Chinese e-tailer Club Factory has begun recruiting Indian e-commerce vendors to import essential goods such as masks, hand sanitisers and other protective medical gear from its home country as it looks to seize the large economic opportunity created by a shortage of such products here. Project Ginger, as Club Factory calls it, is asking vendors […]
Covid-19 related searches grow multifold in two months: Report
“Is coronavirus fake or real?”, “Is it an apocalypse?”, “Is it the end of the world?” — these are some of the queries that netizens have searched the most on the Internet over the past one month. N95 masks and their price, mask sizes, children’s masks and their manufacturers were also among common searches, according […]
Zoho’s lawsuit accuses rival Freshworks of stealing client data
Cloud software provider Zoho has accused Sequoia and Accel-backed rival Freshworks of stealing confidential customer data in February that accounts to misappropriation of trade secrets. Zoho, which is among the first of India’s software-as-a-service companies, in a lawsuit said that its customers were sent emails by Freshworks executives to court business. Both companies are US-headquartered […]
Ecomm ops resume but deliveries may move in slow lane
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi India’s top online grocers and e-retailers said they have restored operations in larger cities but are still hobbled by the massive backlog of orders and shortage of workers triggered by the ongoing nationwide lockdown to stem the tide of Covid19 infections. E-grocers BigBasket and Grofers, e-commerce firms Amazon and Flipkart, as well […]
NRAI asks landlords to waive rentals for restaurants till June
The National Restaurant Association of India ( NRAI) has written an open letter to landlords in the foods and beverages space requesting them to waive rents up to June or until the time the lockdown continues, whichever is later. “While this shutdown may continue for a month or two, we will take many more months […]
How tech firms are helping institutions smoothen their sudden transition to online teaching
Sanjana Hira, a graduate student at Ashoka University in Sonipat, has been attending online classes from her Gurgaon home ever since educational institutions across India closed down campuses to contain the spread of coronavirus. “While many of our lectures are being held online through video-conferencing apps like Zoom and Google Hangouts, some professors prefer uploading […]
Practo partners with Thyrocare to conduct Covid-19 detection test
Representative Image Digital healthcare platform Practo has partnered with diagnostic lab chain Thyrocare to conduct Covid-19 detection tests authorised by the government and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Starting Saturday, the test is available for Mumbai residents for Rs 4,500, and will soon be expanded to the rest of the country, Practo said. […]
Ola launches fund to help drivers, CEO Aggarwal to forego salary for a year
Ride-hailing major Ola has launched a fund to support auto-rickshaw, cab, Kaali-Peeli and taxi drivers across India amid the ongoing 21-day lockdown. Besides, Ola co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal will forgo salary for one year that will go towards the fund. Launched under Ola Foundation, the ‘Drive the Driver Fund’ will support the drivers through contributions from […]
DD to take viewers back in time with its retro soaps magic
A team of experts is busy enhancing the visual quality of Ramanand Sagar’s television serial Ramayan, which is set to be telecast on Doordarshan (DD) after more than three decades, along with other popular classics such as BR Chopra’s Mahabharat, as part of a special initiative by Prasar Bharati during the nationwide lockdown. Detective series […]
WeWork’s new crisis: ‘Workplaces will never be the same after this’
By Ellen Huet WeWork executives used to obsess over the number of people they could pack into each of the company’s shared workspaces. They said a more crowded office helped make the space feel active and spark collaboration when desk mates slid past each other in the hallways. The technique had an added benefit of […]