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Indian SaaS start-ups have raised $4.3 billion (across 282 deals) in funding since the beginning of 2020, and nine out of the 10 SaaS unicorns were created since 2018, according to data released by Venture Intelligence.

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There is a direct correlation between literacy rates and successful vaccination drives in a particular region. While this may sound obvious, it is necessary to establish the precise linkages using robust data for the successful implementation of any public policy, argues Soma Wadhwa, Research Fellow at India Development Foundation in a conversation with TR Vivek.

Here's a recent piece she wrote on her extensive research on the issue. Wanted: A targeted Covid-19 vaccination drive for low-literacy areas

The Insurance regulator IRDAI has recently extended the validity of two Corona-specific policies - Corona Kavach and Corona Rakshak - till March-2022. 

Tune in to the discussion between Keerthi Sanagasetti, Research Analyst, and Sai Prabhakar, Principal Research Analyst, to know the features of these policies and whether it is worth signing up for one. 

The small farmers' lack of access to loans from the formal financial sector is often cited as a key reason for distress and suicides. What difference can the ability to borrow from the organised sector make? There are now a raft of new startups that want to lend to farmers. Will the farmers truly benefit from the increasing financialisation of the agri sector. TR Vivek is in conversation with AnilKumar SG, the founder and CEO of Samunnati, a Chennai-based agritech startup that has lent more than $1 bn to smallholder farmers, on the issue.

Shruti Paliwal tells us why this online repository is joined by Indian researchers as, in a first, it defends against suit filed by academic publishers

Freshworks — a Chennai- and Silicon Valley-based Software as a Service (SaaS) provider has filed for IPO in the US. SaaS has been around for a while now.

The software itself is considered a service industry. So, what is SaaS? Here's all you need to know...

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This conversation is a part of BusinessLine's Table Talk series, conversations with leaders on their life and times and their businesses. In this episode, Sanjiv Mehta, Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Unilever, talks about how the FMCG major is being transformed, leading through a crisis, his early life, and more.

When you hear this from a top heart surgeon, there’s no ignoring it.

The last few months have seen a footballer have a cardiac arrest, mid-game, during Euro 2020. He survived it.

Closer home, two people from the entertainment industry – both in their 40s – have died from a heart attack.

There’s learning from the football incident. Defibrillators need to be available in more public spaces. And, more people need to be trained in CPR - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, a life-saving intervention.

Hear it from leading cardiac surgeon and founder Asian Heart Institute, Dr Ramakanta Panda, on CPR, diet and exercise.

To commemorate the death anniversary of freedom fighter Subramania Bharati, Tamil Nadu government has declared September 11 as 'Mahakavi' Day. Bharati’s innovative contributions to Tamil poetry and prose are considered to have sparked a Renaissance in 20th CE Tamil literature. But he also wrote extensively in English, of which little is known. In The Coming Age, published by Penguin Modern Classics, edited and presented by his great-granddaughter Mira T Sundara Rajan, we get a peep into Bharati’s original English writings. 

Mira T Sundara Rajan is a writer, a classical pianist, and a scholar and professor who holds a doctorate in law from Oxford University. She is the daughter of Bharati scholar S. Vijaya Bharati, and a great-granddaughter of Mahakavi Bharati. In this conversation, Sundara Rajan speaks about Bharati’s everlasting relevance, his long-term agenda for writing in English, and his love for music, and shares some personal stories from his life. 

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The CBDT recently notified Income Tax rules for calculating the tax on interest earned on employees’ provident fund contributions, exceeding specified limits.

Tune in to the discussion between Kumar Shankar Roy, Senior Assistant Editor, and Satya Sontanam, Research Analyst, to know when the interest income on EPF becomes taxable and whether it is still an attractive avenue to invest in, in order to build one's retirement corpus.