Google has said it will give $5 million to support and upgrade 50 elementary schools run by Bharti Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises. These schools, being run in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, will be named Satya Elementary Schools. Bharti Foundation provides education to poor children, especially girls, through its 236 village primary schools and one senior secondary school. The foundation plans to build 15 more primary schools and four senior secondary [...]

Germany-based Dealies.in has been launched as an online group buying deals aggregating service for consumers in India. According to the company, Dealies.in currently aggregates deals from 10 group buying websites in India and uses measures such as the Alexa ranking and its own reviews section to help users in making the best possible decision. “We are addressing the need for an easy-to-use platform whereby a consumer can have an overview of all deals offered by [...]

Ever wondered what to do, when you don’t have cash in wallet or can’t access internet to pay via Credit Card? Well Airtel in a brave attempt is trying to make this as simple as it can be- Pay via your Mobile phone. In the simplest structure possible here is how it will work- 1. Services are started are in Gurgaon, Faridabad and selected part of Delhi. They have partnered with several merchants like BookMyshow, [...]

New Delhi-based TwentyTwo Infomedia has launched 22BestDeals.com, an online shopping portal that aims to list 22 ‘best deals’ at any point of time across various product ranges like jewellery, electronics, computers, flowers, gifts, healthcare, fashion accessories, bags and watches. Launched in December 2010, 22BestDeals.com expects to touch a revenue base of Rs 50 crore by the end of March 2012. The company has planned aggressive marketing campaigns across internet, print and television through which it [...]

If you thought Groupon’s entry into the Group Buying space in India would be the biggest news for e-commerce in January, you could be wrong. Ebay India, sent out email notifications to its users last evening announcing its own daily deals section. I say ‘could’, because only the coming months will tell us which was a bigger move. But either way, they are both pretty significant. Ebay India is promoting these deals on their home [...]