The Coronavirus pandemic has had a major impact on people across the globe. The pandemic has seen major corporations standing up to the need of the hour and committing funds for the fight against the pandemic. In order to show support to cause and specially to all healthcare professionals and every human being who are…
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Coronavirus: Domino’s Pizza and ITC Foods partner to deliver essential items
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•In this global fight against the coronavirus pandemic, companies are making efforts to help provide essentials to people across regions in order to support them to stay at home when the crisis seems to worsen on a daily basis. The count of coronavirus cases across the world are rising and this is causing worries for…
Coronavirus: Mercedes-Benz India to set up a temporary hospital in Pune
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•Mercedes-Benz India, a German luxury car manufacturer, announced that it has decided to set up a temporary hospital for Covid-19 patients in Pune. The hospital will have all medical facilities and isolation wards required for treatment of Covid-19 patients. The newly developed medical facility in Mhalunge-Ingale Village, Chakan Khed, will have isolation wards with a…
Infosys Foundation and Narayana Health City partner to open 100-bed quarantine facility for Covid-19 patients
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•Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic and CSR arm of Infosys and Narayana Health, one of the largest healthcare providers in the country, have announced the launch of a 100-room quarantine facility for COVID-19 patients, in the vicinity of Narayana Health City in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The facility, aimed at serving patients belonging to the economically weaker sections…
Ixigo slashes employee salaries amid coronavirus pandemic
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•Indian travel and hotel booking platform Ixigo has recently slashed the salaries of its employees across all levels in an attempt to save cash burn due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company Co-founder and CEO, Aloke Bajpai said that the top management has agreed to take a 60% pay cut while the rest of the…
ValueLabs and employees pledge $730,000 for Corona relief
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•ValueLabs, a Hyderabad-based IT & Services company, announced a total donation of $730,000 to help address relief measures for the COVID-19 situation. In order to engage everyone who wants to contribute to this cause, the company launched a donation drive over the weekend, enabling their global workforce to join hands and pledge their donations. Within…
Government employees give away their one-day salary to PM CARES Fund
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•As India entered the 6th day of its nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, the government has step-up its efforts to further prevent the virus from spreading rapidly and contain it as soon as possible. The novel coronavirus which originated from China has now entered India. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has…
MCX India offers 3x salary to employees working from office
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•MCX, the largest commodities bourse in India with a market share of more than 90%, is offering up to 3x more salaries to its select few employees, who are working from office. MCX employs around 400 people across India and 300 of them are based in its Mumbai headquarters. “Since last Friday, 50 of our…
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…
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,…
TVS Motor and Sundaram-Clayton join hands to fight Covid-19
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•TVS Motor Company, India’s one of the largest manufacturers of two-wheelers and three-wheelers and die-caster Sundaram-Clayton Ltd. (SCL) have announced spending Rs 30 crore to support the nationwide efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. ’This is an unprecedented crisis that requires all of us to cooperate and support each other as a nation,’’ said…
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…