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Showstoppers 2023: It's all about loving your stars
Forbes India's Showstoppers special edition is all about the headline-makers of 2023. From the fields of films, OTT, and music, to sports. In this issue, you will find what drives Vijay Sethupathi to give his best, why the camera loves Kareena Kapoor Khan, what makes Ram Charan and Upasana Kamineni Konidela a power couple, and how 2023 was an exemplary year for Shubman Gill. In this podcast, Kunal Purandare and Divya Shekhar walk you through one of our most glamorous editions
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Small-town founders: Fearless entrepreneurs building new empires
The latest issue of Forbes India is dedicated to the small-town founders who have built and rebuilt their lives on the fearless foundation of big dreams and hard work. In this podcast, Rajiv Singh walks us through how these entrepreneurs, from iD Fresh Food's PC Musthafa to Wakefit's Chaitanya Ramalingegowda, are making it big by shunning fear and rejection
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Discord updates mobile app to load faster, improve messaging
Discord, which is where you'll find many of the Gen Z, apart from Instagram, has overhauled its mobile app to work more like, well, a mobile app. The updated app, on both Android and iOS, brings faster app loading, better navigation, improved media sharing and voice and video experience, and an updated night mode. After yesterday's update, which is available in India also, app-open time is reduced by 43 percent on iOS and 55 percent on Android, and users can access more messages when offline, according to the company
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IN-SPACe offers startup seed funding, tech support in urban development, disaster management
IN-SPACe (Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre), the nodal agency of India's Department of Space responsible for the commercialisation of space tech in private industry or among non-government entities, has announced a seed fund for startups in the areas of urban development and disaster management by using space technology. Applications can be downloaded from the centre's website. The last date to apply is Dec. 20
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Freshworks's Mathrubootham scores another top-hire win with Mika Yamamoto as CCMO
Mika Yamamoto, who will be responsible for leading the company's global marketing and customer experience teams, comes to Freshworks from F5, also a Nasdaq-listed company. Her 30-year career includes several years each at Gartner, Microsoft and Amazon, and shorter stints at SAP and Adobe. She will report to founder and CEO Girish Mathrubootham and President Dennis Woodside
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London to New York without hurting the planet: what's the future of sustainable aviation fuels?
Flight100, Virgin Atlantic's green trip, spotlights aviation's carbon emissions problem. Less than 0.1 percent of jet fuel today is based on non-fossil based greener alternatives, highlighting the need for stepping up investments
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Virgin Atlantic Flight100 marks another step in the long haul to sustainable aviation
The first trans-Atlantic flight using 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel was made between London and New York yesterday by Britain's Virgin Atlantic, bringing the industry another small step closer to sustainable aviation. The flight, which the airline named Flight100, demonstrated that sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) was a safe drop-in replacement for the current fossil-fuel-based jet fuel, compatible with existing aircraft and infrastructure, Virgin Atlantic said in a press release yesterday
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India's changing EV landscape: From low-speed e-bikes to 'reverse trikes' for ride hailing
India's EV landscape is changing. Startups are emerging offering new products like e-bikes and slow-speed scooters that don't require a driving license, and new purchase options are also being innovated to reduce the upfront cost of these vehicles to make them more competitive with their petrol-burning counterparts. It will be some time, however, before we see these vehicles on our roads in the millions
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NASA chief's visit spotlights India's role in Earth System Observatory
NASA administrator Bill Nelson is in India today as the US space agency officials and counterparts from ISRO will take stock of the progress on joint projects, including NISAR, the first spacecraft in an Earth Observatory System being developed by NASA. Senator Nelson is also expected to interact with students in India to discuss STEM education and NASA's project Artemis
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India's space tech ecosystem in focus with NASA chief's visit
The visit, by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, will help India's space department officials and Nasa take stock of the progress on joint projects, including NISAR, the first spacecraft in an Earth Observatory System being developed by Nasa. Senator Nelson is also expected to interact with students in India to discuss STEM education and NASA's project Artemis
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'First and last time': Sam Altman says will return to OpenAI
Sam Altman will return to OpenAI, the company he co-founded, and which helped make AI a household term with its ChatGPT bot. Altman posted news of his eventual return on X. A new interim board has been named at OpenAI, which will see the process through. Reports in the US say Altman and Microsoft will both likely have seats on the company's final reconstituted board once he returns