There are a total of 13 companies, including SpiceJet, Nandan Nilekani-backed ShopX, Reliance-backed drone startup Asteria Aerospace that have received approval from DGCA to test drones

Food-delivery gains Zomato and Swiggy will start delivering alcohol in various cities of West Bengal including Kolkata and Siliguri

In this new venture, Swiggy is partnering with authorised retailers across major cities after validating their license and other required documents as outlined by the state government

Coronavirus update: The letter underscored the need for staff rationalisation and said that it is necessary to map the future business strategy of MakeMyTrip, adding further that this is not a reflection of the work done by the people

For induction and orientation of new recruits, Tata Steel has shifted from classroom methodologies to blended learning mechanisms as most of its workforce is working from home

Coronavirus impact: Zomato's directory includes people across a host of roles from designers, analysts, and associates to video editors, training leads and team leads

For the next 12 months, it said, Home Credit India's talent acquisition team will actively support these employees

The liquor stores in Kerala will remain open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; bookings on the BevQ app have been allowed from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm

Several states in northern India, including Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are facing one of the worst locust attacks, adding to their worries during the COVID-19 pandemic; Zomato has announced it will start delivering alcohol; India's top medical body, the ICMR has said human trials of coronavirus vaccine may begin in another six months. Watch this and more news on News Blast.Also Read: Coronavirus Vaccine: Latest updates from India and around the world

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Odisha is the second state where Zomato has started this service. The first state was Jharkhand where Zomato had launched the service on May 21

Employees who have been removed include those from marketing, customer and driver support, legal, finance, policy, and business development; Uber had announced to cut 3,000 jobs from its global workforce on May 19

With rising demand on online grocery delivery platforms amid coronavirus lockdown, JioMart is Reliance Industries' bid to cash in on the spurt in this segment

Days after testing the JioMart in various parts of Maharashtra, Reliance has finally released its e-commerce platform across India.

Odisha government has imposed a 50 per cent Special COVID Fee on alcohol sales in the state

Lockdown 4.0 Maharashtra: Liquor home delivery has been allowed in Mumbai except in containment zones. Home delivery of liquor in Mumbai will begin from Sunday where vends can use e-commerce platforms to deliver alcohol directly to buyers

The fear of COVID-19 among customers and a hesitation to spend might prove to be a death knell for eateries

Reliance Industries on Friday announced that KKR would invest Rs 11,367 crore into Jio Platforms at an equity value of Rs 4.91 lakh crore and an enterprise value of Rs 5.16 lakh crore; Calling India's Rs 20.9 lakh crore stimulus inadequate in providing for recovery of an economy pummelled by COVID-19, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has said the package gives free foodgrains but migrant workers, rendered jobless by lockdown, need money to buy milk, vegetables and cooking oil and pay rent; Power outage and frequent fibre cuts have disrupted telecom connectivity in Cyclone Amphan hit areas, particularly Kolkata, North and South 24 Pargana districts of West Bengal. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: RBI rate cut: For home loan of Rs 50 lakh, EMI to reduce by this much

In India, where the Jeff Bezos-led company faces stiff competition from Walmart Inc's Flipkart, Amazon earlier said it plans to create 1 million jobs by 2025