12 Odisha start ups to get Google's technological, financial support

Twelve startups from Odisha have qualified to receive technological and financial support from Google for three years.

Under the initiative, free credits will be provided to these startups so that they can focus on building their business and let Google take the responsibility of scaling and securing their infrastructure.

“The search engine has selected 12 startups across sectors to use services of Google like AdWords, application programming interfaces (API), cloud services. Google will provide these startups with a credit of $3000 to use these services in the first year,”, said an official sources

For three years, start-ups will get $100,000 from Google provided they fulfil certain criterions, he added.

The state government is also planning to sign a pact with Google to get its help in nurturing the startups.

As many as 48 startups from Odisha had applied for the programme but only 12 could meet the criteria set by Google.

Tata Motors launches Hexa at Rs 12 lakh

Latest News - Tata Motors, struggling with its passenger car business for many years now, on Wednesday launched the much-awaited SUV, the Hexa, positioning it as a lifestyle off- roader with an attractive pricing of Rs 12.08 lakh and upwards.

Given the introductory pricing that goes up to Rs 17.43 lakh for the top-end automatic version, the all new Hexa, which has been in the making for the past two years, is set to give a tough fight to the likes of the industry leader Innova, Mahindra XUV 500, Maruti's Ertgia among others.

The Hexa, mounted on 2.2 liter diesel engine and being produced from Tata Motors' flagship Pune plant, comes in six variants - three each in manual and automatic options and offers an ARAI-certified fuel efficiency of 14.4 kmpl.

Launching the seven-seater mean machine, Tata Motors Managing Director and Chief Executive Guenter Butschek described the Hexa as(Read More)