In a first-of-its-kind in India, the Telangana State Election Commission will be using facial recognition app on a pilot basis in 10 selected polling stations in a bid to counter impersonation by voters.

However, Karimnagar Municipal Corporation will go for polls on January 25 and results will be declared on January 27.

"This technology is proposed to be used in selected 10 polling stations of Kompally Municipality of Medchal Malkajgiri district.

"They will be erased from the memory of the mobile phone used in the polling station and also the server of TSTS (Telangana State Technology Services).

For this TSTS has to give an undertaking to this effect before implementation of the pilot project," the SEC said. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1579500006.0907469/Face-recognition-app-to-be-used-in-Telangana-Municipal-polls-on-pilot-basis?ref=audio_experience

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is reportedly now working on making it compulsory for online marketplaces such as UrbanClap, HouseJoy and others to only engage service professionals who have a valid goods and services tax (GST) number or GSTIN.

The government is looking to get services professionals such as plumbers, electricians and beauticians listed on tech-enabled service aggregator platforms onto the GST network, said an ET report.

“Companies such as UrbanClap may be asked to keep a log of all the jobs done by these services professionals, which were facilitated through their platform,” added the source.

This is the first time that gig economy workers will be able to enjoy the benefits provided by the ESIC.

The proposed draft also ensures gratuity perks for fixed-term contract workers before completing five years of service and a gratuity bonus proportional to the time of their service at the company. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1579498206.886866/Soon,-GST-Number-For-Gig-Economy-Service-Partners?ref=audio_experience

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This is where TalentSprint, along with IIIT Hyderabad Blockchain Center of Excellence (CoE) steps in to bridge the gap with their Advanced Certificate Program in Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT).

Commenting on the program, PJ Narayanan, Director, IIIT-H said,“ Our Blockchain Center of Excellence will focus on advanced research.

Apart from IIIT Hyderabad being a unique-research based institute and the largest Computer Science research group in India, it is also one of 17 global members of Ripple's University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI) along with Princeton, MIT, UPenn, and Berkeley.

Its Blockchain Center of Excellence is focused on academic research and technical development.

The Advanced Certificate Program in Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies starts in March 2020. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1579494605.832808/Build-a-career-in-Blockchain-and-Distributed-Ledger-Technologies-with-the-largest-blockchain-research-group-in-India?ref=audio_experience

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Link It All UpThe content that you are creating should link up neatly with the SEO services and content marketing planning that you have in action. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1579492807.6439564/The-Startup-Magazine-Creating-Content-That-Encourages-Backlinks?ref=audio_experience

This is not easy for us, for the employees impacted and we completely recognise that.

It is a complex one-time exercise and is going to end very soon.

Weddingz is India’s largest wedding company, Oyo Life is India’s largest co living company.

Partner management, partner support and partner success are core to who we are.

It’s a tremendous obligation, honour and responsibility and we will make sure we make changes everyday to get better and better. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1579491107.5950024/Layoffs,-rejig-one-time-exercise,-will-be-over-soon:-Oyo-CEO?ref=audio_experience

To this end, we can take advantage of their powerful platforms and get our businesses found.

As a startup I appreciate having so little of this, but you have to decide what works better for your business: spending time or money.

Google will always favor their products over others, and if your business has a Gmail address, is on Google Maps, or you use a YouTube channel, then you already have a Google My Business account.

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Her interests span Social Media (of course) Event Planning and Co-ordination, Start Up Business Support, Mentoring and Sponsorship on the job. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1579489212.2120712/5-Free-SEO-Platforms-That-You-Need-to-Place-Your-Business-On?ref=audio_experience

Pune, a satellite city about 75 miles from India’s financial capital Mumbai, has picked up a few monikers over the years – ‘Oxford of the East’, ‘Maharashtra’s cultural capital’, ‘India’s upcoming metro’, and more.

In a 2018 report titled Rise of the Global Startup City, the Center for American Entrepreneurship described Pune as an emerging startup hub in the ‘Global Next’ category.

A year later, KPMG revealed in a study titled Pune 2.0: The Startup Hub that the city was home to 3,200 startups.

In March 2019, the startup raised $27 million in a Series C funding round led by Bertelsmann India.

This includes EMI-free loans (which it pioneered in the industry), personal overdraft, credit card takeover loans, rental deposit loans, advance salary loans, travel loans, wedding loans, bike loans, etc. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1579487408.87056/How-Pune-became-a-global-startup-hub-riding-on-these-companies?ref=audio_experience

When they met and brainstormed on platforms that could benefit the corporate industry, a common idea of providing office supplies culminated in Officepulse in December 2017.

It also involved extensive groundwork that included technology to solve the client’s office supplies sourcing.

Currently, Officepulse supplies products across categories like pantry, IT and networking products, office stationery, housekeeping, and industrial appliances to its customers.

It's business model is to take a margin or cut from suppliers and charge companies for consolidating their office supplies.

Apart from Officepulse, the office supplies market has few other players like WorkStore, Amazon Business, and startups like Power2SME. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1579485606.2594671/Officepulse-wants-to-be-the-one-stop-platform-for-all-your-office-supplies?ref=audio_experience

And closely aligned with the startups programme is the company’s cloud platform, Azure.

Edited excerpts of the interview:YourStory: How do you view the Indian startup ecosystem?

Lathika Pai, Country Head, Microsoft for Startups, MENA & SAARC (left) and Gayle Sheppard, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Azure DataYS: How is Microsoft’s Azure platform helping startups in India?

Focusing on India, startups are a large part of our agenda and there are many groups within Microsoft that come together.

What is even more important is to engage with the startup ecosystem to get them to the next level. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1579483806.8239937/Microsoft-for-Startups-sets-the-stage-for-unicorns-to-emerge-from-Tier-II-cities?ref=audio_experience