Tag: coronavirus crisis

Coronavirus: Vakrangee keeps Kendras operational to provide key essential services

In the light of the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1987 that was invoked by the Government, all Non-Essential service providers / officers need to follow restraint and remain closed. However, Establishments providing Essential services are excluded such as providers of services such as Banking and ATM, drinking water & sewerage,…

Coronavirus: STL forms Project Savdhaan to train over 1 lac youth on COVID-19 awareness in India

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been declared a global pandemic and is spiralling irrepressibly within several states in India. Lack of knowledge on social distancing, precautionary measures, and required medical assistance is increasing the risk of the virus passing to a healthier population. Addressing these challenges, STL, a global data networks innovator, formed Project Savdhaan. It is…

Coronavirus: Gurugram-based KareXpert offers free telemedicine digital platform for doctors

KareXpert, a Reliance Jio funded company, has announced to provide free access to its Cloud-based and Mobile based ready-to-use Telemedicine digital platform. Hospitals, Clinics, and individual Doctors can start their Telemedicine practice after completing a signup form  and KareXpert executives will help you to start your services instantly. India is still on stage 2 of…

Coronavirus: TCS iON offers free access to virtual learning platform to educational institutes in India

TCS iON, a unit of TCS, has offered access to its virtual learning platform freely to educational institutes. In the wake of nation-wide lockdowns of schools and colleges, TCS will offer access to Digital Glass Room, a virtual learning platform, free of cost to educational institutes across the country. Using this, educators and students can…

Coronavirus kindness: SHL allows free access to its science-backed, AI-powered virtual solution suit

SHL, the leader in talent innovation, announced that it is offering free access to its entire virtual solution suite to help unite the world’s workforce as businesses adjust and evolve amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As the global workforce begins to work from home and travel becomes restricted, SHL Virtual offers the capability to screen…

Coronavirus: Manufacturing shutdown in India’s industrial sectors

Markets across the globe are severely impacted from the coronavirus pandemic, resulting in shutdown of manufacturing facilities in various countries including China, which is the largest exporter of goods in the World. Many industry experts and historians say that the shutdown of heavy industry is unlike any seen since the 1940s. According to the Organisation…

Coronavirus: Corporate and Investment Banks must reinvent themselves

Corporate and investment banks (CIBs), facing rising challenges that the COVID-19 crisis has made even more pressing, must fundamentally transform themselves—targeting high-value clients, shedding subscale business lines, and converting to customer-centric operating models while working within integrated, agile teams—if they hope to survive and reestablish themselves as significant contributors to bank growth over the next…

Coronavirus: S&P Global makes Covid-19 research, reports, data & analysis freely available to the public

S&P Global, the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks and analytics in the global capital and commodity markets, announced that it is providing complimentary research, reports, analytics, and data pertaining to the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak to the public. The Company has introduced a special website containing original, exclusive and curated research content…

Coronavirus: Boeing temporarily shuts down operations in Puget Sound area, employees to get paid leave

Boeing announced a temporary suspension of production operations at its Puget Sound area facilities in light of the state of emergency in Washington state and the company’s continuous assessment of the accelerating spread of the coronavirus in the region. These actions are being taken to ensure the well-being of employees, their families and the local…

Coronavirus kindness: US-based CVS Health gives bonuses to employees and hire 50,000 workers via virtual job fairs

CVS Health is awarding bonuses to employees who are required to be at CVS facilities to assist patients and customers in this time of unprecedented need. Bonuses will range from $150 to $500 and will be awarded to pharmacists and certain other health care professionals on the frontlines, store associates and managers, and other site-based…

How corporates are helping governments fight the COVID-19 pandemic

The novel coronavirus, which began from Wuhan in China last year, has now spread to every continent except Antarctica. The virus, which was originally expected to be China’s problem, has now become a global headache. So far the virus has infected 360,327 people and claimed more than 15,000 lives worldwide. The outbreak is now termed…