Google licenses AI model to Indian firms for early detection of diabetic blindnessWith new partnerships in India and Thailand, Google aims to facilitate 6 million free AI screenings for diabetic retinopathy in underserved...
18 Oct, 2024, 11.01 AM IST
ET Startup Awards 2024 | Social Enterprise: Haqdarshak takes govt schemes to the last mileWhile waste and its disposal method as a theme interested the jury, they finally picked Haqdarshak for the startup’s efforts for bringing i...
13 Sep, 2024, 04.50 PM IST
ET Startup Awards 2024: Nominees for Social EnterpriseWith this category, we intend to recognise the startup that best embodies the ‘double bottomline’ model, one that combines profits with the...
10 Sep, 2024, 06.01 AM IST
Recycling crisis: India’s plastic waste keeps piling up to alarming levelsPlastic is unavoidable now and so is the pollution caused by it. The answer lies in managing plastic waste in a better way and embracing re...
28 Apr, 2024, 10.01 AM IST
The great reset: Covid may have changed how and where your clothes are madeThe pandemic created havoc for the textile industry, leaving many unemployed and financially strapped. But it also set the ball rolling for...
16 Jan, 2021, 01.30 PM IST
A humble endeavour: Sri Sathya Sai University facilitates samaritans who brought a positive change in the societyA toast to the selfless work of the winners of the Sri Sathya Sai Award for Human Excellence 2019.
27 Nov, 2019, 04.30 PM IST
Sri Sathya Sai Award for Human Excellence honours unsung heroes heralding change in societyAditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited is the patron for the awards this year.
27 Nov, 2019, 04.19 PM IST
Wealth from waste! This loom in Bengaluru can turn paper, rubber strips into green productsAfter eight months of research, Raahul Khadaliya built a paper weave loom, a redesigned version of the handloom.
24 May, 2018, 02.24 PM IST
Groups ready with quality compost do not know how to reach farmersTo set up a sustainable composting unit, the initial processes involve sunk costs like setting up the right infrastructure, civil works and...
25 Dec, 2017, 12.02 PM IST
Startups pitch in with tech to manage and compost city waste"Normal composters usually need additives or even microbes for the composting process, which often ends up giving out an odour. But this is...
06 Jul, 2017, 11.04 AM IST
Tech companies, MNCs strive to recycle the waste they generateReal estate developer RMZ Corp's tech parks EcoWorld and Infinity have been able to reduce their percentage of mixed, or unsegregated, wast...
06 Jun, 2017, 01.34 PM IST
Believe it! There's a new, sustainable home in townEntrepreneurs look at innovative ways to use upcycled materials & build houses.
25 May, 2017, 02.52 PM IST
Re-Store sells all stuff you'd like to discardSecond-hand items at store near Whitefield a hit among the poor.
26 Apr, 2017, 12.12 PM IST
Waste management startup industry to grow to over $1 billion by 2020Startups like MobiTrash have a mobile van wastetreatment service which treats segregated organic waste from households and converts it into...
06 Apr, 2016, 02.55 AM IST
Waste managed is waste monetised; it helps ragpickers tooWaste management startups are now making revenue while impacting the lives of waste pickers in their fold with better wages.
12 Sep, 2015, 10.47 AM IST
Indian Angel Network invests undisclosed amount in Saahas Waste ManagementSaahas Waste Management will use the proceeds from the round of funding to hire and bring on board senior personnel, as it looks to scale o...
10 Aug, 2015, 10.07 PM IST
After Freedom Park, waste to light up Gandhinagar in BengaluruThe BBMP's investment in the project is Rs 79 lakh. The plant has a capacity to process 5 tonne of wet waste a day.
07 Apr, 2015, 11.01 AM IST