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For many, digital payments is the way to buy essentials

Over 50% of all debit and credit card transactions at local and online stores were for food and grocery-related purchases during lockdown read more...

Online pharmacies struggle to keep up with demand

Orders for several categories of medicines, especially those that boost immunity, have doubled over the past few weeks read more...

Ola begins cab service for hospital visits

Ola Emergency will offer rides from a customer's home to any one of Bengaluru's 200 hospitals and vice versa read more...

Oyo gives pink slips to US staff

The job cuts have come amid the Covid-19 outbreak, which has caused more than 10,000 deaths in the US so far, crippled businesses and led to job losses. read more...

India Inc's battle groups against Covid-19 get going

Specific tasks and responsibilities are commissioned to every member of this core Maharashtra Covid Response Group that is working directly with the chief ministers office. read more...

Hiring in India down 18% in March: Report

Hotels, restaurants, tour operators and airlines saw the biggest decline in hiring at 56% last month read more...

Gig workers help governments keep neighbourhoods connected

Ola report highlights key role played by firms, calls for plan to help gig workers who have been instrumental in keeping people safe read more...

WhatsApp brings new restrictions to frequently forwarded messages

The Facebook-owned messaging service said users will able to forward such messages to only one chat at a time read more...

Retailers and e-commerce firms expand home delivery for business after lockdown

Reliance Retail and Arvind Fashion are building their processes for a surge in e-commerce and phone orders, and training manpower for that. read more...

Government scales up drone monitoring to enforce ban on religious gatherings

Drones, which have been put to different use by many states, will be deployed for monitoring of religious gatherings read more...

India Inc fund raising falls 78%, PE investments plunge 40%

Private equity firms are sitting on a record pile of cash with a total $1.45 trillion in dry powder, or fund raised, to invest at the end of 2019, according to data from Preqin. read more...

Jack Dorsey pledges $1 billion of his Square stake for COVID-19 relief efforts

Dorsey said the amount, representing about 28% of his wealth, will be donated to his charity fund, Start Small LLC read more...

Nasscom seeks slew of relief measures for IT sector

Nasscom urged the government to extend the Sunset Clause by one year in order to ensure that SEZs continue to attract investment and contribute to exports and employment generation. read more...

ShareChat bets big on vernacular audiences with micro-influencers

ShareChat claims to have executed campaigns for over 25 top companies in the last few months and has been getting repeat campaigns. read more...

DeHaat raises $12 million Series A funding led by Sequoia India

DeHaat plans to use some of the funds raised to automate its supply chain and build the next layer of data analytics to further drive supply chain efficiency read more...

Indian traders ask court for Amazon, Flipkart antitrust probe restart

The appeal will likely be heard later this month at a time when both Amazon and Flipkart are battling slowing sales and logistical challenges during India's lockdown read more...

E-comm moratorium proposal worries India

As per an UNCTAD study, India's potential loss of revenue by not taxing electronic transmissions is around $500 million every year. read more...

Truckers, labourers get 30% more pay from FMCG companies

The companies are facing the dual challenge of acute labour shortage because of migration and fear of the Covid-19, which are creating demand-supply imbalance, leading truckers and loaders to charge exorbitantly. read more...

WeWork files lawsuit against SoftBank after tender offer falls through

Earlier in April, SoftBank said it had terminated the tender offer for additional WeWork shares agreed last year with shareholders, plunging the startup further into crisis. read more...

Covid-19 impact: Drugs are essential, ancillaries not so, as supplies take a hit

Government urged to include ancillary goods like caps & bottles under essential services category to ease hurdles read more...

BPO firms in talks to restructure debt, add credit lines to deal with Covid-19 impact

Voice services have been the hardest to transition to a work-from-home model, as there was little infrastructure available and clients were unwilling to allow private and sensitive data to be accessed outside the protected centres read more...

With no fresh content, broadcasters rely on old classics, web shows to entertain viewers

Last week, a total of 170 million viewers watched 'Ramayan' in four days giving Doordarshan the highest viewership ever for any show read more...

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