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BigBasket and Grofers to hire 12,000 staff to meet demand surge

E-commerce companies have been facing a major manpower shortage, as migrant workers have returned to their native places, amid the virus outbreak. read more...

Remittances to Bharat hit by return of the native

Movement of migrant workers back to their homes is a big blow for payments companies read more...

Zomato, Swiggy see 70% drop in orders amid lockdown

Swiggy said about 60 to 70% of its cities are still shut for food delivery including few prominent ones like Vizag, Vadodara, Guwahati, Indore read more...

Flipkart CEO reassures staff, says will honour all job offers

Flipkart's business has been severely hit by the nationwide lockdown after its top-selling categories such as smartphones, electronics and large appliances became unavailable read more...

E-commerce firms tie up with retailers and e-grocers to help in last mile delivery

Uber has forged partnerships with Spencer's Retail and Big Basket, while it is in advanced talks with Flipkart, Amazon and Big Bazaar read more...

Large retailers urge government to expand list of essential items

Online marketplaces have been lobbying to expand the scope of essential products that can be sold after the lockdown was implemented on March 25 read more...

Global companies pledge not to lay off staff

Most companies have seen a dramatic reduction in business because of lockdowns around the world read more...

Users struggle to buy, repair key tech items

Thousands of families across the nation are facing a hard time due to their gadgets malfunctioning at the wrong time read more...

ETtech Deals Digest: Nykaa, Furlenco, MedGenome close funding rounds this week

A quick look at this week's most important investments in the tech and startup space read more...

Startup executives launch Covidmaps to help users find essentials nearby

The company hit about 2,000 users within two days of the launch and it currently has information of over 100 stores in two cities read more...

Hotels open doors in fight against virus

Efforts at getting more rooms were ramped up after the tourism ministry sent letters to industry associations to liaise with state governments on such measures read more...

Cloud solutions for tax compliance gaining popularity

The current lockdown has prompted even fence-sitters to begin using these tools, as they face constraints in accessing critical information that resides on systems in company premises read more...

Telcos plan contactless SIM sale to boost customer addition

India top three mobile operators are busy thrashing out a secure but totally contactless digital customer acquisition process to arrest a sharp fall in mobile connections sales amid the lockdown. read more...

Indian smartphone industry may take $2 billion hit from coronavirus: Report

Noting that the effect of the pandemic on India was relatively mild until mid-March, Counterpoint Research said the outbreak is spreading pan-India and the country has been put under a lockdown. read more...

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