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Trucking tech company BlackBuck waives off commission for truckers

Manufacturers, traders and other shippers can use the Blackbuck platform and gain access to a million trucks

Amazon strengthens tie-up with Railways for faster delivery of essentials

The e-commerce giant is leveraging 'Covid-19 Parcel Special Trains' launched by Indian Railways to ramp up its operations to 55 lanes during lockdown period

Antariksh Waste Ventures develops IoT-enabled smart bin to curb Covid-19

Called 'AirBin,' it enables remote monitoring of waste accumulation levels and clearances using Internet of Things

Covid-19 impact: PE/VC investments hit 12-quarter low at $5.1 billion

At $2.2 billion, large deals declined by over 70 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the same period

71% drop in FMCG demand due to Covid-19, zero orders in 95% outlets: Study

The Bizom report has captured insights by analysing data from 30% of the retail space across 400 districts and 2,000 towns and cities; it covers a population of 800 million

AIIMS deploys robots to help medical staff in the war against Coronavirus

The applications range from sanitising the floors without human intervention to enabling doctors to monitor and interact with contagious Covid-19 patients remotely

IBM gets 'The Weather Company' going to empower farmers during lockdown

Firm's 'operations dashboard' works as a meteorologist-in-a-box to provide weather data insights

FDI policy changes to impact investments from China amid Covid-19 lockdown

This is also expected to reduce the inflow of investments in new companies as well as the merger and acquisition scenario in the country

Covid-19 impact: Govt backtracks on non-essential items' sale by e-tailers

The norms earlier allowed them to operate without any restriction on their working hours from April 20, provided they ensured strict social distancing.

Walmart, Flipkart secure one million medical gowns in coronavirus fight

The companies have committed Rs 46 crore to support India's fight against the pandemic.

Classes in Cloud: Online teaching becomes order of the day amid lockdown

With the lockdown in force, live online teaching has become the order of the day, report Peerzada Abrar and Sai Ishwar

US-based Accel invests $2 mn in source-to-pay solution provider Aavenir

Aavenir's source-to-pay solution offers integrated products for contract lifecycle management, for sourcing management, and more

Covid-19: Flipkart ties up with Tata Consumer to provide essentials

Distributors of the Tata group firm will list themselves on Flipkart as marketplace sellers. Consumers can buy different combo packs using Flipkart platform

Micron Tech to donate PPEs, ventilators to help India fight coronavirus

India is one of five countries prioritized to receive grants from Micron Foundation's global relief fund

Covid-19: Myntra teams up with Wildcraft to offer protective masks

The masks have a three-layered filtration system to filter coarser dust particles, bacteria and even droplets

E-commerce firms ask govt to provide curfew passes valid for 6 months

As many delivery personnel have gone back to their hometowns, e-commerce firms are struggling to get enough of inter-district curfew passes

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

This collaboration will keep the vital supply chains running

Swiggy raises additional $43 million as part of ongoing funding round

Post-money valuation rises marginally to $3.65 billion

With privacy concerns looming, Zoom app yet to appear on Indian radar

On Friday, Canada-based independent research organisation Citizen Lab found that Chinese servers were being used to distribute encryption and decryption keys for video conferences on Zoom

Bhavish Aggarwal to forgo salary for 1 year; Ola launches fund for drivers

"Millions of drivers and their families have been affected, and even a humble contribution can have a lasting impact on their wellbeing," said Anand Subramanian, Spokesperson of Ola