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Food delivery firms reassure customers with contactless delivery, temperature checks

India's food delivery apps have started aggressive outreach about safety measures, including hygiene read more...

Oyo suspends payments to hotels; partners say clause not in contract

Oyo said in the letter that since hotel revenues have dwindled and are unlikely to improve in the next few months, it was constrained to exercise force majeure rights read more...

How lockdown-hit online retailers are cheering customers up

Myntra, Bookmyshow, FirstCry and Nykaa are using informational content, gaming, and entertainment on their apps to connect with customers. read more...

Virus attack to slow down IT growth

Reduced tech spending by clients in US, Europe to hit companies including TCS, Infosys, HCL Technologies: Experts read more...

Sachin Bansal, others pump in over Rs 3,000 crore in Navi Technologies

Bansal has been allotted 20.84 crore equity shares at Rs 140.50 a piece, having paid Rs 253.01 crore in cash and an additional Rs 2,675.08 crore in other financial securities. read more...

India using defence tech in fight against Covid-19

India has been using spin offs from its available defence technology to quickly develop low cost, high volume equipment desperately needed in the fight against Covid-19. read more...

Covid-19: Oyo chief to forgo remaining annual salary

Online travel portals have been hardest hit due to the Covid-19 pandemic as countries around the world announced lockdowns and airlines halted operations. read more...

E-tailers refund buyers, sellers have to wait

Online sellers for both Flipkart and Amazon mentioned that payments were getting delayed by at least a week, or even more in some cases read more...

Lockdown effect: Restaurants, cinemas & retailers at malls seek zero rentals till May

As the nationwide lockdown begins to bite, everyone - from mall tenants to hotel aggregators - is invoking the 'force majeure' clause. Others, meanwhile, are contesting the move read more...

DPIIT told to expedite funds for Covid-19 related startup ideas

Piyush Goyal proposed SIDBI to frontload funds from the Funds of Funds to support startups as they raised the issues of liquidity crunch, manpower and cash flows. read more...

Work-from-home going to stay, even after Covid-19 scare is over

HR heads see it as a win-win solution helping employees save on commute time and firms to cut establishment cost, raising productivity read more...

CERT-In warns Zoom users of cyber risks

Zoom has become popular with professionals working from home globally, who are using it for virtual meetings, presentations and calls. read more...

Amazon India to clear backlog of essential items before taking new orders

The e-commerce company is working with local authorities to get clearances and curfew passes for on-ground workers read more...

Google to shut down Neighbourly app in May

The mobile app allowed users to ask questions to their neighbours by text or by voice, share local expertise and keep up with updates from their neighbourhood read more...

Government of India launches official Covid-19 tracking app

The app uses smartphones location data and Bluetooth to see if a user has been near a Covid-19 infected person. read more...

Fresh row over Rs 41,000 crore sops for electronic makers

The revenue department wants a budgetary allocation of the incentive. But industry fears such a mechanism will delay payments read more...

Vertex leads $6 million fundraise in fintech startup Recko

Proceeds from this funding round will be used to further ramp up product development, expand its team, along with its presence outside India read more...

How India Inc is getting used to work from home amid Covid-19 lockdown

According to consultants, companies are working towards enabling better infrastructure for WFH as they build online first workforces. read more...

MyLab, Serum join forces to roll out more testing kits

Mylab said the need for the financial boost arose with widening of the testing basket and several states giving it procurement orders directly read more...

IvyCap Ventures pumps Rs 27 crore in fintech startup Fingpay

Funds raised will be used to add various banking and financial products on the platform that can be accessed by its last-mile customers, as well as enter new geographies read more...

Blackstone pumps Rs 525 crore in Mphasis to buy more stake

Private equity giant ups holding in ITeS firm to 56.21% after share price falls more than one-third read more...

Indian Railways reaches out to e-commerce firms with special freight trains

So far, Indian Railways has loaded 30 Special Parcel trains to various destinations all over the country, and is identifying more routes for such trains. read more...

Domino's and ITC Foods partner to deliver groceries

The service will be rolled out in Bengaluru, Noida, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad. Users can download the Dominos delivery app to use digital payments to complete the order. read more...

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