With the WHO declaring the coronavirus outbreak a ‘pandemic’ on Wednesday, here’s how countries around the world have been revising their entry policies.

On Saturday, it imposed another travel ban on European countries – the United Kingdom and Ireland – given the coronavirus pandemic.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, however, has so far resisted growing calls to limit incoming travellers after the United States banned flights from Europe.

"We recommend that Canadian travellers return to Canada via commercial means while they remain available," Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne tweeted on Saturday.

According to reports, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife, Sophie Trudeau, has also been tested positive for the coronavirus and is said to be recovering. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584275405.7213361/Coronavirus-pandemic:-how-different-countries-are-combating-the-COVID-19-infection?ref=audio_experience

Bill Gates net worth is $104.5 billion as of 12th March ,2020.He’s in a rarefied section of billionaires that many can’t even imagineWho is Bill Gates?

Right from the Windows operating system to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates has been integral to many radical transformations we enjoy today.

Learning from mistakes and growing is what made Bill Gates the man we are inspired from and the legend he is.

Bill Gates was a hardcore workaholic in Microsoft’s initial years and expected the same from his employees.

Not just budding entrepreneurs but anyone who wants to make it big in life should read about Bill Gates. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584273740.951464/Bill-Gates:-Co-founder-of-Microsoft?ref=audio_experience

“People will hold back, which means grain gets separated from the chaff.

These companies could face a potential cash crunch as they rely on investors based in the US and China.

Even companies that are doing well will need more time to raise money,” said Vinod Murali, managing partner at venture debt firm Alteria Capital.

Fitness wearables maker Goqii, whose smartwatches are manufactured in Shenzhen, China, is evaluating alternative facilities in India, Vietnam and Taiwan.

“One thing is certain now that we won’t like to rely only on China for our manufacturing,” said Goqii CEO Vishal Gondal. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584271806.427494/Coronavirus-blow:-Firms-prepare-for-slow-capital-flows,-uncertainty?ref=audio_experience

This increases the risk of infection spreading through delivery partners for food, grocery and hyperlocal delivery startups.

Food delivery unicorns Zomato and Swiggy are also piloting blind deliveries, where partners leave the package by the door for paid orders.

We have seen delivery startups in the west already experimenting with contactless deliveries or leave-at-door deliveries.

TiE Delhi’s Rungta said, “If a region has reported infections, then the delivery partners should be advised to stay off the road.

While hand sanitisers and face masks are equally important, there’s no guaranteed way to contain coronavirus except practising social distancing. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584270005.6362607/Are-Indian-Businesses-Being-Responsible-In-Face-Of-Coronavirus??ref=audio_experience

Zomato is an Indian restaurant aggregator and delivers food in almost every Indian city.

Zomato has done this in the United States through its acquisition of Seattle based Urbanspoon for an estimated $60 million in 2015.

Deepinder Goyal's Zomato IdeaZomato LogoOrdering food from home wasn’t easy initially.

Zomato FundingWhen the Zomato team was desperate for funding, Info Edge came into the picture.

After expansion, Zomato collaborated with Citibank which was named as “Citibank Zomato Restaurant Guide”. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584268234.4548051/Never-Have-A-Bad-Meal-Through-Zomato?ref=audio_experience

The fashion industry is considered to be risqué and glamorous, replete with nonstop partying, beautiful people, fashion shows and a life of pomp and razzmatazz.

Getting into a fashion college and studying fashion is a dream for thousands of young students.

Let’s look at what's really happening in the fashion industry and debunk some myths around studying fashion.

The fashion industry has grown to include fashion bloggers, vloggers, content creators, curators, experience managers, fashion stylists, creative directors, photographers, editorial, artificial intelligence managers, home stylists, and much more.

Once you commit yourself to the fashion world you will travel, meet interesting people and set creative targets and enjoy what you do. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584266405.9126747/Debunking-myths-surrounding-fashion-education-and-industry?ref=audio_experience

Abhishek Shah ₹135,000,000 SeedKeito Pune, Maharashtra, India Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, SaaS, Virtual Assistant Building an Intelligent Digital Assistant.

Amal P S — SeedFinzy Bangalore, Karnataka, India Financial Services, Lending finzy is the premier peer to peer lending solution in India.

Ganesh Gandhieswaran $60,000 AngelFincash.com Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Wealth Management A startup in the personal finance space in India .

Kenny Blatt $1,000,000 SeedUPPERHAND Indianapolis, Indiana, United States E-Commerce, SaaS, Sports Upper Hand is an excellent tool for a business and is user friendly.

Rakshit Kejriwal $1,000,000 SeedElemential Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Blockchain, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software Blockchain Development Platform To Design, Run & Scale Blockchain Networks. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584264636.0900192/Indian-Startups-Funding-News-[Updated-2020]?ref=audio_experience

Byjus- the Learning app was launched in the year 2015 and since then it has been a huge success.

It is used by more than 15 million students all over the world and has 900000 paid subscribers.

Before starting Byju's , Byju Raveendran was working in a multinational shipping firm as a service engineer.

Popularly known as Byju sir among his students, Byju cleared CAT twice with 100 percentile, though he never joined any IIM.

Byju's - Name and TaglineWhile Byju’s got its name from its founders' first name, Byju's tagline is ‘Fall in love with learning’. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584262831.4726133/Read-the-interesting-story-behind-starting-up-Byju's?ref=audio_experience

Pfizer issued a five-point plan calling on the biopharmaceutical industry to join the company in committing to collaboration to combat COVID-19.

Pfizer’s five promises, which want to help scientists rapidly bring forward therapies and vaccines to protect humankind from this escalating pandemic and prepare the industry to respond to future global health crises, are:1.

Marshalling its people: Pfizer has created a SWAT team of leading virologists, biologists, chemists, clinicians, epidemiologists, vaccine experts, pharmaceutical scientists and other key experts to focus solely on addressing this pandemic.

Pfizer is committed to sharing its clinical development and regulatory expertise to support the most promising candidates these companies bring forward.

Pfizer is committed to using any excess manufacturing capacity and to potentially shifting production to support others in rapidly getting these life-saving breakthroughs into the hands of patients as quickly as possible. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584261075.2384696/Pfizer-Launches-Five-Point-Plan-To-Battle-Covid-19?ref=audio_experience

Gameskraft, a Bangalore based startup in the online gaming sector is all set to bring the world-class gaming experience to the Indian users.

The startup launched in 2017, is driven by the vision is to establish Gameskraft Technologies as a leading gaming company of India.

Gameskraft - Company HighlightsStartup Name Gameskraft Headquarter Bangalore Founder Prithvi Singh Sector Online Gaming Founded 2017 Registered Entity Name Gameskraft Technologies Pvt.

Since India’s gaming industry has a huge potential, I was pretty confident about Gameskraft" quotes Gameskraft owner Prithvi Singh.

Gameskraft - Customer AcquisitionInitially, word-of-mouth publicity helped Gameskraft to create a name. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584259230.9827263/Gameskraft-Success-Story?ref=audio_experience