Investment in prop-tech companies rose marginally to record USD 551 million last year amid surge in adoption of virtual platforms for real estate marketing during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Housing.com.In its report titled ‘PropTech: The Future of Real Estate in India’, realty portal Housing.com said USD 2.4 billion has been invested so far in India's prop-tech industry across 225 deals.Also Read | Australia’s prime time battle against big techHousing.com is part of Singapore-based Elara Technologies that also owns Makaan.com and PropTiger."Investments in the prop-tech segment grew marginally up to USD 551 million in 2020 from USD 549 million in 2019," the report said.This has been the peak investments since tech-based start-up.

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Spurs dominate second half to beat short-handed Magic

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Maharashtra: Complete lockdown imposed in Aurangabad on weekends amid surge in Covid cases

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US Department of Justice offering ‘one-stop’ site to report unemployment fraud

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Cynthia Bailey’s Wedding Planner Reveals How She Safely Managed The Large Event Amid COVID

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Nonprofits hail anti-poverty aspects of COVID relief measure

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Nick Markakis retires after 15 years with Braves, Orioles

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Greater Manchester looks set to take control of its buses after the pandemic

direct to your inboxGreater Manchester looks likely to press ahead with plans to take control of its bus network after a year that saw Covid stall the process.Transport chiefs are recommending leaders pursue a franchised system following a review of the proposal in the light of the pandemic.If Andy Burnham agrees, the move would make Greater Manchester the first place outside of London to have a regulated system since the 1980s, in a change designed to create a more functional network with streamlined fares and timetables.The plan - which has been backed by all councils, although Bolton town hall has expressed some concerns - will initially go before councillors for scrutiny next week, before going before council chiefs and finally the

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'Quad' countries to launch joint venture to boost Covid vaccine production

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CDC finds women report worse side effects from COVID-19 vaccine than men

LOS ANGELES - Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is finding that women make up a majority of those reporting negative side effects to the COVID-19 vaccines.The CDC published a report last month consisting of data from the first 13.8 million vaccine doses administered to Americans between Dec.

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Blanca Blanco wears hot pink bikini to mark one-year Covid lockdown anniversary

Tale Of Tails actress Blanca Blanco has been spending lockdown at home. But on Thursday the medical worker turned actress took some time off to enjoy a beach day as she slipped into a hot pink bikini.The girlfriend of Deer Hunter actor John Savage shared several images for her 100K followers on Instagram where she posed outside a beach house in Malibu.In her caption the movie star marked the one year anniversary of the day COVID-19 was named a pandemic.'Be fierce,' began the siren, who will next star in the film Harnessing The Rain.

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