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Vijay Shekhar Sharma's Massive Fund & PM Modi's Message for Entrepreneurs. 4 Things to Know Today. Stay tuned to get every day updates in 60 seconds.

By Aashika Jain

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1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged the people of India to keep innovating. Speaking to the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem through the NaMo App, Modi said that India's youth are job creators now. He also spoke about the fund of funds of 10,000 crores and the Startup Indian Action Plan to promote entrepreneurship.

2. Amazon completes 5 years in India and thanking Indian users, Jeff Bezos has said that Amazon is the most visited shopping site in India. Bezos also said that customers from 100 per cent serviceable pin codes in India have placed orders on Amazon.

3. PayTm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma has launched the Massive Fund of $150 Mn for green solutions. Investments made from the fund will be aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

4. It's the war of the Yogis! Baba Ramdev's Patanjali is set to shift its 6,000 crore food park from UP because of differences with UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Latest reports suggest that Yogi Adityanath has reached out to Baba Ramdev to resolve the matter.

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Aashika Jain

Entrepreneur Staff

Former Associate Editor, Entrepreneur India

Journalist in the making since 2006! My fastest fingers have worked for India's business news channel CNBC-TV18, global news wire Thomson Reuters, the digital arm of India’s biggest newspaper The Economic Times and Entrepreneur India as the Digital Head. 
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