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By Sanchita Dash

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1. Anand Mahindra & Elon Musk are now bffs. The business magnates recently had an interesting interaction on Twitter about generating job opportunities on Mars.

2. Akshay Kumar's PadMan becomes inspiration for 13-year-old, Riva Tulpule. The Dubai-based teenager has adopted 250 girls from rural Maharashtra and will supply them with sanitary napkins for an entire year.

3. OYO's $1 billion funding ride gets another passenger. Singapore-based ride-hailing company Grab is reportedly in advanced talks to invest $100 million in the Indian startup.

4. In a first, Facebook-owned WhatsApp to now run a television ad campaign in India. The instant messaging app has developed three films to spread a word against Fake news.

Here's the "news that entrepreneurs can use". Know what's trending in the Indian business world in 60 seconds.

Sanchita Dash

Entrepreneur Staff

Former Senior Correspondent, Entrepreneur India

In the business of news for 5 years now. Making my way across India thanks to my career. A media graduate from Symbiosis, Pune, I have earlier worked with Deccan Chronicle (South India's leading English daily), T-Hub (India's largest incubator) and Anthill Ventures (a speed-scaling platform). 

Stories, movies and PJs are my thing. 

If you hear 'The Office' opening score randomly, don't worry it's just my phone ringing. 

 

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