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Drone start-up TechEagle to part ways with Zomato, venture into health care

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Zomato carried out a test delivery last June at one of the remote sites approved by the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation | Representative image

Peerzada AbrarNeha Alawadhi Bengaluru/New Delhi
TechEagle, the drone manufacturer and consultant start-up Zomato acquired in December 2018, has decided to part ways with the food delivery firm and said it will venture into the healthcare sector.

“It was well thought and a mutual decision to part ways with Zomato, (and we were) in discussion since December 2019. However, the Covid-19 crisis accelerated the growth of healthcare sector and no other time could have been better for TechEagle venturing into contactless medical and essentials delivery via drones which will see hockey stick growth in near future,” said Vikram Singh Meena, founder and CEO of TechEagle.

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