Online retailers, sellers, takeout joints have started facing shortages of packaging material like boxes, tapes, labels, cartons among others—all critical for doorstep delivery of essentials. The packaging supply chain for has come to a complete halt as India stopped imports from China—a major hub for plastics—and local manufacturers struggle with permissions to operate under a […]
Archives for March 2020
Supercomputers Recruited to Work on COVID-19 Research
A consortium forms to crunch data that might help researchers get a better understanding of the virus faster. A convergence of technology resources is being put to work to find answers in the fight against COVID-19. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the U.S. Department of Energy reached out to the […]
Tencent to develop cloud game platform with Huawei
China’s Tencent Holdings launched a co-innovation lab with Huawei to develop a cloud game platform, the world’s biggest game company said in a statement Friday. The collaboration will tap the computing power of Huawei’s Kunpeng processor to build Tencent’s GameMatrix cloud game platform, and the two sides will explore more possibilities in areas such as […]
Singtel-backed streaming service HOOQ files for liquidation
HOOQ was started as a joint venture in 2015 between Singtel, Sony Pictures Television and Warner Bros Entertainment. But it has failed to make major gains as larger rivals such as Netflix expanded in the region.Reuters | March 27, 2020, 15:58 IST
More hotels, accomodation spaces earmarked for COVID-19
A growing number of hotels and shared-living facilities are being earmarked as potential venues for quarantine and care of the sick, or for accommodating healthcare workers, as efforts intensify to contain the spread of the new coronavirus infection. While some of these companies have been asked to do so by state authorities, the others are […]
Hostile cops hit food, pharma delivery biz
Even as police authorities moved across top metros like Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru to issue “curfew passes” to delivery agents of services like Bigbasket, Grofers, Flipkart and 1mg, the companies are still facing issues in taking new orders and fulfilling existing backlog. The reason? A large number of the migrant delivery workforce is afraid of […]
Swiggy ready for grocery services in 150 top cities
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Swiggy’s operations may have been disrupted since the ‘Janta Curfew’ was announced on Sunday. But the online food delivery company has said it is willing to start delivering groceries in up to 150 top cities across the country if the supply chain starts opening up. Swiggy currently delivers food from restaurants, but […]
Covid-19 outbreak: Insurers facilitate telemedical check-ups for policy buyers
Country’s top insurers have initiated telemedical facilities for prospective customers, where medical and term policies can be availed through check-ups over the phone in place of physical consultations with doctors. With the country under lockdown to slow the spread of Covid-19 outbreak, insurers such as HDFC Ergo, Religare, Max Bupa, Tata AIA along with intermediaries […]
Media & entertainment sector grows 9% in 2019: Report
The Indian media and entertainment (M&E) industry grew by a modest 9% in 2019 to reach ₹1.82 lakh crore, the latest FICCI-EY report on the sector showed. While the economy felt the effects of a slowdown during the second half of 2019, the M&E sector continued to outpace India. Interestingly, advertising grew at just 5.3%, […]
Hackers are using Covid-19 disruption to infiltrate corporate networks
The number of cyberattacks on Indian companies has doubled in the past few days, as cybercriminals use the disruption brought about by the Covid-19 outbreak to infiltrate corporate networks and steal data, according to a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers’ cybersecurity team. Due to increased hacker activity, phishing attempts have gone up by three times, and the […]