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Infosys ties up with 1,500 hospitals pan-India to treat staff, kin for Covid

Infosys has taken up a slew of measures to help staff, including hospital tie-ups and setting up of Covid-care centres.

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IIT, IIM ready to bring expertise to help in country’s war against Covid-19

This is even as the Delhi High Court told the central government on Tuesday that IITs or IIMs would do a better job if the government handed over the management of oxygen tankers to them, and suggested that experts from the institutes be roped in to provide a smooth supply of liquid medical oxygen.

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Dell launches Apex as-a-service solution for multi-cloud platforms

Technology has played a major role in preventing a complete societal and economic meltdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, said Michael Dell.

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Delivery deja vu

In today's ETtech Morning Dispatch: E-commerce firms struggle with delivery surge; UPI-style revolution coming to MSME financing; and CoWin favours tech-savvy people.

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RBI eases compliance norms for customer KYC verifications

“Keeping in view the covid-related restrictions in various parts of the country, regulated entities are being advised that for the customer accounts where periodic KYC updating is due/pending, no punitive restriction on operations of customer account(s) be imposed until December 31, 2021,” RBI governor said.

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20 firms allowed to run experimental BVLOS drone flights

As part of its drone policy, India had allowed drone operations in all areas barring some red zones – areas closer to airports, international borders and key installations – but did not allow beyond line of sight operations.

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Uber sees driver cost rising as U.S. economy recovers

Uber's food-delivery business continued to grow in the first quarter, but ride-hail bookings were flat from the previous quarter.

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Yellow.ai deploys 30% of global generative AI bots domestically

While markets like the US are mostly using GenAI for customer support in a bid to cut costs, India Inc. is using them as an opportunity to g...