Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Cab aggregator Uber has partnered with Walmart-owned e-commerce marketplace Flipkart for last-mile delivery of essentials using the Uber fleet in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, and Bengaluru which would be eventually extended to other cities. Uber India and South Asia director operations and head of cities Prabhjeet Singh said the partnership with Flipkart went live […]
Archives for April 2020
Beyond Zoom: How Safe Are Slack and Other Collaboration Apps?
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Swiggy raises $43 million to expand its new businesses
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Online food delivery platform Swiggy has raised an additional $43 million as part of its ongoing Series I round to further develop and expand its new businesses. Ark Impact, Korea Investment Partners, Samsung Ventures and Mirae Asset Capital Markets participated in the latest funding round. This comes roughly 45 days after the […]
ETtech Top 5: How Grofers is coping with Covid-19 lockdown; state of online sellers & more
How Grofers is coping with lockdownIn the first story of this new series, ET’s Samidha Sharma spoke to Albinder Dhindsa, chief executive officer of Grofers, on what it means to a steer an essential service at such a critical time. Why it matters: Online grocery retailing is one sector that has witnessed a massive demand […]
Summer internships go virtual in lockdown
It’s that time of the year when internships happen for students. But the Covid-19 lockdown is forcing companies to look at virtual internships this time. Brewing company AB InBev has 40 B-school students working on virtual internships at its global captive centre and business units to keep it going. “The format of the summer internship […]
Lifestyle brands seek to make WFH fashionable
Work from home (WFH) has seen couches, kitchen counters and even bedrooms turn into office space with India in the middle of a 21-day lockdown. Top fashion and lifestyle retailers are turning adversity into opportunity—WFH wear is a new category on their websites, catering to those who want to amp up the oomph during interminable […]
IIT-IIM contingency plans amid Covid-19 challenge: Shortening last semesters, interactive online courses
Amid the closure of campuses around the country, top educational institutes are preparing contingency plans in the wake of the Covid-19 challenge. They are mulling various options,including shortening last semesters to interactive online courses and modules, to prevent the spilling over of academic works to the next year. The Union HRD ministry and the University […]
New Yorkers stop and give daily thanks and gratitude for coronavirus frontline workers
New Yorker’s come together at 7pm each day to give thanks and gratitude to the city’s frontline workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Adam Jeffery | CNBC It has been over two weeks now since Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered all non-essential businesses closed and for New Yorkers to stay indoors in an effort to flatten the […]
Israeli high-tech firms raised record first quarter funds before hit from coronavirus
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israeli private high-tech companies raised a record $2.74 billion in the first quarter but deals began falling apart in March due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Israel Venture Capital Research Center and ZAG law firm said on Sunday. The quarterly figure included 139 deals and was up 76% from a year […]
How teachers took the classroom online
Representative image ‘Ma’am, ma’am, it’s S’s birthday today,” is a familiar refrain for most school teachers. It’s usually followed up with everyone singing for S while she sits there, with an awkward smile plastered on her face. A similar celebration took place in Shrawasti Ganguli’s virtual classroom recently. The children did sing happy birthday, but […]