Amazon is rapidly responding to business risks from the novel coronavirus, which has caused a surge in demand for household staples and led to several demonstrations by some Amazon warehouse workers

The address has boosted the morale of the employees as job layoffs and pay cuts have become major conversation topics, and Flipkart's business has suffered due to the coronavirus lockdown

Snapdeal has been promising consumers it'll deliver essentials within 6-10 days; for this, the e-tailer has tied up with dealers in local grain markets, FMCG wholesalers and medical equipment dealers

Realme has increased prices across smartphone ranges due to the increase in GST.

FMCG, online retail, telecom and pharma seem to be the obvious gainers of the Covid-19 pandemic

Google is particularly concerned that it will not be able to swiftly identify countries where advertising arrangements were in place to target Indian users, increasing technological and compliance requirements, according to one of the sources

The online grocery platform, as of today, is operating at 40-50 per cent of its planned capacity

Leadership at companies in India would need to guide their businesses to streamline their practices in the wake of COVID-19 and factor the directives issued by the government for essential goods and services

FMCG companies such as Nestle, HUL, ITC, P&G, Godrej Consumer, Dabur, Amul and others are set to gain ground amid sudden rise in demand due to anxiety buying and hoarding of daily essentials

Amazon will only deliver in selected cities in India and the e-commerce giant has also prioritized previous orders for essential products that were purchased via prepaid payment methods.

In his monthly Mann ki Baat radio address to the nation, Modi also praised the front-line workers in the fight against the virus as well as countless workers in the essential services who are ensuring the country doesn't come to a complete standstill in the 21-day lockdown announced on March 24

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced a comprehensive package of Rs 1.7 lakh crore for the economically weaker sections of the society hit by coronavirus; Walmart Inc's Flipkart is all set to resume its grocery and essential services after the local law enforcement authorities assured the e-commerce giant of safe passage of supply chain and delivery executives; Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has said that the lockdown is not enough to contain coronavirus in the country. He added that the lockdown will be substantially harder for the poorer sections of society. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: Coronavirus: Top govt official warns not all international passengers monitored

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Firms and grocery stores need to call 1031 to register themselves and get an e-pass to show to officials overlooking the lockdown

While hand sanitisers between middle of February and middle of March 2018-19 saw an impressive growth of 72 per cent in traditional stores, it has shot up to 144 per cent in February-March this year

1,252 people have been booked in the state for violating Section 144 of CrPc, while cases have been filed against 16 people for spreading rumours in last two days

Companies that provide business services such as call centres, information technology services and business process automation were not prepared for work-for-home arrangements, according to interviews with more than a dozen employees of several companies

Coronavirus lockdown: Officials who are associated with the distribution of essential commodities under e-commerce, super marts, hyper marts, PDS will require authorisation letters from their employers, endorsed by the local police or SDO

While Flipkart decided to resume delivery of essential services and groceries, Amazon said that it was in talks with government authorities to enable it to deliver essentials to its customers