Indian IT major Wipro recently announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the state government of Maharashtra under which it will repurpose one of its information technology campuses at Hinjewadi in Pune to a 450-bed intermediary care COVID-19 hospital in four weeks and hand it over the state government. The hospital…
After three Mumbai Police personnel above 50 years of age died due to contracting the SARS-CoV-2 virus, Mumbai Police has asked their personnel aged 55 years and above to go on leave. The SARS-CoV-2 virus is responsible for causing the COVID-19 disease. So far the virus has infected about 107 police personnel, including 20 officers…
New York-based global tech travel firm Fareportal has reportedly laid off about 200 employees from its Gurugram and Pune offices amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The novel coronavirus pandemic has crippled the travel industry forcing companies to run for their money and conserve as much capital as they can. This has led travel companies to…
“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…