Industry watchers feel larger apps – given their familiarity among users and the speed at which they can bring in new features to engage users – may position them better against the homegrown apps
Monthly Archives: July 2020
Coronavirus: India’s recovery rate improves to 62.93%
In the last 24 hours, a total of 19,235 people were cured of the coronavirus infection. This has resulted in the cumulative total number of recovered cases among COVID-19 patients rising to 5,34,620 on Sunday
Johns Hopkins University sues Trump administration on ruling on foreign students
Johns Hopkins University (JHU) filed a lawsuit in federal court on Friday, pushing back against the the Trump administration order that would abruptly rescind accommodations for online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic for the nearly 5,000 international students
Qualcomm Ventures to invest Rs 730 crore in Jio Platforms
The investment will deepen the ties between Qualcomm and Jio Platforms, to support Jio Platforms on its journey to rollout advanced 5G infrastructure and services for Indian customers, a joint statement by the two companies read
Life insurance sector sees 18.6% drop in first-year premium: CARE Ratings
The sector had seen their first-year premium declines of 32.6 per cent and 27.9 per cent in April 2020 and May 2020, respectively, the report said adding that the June 2020 quarter figures are indicative that the sector is moving towards recovery
Jio Platforms gets Rs 730 crore investment from Qualcomm: 5 things to know
With this investment, Jio Platforms has raised Rs 118,318.45 crore in three months from leading technology investors including Facebook, Silver Lake Partners, Intel Capital, KKR, and others
Rajasthan crisis: Will follow party line, say 3 Congress MLAs after return from Delhi
Addressing a press conference at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s home here, Rohit Bohra, Danish Abrar and Chetan Dudi called themselves soldiers of the party and said they will do whatever the top leadership tells them
TRAI asks Vodafone Idea, Airtel to suspend premium plans over service quality concerns
The telecom regulator has asked Vodafone Idea and Airtel if priority to high-paying customers in specific plans came at the cost of service deterioration for other subscribers
Business environment to remain challenging this fiscal; delayed recovery for two-wheeler sector: TVS Motor
Coronavirus impact: TVS said that consumers would prefer to conserve cash in order to prepare for unforeseen events like job loss and salary cuts. This means that non-essential durables would be impacted
Close monitoring, containment work in areas with high infection a priority, says PM Modi
According to a statement issued by the Prime minister’s Office, Modi also directed that real-time national level monitoring and guidance should be provided to all affected states and places with high test positivity rates