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The many troubles at BluSmart; Priyanka K Mohan on Yakshagana dance
- Countries like India are exploring ways to mitigate US tariffs by reviewing demands to cut import duties on various farm goods and considering scrapping the import tax on US LNG to fuel its energy-hungry economy.
- China and Canada are engaging in tariff retaliations against the US, while the world of art and filmmaking is grappling with ethical concerns regarding AI tools training on copyrighted works.
- BluSmart, an EV ride-hailing app, facing funding issues and key executive exits, is deploying electric cabs on Uber's platform amid woes with its leased cabs and liquidity challenges.
- BluSmart previously had an arrangement with Rapido but faced challenges with Gensol, leading to Rapido pulling out; Refex Green Mobility also abandoned plans to take over vehicles from Gensol.
- Priyanka K Mohan, co-founder of Tvarita Arts Collective India, is working to preserve indigenous art forms like Yakshagana, a dance form from coastal Karnataka known for blending storytelling, music, and dance.
- Tvarita Arts Collective India aims to ensure the continuity of art forms like Yakshagana by promoting inclusivity, especially for women artists who have historically faced barriers in the male-dominated art space.
- Code Effort, a startup founded by Naman Gupta, is tackling plastic pollution from cigarette stubs by recycling them into textiles, paper, stationery, and more, working with rag pickers to collect cigarette waste for commercial reuse.
- The startup partners with firms like Reliance Retail, converting cigarette stubs into useful products and addressing waste management while providing additional income to rag pickers involved in the collection process.
- In other news, Ubisoft plans to create a gaming subsidiary with Tencent's $1.25 billion investment, India's infrastructure output grew at a slow pace in February, and a powerful earthquake in Myanmar caused extensive damage and casualties.
- Some African elephants, particularly females in areas with heavy ivory poaching, have evolved to be tuskless as a survival response to intensive poaching.
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