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  BENGALURU: Enterprise voice-assistant provider Fireflies.ai on Monday said it has raised Rs100 crore as a part of its Series A funding round, led by Khosla Ventures, to fuel its next phase of growth. Early-stage venture capital firm Canaan Partners also participated in the round. The company plans to use the fresh capital to expand its team and actively hire across functions of engineering, customer engagement and marketing. The startup will also use the investment to scale up its core engineering efforts to support customer demand, it said. With this fundraise, Fireflies has raised close to Rs135 crore since its inception in 2016. The company had raised Rs35 crore in 2019, led by Canaan Partners. It is also backed by current and former executives of Slack, Salesforce, Dropbox, Hopin, and Facebook. The San Francisco and Hyderabad-based startup founded by Krish Ramineni along with a Nigerian Sam Udotong  provides a collaboration tool which allows teams to capture voice c...

Shilpa Yarlagadda started her business while in her dorm room at Harvard, and her company has blossomed into a fine jewelry phenomenon. Her jewelry has been worn on some very famous fingers, plus 50% of Yarlagadda's profits help fund other female entrepreneurs. Shilpa Yarlagadda, 24, is the cofounder of Shiffon, the fine jewelry brand that invests its proceeds back into female-funded businesses. In 2017, the friends with whom Yarlagadda had started Shiffon wanted to focus on their studies. So she soon recruited family friend  Shreya Chaganti , as Shiffon was making big growth moves, and fast. The business surged forward in bursts, starting almost before Yarlagadda had all the organizational aspects of her start-up ready. One such surge came after Yarlagadda persistently messaged Emma Watson's stylist,  Sarah Slutsky , on LinkedIn and by email, trying to get Watson to wear the pinkie ring in public. Slutzky eventually took a call with Yarlagadda and put the pinkie ring on Watso...

Banking tech startup  Zeta  has raised $260 million in a funding round led by  SoftBank  Vision Fund II at a valuation of $1.45 billion. In the process, it has become the latest Indian startup to join the coveted unicorn club. SoftBank has invested $250 million for 17% stake, while existing investor  Sodexo  has put in $10 million. The round could close at $300 million, a source told ET, as Zeta is in talks to raise another $40 million from a few other investors. Avendus Capital is the adviser to the transaction. The Bengaluru-based startup’s valuation has surged nearly five times from $300 million during its previous round in 2019. Zeta has become the fourteenth Indian startup to become a unicorn this year—joining Cred, Razorpay and Groww in the club—underscoring the growing demand among equity investors for growth-stage fintech companies in the country. The company, founded in 2015 by serial entrepreneur  Ramkrishna Gaddipati and Bhavinche Turakhia,...

  Four Indian women chess stars have qualified for the FIDE Women's Chess World Cup to be held in Russia in the month of July 2021 The India challenge in Russia would be led by top Grand Masters Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli with International Masters Padmini Rout and Bhakti Kulkarni for company. The official list of qualified players was published by FIDE on Wednesday. While GM Humpy and GM Harika qualified on the basis of their high ratings, the duo of IM Rout and IM Kulkarni made it through on the basis of Asian continental quota. While, Koneru Humpy is the ranked world number 3 in women's standard chess, Harika Dronavalli is ranked 10 th . On the other hand, Bhakti Kulkarni and Padmini Rout are ranked number 67   and 92 respectively among women. The FIDE Women's Chess World Cup is expected to witness more than 106 players fight it out for the top prize. As of now, all the qualified players have to submit a signed copy of their respective contract for participation...

Rakesh Naidoo has become the first person of Indian origin to be appointed to the post of Superintendent of Police in New Zealand . Police Minister Poto Williams and Deputy Commissioner of Police (Maori, Pacific and Ethnic Services) Wallace Haumaha affixed the Superintendent epaulettes on Mr Naidoo symbolising larger responsibilities that would now rest on his shoulders.  The event was held in Parliament Buildings in Wellington last night (May 20, 2021), following a meeting of Ethnic Liaison Officers of the New Zealand Police. Mr Naidoo will continue his role in Ethnic Services at the New Zealand Police National Headquarters in Wellington. As well managing, coaching and mentoring staff of varied ethnicities, he will improve development of partnership arrangements with difference interest groups to implement strategies to prevent crime and victimisation. South Africa born Indian origin Rakesh Naidoo joined the New Zealand Police in 2001, with the primary aim of working with ethnic ...

Chandra Mohan Kanneganti is the councillor for Goldenhill and Sandyford. An National Helath Services hero has been elected Stoke-on-Trent's first citizen. Councillor Chandra Kanneganti is the new lord mayor following today’s council vote. His deputy is Councillor Faisal Hussain, who represents Meir South. New Stoke-on-Trent lord mayor Chandra Kanneganti with wife Sai and son Yatin A Labour bid for Councillor Sheila Pitt to take the top role was defeated. Mr Kanneganti was born in India in 1975. He emigrated to the UK in 2002 to work as a doctor in the NHS. The Goldenhill and Sandyford member became a councillor in 2019. He is a senior partner at Goldenhill Medical Centre and also manages Middleport Medical Centre.

Michigan   National Geographic Bee winner. And now, a recipient of one of the nation’s highest honors for high school students. Grand Blanc senior Shriya Yarlagadda is one of 161 high school students in the country to receive the honor of U.S. Presidential Scholar, which recognizes the country’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. “That was an amazing honor,” Yarlagadda said. “I was so excited because I did not expect to be receiving a nomination at all.” The invite-only program takes students with the best test scores and exceptional talent in visual, creative and performing arts to honor students each year. Yarlagadda’s candidacy was a total surprise, she said. Yarlagadda is one of five Michigan high school students to receive the honor, according to a Thursday, May 12 U.S. Department of Education news release. Yarlagadda, 17, will soon graduate Summa Cum Laude from Grand Blanc High School as a member of the National Honor Society and will receive an AP Capstone di...

  The Conservatives managed to edge out Labour in Basingstoke North West, Hampshire County Council.  Arun Kumar Mummalaneni (1882 votes) defeated the Labour party's Basingstoke leader Andy McCormick (1679 votes). Arun Kumar's native place is Mynenivari palem near Repalle, AP, India. Arun Mummalaneni (CON, Basingstoke North West) elected to HCC for the first time, and also he is the first Indian origin person elected to the Council. Arun, having made Basingstoke his home for the past 15 years with his wife and two daughters has gained a deep understanding of the needs of this town. An alumna of University of Winchester, his professional role as an Information Security Expert is one of the important business sectors here in Basingstoke.  He is an award-winning community champion and leader featured on BBC whose ability to bring people together and drive change is truly remarkable and exemplary.

T he corporator of 26th Division Punukollu Neeraja was elected as Mayor of Khammam Corporation.   List of Kamma Corporators elected to the Khammam Municipal Corporation TRS 1) Nagandla KoteswaraRao Ward - 6 2) Chava Madhuri - 10 3) Saripudi Ramadevi - 11 4) Chirumamilla Lakshmi - 12 5) Kothapalli Neeraja - 13 6) Kavuri Karuna - 15 7) Mandadapu Lakshmi - 18 8) Bikkasani Prasanth - 20 9) Punukollu Neeraja - 26 10) Karnati Krishna - 41 11) Paidipalli Rohini - 56 CONGRESS 12) Dhanala Radha - 17 13) Duddukuri Venkateswarlu - 49 14) Mikkilineni Manjula - 54 15) Motharapu Sravani - 55 CPM 16) Vellampalli VenkateswaraRao - 35

1) Mundluru Prabhanjan Kumar Independent,  ward - 3 2) R K Padma Raja Congress, Ward - 6 3) M Ramanjaneyulu  Congress, Ward - 8 4) Konanki Tilak Kumar BJP, Ward - 10 5) Mullangi Nandeesh  Cong, Ward - 18 6) P Vivek Congress, Ward - 20 7) M Rajeswari Congress, Ward - 34 

The portfolios for 34 departments in Tamil Nadu, including the Chief Minister, were sworn in today. Stalin has given the opportunity to 15 newcomers.  The most important of these newcomers is PK Sekar Babu . He contested and won the RK Nagar constituency in the 2001 and 2006 assembly elections as AIADMK candidate.  He is an ardent believer of Jayalalithaa. He was also the AIADMK secretary for North Chennai district. He is proud to have held more public meetings in Tamil Nadu. Sehgar Babu had the opportunity to enter Jayalalithaa's close circle as he is the son in law of AIADMK Presidium Chairman Madhusudhanan . Later Sekar Babu joined the DMK with his supporters in the presence of Karunanidhi in January 2011. He had the opportunity to contest the  o day Stalin has given the honor that Jayalalithaa forgot to give on that day due to her tireless work. Yes. In Stalin's cabinet the  Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments portfolio is assigned to P K S ek...

Thalapathy  1) Kadambur Raju (AIADMK) Kovilpatti 2) Dr.A R Raguraman (MDMK) Sattur 3) A R R Seenivasan (DMK) Virudhunagar 4) G Thalapathy (DMK) Madurai - West 5) P R G Arun Kumar (AIADMK) Coimbatore 6) M K Mohan (DMK) Anna Nagar 7) P K Sekar Babu (DMK)  Chennai - Harbour 8) A C Vilvanathan (DMK) Ambur 9) A P Nanda Kumar (DMK) Anaikattu