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Covid-19 impact: Now order groceries from restaurants on Swiggy, Zomato

A spokesperson for Zomato said a few of its restaurant partners did reach out to list themselves on the Zomato Market as they were busy restructuring their businesses due to the lockdown.

PM Narendra Modi pushes for use of technology in the 'era of Covid-19'

He further spoke about how a "Digital First" approach has helped not just professionals, but also transformed the education sector and reduced corruption.

India blocks automatic FDI route for neighbours to curb hostile takeovers

Until now, Chinese investments were automatically allowed, similar to those from other nations, in all but 16 sectors, such as telecom, defence, and national security.

Govt nod must for all FDI from neighbouring nations, including China: DPIIT

Aim is to curb 'opportunistic takeover' of Indian companies due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, new rules also apply to transfer of ownership of FDI

Zomato may buy Grofers in all-stock deal amid buzz of possible merger

Reports of a possible deal surfaced Tuesday, and sources confirmed that talks were held between high-level officials of the firms.

Covid-19: No deportation, but no coming back either for H1B visa holders

Generally, individuals on short visa stays must depart the US before their authorised period of admission expires.

Allow digital onboarding of customers for NBFCs, others: Industry body

The non banking entities are capable of doing minimum know your customer (KYC) for merchant transactions successfully without face- to- face physical interaction with the customer only

Lockdown impact: Online gaming sees over 100% spike in traffic, OTT at 198%

Also, OTT traffic surged 198.68 per cent, hosting traffic (storage space and access for websites) went up by 62.78 per cent, ISP traffic increased by 54.38 per cent

This lawyer's start-up is building a search engine for legal professionals

Legitquest's AI-based platform helps lawyers with issues, reasoning, decisions, arguments and facts of all Supreme Court judgments since 1950

Coronavirus impact: Logistics firms face hurdles in transporting cargo

The most impacted have been truck drivers, who have had to bear the ire of the authorities and face stigma in their villages.

Covid-19 impact: BPM firm Startek CEO to forgo cash salary for 2020

This makes it one of the first companies in the IT-BPM sector whose CEOs have decided to not take salary

As coronavirus lockdown paves way for work from home, internet gets clogged

The average mobile phone data speed nowadays is down over 20 per cent. Fixed broadband has seen an eight per cent decline in speed.

IT industry is resilient and will emerge stronger, says U B Pravin Rao

The immediate priority is navigating through the Covid-19 situation and ensuring business continuity"

What have you done to curb fake news? Social media to submit daily reports

A ministry official said the requirement of daily reports is for a few days, in light of the misinformation being spread related to the Covid-19 pandemic

WhatsApp clamps down further on frequent forwards to stem misinformation

Once a message has been previously forwarded five times, it can henceforth only be forwarded one chat at a time

Coronavirus spread: Uber, Flipkart join hands to deliver essential products

This collaboration will keep the vital supply chains running

Google, govt map food and night shelters for public during lockdown

Users can search on Google or Google Maps for 'Food Shelter Near Me' or 'Night Shelter Near Me' to find the closest roof

Infosys COO Pravin Rao is Nasscom chief, Accenture's Rekha Menon vice chair

Rao was the Vice Chairman in the previous year, and succeeds Keshav Murugesh, Group CEO, WNS Global Services

New order facilitating doorstep delivery of drugs confuses e-pharma firms

The notification allows licence holders to deliver drugs but these online marketplaces, which connects sellers and customers, do not hold any licence

Indians opt for mobile data over broadband in early days of lockdown: Study

India went into a 21-day lockdown beginning Tuesday as concerns over spread of coronavirus increase