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Covid-19 impact: Many startups, MSMEs stare at closure, says survey

Startups and MSMEs have been in the race for survival, especially since the onset of the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020

SoftBank-backed Ola completes vaccination for over 50% staff and dependents

The drive is live in Bengaluru where most of its employees are, and will expand to other cities in the weeks ahead as vaccine supplies improve

India is one of fastest-growing regions for us: Google's Debanjan Saha

While Covid is impacting overall activities, it isn't deterring growth in India, where a large engineering and product team in India is support Google's local customer base

Slice, credit provider for young professionals, eyes $1 bn gross transactions

Despite the pandemic, the company grew by 125 per cent in 2020 and has recorded a 40-50 per cent increase in average customer spends

SoftBank-backed Ola strengthens UK Board with senior appointments

Names include luminaries such as S&P Global director Mike Rake who takes over as non-exec chairman and global transport expert Leon Daniels, an independent director

Zomato begins vaccination drive for 150,000 frontline staff and employees

Initiative will start in Mumbai and Bengaluru, and then be taken other cities next week

Flipkart kirana partners post 30% rise in monthly delivery incomes in 2020

Kirana partners from Hyderabad saw the highest growth followed by those from Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Pune

Swiggy begins vaccination drive for delivery partners, frontline staff

Food delivery startup will enable quick and free vaccine access and cover loss of pay for the period the delivery partner spends in getting both the doses

Dunzo reports 320% rise in delivering medicines, groceries in India

E-commerce firm backed by Google says it handled more than 20,000 orders to hospitals between March and May.

Anand Mahindra, top Silicon Valley investors back space start-up Agnikul

The Chennai-based firm which would be sending small satellites into space is raising $11 million in a Series A funding round led by Mayfield India.

PhonePe seeks to acquire Indus OS to take on Paytm, Google Pay, Amazon Pay

The acquisition would help PhonePe in its "super app and vernacular language" strategy to integrate various apps on its platform.

Technology helped this doctor and his team treat 20,000 Covid-19 patients

Dr Atul Vadgaonkar used EMR software from HealthPlix, a leading player in this space, to manage patient records and streamline the consultation process and data analytics

Flipkart and PhonePe continue to post strong growth in India: Walmart CEO

Strength in India, Canada, China helps Walmart International post $27.3 bn net sales; 8.3% decrease

Moglix raises $120 mn in funds, joins India's growing unicorn club

Industrial business-to-business company is the fourteenth Indian company this year to reach unicorn status

Pine Labs secures $285 mn funding, unicorn firm's valuation tops $3 bn

Company offers merchants payment technology and working capital; it started as a retail solutions player in petroleum.

Amazon, sellers tie up to supply 9,000 oxygen concentrators to Indian users

E-commerce giant is helping airlift the devices; first batch of 1,000 has already landed

Flipkart hires Bain & Co partner Dinkar Ayilavarapu as VP-corp strategy

Reports to CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy; Development comes amid company plans for IPO

Tech Mahindra appoints 'Wellness Officer' to help workforce amid Covid

The new role has been created to institutionalise holistic wellness of all associates and to ensure access to medicine, hospitals and other medical supplies, says the IT firm

Amazon invests Rs 225 cr in India digital payments arm to ramp up presence

Last October, ahead of the festive season, Amazon had invested Rs 700 crore in Amazon Pay

Ola launches electric vehicle category in London, offers sops to drivers

The SoftBank-backed firm has plans to expand EV across the UK and in cities around the world