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25% of Indian startups in serious trouble if COVID-19 persists for long, says Kris Gopalakrishnan BENGALURU : A fourth of India’s new startups would be in a tough situation if unfavorable results of the COVID-19 pandemic continue for long, as indicated by information technology industry veteran Senapathy (Kris) Gopalakrishnan. “Around 25 percent of the new businesses have under a half year of runway,”the co-founder of IT major Infosy Ltd, told P T I. “They will be in a tough situation if the recovery doesn’t occur in a half year, it doesn’t resemble (occurring inside that period).” Source: Livemint

Ramayan’s Sita aka Dipika Chikhlia’s first look as Sarojini Naidu unveiled in ‘Sarojini’ poster! New Delhi: After winning a million hearts as Devi Sita in Ramanand Sagar’s ‘Ramayan’, Dipika Chikhlia Topiwala is prepared to allure her perspectives in the main job of Sarojini in her new film. The on-screen character took to web based life and shared the primary look banner of her film which depends on political dissident Sarojini Naidu. Dipika took to Twitter and shared the banner. ‘Sarojini’ is directed by Akash Nayak and Dhiraj Mishra. The story has been composed by Dhiraj Mishra and Yashomati Devi. The...

Aarogya Setu app alerted govt to 300 ’emerging hotspots’: Niti Aayog CEO NEW DELHI : Aarogya Setu, the government’s versatile application created to follow COVID-19 patients, has developed as an incredible asset to check the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 as it helped ready specialists about in excess of 650 hotspots the nation over and more than 300 “rising hotspots” which could have been missed something else. Since its dispatch on April 2 this year, more than 96 million individuals have enlisted with the Aarogya Setu human services application, which has become the quickest portable application to arrive at 50 million...

‘We have prepared India for the worst’ New Delhi: We don’t anticipate the most noticeably awful sort of circumstance in India like other created nations, which are seriously hit by Covid-19 emergency, yet we have arranged the entire nation for the most noticeably terrible conceivable situation, said Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday. Vardhan while associating with wellbeing pastors and senior authorities of north-eastern states, through video conferencing, on the moderation endeavors to address Covid-19 emergency said the casualty rate in the nation keeps on being around 3.3 percent and the recuperation pace of coronavirus patients have scaled to...

Ivanka Trump’s personal assistant tests positive for coronavirus WASHINGTON: Ivanka Trump’s personal assistant has tried positive for the lethal coronavirus, making her the third White House staff part to be tainted from Covid-19, a media report said on Saturday. The assistant, who works in an individual limit with respect to US President Donald Trump’s little girl, has not been around her in half a month, the CNN announced. She has been teleworking for almost two months and was tried out of alert, the report cited a source as saying. Source: The Times of India

I am healthy, not suffering from any disease, says Amit Shah BJP leader Amit Shah on Saturday dismissed all the bits of gossip encompassing his wellbeing, saying he is “healthy” and releasing his obligations as the home minister with full commitment. Taking to Twitter, the Union home pastor expressed, “I am completely healthy and not suffering from any disease.” Shah said bits of gossip regarding his wellbeing conditions have been spread through social media. Dispersing the gossipy tidbits, the home clergyman said that the nation is confronting the coronavirus emergency and he was occupied with his work and overlooked the...

Japan urges India to allow its companies to restart operations Japan has mentioned that its organizations in India be permitted to continue work. The request was conveyed by Japanese foreign minister Motegi Toshimitsu during a telephonic discussion with his Indian partner S Jaishankar, on Thursday, as indicated by an announcement from the Japanese remote service. “Minister Motegi expressed his gratitude for the support of the Indian government in the repatriation of Japanese nationals residing in India and requested continued cooperation for ensuring their safety, amid the spread of the novel coronavirus disease,” the Japanese proclamation said. Source: Livemint

Sudhir Krishnaswamy, the only Indian on Facebook’s content oversight board Sudhir Krishnaswamy is the single Indian name that has figured in the rundown of individuals from Facebook content oversight board. On Wednesday, the social media giant declares the names of 20 individuals for its autonomous substance oversight board. Krishnaswamy is a part of the group, which incorporates a previous leader, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a few established law specialists and rights advocates. The board will audit advances from clients on material that has been brought down from Facebook and Instagram, and settle on restricting substance choices for the...

‘Stay where you are’: Shivraj Chouhan appeals to migrants after train tragedy Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday spoke to abandoned transient laborers to remain any place they are. Chouhan’s remarks came hours after 16 vagrants who were dozing on railway tracks were run over by a train in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad. “I will like to make an appeal to all the labourers stranded in other states to stay where they are. The state government is making all arrangements to bring them back. The process is going on in full swing and we will accomplish the mission with...

Keeping Middle-Seat Empty Not an Option for Any Airline, Margins Too Thin: Aviation Minister In an ongoing meeting given to CNBC-TV18, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said that keeping the middle seat void in trips to keep up socialdistancing isn’t an alternative and carriers should concoct diverse answer for stop the spread of COVID-19. Refering to the low edge for air transporters, Minister Puri said that if center column seats are compelled to keep unfilled, numerous carriers may decide not to work the flights attributable to paperthin edge in the business. He said that flying a plane 1/third...