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 […]
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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 […]
How Covid-19 has made data experts the new-age social media influencers
Until three weeks ago, Divya Vinekar had not heard of Norbert Elekes, a self-proclaimed “data storyteller”, who has been tweeting Covid-19 statistics round the clock to over 180,000 followers for the last month or so. “Suddenly his tweets started showing up on my timeline,” says the 31-year-old theatre artist from Mumbai, implying that a lot […]
Quibi launching Hollywood ‘on the go’ streaming amid lockdown
L-R: Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg Quibi, the multi-billion-dollar streaming platform launching Monday, is betting it can transform entertainment with short, Hollywood-quality clips to watch “on the go” — even as much of the world is trapped at home. Industry legends and stars from Steven Spielberg and Guillermo del Toro to Jennifer Lopez and Reese […]
AICPA-led coalition supports gross pay approach as calculation standard for PPP loans
An AICPA-led small business funding coalition, in conjunction with the National Payroll Reporting Consortium, issued a statement supporting the use of gross payroll based on 2019 data in calculations for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) pandemic relief loan applications. Applications opened Friday for the PPP, which was funded by the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and […]
Zomato raises $5M from Baillie Gifford affiliate fund, valuation hits $3.25B
Online food delivery and restaurant recommendation platform Zomato has raised close to $5 million (Rs 38.20 crore) from Pacific Horizon Investment Trust, a fund managed by British investment manager Baillie Gifford. According to documents filed by Zomato with the Registrar of Companies, and accessed by business intelligence platform Tofler, the Gurugram-headquartered company has allotted 1,177 […]