Former Vistara Chief Strategy and Commercial Officer Sanjiv Kapoor has recently joined the domestic budget carrier GoAir in an advisory role. The appointment comes at a time when GoAir faces a crisis, like the rest of the industry. Kapoor’s appointment is significant as the Wadia Group company has been battling through a crisis due to…
Anurag Kaushik, CEO of Riwigo, in partnership with Krishnendu Chatterjee, a native of Kolkata, announced the expansion of the Riwigo Holistic Health Platform in India, starting from Kolkata. Riwigo is a popular platform for discounted bookings at hotel and spa centers. Their unique, modern system currently offers location-based hotel and spa and wellness services in…
Social Distancing is our new normal reality. However, when combined with the uncertainty of the illness and its pandemic status, social distancing can cause stress because “Social support is a vital and important part of our stress response system, and a key element of our well-being,” says Dr. Suzie Carmack, a public health professor at…
To protect the health and safety of the NASA workforce as the US responds to coronavirus (COVID-19), agency leadership recently completed the first assessment of work underway across all missions, projects, and programs. The goal was to identify tasks that can be done remotely by employees at home, mission-essential work that must be performed on-site,…
HUMBL, a US fintech delivering mobile payments and financial services, and Digital India Payments Limited, announced a strategic partnership to enter the India market. DIPL processes millions of dollars per day in financial and retail transactions, across 30,000 merchant locations in India, with extensions into Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. Varying by location,…
Effective March 20, 2020 at 6 p.m. EST, Hard Rock International will temporarily close all company-owned Hard Rock Cafe locations internationally, and select Hard Rock Hotel and Hard Rock Hotel and Casino locations in the U.S. and abroad. The safety and security of guests, team members and their families is, and has always been, Hard…
The Boeing Company announced several decisions to support the company as it navigates through the COVID-19 pandemic while ensuring the company is positioned for the industry’s recovery. Decisions include: CEO Dave Calhoun and Board Chairman Larry Kellner will forgo all pay until the end of the year. The company will suspend its dividend until further…
Time is right for the world to stand together and combat the perils of unprecedented crisis of COVID-19 pandemic. Bringing the nation together in the fight against the Coronavirus, Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his nation address announced proactive measures for India to stay ahead of the curve in fighting the crisis. Given that…
Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cigna announced several actions to support and protect its colleagues in the United States so they can continue serving the company’s more than 170 million customer relationship worldwide. “Our talented teammates are working relentlessly to protect and serve our customers, clients, partners and communities during this critical time of need,”…
A shift in production by Bacardi at the world’s largest premium rum distillery is helping supply ethanol required to produce the much-needed hand sanitizers that are in high demand as a result of COVID-19. The Bacardi Corporation distillery in Cataño, Puerto Rico, where more than 80% of the company’s rums are produced, has partnered with…
PepsiCo, Inc. announced it will provide enhanced benefits to all U.S.-based employees and additional compensation to U.S. frontline employees – the women and men who make, move and sell products – amidst the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The additional compensation covers more than 90,000 frontline employees at both PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA) and PepsiCo…
The concept of working remotely has been around for quite some time now. Many employees or freelancers don’t endorse the habit of making it to the office every day. But since the novel coronavirus outbreak, even the people who would daily report to the office are working from their homes. The virus, which originated in…
Tata Consultancy Services, a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, has been honored with the 2020 CIO 100 Award, for delivering business agility through large scale enterprise Agile transformation. The CIO 100 awards, instituted by IDG, the world’s leading technology media, data and marketing services company, recognize innovative organizations around the world…
“All private, Corporates, and establishments to be completely shut down.” – Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) , 20th March 2020All offices in Mumbai will be closed till March 31st. The announcement was made by Chief Minister Maharashtra, Uddhav Thakeray earlier today. The announcement said that only essential services will operate in Mumbai, Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad and…
Kubota Corporation, a leading global tractor and machinery manufacturer from Japan, will acquire 10% equity stake, on a post capital reduction basis, in Escorts Ltd., a leading engineering conglomerate in India, in order to integrate and deepen their relationship towards achieving their mutual ambition of global leadership. Upon completion of this transaction, Escorts and Kubota…