Startups Ramp Up The Fight Against COVID-19 With Pop-Up Intensive Care Units;...
As the coronavirus pandemic in India widens, nearly 1,000 entrepreneurs and professionals across India have banded together to find solutions to contain, test, treat and manage the outbreak.
View ArticleIndia’s Drugmakers Ramp Up Production Of ‘Game-Changer’ Coronavirus Drug...
As the COVID-19 pandemic widens across the world, there has been a sudden interest in hydroxychloroquine, a "game-changer" for the coronavirus, of which India manufactures 70% of the world's supply.
View ArticleIndia Ramps Up Coronavirus Testing, Approves Slew Of Local Test Kit Makers
India has more than 12,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, a number that is rising steadily by the day.
View ArticleSingapore Supermarket Brothers’ Fortune Hits $1 Billion Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Supermarket moguls Lim Hock Chee and his brothers Lim Hock Eng and Lim Hock Leng have seen their combined fortune touch $1 billion for the first time.
View ArticleIndian Business Software Giant Zoho Launches Apps To Help Study And Work...
The SaaS company was founded by Sridhar Vembu and 48% owned by his sister Radha Vembu, who debuted on the World’s Billionaires list this year with a $1.2 billion fortune.
View ArticleIndian Doctor Becomes A Billionaire Amid Coronavirus Effort
Medical doctor Arvind Lal, who chairs Dr Lal PathLabs, saw his fortune cross the $1 billion mark on Wednesday thanks to a boost in the shares of his India-listed diagnostics chain.
View ArticleIndian Retail Pioneer Faces Stress Test Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
For Kishore Biyani, who started his career selling stonewash fabrics more than three decades ago, the business challenge brought by COVID-19 is the biggest test of his long career.
View ArticleThis Indian Paint Manufacturer Is Boosting Salaries Amid COVID-19 Crisis
Mumbai-headquartered Asian Paints surprised its 6,500-plus employees by announcing a salary raise to boost morale.
View ArticleThese Startups Are Combating Covid-19 With Grants From An Indian Billionaire
Innovate2BeatCOVID, an initiative by Indian consumer goods billionaire Harsh Mariwala’s Marico Innovation Foundation, is calling for sustainable, affordable and “built for India” solutions to fight the...
View ArticleBox Office Shock: Bypassing Theaters, Coronavirus-Hit Bollywood Producers...
In normal times, Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan’s movie Gulabo Sitabo, billed as a family comedy, would have premiered on April 17 in more than 2,000 theaters across movie-mad India.
View ArticleNon-Family CEO Of Storied Godrej Group’s Flagship Hands Back Charge To Family
For more than a decade, Godrej Consumer Products, the $1.3 billion (revenue) consumer goods flagship of Godrej Group has been run by a professional CEO. But in a notable development, it was announced...
View ArticleFrom Boom To Gloom: Indian Multiplex Operators Plot Ways To Lure Back Moviegoers
By far, the biggest challenge India's theater owners face is luring back moviegoers, who have been binge-watching the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime video during the lockdown.
View ArticleHow Drones Are Helping India Fight The Coronavirus Pandemic
Demand for drones has soared as civic authorities, state governments and the police sought out these flying machines to help them manage the pandemic in a myriad of ways.
View ArticleIndian EdTech Billionaire’s Byju’s Becomes Decacorn After Funding Round From...
India’s largest ed tech company, Byju’s, has achieved that much-coveted decacorn status following the latest funding round led by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Mary Meeker’s Bond Capital.
View ArticleIndian Billionaire Ajay Piramal’s $490 Million Pharma Stake Sale To Carlyle...
In one of the largest private equity deals in the pharma sector in recent times listed Piramal Enterprises agreed to sell a 20% stake in its pharma subsidiary for $490 million to private equity firm,...
View ArticleJapan’s Richest Person Sees Wealth Soar To $29 Billion As Shoppers Flock Back...
Tadashi Yanai has benefited handsomely from shoppers once again flocking to Uniqlo’s stores in Japan and China. The retail mogul has added $9.2 billion to his fortune since Forbes World’s Billionaires...
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