Infosys is partnering with Rhode Island in launching a privacy-first contact tracing solution to help people and state officials slow the spread of coronavirus as part of the state's effort to safely reopen businesses while reducing occurrences of community transmission.

The company has developed a mobile app that will help Rhode Islanders follow required health and safety guidelines, monitor their own activities and support the Rhode Island Department of Health by providing accurate data with user consent.

Cab aggregator Ola is laying off 1,400 staff from rides, financial services and food business as revenues declined by 95 per cent in the last two months due to coronavirus pandemic, a note by CEO Bhavish Aggarwal said.

In an email to employees, Aggarwal made it clear that the prognosis ahead for the business is very unclear and uncertain and the impact of this crisis is definitely going to be long-drawn for us.

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its ex-post facto approval for the allocation of foodgrains to migrants for two months free of cost.

The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that began at 11 am on Wednesday.

In yet another attack on the central government, the Shiv Sena on Wednesday said that the Narendra Modi-led government ignored Maharashtra in the Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package and gave nothing to revive the state's tourism sector.

In an editorial in the party's mouthpiece 'Saamana', Sena said that the tourism sector in Maharashtra is reeling under extreme pressure due to the coronavirus pandemic but the Centre's recent 'Atmanirbhar package' had nothing to revive it.

The Indian Railways stated on Tuesday that 200 new non-airconditioned passenger trains will be operational from June 1, thereby expanding its services from 15 passenger trains since May 12-the third phase of the lockdown.

These new trains will be plying in addition to the shramik special trains and air-conditioned special trains which are carrying passengers from Delhi to 15 major cities.

Switzerland's Zurich Airport International AG on Tuesday got the security clearance for the development of the Noida International Greenfield Airport at Jewar.

Principal Secretary to UP Chief Minister, SP Goyal, took to Twitter to inform about the development.

Union Health Minister Dr Hasrsh Vardhan is all set to lead the World Health Organisation Executive Board from May 22, officials informed on Tuesday.

The minister would succeed Japan's Dr Hiroki Nakatani.

As per reports, the proposal to appoint a nominee from India as the chairman of the 34-member Board was signed by the 194-nation World Health Assembly on Tuesday.

Forty-one teams of the National Disaster Response Force, including seven reserves, have been deployed in West Bengal and Odisha in view of the super cyclonic storm 'Amphan' which has now weakened into an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm.

NDRF chief S N Pradhan said on Tuesday that Cyclone Amphan is a second disaster coming in the time of already prevailing COVID-19, hence preparations have been made to that scale.

A measure of the number of people claiming unemployment benefits in Britain soared in April, the first full month of the government's coronavirus lockdown, data published on Tuesday showed.

The claimant count rose by 856,500 to 2.097 million, the Office for National Statistics said.

The rupee appreciated 20 paise to 75.71 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday as initial success in Covid-19 vaccine trial boosted investor sentiment world over.

Forex traders said besides the encouraging results in Covid-19 vaccine trial, higher opening of domestic equities and weakening American currency supported the local unit, news agency PTI reported.

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