Author: News Desk
The Indian government issues Work From Home (WFH) rules. Notified a new rule 43A in Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006. WFH is allowed for a maximum period of one year. It is applicable to employees in special economic zones Employees of IT/ITeS SEZ units are eligible for this. Those who are travelling, working off-site, or temporarily incapacitated too are eligible 50 per cent of total employees may use this. Those who are already working from home too can attempt. They have to seek approval within a transition period of 90 days.
Over 13 lakh electric vehicles are registered in India Informed Union Minister Nitin Gadkari at the Rajya Sabha. The number excludes Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Lakshadweep 68 cities have got 2,877 public EV charging stations. 1,576 EV charging stations were installed across nine expressways and 16 highways. This was under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME) Phase-II scheme.
Digitisation or e-office has been implemented. Several departments provide facility to citizens to submit their applications and grievances at portal. As a part of digital secretariat, e-office has been implemented in all ministries/ departments in Government of India, said Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh. Central registry units in the ministries have also been digitised, He added. The MPLADS website has features to facilitate the parliamentarians to make online recommendations of work and track progress.
Timex introduces ‘Waterbury Ocean Collection’. It is an upcycled watch made with ocean-bound plastic. It is an attempt to tackle pollution in the ocean ecosystem. The collection is made in collaboration with #tide. #tide is an award-winning organisation that works to save the ocean from plastic. Plastic is collected by fishermen from the coastline. It is sorted, cleaned, shredded, and recrafted in a Swiss facility. The whole process is done using carbon-neutral transport and solar power .The bracelet, case, and dial of the collection are made using ocean material. The collection comes in Gray/Gunmetal, Navy, Gray/Rose Gold, Blue, and Pink…
Modsy has abruptly ceased offering design services, laid off its designers and left its customers in disarray.Several customers have been left with unfinished renovations and project orders in process.
Healthtech platform Eka Care raises $15 million in Series A, led by Hummingbird Ventures, with participation from 3one4 Capital, Mirae Assets, Verlinvest, Aditya Birla Ventures, Binny Bansal, Rohit MA, and other investors. It plans to use the capital for product development, hiring, educating consumers on the benefits of maintaining a health profile, and helping doctors move to digital practice.
UIDAI announces a ‘Bug Bounty’ programme. It is to find out any vulnerabilities in Aadhaar’s data security system. UIDAI looks for 20 top white hat hackers for the purpose. They should expose vulnerabilities in Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR). It is a common initiative among multinational companies. The candidates will sign non-disclosure agreements with UIDAI. This will avoid breach of sensitive information acquired during the process. Aadhaar is the world’s largest digital identity programme. It hosts personal and biometric data of more than 1.32 Bn Indians.
Google and Chevron, part of a $250 million funding raise for TAE Technologies, a nuclear fusion startup with an unconventional strategy that has now raised a total of $1.2 billion.Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, also participated in the round.
Open Network Digital Commerce (ONDC) expands its pilot to 15 more locations. In Kerala, it will be available in Kannur, Thrissur, and Mannar. Other places are Noida, Faridabad, Lucknow, Bijnor, and Chennai among others. The network began its pilot on April 29 Started in Delhi, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Bhopal, and Shillong. So far, ONDC has onboarded 100 merchants. One of the recent entrants is Snapdeal. Snapdeal will debut next month.
Ola Electric announced the investment of $500 million. It will be for setting up its state-of-the-art Battery Innovation Centre (BIC) in Bengaluru. The BIC would be one of the world’s largest and most advanced cell R&D facilities. It will have more than 165 “unique and cutting-edge” lab equipment. That will cover all aspects of cell-related research and development. The centre would be capable of developing complete packages of battery pack design, fabrication and testing under one roof.