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Baqar Iftikhar Naqvi is the founder and CEO of Upriver Ecommerce, an online sales accelerator firm and can guide entrepreneurs on how to make their firms grow.He holds a BTech in textile technology from the Central Textile Institute and has a master's degree in marketing and merchandising from the National Institute of Fashion Technology.He has 23 years of experience in the consumer products and retail industry.... more
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I have develop a working concept for a 1 Tera hertz CPU where the hard disk processor works at 1 terahertz the CPU can read write data of 1 terabyte in few seconds I m looking for funding kindly advice

Ans: There are many govt funds available for tech innovations. Please research and apply. It is fairly easy to get such govt grants. Alternatively, look for incubation centres where you can improve upon your concept and create prototypes. There are many Universities and private incubation centres.
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Your son has a very wide range of funds. While he is investing Rs. 60,000 every month, this amount is spread across eight different schemes. In the world of investing, having too many funds can sometimes lead to "over-diversification." This means he might be owning the same stocks through different schemes, which does not really help in reducing risk. A more focused portfolio with fewer, high-quality schemes often performs better over 20 years.

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