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Due to the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19 [https://startuptalky.com/tag/covid-19/], UPI has recorded transactions of less than one billion for the month of April after 12 months of constant growth. This is the first time in the past seven months that UPI volume went
During lockdown imposed due to COVID-19 [https://startuptalky.com/tag/covid-19/], video calling software is hugely popular at the moment especially Zoom has seen the boom in its usage. Now the world's largest social network Facebook has released a new video conferencing tool Messenger Rooms that resembles Zoom.
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Tech giants Apple and Google [https://startuptalky.com/tag/google/] announced that they are building together a Bluetooth based COVID-19 contact tracing tool. It will help individuals determine whether they have been in contact with a COVID-19 [https://startuptalky.com/tag/covid-19/] infected person. The collaboration will assist health officials
zoom
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The social media giant Facebook will invest $5.7 billion which is Indian Rs 43,574 crore for 9.99% of Reliance Industries Limited’s(RIL) telecom business Reliance Jio. By partnering with Jio, Facebook [https://startuptalky.com/tag/facebook/] plans to take advantage of its popular WhatsApp messenger to
crude oil
A oversupply in the global energy market, shortage of storage capacity and COVID-19 [https://startuptalky.com/tag/covid-19/]pandemic induced lack of demand pushed the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) benchmark US crude oil to below $0 a barrel for the first time in history on April 20. In New York,
cognizant
New-Jersey headquartered Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is one of the world’s largest providers of IT services. But on April 18, it became a victim of Maze ransomware attack that has caused disruptions to its clients. The incident comes at a time when businesses have been already disrupted by coronavirus
Students and instructors are bound to stay home due to lockdown imposed because of COVID-19 [https://startuptalky.com/tag/covid-19/]. All the schools, colleges and institutes are ordered to remain closed during this lockdown. The closures of schools and colleges has led to the disruption of classes. It also affects
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food startups
The Coronavirus or COVID-19 which started last year in December in Wuhan, China has impacted the global economy and no industry sector has remained immune to it. All businesses, startups and industries across the globe are coming up with safety measures to deal with the virus like asking employees to
lockdown
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