As it looks to expand its support for the country’s healthcare system, which is now fighting the second wave of the pandemic, OYO, the online hotel aggregator, has launched a feature on its app where COVID-19 positive individuals can access quarantine and isolation facilities. Users can book quarantine facilities for COVID-19 patients and for individuals […]
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In India, Amazon took the lead to provide relief amidst of rampaging COVID-19 wave II, because of alleged predatory pricing, unfair competition, and constant dalliance to land laws. Amazon will coordinate ventilator distributions from the US to India under the USIBC heading, according to the US-India Business Council (USIBC) officials. Amazon Inc. brought 100 ventilators for […]
Many people were perplexed in 2019, when Kia India released its first commercial which featured an astronaut, a tiger, ballerinas, a hummingbird, a red Slinky spring, fireflies, Felix the cat, and football players. Sideways’ beautifully bizarre commercial had us scratching our heads and mesmerised by the spectacle. ‘Magical Inspirations, Stunning Designs’ became India’s most-watched YouTube ad […]
The Covid-19 epidemic has forced Indian businesses to increase investment in wireless technology, with India ranked second only to Japan, among the countries surveyed in terms of cost for wireless communication, according to a Deloitte study. It revealed that about 71 percent of India’s executives, the highest in the countries under surveillance, believe their organizations […]
Chinese firms are racing to go public in the United States’ red-hot IPO business — before it cools. According to the consultancy company EY, the first three months of the year were the busiest for total U.S. initial public offerings since 2000. Despite the coronavirus pandemic and disputes between the US and China, EY estimated […]
Saudi Arabia is negotiating with one of the leading energy companies, to sell 1 percent of state oil company Saudi Aramco according to Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, who said in a televised remark that Saudi Aramco could be considering an option to sell more shares preferably to international companies and investors in the next […]
India Inc. stepped ahead in the government’s battle against the pandemic, after an unprecedented increase in Covid-19 cases and a severe shortage of medical oxygen pushed hospitals across the country to breaking point. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) created a Task Force on Oxygen Supply Chain on Tuesday, to work with the central and […]
As India faces an extreme second wave of the pandemic, an Indian-American non-profit organization has raised almost $4.7 million via social media for Covid-19 relief efforts. “This is a concerted initiative that will save lives, end malnutrition, reassure distressed citizens, and assist India in its decisive battle against Covid-19,” according to Sewa International USA. Sewa […]
Deepak Sapra, CEO of D Reddy’s Laboratories, said that India will soon get the Covid vaccine from Russia in May. The covid vaccine of Russia is Sputnik V, which is said to be highly effective in Russia and is studied to work on the Indian Strain too. Researchers found out that the vaccine is doing […]
According to a source familiar with the plan, President Joe Biden’s tax package would include an end to a major gain for wealthy estates, that significantly reduces the levy for inheritors, as well as an increase in the top income tax rate and support for strengthened IRS auditing. Ending “step up in basis,” which requires […]