Urban Company sets up medical assistance fund honouring employee who succumbed to COVID-19
In memory of an employee who succumbed to COVID-19, Urban Company has set up Mohit Agrawal COVID-19 Relief Fund in partnership with the charitable trust Srinidhi Foundation, which will provide…
Five AI trends that will revolutionise online aggregation in India
The use cases of artificial intelligence (AI) are increasing by leaps and bounds in the digital age. Its impact is being felt in various areas of our lives. From our…
IFC to invest $40M in Upgrad, promoters pare stake to 75 pc
Online up-skilling platform Upgrad has concluded another funding round of $40 million (about Rs 290 crore) from the World Bank arm IFC, bringing down the promoters' holding in the firm…
Udaan announces Rs 175Cr ESOP plan
B2B ecommerce firm Udaan has announced an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) liquidity programme worth about Rs 175 crore.In an email to employees, Udaan co-founders Amod Malviya, Sujeet Kumar and…
Quick Ride launches COVID care on its app to find and list medical resources
In the wake of the raging second wave of COVID-19 in India, and the fact that we are losing lives every hour due to a shortage of medical resources, ride-sharing…
Walmart, Flipkart and PhonePe make their contribution for pandemic relief
Walmart, the global retail giant, and its companies in India – Flipkart and PhonePe, and the Walmart Foundation are making their contributions to fight the severe second wave of COVID-19…
MIT students’ Project Prana is bringing low-cost ventilators to India amid the COVID crisis
As COVID positive cases see a steep rise across the country, patients and their relatives are literally on a hunt for oxygen cylinders, beds, and ventilators. Governments and corporates from…
Health, habit, happiness – 80 inspirational quotes and proverbs on the importance of physical and mental healt
At a personal, social, and national level, the coronavirus pandemic has shone a harsh spotlight on the importance of health infrastructure and governance, and its gaping holes in many countries.…
These former Facebook engineers’ social startup aims to become the Netflix of audio platforms
In 2020, when the pandemic year forced many to be house bound, it was not just bread baking and binge watching that caught on. There was a new favourite on…