Zomato Gold Support Fund to help restaurant workers

Sreyashi B

In a measure to support the restaurant industry and its workers overcome the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, food delivery major Zomato had launched a fund named ‘Zomato Gold Support Fund’ in April.  Today, the company has announced that under the fund it has collected Rs 2.64 crore in a month through the contribution of over 26,000 individuals. All the funds collected as a part of the initiative have already been disbursed to over 3100 restaurant workers and 378 restaurants, helping them to meet their daily livelihoods, said the company in a statement.…

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Amidst this Global COVID-19 crisis these 5 companies are giving hikes to their employees

Sreyashi B

In the last few months, Coronavirus has impacted the lives of people globally. According to the Health Ministry, India has a more than 78,000 confirmed cases, with 2,415 deaths reported.  The country has been under a nationwide lockdown for over 50 days, starting from March 25. While social distancing will play a key role in helping curb the further spread of the virus, the impact of COVID-19 can be seen across industries.  To survive the pandemic the companies across the globe are either letting go of their employees or introducing…

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IIT-Delhi startup launches ‘Reusable Antimicrobial Mask’: Reusable up to 50 launderings

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The COVID-19 widespread has led to an intense lack of face masks, which prevent us from the transmission of the virus. Nowadays, each individual has been commanded to utilize a face mask normally, but single-use masks are not an answer for everybody. With expanding interest for face covers, an IIT-Delhi startup named ‘Nano safe Solutions’ has introduced a face mask which is not only antimicrobial and washable but also it can be reused up to 50 washes.The group comprises of Dr. Anasuya Roy, an IIT Delhi Alumnus, Founder, and CEO…

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TikTok crosses 2 billion downloads:India accounts for over 30%

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As people across the world have been confined to the comfort of their homes, the popularity of TikTok has take over to skies. The short video sharing application has crosses over 2 billion downloads across Google Play Store and The App Store. Th play store has contributed 75.5% (1.5 billion) of the total downloads, while the app store has recorded 24.5% (495.2 million) of the total downloads reported by the owned platform. Notably, TikTok registered over 50% increase in the number of downloads from the past two weeks. On April…

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Lockdown effects: Bhim UPI records 20% fall of transactions in April

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For the first time in the history UPI has recorded less than one billion transactions for the month of April. This is the first time in the past seven months that UPI volume went below the one billion mark. As per the data released by the National payments corporation of India (NPCI), UPI has registered 0.99 billion transactions. It was anticipated that the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic would affect the digital payment volumes. However financially it was assured that digital payments will continue to…

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The Engineer

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Engineering is one of the key influences that shapes our society. Engineers just dont work with machines, designs and electronics, they also use maths and science to provide innovations and inventions that plays a major role in shaping our society and improve the way we live and work. The utilization of the scientific knowledge over time establishes that some of the knowledge is immediately relevant to societal needs while other parts are less immediately relevant where the society may never realize the relevance of a particular scientific enquiry. Engineers may…

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Young Stars

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VOV will showcase Young Stars under this section and their stories. Often we have seen great innovations and projects done at college, campuses, moonlighting while on something and more miss to get the right voice. This section plans to surface these ideas, founders and innovations to the world. We welcome all young founders across all ages, countries and world come and share their stories, business ideas and innovations with us and we will be happy to push it here to share to world. Simply write to buzz@voiceofventures.com quoting “Young Stars”…

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