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  • 27 Jun
  • 2022

Indian Air Force receives 56,960 applications under 'Agnipath' scheme

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has received 56,960 applications under the Agnipath recruitment scheme till Sunday, within three days of the registration process getting underway on Friday, a week after violent protests against it rocked several states.

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  • 26 Jun
  • 2022

Earth seen as a tiny dot in pic shared by NASA

Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of planet Earth taken on February 14, 1990, by the Voyager 1 space probe from a record distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles, 40.5 AU), as part of that day's Family Portrait series of images of the Solar System.

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  • 25 Jun
  • 2022

Pics of Mercury reveal cratered surface of the planet closest to the Sun

The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has made its second gravity assist of planet Mercury, capturing new close-up images as it steers closer towards Mercury's orbit in 2025. 

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  • 24 Jun
  • 2022

Proptech startup HouseEazy raises $3,75,000 in pre-seed round

 HouseEazy, a Delhi-based proptech firm, has raised $3,75,000 in a pre-seed round. 

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  • 23 Jun
  • 2022

GIVA announces Natural Diamonds collection with silver starting at ₹4799

Silver jewellery startup GIVA has announced the launch of an advertising campaign featuring brand ambassador Anushka Sharma.

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  • 22 Jun
  • 2022

Neobank Stashfin raises $270 million, reaches $700-800 million valuation

 The funding round takes the valuation of the neobank at about $700-800 million.

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  • 21 Jun
  • 2022

IDBI Bank to sell Great Indian Tamasha Company's assets to recover dues

Properties of Great Indian Tamasha Company -- corporate guarantor of Great Indian Nautanki Company -- have been suspended for non-payment of loans taken from IDBI Bank, HDFC Bank, and Bank of Baroda.

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  • 17 Jun
  • 2022

Agnipath scheme age limit raised to 23 from 21 for the first year amid protests

“The Centre grants one-time waiver in the upper age limit for Agnipath scheme by extending it to 23 years from 21 years.