Zomato has already diversified into grocery as the restrictions on movement shuttered some restaurants and people hesitated to order outside food
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Restaurants brace for price hikes through menu revision after lockdown
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.
However, no decision has been taken on laying off permanent employees
Between January and April 2020, Chinese companies and US hedge funds raised their stakes in Byju's, Paytm and many other billion-dollar Indian technology companies
The person who tested positive worked with a restaurant and some of the orders delivered by the restaurant staff were placed on Zomato, a spokesperson said
A total of 89 people have been put under quarantine after a 19-year-old delivery agent from a restaurant in Malviya Nagar tested positive for the virus on April 14
The startup is already doing contactless delivery where customers can opt to allow the delivery partner to leave the package outside their home, ensuring no human-to-human interaction
Cipla Health will cater to 4 lakh people and cover 250 stores in 45 cities across the country
Reports of a possible deal surfaced Tuesday, and sources confirmed that talks were held between high-level officials of the firms.
What is aggravating the situation is that e-commerce firms are facing huge shortage of delivery personnel.
Over the past week, several unusual partnerships among start-ups, traditional businesses and hospitals have been announced, and several more are likely to materialise soon
Companies taking extreme steps to continue to stay afloat amid Covid-19 crisis
Firms to set up isolation rooms, led by Apollo Hospitals
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said that he was irked by some people, who prefer to violate the 21-day lockdown to buy something as trivial as a shampoo
Delivery picks up slowly, but firms struggle as staff stay away
Zomato founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal said the online restaurant guide and food ordering company is also starting a fund to cover up the lost earnings for thousands of its delivery partners
Bigbasket sent out a message to customers that deliveries could not be processed because of restrictions imposed by local authorities on movement of goods
Government of Karnataka and Maharashtra have now put out an order saying that e-commerce shall be excluded from the restrictions to prevent the spread of Covid-19.