Swiggy plans to shut its premium food delivery services platform in Mumbai, Scootsy, and integrate the operations within the Swiggy app. The move to combine the operations is expected to help Swiggy tap into Scootsy’s high-end customer and restaurant base, as it seeks to set up a premium category within the app at a time […]
Archives for June 2020
Elon Musk tells SpaceX employees that its Starship rocket is the top priority now
Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX, participates in a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center on May 27, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley were scheduled to be the first people since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011 to be launched into space from […]
5 Best credit card for online shopping in India 2020
Best credit card for online shopping – Online shopping has become a way of life. Starting from a small pin to big items everything is sold online with a click of a button. Credit card plays a crucial role in online shopping. You can save a lot of money by using a credit card while […]
Israeli tech firm to sell $32.4 million in medical watches in India
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s CardiacSense said on Sunday it signed a $32.4 million deal to sell medical watches in India, bringing its total backlog of orders to over $60 million. The company said the agreement is for 150,000 watches – which can monitor vital signs like temperature, blood pressure and blood oxygen saturation – to […]
Domestic help are being celebrated on social media by appreciative bosses, will it help solve their issues?
Archana Puran Singh (L) and Bhagyashree (R) On May 7, actor-comedian Danish Sait Instagrammed a photo of him driving his domestic help, Geeta, to and from his apartment complex, adding he is “happy to have her back”. The lockdown guidelines in his locality in Bengaluru had eased a little, allowing domestic workers to enter residential […]
Domestic help are being celebrated on social media by appreciative bosses, will it help solve their isssues?
Archana Puran Singh (L) and Bhagyashree (R) On May 7, actor-comedian Danish Sait Instagrammed a photo of him driving his domestic help, Geeta, to and from his apartment complex, adding he is “happy to have her back”. The lockdown guidelines in his locality in Bengaluru had eased a little, allowing domestic workers to enter residential […]
Some companies that have been forced to lay off staffers are helping them find jobs elsewhere
The hiring team at food aggregator Swiggy has been busy during the lockdown. First they gave pink slips to about 1,100 employees. Now, they are engaged in outplacement -finding jobs to those who have been fired. Girish Menon, vice-president of human resources at Swiggy, says that the Covidhit business environment had forced them to take […]
Hire Someone Who is Better than You
“As the leader, you should be the smartest person at the company, and your job is to tell others what to do.” Did you make a face when you read that? I hope so! Hiring people because their primary attribute is that they will do as they’re told is not great leadership. Here’s a better […]
Huge demonstrations against racism take to the streets around the world over George Floyd killing
Demonstrators hold their fists in the air during at the Lincoln Memorial during a protest against police brutality and racism on June 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee People across the U.S. and other parts of the world are gathering in major demonstrations on Saturday against racism and police violence, marking the 12th consecutive […]
Zamaninia appointed as Iran’s OPEC governor – Iranian oil official
LONDON (Reuters) – Amir Hossein Zamaninia was officially appointed on Saturday as Iran’s OPEC governor, replacing Hossein Kazempour Ardebili who died in May, an Iranian oil official told Reuters. Deputy Oil Minister Zamaninia was named in May as Iran’s ad-hoc OPEC governor. Ardebili died on May 16 of a brain haemorrhage two weeks after falling […]