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Industry insiders pointed out that digital customer onboarding is already bearing fruit in the banking ecosystem with thousands of accounts getting opened via video every day. Many banks like Kotak Mahindra Bank, IndusInd Bank, RBL Bank and others have already gone live with video KYC for digital banking services. … [Read more...] about EXCLUSIVE: IRDAI to permit video-based KYC system for insurance companies

Q: How do you manage your office teams now? How are you keeping your staff motivated? Could you share some unique experiences that you have had during these 10 days of the lockdown while dealing with your teams/colleagues or investors?A: As we are all locked up at homes, many living alone, we’ve realised the need to fill a void in the lives of employees. We’re running an internal project called Josh to keep everyone informed, supported and positive. Some of the initiatives are a support program called 'CountOnMe' to keep those living alone in good humour, a learning series called Urban Academy where internal leaders are taking online sessions and an external speaker series called JoshTalks featuring leaders from all walks of life. One of the guests was Lt Gen Madhuri Kanitkar, the third woman in the Indian Army to be promoted to three-star rank, sharing her stories of dealing with crisis by staying positive. … [Read more...] about Virtual Leaders | A part of me was refusing to accept the lockdown would be long: Urban Company co-founder Varun Khaitan

It was not like these partnership did not exist before. They did. But it is the pace that was surprising. In March, an IT service provider like Infosys partnered with US tech giant IBM to help customers migrate to cloud. A dozen such partnerships and new product and platform launches followed since then to cater to the new demand. … [Read more...] about Reskilling is probably the biggest challenge for the IT companies amid the pandemic

There are broadly four types of vaccine — one, a vaccine based on the whole virus (this could be either inactivated, or an attenuated [weakened] virus vaccine); two, a non-replicating viral vector vaccine that uses a benign virus as vector that carries the antigen of SARS-CoV; three, nucleic-acid vaccines that have genetic material like DNA and RNA of antigens like spike protein given to a person, helping human cells decode genetic material and produce the vaccine; and four, protein subunit vaccine wherein the recombinant proteins of SARS-COV-2 along with an adjuvant (booster) is given as a vaccine. … [Read more...] about Restaurants, catering companies turn to Live Kitchens for small gatherings at home

PUBG responded to the PUBG ban in its statement, “In light of recent developments, PUBG Corporation has made the decision to no longer authorise the PUBG MOBILE franchise to Tencent Games in India. Moving forward, PUBG Corporation will take on all publishing responsibilities within the country. As the company explores ways to provide its own PUBG experience for India in the near future, it is committed to doing so by sustaining a localised and healthy gameplay environment for its fans.” … [Read more...] about PUBG unban in India: Company axes China connection, will Centre now allow the mobile game?