Indian digital payments leader Paytm announced the launch of the ‘India Fights Corona’ campaign to help prevent and manage the spread of novel coronavirus in communities.

In its efforts, the startup has partnered with hygiene brand Lifebuoy and Yuvraj Singh’s YouWeCan Foundation.

Opening donations, Paytm is appealing to Indians to contribute on the Paytm App and help in the distribution of Lifebuoy hygiene products among vulnerable sections of the society.

We should fight COVID-19 by staying healthy and restricting the spread of the virus to others.

Through this partnership, Paytm and Unilever aim to educate everyone on the importance of developing a habit of personal hygiene while avoiding transmission of the virus from one person to another. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584453607.0193799/Coronavirus:-Paytm-opens-donations,-partners-with-Lifebuoy-to-fight-COVID-19-spread?ref=audio_experience

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Work environment stock photo by Prostock-studio/Shutterstock | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584451807.5329638/7-Ways-of-Maintaining-a-Positive-Work-Environment?ref=audio_experience

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Inc42: Previously, you had said that you help startups scale their business.

Everything, we connect the business to partners inside and outside the country, help them in governance, help them hire the right people.

Sudhir Sethi: Obviously, some companies did not perform to a level, but, most of them did. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584450115.038206/Moneyball:-Chiratae’s-Sudhir-Sethi-On-Maturity-Of-Indian-Startups,-Backing-Dominant-Brands?ref=audio_experience

As the number of positive cases of coronavirus rises up to 137, with three confirmed deaths, the Indian startup ecosystem and entrepreneurs have taken up the charge to help the government formulate action plans to deal with the pandemic.

Founders and investors have come together with their suggestions on why should India act now.

These include founders of Bounce, Homelane, Cred, Urban Company, BlackBuck, MyGate, 1mg, MapMyIndia as well as venture capitalists like Matrix Partners, Stellaris Venture Partners among others.

The group emphasised that early, strong and decisive action is key to containment and flattening the curve.

Investors like Sequoia and Lightspeed have advised founders to prepare for contingencies, plan runway for over 6 months, cut down expenditure, raise funding etc. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584448312.5115197/Indian-Startups-Call-For-Lockdown-Over-Coronavirus-In-Letter-To-Govt?ref=audio_experience

Further, it told Inc42 that every month, the platform provides jobs to over one lakh blue-collar job seekers and gig economy workers.

The blue-collar jobs’ sector comprises jobs such as drivers, security guards, on-demand services and more, and currently includes over 450 Mn people from the country.

A graduate from the NYU Stern School of Business, Kunal Patil wanted to start his own venture and knew that it would be towards the blue-collar segment.

“While the white-collar segment’s behaviour is well documented, the blue-collar segment behaves very differently and very little data is available on this segment.

This is where startups such as BabaJobs, which was acquired by Quikr in 2017, GigIndia, Google Jobs, WorkIndia are creating a much-needed disruption. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584446405.403964/WorkIndia:-Much-Needed-Spotlight-On-Gig-Economy,-Blue-Collar-Workers?ref=audio_experience

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Family BackgroundHe grew up in a Marwari business family and was exposed to the business world due to his family’s interests and functions.

Alok Kejriwal's Mobile2winmobile2win logoAlok is an experienced campaigner and has been in business for nearly two decades.

He has addressed many Indian business news channels on the current situation of the Indian startup circuit. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584444711.8618915/Alok-Kejriwal:-Co-Founder-Of-Games2win-And-An-Established-Presenter?ref=audio_experience

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Concluding remarksThere are many ways to make money online, and essay writing is one of them. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584442807.7649448/How-to-earn-money:-Essay-writing?ref=audio_experience

Users will have to pay INR 2.5 for transactions below and equal to INR 1000In what could prove to be a big setback to India’s burgeoning fintech segment, banks facilitating unified payments interface (UPI) payments are now going to charge users for peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions beyond 20 transactions.

After availing the 20 free transactions, users will have to pay INR 2.5 for transactions under or equal to INR 1000, and INR 5 for transactions above INR 1000.

At present, neither banks nor platforms charge users for UPI transactions in a bid to keep demand high.

The total yearly UPI transactions came to 10.78 Bn for 2019 (Jan-Dec) which was a 1.87X year-on-year growth.

But with the introduction of UPI fees on P2P transactions, this might change in the months to come. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584441005.2372305/UPI-Slowdown-Incoming?-Banks-To-Charge-Up-To-INR-5-After-20-Transactions?ref=audio_experience

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- Fyodor DostoevskyTo be effective in crisis management in the digital age means being able to use social media strategically. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584439214.246364/Reflection,-reframing,-resilience-–-60-quotes-on-coping-with-a-crisis?ref=audio_experience

As more and more cases of the novel coronavirus get reported in India, the number of ticket cancellations are going up.

Airlines have been struggling to fill plane seats for flights to Asia, with fears over the coronavirus stopping people from traveling.

Many travel agents have said that people are increasingly opting for cancellations or not willing to book the flight tickets on account of coronavirus outbreak.

Singapore Airlines and SilkAir (a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines) announced that they will temporarily reduce services across our network due to weak demand as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak.

The airline industry will soon cope with this low demand as this is not the first time this industry has faced such low demand. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584437411.5232444/Flight-rates-drop-due-to-Coronavirus-outbreak?ref=audio_experience