The novel coronavirus has started taking a toll on businesses and jobs. The impact on the global economy is already being estimated as being far more severe than we saw during the global recession of 2008. By the looks of it, and as per industry experts we’re already amidst an unemployment crisis, which is expected…
Industrialists and companies across the globe are coming together to fight these unprecedented situations created due to the coronavirus pandemic. Every day companies and leaders are joining the fight against Covid-19, announcing their contribution to contain the further spread of the coronavirus in India and the world. Asian Paints has announced its contribution of Rs.…
HCL Technologies, an Indian multinational information technology service and consulting company, releases a statement to update its employees and others associated with the company on how it is dealing with unprecedented situations caused by the coronavirus pandemic. According to their statement: “HCL Technologies Ltd (HCL) has been monitoring the Covid-19 outbreak since late January and…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed an agreement to lend up to $60 million in Indian rupee equivalent to Aavas Financiers Limited (Aavas), a housing finance company in India, to improve access to housing finance for lowerincome borrowers in the country, particularly women. “It is very difficult for women in India, particularly in low-income…
The Indian arm of ABB’s Power Grids business, announced its listing on the BSE Limited and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited, as ABB Power Products and Systems India Limited. The company had demerged from ABB India Ltd. with effect from December 1, 2020, to become a standalone legal entity. “This is a key…
The State governments of India are leaving no stone unturned to make 21-days lockdown successful in their states and to further stop the menace caused by the novel coronavirus. Every day state governments across the nation are coming up with measures that can help its citizens to pass through these 21 days easily without worrying…
Indian tech giant Infosys recently announced that it has sacked one of its employees who wrote an “inappropriate post” on Twitter about the coronavirus pandemic. Announcing the termination of the employee’s services through Twitter, Infosys said, “Infosys has completed its investigation on the social media post by one of its employees, and we believe that…
India’s leading technology, engineering, construction, manufacturing, and financial services conglomerate Larsen & Toubro, recently announced that it is committed to participating in corporate India’s response to COVID-19 through funds, community welfare plans and through leveraging its expertise to offer assistance. Responding to the call given by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, the company will donate…
Adjaristsqali Georgia LLC, a Joint Venture between Tata Power, Norway’s Clean Energy Invest (CEI), and International Financial Corporation (IFC) has announced the start of commercial operation of the 178 MW Shuakhevi Hydro Power Project (Shuakhevi HPP) located in southwest Georgia. Further, AGL will be soon commissioning the 9 MW Skhalta Hydro Power project which is…
TVS Motor Company, a reputed manufacturer of two-wheelers and three-wheelers and its Group Companies TVS Credit Services Ltd, Sundaram-Clayton Ltd., and others announced their commitment to donate Rs. 25 Crores to the PM’s Relief Fund (PM-CARES) to aid the battle against COVID-19. This is in line with the company’s recent announcement of Rs 30 crore…
Exotel, Asia’s largest cloud telephony platform, announced that it has been working with several organisations in India to move their customer call center to the cloud. Due to the coronavirus, all countries are under lockdown forcing businesses to adopt remote working as a way to contain the pandemic. This has particularly impacted the companies’ customer…
Kotak Mahindra Bank has announced a commitment of Rs. 35 Cr., to support the central and state government in their fight against Covid-19. Apart from this Uday Kotak, has offered his personal commitment of Rs. 25 Cr. to the PM CARES fund. The funds will be directed at supporting the governments initiative towards preventive, curative,…
OneWeb, the satellite internet start-up backed by Japan’s SoftBank Group, is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company has since its inception launched 74 satellites and has 44 ground station to power its communication service using low earth orbit satellites. In their statement the company said that the Company and certain of its controlled affiliates…
QTalk, a smartphone dialer designed to make phone calls stress free has now secured $1.6 million in the seed funding round led by the LightSpeed Venture Partners and Accel India to accelerate product and market development. QTalk is the only public product of Quiph Media Private Limited that initiated operations in early 2018. Founded by…
Online grocery marketplace Bigbasket recently announced that it has acquired a 100% stake in milk delivery app DailyNinja to grow its milk delivery services. As per various media reports, the grocery delivery platform paid around $15-20mn for the acquisition. The acquisition further strengthens Bigbasket’s leadership position in the subscription delivery space in the Silicon Valley…