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WeCrashed review: Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway sparkle in this otherwise familiar startup story
The lead characters' relationship in WeCrashed seems both toxic and endearing at the same time, primarily because of the two actors.

India seeks to create $5 billion worth of defence equipment by 2025, says DRDO
The aim is to fight the next war with Indian weapons, said DRDO Director General (Technology Management) Hari Babu Srivastava

Keeping time: Bangalore’s Nirupesh Joshi and Mercy Amalraj are determined to rewrite India's watch-making history
Bangalore Watch Company, which is a 'pick up from where HMT had left off' has put a premium on high-quality parts in a world-class design in its watches

Chinese startup to launch space mining bot in November to test tech, plans to launch first mission in 2021
The Yuanwang-1 will carry an optical telescope designed to observe and monitor Near Earth Asteroids.

ZunRoof launches smart home devices including camera, doorbell, bulbs and more
The smart camera comes with night vision and is resistant to all types of weather. It also allows two-way communication.

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Historic space reforms by DoS, ISRO set in motion to empower private space sector, academia
Private companies can now build their own facilities in Department of Space premises, and work on space tech alongside ISRO.

COVID-19 aftermath: Funding divide among Indian startups makes survival difficult; while some bag millions, others struggle
Funding in Indian tech-led startups rose by 14 percent in the first quarter of 2020 as compared to the same period last year, yet only 16 percent startups and SMEs have cash to survive for more than three months, revealed a recent survey

Pune-based startup, Guruji on Demand, to launch online funeral management service in times of social distancing
Startup Guruji on Demand also plans to assist bereaved families in the rituals to be performed after the last rites, Pranav Chaware, one of the firm's partners, told PTI, adding they plan to start the service by this month-end.

Oppo partners with T-Hub, inks MoU to support startup ecosystem in India
Oppo, the global smart device brand, and T-Hub, innovation ecosystem, on Monday announced their partnership to support the startup ecosystem in India

South Korea’s K-Startup Grand Challenge 2020 accepting applications till 25 June
The Korean government’s K-Startup Grand Challenge supported by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) and National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA), is now accepting applications for the program till 25 June, 2020

EV startup Euler Motors raises Rs 20 cr as part of Series A funding; to use money to expedite product, technology
Earlier, as part of its pre-series A round, Euler Motors had raised Rs 15 crore from Blume Venture, US based Emergent Ventures and Andrew Lee. With this series A, Euler Motors has so far raised more than Rs 35 crore.

Ratan Tata-backed startup Repos Energy to manufacture, sell around 3,200 mobile petrol pumps in FY21
Repos Energy which specialises in supplying diesel at the doorstep for commercial users has seen daily demand go up to 15,000 litres from the earlier average of 10,000 litres, a senior official said, at the end of March.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Log 9 Materials ties up with Indian Institute of Science for its ‘CoronaOven’ project
Nanotechnology start-up Log 9 Materials — which has come up with a time-critical, novel technological solution (in the form of a small disinfection chamber that uses UV- C rays to kill Coronaviruses) to deal with the rising threat of the transmission of Covid-19 through object surfaces, is associating with the Indian Institute of Science - Bangalore for the ‘CoronaOven’ project

Office-sharing startup WeWork India lays off 20% of workforce as COVID-19 lockdowns weigh; eyes to be profitable by early 2021
In October last year, WeWork India’s chief shareholder Jitu Virwani had said the company would be profitable by end of 2020.

Nirmala Sitharaman's economic package: Measures announced by govt to positively impact start-up ecosystem, says IAN
The slew of booster measures by the government will "positively impact" start-ups in the country, especially in sectors like social infrastructure, atomic energy and space exploration, by providing these fledgling organisations with a larger playing field and improving ease of business, according to Indian Angel Network

Agri startup Eggoz raises Rs 2.5 cr seed funding from angel investors; to focus on growth, expansion plan
Eggoz works with farmers under deep integration at several locations in North India, using cutting-edge nutritional engineering and technology to produce high quality and nutrition-rich eggs.

Varun Goel – This teenage entrepreneur is a motivation for all startup enthusiasts
Varun Goel, founder and CEO of Todayq, exemplifies the fact that neither lack of money nor a young age can stop a person to be whom he envisions to be