CometChat raises $10 million in Series A funding led by Signal Peak Ventures

SynopsisThe funding will be used for growth along with platform enhancements, scaling platform infrastructure and tech upgradation, a senior company official said.ETtechCommunications platform-as-a-service (CpaaS) company CometChat has raised $10 million in series A funding round led by US-based Signal Peak Ventures with participation from existing investors Matchstick Ventures, Range Ventures and Unbound VC. The funding…Continue Reading

PlanetSpark bags $13.5 million in funding led by Prime Venture Partners

SynopsisThe company said it will use the funding for product development, hiring senior leadership and for global expansion.ETtechIllustration: Rahul AwasthiEdtech startup PlanetSpark has raised $13.5 million in a Series B funding round led by Prime Venture Partners and other angel investors. The company said it will use the funding for product development, hiring senior leadership…Continue Reading

कॉमन रूम: बुजुर्गों के लिए कमाऊ लोगों को छुट्टी कब? असम ने की अनूठी पहल

नवीन राय दुनिया में सब कुछ बदल रहा है। परिवारों का दायरा भी। न चाहते हुए भी हम अपनों से दूर हो रहे हैं। अच्छे रहन-सहन और सुनहरे भविष्य की तलाश में लोग आगे तो बढ़ रहे हैं लेकिन इस क्रम में बूढ़े मां-बाप उनसे छूटते जा रहे हैं। पिछले दिनों असम कैबिनेट ने इस…Continue Reading

ब्‍लॉग: नेहरू की कोहिमा यात्रा के दौरान हुई ऐतिहासिक गलती, मोदी को भी भारी पड़ सकती है नगालैंड की चूक

रविशंकर रवि नगालैंड के मोन जिले में शनिवार और रविवार (4-5 दिसंबर, 20121) को जो कुछ हुआ, उसका दूरगामी प्रभाव नगा शांति प्रक्रिया पर पड़ेगा। विभिन्न नगा समुदायों के आम लोग पचास के दशक से चली आ रही हिंसा को छोड़ नगा शांतिवार्ता की तरफ उम्मीद से देख रहे थे। उन्हें यह भरोसा होने लगा…Continue Reading

संपादकीय: लॉकडाउन के मासूम शिकार… वो पेट्स हैं, कोई खिलौना नहीं

Written by एनबीटी डेस्क | नवभारत टाइम्स | Updated: Dec 7, 2021, 5:06 AMस्टडी के मुताबिक, भारत में 50 फीसदी पेट ओनर्स ने महामारी के दौरान उन्हें त्यागने की बात मानी जबकि वैश्विक स्तर पर ऐसे ओनर्स का प्रतिशत 28 है। महामारी के दौरान ऐसा करने के पीछे ज्यादातर मामलों में यह डर था कि…Continue Reading

WHO advises against blood plasma treatment for Covid-19

PARIS: Covid treatments using plasma taken from the blood of recovered coronavirus patients should not be given to people with mild or moderate illness, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Convalescent plasma showed some early promise when given intravenously to people sick with Covid-19. But in advice published in the British Medical Journal, the WHO…Continue Reading

India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla termed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to New Delhi as short but “highly productive” after the Russian leader met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (December 6).  PM Modi hosted the Russian President at Hyderabad House in the Indian capital for the 21st annual India-Russia Summit, which…Continue Reading

Racial pay gaps are an issue in every industry. Nowhere is it worse than in influencer marketing, a new study says.

A study published Monday suggests that Black content creators make significantly less money than their white counterparts.The report, titled “Time to Face the Influencer Pay Gap,” looked at issues of annual income, size of followings, the amounts influencers were offered for deals and more. It was published by the public relations firm MSL U.S. in…Continue Reading

Biden commission punts on whether to recommend expanding Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court commission is not planning on making a recommendation on whether to expand the size of the court, according to a draft report obtained Monday by NBC News.“The Commission takes no position on the validity or strength” of arguments for or against expanding the number of justices, the report…Continue Reading

Justice Department closes inquiry into murder of Emmett Till, finds no proof accuser lied

A federal investigation that re-examined the murder of Emmett Till ended Monday after the Justice Department failed to find proof that a key figure in the case lied, a senior level law enforcement official said.Till, a Black teenager from Chicago, was brutally beaten and shot in the head in 1955 after a white woman, Carolyn…Continue Reading