We all have been trying to work out the plans for our work life post lockdown. Businesses and business managers have been planning their next course of action – to take stock of damage inflicted, to work out their manpower strategy, etc. and to re-calibrate their work related processes once normal work life resumes. Those…
Tag: Coronavirus – 2020 (Novel Coronavirus
Ramco Cements pledges Rs2.5 cr for fight against Covid-19
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•The Ramco Cements has joined the battle against the coronavirus that has already caused immense destruction of lives across the world. The fight against the virus is not easy but the way people are uniting and showing support, it seems the world is ready to take on this battle in order to defeat the coronavirus.…
FabHotels lays off up to 80 employees, slashes salary across levels: Report
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•The novel coronavirus pandemic has crippled the entire travel and hospitality industry. With a complete lockdown enforced in countries around the world and travel bans put in place by governments and organizations, all travel-related businesses have to come to a halt. The hospitality industry is suffering so badly that it has now resorted to layoffs…
Indian start-up community’s ACT against Covid-19
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•The grant aims to support ideas that are capital efficient, scalable and can be leveraged to fight the spread of the pandemic. The Action Covid Team (ACT) Grants has already raised Rs 70 Cr. from its target corpus, has funded 2 projects, and has over 45 volunteers. The initiative has seen the participation and support from leading start-up investors, fund managers from top VC firms, and prominent start-up CEO’s. Amongst the backers are Sequoia India, Accel, SoftBank, Coatue, Tiger Global, B Capital as well as leading start-up founders and entrepreneurs, along with industry bodies TiE, IVCA, Nudge foundation.
Coronavirus: Companies temporarily shutting down its operations in India
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•There is not a single nation that has not been impacted due to the coronavirus pandemic. The number of coronavirus cases are continuously rising in the western and the european nations, affecting all sectors in terms of jobs, production and trade. US and Italy are the most impacted nations due to the pandemic resulting in…
Asian Paints pledges Rs35 cr towards Covid-19 relief
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•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’ statement on the coronavirus situation
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•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…
Haryana govt issues advisory, asking industry not to layoff employees, deduct wages during Covid-19 lockdown
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•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…
TVS Group announces Rs 25 cr donation to PM-CARES fund to fight Covid-19
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•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…
Uday Kotak and Kotak Mahindra Bank allocate Rs. 60 Cr. for Covid-19 relief operations
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•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,…
Frankfurt-headquartered Innoplexus announces major findings in potential combination therapies for Covid-19
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•Innoplexus AG announced some first results in its artificial intelligence enabled search for a COVID-19 antiviral treatment. Innoplexus began by scanning data on previously approved drugs for off-label potential in treating COVID-19, using its proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) and big data platform to generate actionable insights from hundreds of terabytes of structured and unstructured public…
Godrej group joins the fight against Covid-19
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•India’s industrialists are coming together to fight the novel coronavirus that has created havoc in the entire world. In order to stop the further spreading of the virus, countries are on full nationwide lockdown. In such crisis, the Godrej group has come forward to join the fight in order to overcome the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic,…
Coronavirus: Biocon & Biocon Biologics ensuring manufacturing of life-saving medicines
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•Biocon Ltd. and Biocon Biologics have activated business continuity plans across their functions to meet the needs of patients, partners, customers and other stakeholders who depend on its products. As a global company, it has presence across India, UAE, Malaysia, Singapore, Europe, U.S. and are adjusting all operations to fully comply with regulations issued by…
Moody’s pledges $1 mn in funding for Covid-19 relief
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•Moody’s Corporation announced that it will fund a $1 million program of charitable donations and other support to help address the immediate and long-term impact of COVID-19. Moody’s will extend support to its existing philanthropic partners to help small businesses and education systems and reconfigure its employee volunteer programs to assist communities most affected by…
Airbnb to help provide housing to 100,000 Covid-19 responders around the world
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•Airbnb announced a new global initiative to help connect those responding to the Covid-19 pandemic with safe and convenient places to stay while they carry out their critical work. The company’s goal is to help house 100,000 healthcare professionals, relief workers, and first responders around the world. Airbnb will waive all fees for stays arranged…