Let animals off the hook, metaphoricallyAs skunks are not drunk and church mice are not poor, why use inapt similes?
01 Feb, 2021, 08.32 AM IST
ClearTax appoints PayPal-owned Simility's Ravi Sandepudi as entrepreneur-in-residenceIn this role, Sandepudi will drive efforts to build an SME-centric suite of offerings while also leading the startup's fintech initiatives.
09 Dec, 2020, 11.25 AM IST
Blame a black swan or a grey rhino: Why animals are used as similes for unfortunate events caused by humansSeveral species have had their reputation besmirched due to these events.
18 May, 2020, 09.46 AM IST
Post-pandemic poetry: As world comes to a screeching halt, 'digital poets' are writing odes to natureThe glory of nature springing back is being captured, posted — and going viral.
07 Apr, 2020, 08.00 AM IST
Spinny raises $43.7 mn funding led by Fundamentum PartnershipSpinny had raised its seed round from Blume Ventures and Simile Ventures, and most recently it had closed its Series A round of $13.2 milli...
02 Mar, 2020, 02.54 PM IST
SAIF, Accel Partners & others invest in used-car retailing platform SpinnyThe Series-A round also saw participation from venture debt firm Alteria Capital as well as Spinny’s existing investors Blume Ventures and ...
22 May, 2019, 10.30 AM IST
Army Commander Gen D S Hooda greets Military Nursing Service staff on 90th raising dayThe nursing officers of Military Nursing Service (MNS) at Command Hospital Udhampur celebrated their 90th Raising Day today.
11 Jul, 2018, 01.13 PM IST
PayPal buys Hyderabad-based fraud prevention platform provider SimilitySubject to customary closing conditions, this transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2018.
22 Jun, 2018, 05.29 PM IST
Fish markets are very parliamentaryThe National Fisherfolk Forum (NFF) may have justifiably taken umbrage to a judge likening persistently obstreperous lawyers to a fish mark...
05 Mar, 2018, 11.44 PM IST
Simility raises Rs 113-crore in Accel-led Series B roundPayPal also participated in the round as a new strategic investor along with existing investors The Valley Fund and Trinity Ventures.
12 Dec, 2017, 08.12 AM IST
Global investment bank Nomura picks six Indian startupsIt has selected eight startups from across the world to build products and solutions specifically for capital markets and investment bankin...
15 Nov, 2017, 10.40 AM IST
SlicePay gets funding from Japan's Das Capital, othersStartup, which is currently operational in three cities, plans to use the funding to scale operations to three more cities, as well as for ...
06 Oct, 2017, 08.49 AM IST
Political jousts need rhetorical wizardryHe was not alluding to the historical definition of mugwumps: Republicans supported a Democrat for US president way back in 1884.
01 May, 2017, 12.49 AM IST
Not a Dove or Hawk but RaRa avis!Doves, hawks, bears and bulls are the creatures most oft-quoted in relation to money, markets and economics; but there are hogs, sheep, lio...
10 Jun, 2016, 05.36 AM IST
Why political name-calling makes little sense in the animal worldDespite the sustained denigration of practically every aspect of their persona, it cannot be denied that empires have been built literally ...
11 May, 2014, 01.26 AM IST
How LEDs debunked the whitening power of detergentsThe recent revelation that shirt whiteness is not only due to the scrubbing power of countless Indian housewives but a chemical-induced opt...
22 Apr, 2014, 04.44 AM IST
When Raghuram Rajan mentioned about owls in his RBI policy speech“We are neither hawks, nor doves. We are owls. The owl is traditionally a symbol of wisdom. We are vigilant when others are resting," Rajan...
31 Jan, 2014, 04.55 AM IST