Companies from Unilever to Proctor & Gamble, Nestl, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have all alluded to lockdown challenges in India and the globe as well as the impact it will have on April-June as well as full-year numbers.
Employees deserve the chance to focus on work-life harmony, not struggle with work-life balance, asserts Sree Sreenivasan.
Postman, a leading application programming interface platform, has secured $225 million in a Series D round, placing its valuation at $5.6 billion. With this, Postman has emerged as the most-valued software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm started by Indian founders, overtaking web and mobile testing firm BrowserStack, which was valued at $4 billion in June. The valuation of the San Francisco-headquartered firm with offices in Bengaluru, where it was founded, has almost trebled in just about one year and risen multi-fold since 2019. Postman, with team members spread across four continents, had secured $150 million in a Series C investment round led by Insight Partners at a $2-billion valuation last summer.
Rugby: Blues players sent home due to COVID-19 lockdown, still hoping to play last game.
FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke Valcke on Wednesday dismissed allegations of wrongdoing over $10 million in bank transactions that are under investigation by U.S. authorities.
While Nifty 50 reflects changes in 40 years, it also shows what is missing: Low-cost manufacturers at one end, and deep-value players at the other. Also missing are technology players, observes T N Ninan.
Four draws and two wins on Under-20 boards helped India pull off the victory against the Chinese.
Modi promised in his 2014 election campaign to recover billions of dollars sent to tax havens abroad to avoid income tax, now about 30 per cent in India
Pele told his fans he was happy and healthy and pleased to be reaching the landmark with his lucid mental state.
The decade of 1950s is marked with some of the major scientific innovations. Here are few of them that are still relevant today.
Aseem Chhabra salutes the late Italian Master and his cinema.
Brazil's Cristiane scored a hat-trick as the former finalists sealed a superb 3-0 victory over women's World Cup debutants Jamaica on Sunday to kick off their campaign in style.
Skateboarders have waited a long time for their first appearance in the Olympics but rather than be despondent over the one-year delay announced on Tuesday, one top-ranked contender said it would give the sport more time to win over fans.
Meet Shubhi Gupta and Prateek Goel, two passionate students who proved their mettle in a college competition when pitted against 25 finalists from around the world!
Italy's Cristiana Girelli bagged a hat-trick and substitute Aurora Galli struck twice as they thrashed Jamaica 5-0 to qualify for the last 16 of the women's World Cup on Friday.
India and 24 other trade ministers agreed to step up efforts to conclude a multilateral trade deal under the Doha Round this year itself.
India on Monday got the backing of Switzerland in its bid to become a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group.
Closures, travel restrictions, and self-isolation measures due to the coronavirus have cleared public squares, roads, and travel destinations across the globe. Photographers have been capturing the eerie stillness of these public spaces, recently emptied of the crowds they were built for.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on an official visit to Switzerland and Mexico next week, the External Affairs Ministry announced on Monday.
FIFA's executive committee has voted to allow publication of former ethics investigator Michael Garcia's investigation into the bidding process for the 2018/2022 World Cups, president Sepp Blatter said in a statement on Friday.
Indian shuttlers Chetan Anand, Arvind Bhat and Anand Pawar advanced to the second round of the men's singles at Bitburger Open badminton tournament in Germany on Wednesday.
EXLService Holdings, Nasdaq-listed business process outsourcing unit, posted a 77 per cent year-on-year fall in its net income for the quarter ended June 30, besides reporting a foreign exchange loss of about Rs 8 crore (Rs 80 million). Rohit Kapoor, the BPO's CEO and president, spoke to Kirtika Suneja on the road ahead in these challenging times.
The share prices of power transmission and distribution company Areva T&D rose 2.8 per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange on Tuesday in anticipation of a possible open offer. A combine of Alstom and Schneider Electric have bought the entire stake in it of its majority holder, French nuclear major Areva.
Switzerland has been facing international pressure as countries step up efforts to curb illicit fund flows.
The move to impeach Trump gained momentum on Sunday with the House Democrats announcing to introduce the article of impeachment against the outgoing Republican president on Monday.
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board has cleared a proposal by German plastic moulding major Ralf Schneider to set up a wholly-owned subsidiary in India, setting aside objections raised by its former Indian partner Larsen & Toubro under Press Note 1 of the Foreign Direct Investment policy.
Akhil Kumar gave India a resounding start at the inaugural AIBA boxing World Cup, out-punching Germany's Marcel Schneider 15-6 to enter the bantamweight semi-finals and assure himself a medal, in Moscow on Wednesday. The 27-year-old Indian will be up against Beijing Olympics silver medallist Yankiel Leon Alarcon of Cuba in the next round on December 13.
England coach Steve McClaren refused to point the finger at blundering Paul Robinson after the goalkeeper's error gifted Germany an equaliser in Wednesday's 2-1 friendly defeat at Wembley Stadium.
Pips French giant Schneider, catapults to no 1.
On a study conducted on 1,800 women at the Infertility and IVF Unit at the Helen Schneider Hospital for Women, Rabin Medical Center, researchers led by Dr Haim Pinkas, found that a two-week intervention treatment using a standard low-dose birth control pill can help time egg harvesting -- making the In Vitro Fertilisation more convenient for doctor and patient.
Six football officials were arrested in Zurich early upon request from US authorities, suspected of receiving bribes worth millions of dollars, Swiss authorities said.
The world's best and most full-bodied beards have been crowned. Thousands of facial hair aficionados flocked to Austin, Texas to witness the 2017 World Beard and Moustache Championships.
Narjit Singh fetched second gold for India by winning 54kg boxing event at the Military World Games in Hyderabad.
The lawsuit seeks to overturn these sweeping and unlawful immigration restrictions that are an unequivocal not welcome sign to the engineers, executives, IT experts, doctors, nurses, and other critical workers who help drive the American economy.
Schneider Electric Industries, SAS France, a world leader in electrical distribution, industrial control and automation announced on Thursday that it was planning a global research and development centre in Bangalore.
Paris St Germain suffered their second defeat of the Ligue 1 season when they lost 2-0 at Toulouse after being reduced to 10 men on Friday.
It is a 'Make in India' lounge here at Davos for this year's WEF annual summit, in place of the famous 'India Adda' that has been frequented by Indian and other leaders to savour desi delicacies and do some networking.
Mexico's Caribbean beach resort of Cancun will host an annual Formula One race for at least five years starting in 2006.
PM is expected to discuss black money issue with Swiss President.
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