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WHATSAPP TO INVEST $250,000-WORTH AD CREDITS IN INDIAN STARTUPS Messaging Giant WhatsApp wants to help out the Indian startup community and to that effect, it has partnered with Startup India to invest $250,000 to support entrepreneurs. It will be providing 500 startups, approved by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, $500 each of Facebook ad credits. It is to ensure that upcoming startups can post free ads (amounting to $500) to invite customers to click and open a chat on WhatsApp to raise…

PM launches Start-up India movement, unveils action plan The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, launched the Start-up India initiative in New Delhi on January 16. The launch by the Prime Minister in the evening, was preceded by a day-long workshop on various aspects of entrepreneurship. Union Ministers Arun Jaitley, Nirmala Sitharaman also attended the programme and participated in a discussion with Onno Ruhl, Country Director, World Bank, and Amitabh Kant, Secretary, DIPP. To interact with Start-up entrepreneurs, the Prime…