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Locale has targeted hyperlocal delivery, e-com and mobility because these are domains where companies are collecting location data from customers.

SaaS arrives to ferret out insights on location data

5 min read . Updated: 28 Mar 2021

Big Tech’s increased advance into healthcare in the year of the pandemic is creating the infrastructure for efficient digital platforms on a larger scale. (Photo: iStock)

The future of healthcare lies in plug-and-play platforms

3 min read . Updated: 21 Mar 2021

Noida-based startup Arya’s hermetically sealed, on-demand warehouse made of specialty plastics at an FPO site near Samastipur in Bihar. (Photo: Arya)

A warehousing platform straightens out stress points for farmers

4 min read . Updated: 14 Mar 2021

IT Delhi associate professor Manan Suri, who was named in MIT’s list of the world’s top 35 innovators under 35

Making the shift from GPUs to ‘brainier’ computing in edge AI

4 min read . Updated: 01 Mar 2021

Aqgromalin co-founders Bharani C.L. (left) and Prasanna Manogaran in a quail farm.

Shrimp is passé. How about some mud crabs or quail?

4 min read . Updated: 21 Feb 2021

The Israeli Harop drone was among those used by Azerbaijan in the war against Armenia. (Photo: Getty Images)

Drone swarms versus stealth covers are the future of warfare

4 min read . Updated: 15 Feb 2021

KoineArth founder Praphul Chandra (seated right) with his team members.

How blockchain links manufacturers, suppliers and financiers

4 min read . Updated: 08 Feb 2021

Anil Kumble’s stroke gets analysed with an IoT device made by Spektacom, a startup founded by the ace leg-spinner in Bengaluru.

This chip lets the bat do the talkin’ via a mobile app

6 min read . Updated: 01 Feb 2021

Nepra founder Sandeep Patel at his dry waste plant in Indore.

Rising from the ashes to figure out the business of dry waste

4 min read . Updated: 25 Jan 2021

BigBasket’s Ganapathi Subramanyam at a charging station for electric bikes in one of the 5K fulfilment stores.

Last-mile delivery opens doors for adoption of electric vehicles

3 min read . Updated: 18 Jan 2021

Asquared IoT’s sound analytics edge computing device Equilips (seen at top right corner) deployed at a welding station.

Smart factories keep an ear to the ground

5 min read . Updated: 11 Jan 2021

Agritech startups trying to improve farming activities have initially focused on horticulture.

Horticulture farmers lead the way in adoption of precision tech

4 min read . Updated: 04 Jan 2021

A Neobael collaborative learning session in progress. In this model, the teacher is mostly a facilitator or coach for self-learning and collaboration.

Rethinking kids’ education in the year of covid

5 min read . Updated: 28 Dec 2020

The National Education Policy has declared that Indian sign language will be standardized. (Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint)

Challenges in building an app to interpret Indian sign language

4 min read . Updated: 21 Dec 2020

Stakeholders have to collaborate and share insights with the participation of disabled communities for assistive tech to become more accessible (Photo: iStock)

Accessibility is better than doles for the disabled

6 min read . Updated: 21 Dec 2020

Puma was one of the early adopters of retail tech startup Ace Turtle’s Rubicon platform. (Photo: Mint)

From slow and steady to a sprint, omnichannel race speeds up

3 min read . Updated: 07 Dec 2020

The roll-out of 5G could be an inflection point as it will create opportunities for semiconductor startups (Photo: iStock)

A semiconductor startup ecosystem finally seems to emerge

3 min read . Updated: 30 Nov 2020

Numer8 was initially working on a product for natural disaster risk modelling before shifting focus to the marine fishing community. (Photo: iStock)

Numer8 builds a ‘Google map’ for fishing at sea

5 min read . Updated: 23 Nov 2020

Swiggy has expanded into grocery with Swiggy Stores and hyperlocal delivery with Swiggy Genie.

The fall and rise of startups in the hyperlocal delivery space

3 min read . Updated: 15 Nov 2020

The success of SpaceX has paved the way for satellite launch companies all over the world.reuters

India’s quest for its own SpaceX hits a milestone

5 min read . Updated: 09 Nov 2020

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