Service Point (CSP) network, the company provides services …

Fintech infrastructure provider powers gifting ecosystem for platforms and corporate buyers Mumbai, August 27, 2026 – iServeU, a payments infrastructure provider, has enabled Maximize Money, a gift card and rewards platform serving consumers and businesses across India, to launch scaled gift card purchasing and issuance through iServeU’s Gift Card Management Platform. Through the partnership, Maximize can now offer gift card …

KEY HIGHLIGHTS India’s D2C companies raised ~$6B across ~2k rounds between 2021 and 2026 YTD. Round counts are held between 307 and 380 every year. Deal-making held its rhythm while cheque sizes adjusted. 2025’s funding growth was led by seed and early-stage capital. Seed and early-stage capital accounted for 70% of 2025’s funding value, up from 38% in 2021, while …

Focused on AI, Semiconductors, Defence, Space Technology and Robotics, the initiative will combine strategic capital, manufacturing expertise and semiconductor ecosystem access to help Indian and global startups scale National, August 26th, 2026: Micromax Informatics, a diversified technology powerhouse, today announced the launch of its Family Office with a corpus of INR 250 crore to support the next generation of deep-tech …

New Delhi, 26th August 2026: You know the rule: Don’t drink and drive. But what if, instead of simply hearing it, you could actually experience what alcohol does to your vision behind the wheel? That’s the idea behind AlcoChek Drive Simulator, an interactive online safety-awareness game by Roadcast, designed to turn an important road-safety message into an experience that is …

Fresh from success with Sunrisers Hyderabad in the TATA IPL in his maiden coaching stint, Varun Aaron is embracing the opportunity to shape the bowling attack of Glasgow Cosmic in the European T20 Premier League. Speaking ahead of the team’s opener against Edinburgh Castle Rockers on August 27, Aaron shared his thoughts on being part of the ETPL and how …

The inaugural one-year residential Fellowship will begin in Vaishali in August 2027. Applications are open nationally, with a preference for candidates from Bihar. Patna, 25 August 2026: Pravaha has opened applications for the inaugural cohort of its postgraduate Fellowship, offering 50 graduates and early-career professionals fully funded places backed by a ₹5 crore scholarship commitment. The one-year residential programme will begin …

For years, data protection in India operated on a patchwork of IT Act provisions and internal policies that organisations largely defined for themselves. That changed once the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 were notified on November 13, 2025, giving operational teeth to the Digital Personal Data Protection Act passed by Parliament in August 2023. Data privacy is no longer …

New Delhi, August 2026: As artificial intelligence quickly reshapes economies, public services and national competitiveness, the question of who gets to build and control AI is becoming increasingly important for developing nations. At the AI for Developing Countries Forum (AIFOD) Geneva Summit 2026, Indian cybersecurity entrepreneur Kunal Panchamia, Founder & CEO of ePROTECT360, advocated a more collaborative strategy to AI …

As Raksha Bandhan 2026 approaches, confusion regarding the presence of Bhadra during the festival has been circulating widely on social media. Many people are questioning whether Rakhi can be tied on August 28 and whether the presence of Bhadra makes the day unsuitable for the sacred ritual. According to Dr. Acharya Vinod Kumar Ojha, Vedic Astrologer and Spiritual Mentor, there …