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Sony Picture’s innovative way to create awareness on COVID-19 : To create awareness about dreadful COVID-19, celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi, Priyanka Chopra, Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt among many others, have come together through a short film, titled 'Family'. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Opportunity for consumer IoT vendors forecasted to grow 10% : Canalys forecasts that shipments of wearable bands, smart personal audio devices and smart speakers will grow 9.8% to reach 718.0 million units in 2020 as consumer IoT vendors look for growth in markets disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

President, PM, Ministers and MPs to get 30% pay cut in COVID-19 fight : Starting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the salaries of Central ministers and Members of parliament will be slashed by 30 per cent for the coming year in view of the coronavirus outbreak and the expected downturn in the economy VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Fenexa and Est global forays into crypto trading league in India : Fenexa Technology Private Limited, (ftpl) new delhi in collaboration with Est group based at cic, mit, boston is soon launching the digital exchange in india in may 2020 as situation improves after the corona pandemic VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Amid COVID-19, the medical staff, security, police are on their toes combating the deadly virus. Actress Amyra recounts her conversation with her dad Gulzar Dastur, who is a medical director. She says,”  I remember when the news broke out, the government sent notices to medical directors to be prepared to combat the virus and start building a separate isolation zone for Covid-19 patients. VARINDIA Actress Amyra Dastur’s father is on mission to combat COVID-19, refuses to meet her VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

US COVID-19 cases projected to increase 65% as risk of transmission likely to surpass Italy and Spain : In the key markets most heavily affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19), case trends are expected to follow a low-risk forecast, with the exception of the US, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Current economic situation - way forward : The economic slowdown presents a serious challenge to the Modi government as it sets a target of making India a $5 trillion economy in five years. Lets start from the worst hit Auto sector to the real estate sector, number of unsold homes have increased. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Tim Cook tweets Apple is designing face shields for medical workers : Apple CEO Tim Cook has announced to design face shields for medical workers and separately has sourced over 20 million masks through its global supply chain. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

As an effect of 21-day lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, Air Deccan has announced that it is ceasing its operations until further notice and all employees are being put on sabbatical without pay with immediate effect. : As an effect of 21-day lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, Air Deccan has announced that it is ceasing its operations until further notice and all employees are being put on sabbatical without pay with immediate effect. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Apple supplier, Flex wishes to produce 30,000 ventilators a month : Flex is starting to assemble thousands of ventilators to meet increasing demand for the machines in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. The company will be churning out 25,000 to 30,000 ventilators a month by May or June, according to John Carlson, Flex’s Head of Medical Solutions. That’s equal to the industry’s typical annual output, but as many as 1 million of these machines are needed now. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Google to empower local businesses showcase products online with Pointy : Alphabet’s Google acquired an Irish technology start-up , Pointy with €147 million( $163 million ) deal was happened in the month of January 2020. The Irish retail start-up that helps traditional brick and mortar retailers list inventory online. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

President Trump requests PM Modi to release Hydroxychloroquine to US : With More than Three Lakh confirmed cases of Coronavirus Infection and over 8,000 fatalities, The US has emerged as the worst sufferers of the deadly coronavirus diseases to which there fas been no cure. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Action against social media platforms allowing COVID-19 fake news: Prasad : Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has warned of strict action against social media companies if they allow fake news on COVID-19 on their platforms. 'We came across objectionable videos and news in these testing times on social media platforms VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Corona beer suspends production: Courtesy Coronavirus : Grupo Modelo announced that it will suspend production of Corona beer as it scales down production under orders from the Mexican government. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Tablighi become a curse to Indian History : Out of the total 411 coronavirus cases that Tamil Nadu has reported so far, 364 cases spread across 20 districts are linked to the Tablighi Jamaat event that took place in March in Delhi, said Beela Rajesh,State Health Secretary,Tamilnadu. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Zoom app admits some video calls were routed through China : Zoom Admits Some Video Calls Were Routed Through Chin, after Citizen Lab researchers discovered the routing problem,  Chinese authorities could demand that Zoom turn over any encryption keys on its servers in China in order to decrypt the contents of video calls. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Virat Kohli speaks on the 21-day lockdown : India is currently under a 21-day lockdown after the announcement by PM Narendra Modi and all the citizens are told to abide by self-isolation. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Autonomous robot could help in the search for signs of life in space : A new autonomous robot developed by engineers at NASA and tested in Antarctica by a team of researchers, including an engineer from The University of Western Australia, is destined for a trip into outer space and could, in the future, search for signs of life VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

India's smartphone shipments to decline 60% YoY in April: Counterpoint Research : The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may badly hurt the smartphone shipments in the months of March and April compared to the previous year, according to latest data by said industry analysis firm Counterpoint Research. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Gartner CFO Survey Reveals 74% of Organizations to Shift Some Employees to Remote Work Permanently : Nearly Three in Four Organizations Plan to Shift at Least 5% of Previously On-Site Employees to Permanently Remote Positions Post-COVID 19 VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE