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  • Dalit outfits demand CBI probe into human excreta in TN water tank

    Dalit outfits demand CBI probe into human excreta in TN water tank

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    Chennai: The Vengaivayal incident in which human excreta was found in an overhead water tank supplying drinking water to a Dalit colony in Vengaivayal, Pudukottai district has become a blot on the Tamil Nadu government.

    Even after the incident was reported on December 21, the culprits have not been brought to book. The Dalit outfits including the Dalit political party, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) have taken out several protest marches against this act.

    The Tamil Nadu police interrogated several people, but the Dalit outfits said that the police was acting in a partisan manner and that some people belonging to the Dalit communities were asked to own up to the act.

    M. Ilamurugu, president of Ambedkar Makkal Iyyagam, a Dalit outfit, had visited the Vengavayil Dalit colony along with S. Subbiah, a retired IAS officer, and interacted with all the 32 Dalit families in the colony.

    After the interaction, Illamurugu called for a CBI inquiry into the issue and said that they have lost hope in the state government’s agencies.

    The VCK has demanded the demolition of the overhead water tank in which human excreta was found. VCK leader and Member of Parliament, Thol Thirumavalavan has in a statement said that the overhead tank was a symbol of insult to the Dalits and it should be demolished.

    In several rural areas of Tamil Nadu, there is even a two tumbler system where Dalits are given tea and coffee in separate tumblers.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Kashmir’s FastBeetle Bags Big at Shark Tank India

    Kashmir’s FastBeetle Bags Big at Shark Tank India

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    by Fahd Khan

    SRINAGAR: In a first of its kind, the promoters of the Srinagar-based logistic start-up FastBeetle participated and pitched their business proposal before the Shark Tank India Judges, which was aired on the Sony Television channel. Shark Tank India is a business reality TV series that is in its second season in 2023.

    The combined deal from Lenskart CEO Piyush Bansal and Boat CEO Aman Gupta to invest 90 lakhs for 7.5 per cent equity was fixed with the Srinagar-based start-up at Rs 12 crore valuation.

    FastBeetle, a start-up promoted by Sheikh Samiullah and Abid Rashid started their courier and logistic services in October 2019 from Srinagar and later to the international shipments within months and went on to become the fastest-growing logistics company from Jammu and Kashmir.

    “After watching the show last year, we never thought we would be standing on that carpet pitching our business idea to renowned sharks,” Sheikh Samiullah said in a Tweet.

    It is pertinent to mention here that FastBeetle had become the first Kashmiri start-up to raise US $100,000 in a pre-series. A funding round led by investors including Sandeep Patel from Nepra, Saurabh Mittal, Vikram Sanghvi, Rohit Qamra, and a few non-resident Kashmiris.

    “Our pitch clearly states that we need to create a start-up ecosystem in the Jammu and Kashmir. We had gone to Shark Tank not to present FastBeetle but to represent the aspiration of the 1.5 crore population of Jammu and Kashmir” added Samiullah in his tweet.

    FastBeetle has a empowered more than 1200 start-ups and delivered more than 10 lakh orders to 55+ countries. Giant e-commerce sites like Flipkart, Jiomart has tied up with the FastBeetle to deliver parcels to the remotest areas of Jammu and Kashmir.

    They said that their company wants to deliver parcels to the far-flung areas of the India where no one has reached till now.

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • Entrepreneur arrested after caught adding zeroes to Shark’s Cheque at Shark Tank India Show

    Entrepreneur arrested after caught adding zeroes to Shark’s Cheque at Shark Tank India Show

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    In the latest episode of the season 2 of Shark Tank India the Shark Anupam Mittal is seen going after an entrepreneur who tried to increase its company’s valuation by 10X simply by adding zero in the cheque given by Shark Anupam Mittal.

     

    While the episode is yet to be aired the ad of the episode show an entrepreneur presenting his idea to the sharks and cracking a deal of 30 lakhs for 10% equity from Anupam Mittal. However, not happy with the valuation, the entrepreneur secretly added zero in the cheque and was caught doing show by the show host.

     

    The same was reported to Anupam Mittal, who then not only reprimanded the entrepreneur but also cancelled the deal and reported the case to the police. Speaking to The Fauxy, Anupam Mittal said “this could have landed me in trouble since I don’t have 3 crore in my account and the cheque would have bounced“.

     

    To avoid such cases, Shark Tank India will now have psychometric test for all the pitchers.

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    [ Disclaimer: With inputs from The Fauxy, an entertainment portal. The content is purely for entertainment purpose and readers are advised not to confuse the articles as genuine and true, these Articles are Fictitious meant only for entertainment purposes. ]