Ambareesh Murty, co-founder and CEO of Pepperfry, passed away at the age of 51 following a cardiac arrest while in Leh, Ladakh. The news has saddened the entire Indian business community.
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Global tech giants and Indian startups join fight against COVID-19 tsunami
Global tech giants like Google, Microsoft and Amazon are stepping up their efforts to help India’s healthcare workers and administration deal with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. While startup founders and entrepreneurs have been working on providing logistical support and information about hospital beds, oxygen suppliers and other resources, many of these companies are making product changes to raise funds and provide logistical support.
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Several startup founders are rallying behind Action Covid-19 Team Grants (ACT Grants), which announced a plan to raise Rs 75 crore for home health management, oxygen solutions, vaccinations and supplement medical workforce
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Illustration: Rahul Awasthi
Several startup entrepreneurs, investors and startup collectives have joined India’s fight against a ravaging second wave of Covid-19, donating funds and providing logistics to help hospitals procure oxygen and other essentials, and aggregating information that people in need can use.
Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma, venture capitalist Prakhar Khanduja, Delhivery, EaseMyTrip, Zomato, Razorpay and Pharmeasy are among those who have stepped in to help the country’s stressed healthcare system to overcome the pandemic.