BUSINESS APPLICATIONS

IIT Roorkee develops mobile app to locate coronavirus suspects

The system will get an alert, if geofencing is violated by the quarantined person, Prof Kamal Jain from the Department of Civil Engineering...

Tamil Nadu CM announces sops for farmers, traders

Besides, loans upto Rs 10 lakh would be offerred to farmer producer firms aimed at benefiting both ryots and consumers. Palaniswami exempte...

Congress demands relief for business, more funds for states, extensive tests to prevent spread of virus

“It is imperative that the poor, landless workers, farmers, industrial workers, tribals and other highly vulnerable sections of our populat...

Government directs taxmen to dispose off applications related to TDS, TCS for FY20 by April 27

“Due to outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is severe disruption in the normal working of almost all sectors… to mitigate the hardship...

IIMs want banks to go easy on student loans

The Indian Institutes of Management anticipate delays in onboarding of students graduating this year, and don’t rule out problems for the c...

Lockdown hits business activity across Europe

A final composite PMI for the euro zone plummeted to a record low of 29.7 from February’s 51.6, lower than the flash reading of 31.4 and ma...

IndiaNivesh shutters brokerage business

The 14-year brokerage has become the first casualty of the turmoil in the stock market over the past 40 days triggered by the global pandem...

CCI revises guidance note for combination applications

The Competition Commission has revised its guidance note for filing applications seeking approvals for combinations, a move that will help ...

Talcum brand Nycil gets into Sanitiser business

The sanitiser product is also the first big launch on the Heinz portfolio after its acquisition in 2018. Ahmedabad-based Zydus Wellness wit...

Rajan urges government to invite experts to deal with economic impact of COVID-19

Rajan said economically, India is probably facing its greatest emergency since Independence.

Businesses, banks and government need to move in harmony

The fiscal and monetary policy should be so devised that it is fair to all the three players – businesses, bank and the government.

Covid-19 pandemic affecting business in India, Europe: Tata Steel

In India, where a 21-day nationwide lockdown has been announced to combat the spread of the virus, the company said its mining operations a...

Covid-19: No outsourcing for these business processes management companies

BPM companies are caught between mobility curbs and client protocol that disallows work-from-home. Experts are of the view that the Indian ...

Hindustan Unilever replans operations to protect staff health, shield business

Office-based employees of Hindustan Unilever (HUL) went into a work-from-home (WFH) mode from March 17 itself, and the Rs 38,000-crore FMCG...

IndiaNivesh closes down PMS business

The assets under custody of IndiaNivesh Small Cap (Sprout) have declined from Rs 90 crore to Rs 60 crore in the past one month, according t...

Covid-19 fallout: After PMS, IndiaNivesh shuts down broking business as well

The broking firm said it has managed to fulfil its settlement obligations during this period.

Nasscom seeks relief for technology startups for business continuity

Some of the important measures demanded from the government to help the startups include rental subsidy for workspaces used by start-ups wh...