After opening 2,718 points lower, the BSE barometer plunged 2,991.85 points, or 10 percent, to 26,924.11.

As an automatic mechanism to freefall in the market, when an exchange plunges 10 percent before 1 pm, trading is halted on stock exchanges for 45 minutes.

All Sensex components were trading in the red, with Axis Bank tanking up to 20 percent, followed by ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Finance, Hero MotoCorp, and M&M.

Bourses in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul plunged up to 4 percent, while Tokyo was trading with gains.

Cases in India rose to 390 over the weekend, according to the Health Ministry. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584943206.0349543/Sensex-plunges-10-pc,-trading-halts-for-45-minutes-on-coronavirus-led-fears?ref=audio_experience

Qualcomm Design in India Challenge 2019 helped the team develop a scalable prototype of AirBin™.

Grinntech’s modular battery technology provides battery packs with voltage ranges from 12 V to 1100V and energy capacity of 1 kWh to 100 kWh with various connectivity options like CAN, GPRS, BLE etc.

The team saw Qualcomm Design in India Challenge as a gateway to accelerate their product development.

Kelvin was at a PoC stage when they got selected for the Qualcomm Design in India Challenge.

“With the proven durability of these deployed devices, we are planning to scale to the US and Europe.”Applications are now open for Qualcomm Design in India Challenge 2020. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584941405.6077769/From-swappable-ion-batteries-to-asset-trackers-for-the-pharma-industry,-this-is-how-Indian-startups-are-ushering-in-an-age-of-smart-infrastructure?ref=audio_experience

As the government decided to impose lockdown in 75 affected districts in order to contain the novel coronavirus, ride-hailing companies Uber and Ola have decided to limit their services temporarily in these districts under further notice.Uber sent an email to its riders saying, “In compliance with the government guidelines, we are temporarily suspending all Uber services in your city.

This means that Uber rides services will not be available until further notice.”The email added, “We don’t take such measures lightly, and we ask that you please follow the instructions of the public health authorities.”Ola, responding to an inquiry, said, it will encourage citizens to travel for only essential needs.“Ola will continue to encourage citizens to limit travel only for essential emergency needs as per the Government’s directive.

We will enable a minimal network of vehicles to support essential services in cities, wherever applicable, as part of this national effort to reduce the contagion of COVID-19” it said.

The app is functional, but there are hardly any rides available in the lockdown cities.The death toll due to Covid 19 has reached seven on Sunday with the number of affected cases nearing 400.

Following the citizens’ positive response towards Prime Minister’s Narendra Modi ’s Janta Curfew on Sunday, the government has decided to impose lockdown in 75 affected areas in the country. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584939605.8010006/Covid-19:-Ola-and-Uber-suspend-operations-temporarily-in-lockdown-cities?ref=audio_experience

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Switch to the light mode that's kinder on your eyes at day time. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584937804.8971243/$20-Trillion-Dollar-Lawsuit-Against-China-for-‘Creation-and-Release’-of-COVID-19?ref=audio_experience

Chawla also brought up the example of Canada that managed to increase their ventilator capacity from one to nine with simple solutions.

A Times of India report suggested that India confirmed 68 new cases on Sunday (March 22) during the Janata Curfew, taking the number in India to over 400 cases.

The report added that this was the second-highest spike in one day after 77 cases were reported on Saturday (March 21).

Such a sharp rise has also bought the capacity of the Indian healthcare system into the picture.

Several experts have highlighted that the number is inadequate as in approximately 5% of cases of coronavirus, patients require intensive care unit (ICU) with acute breathing problems. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584936106.4380476/Use-WhatsApp-Video,-Tech-To-Screen-Coronavirus-Cases,-Says-TrueNorth’s-Haresh-Chawla?ref=audio_experience

BENGALURU: “India’s learning won’t stop.

Every student will now have free access to our live online classes & premium content.” The full-page print ad dated March 19 from live tutoring platform Vedantu was one among many by education technology firms, which have been on advertising overdrive over the past few weeks.

Several other edtech firms also have put out similar ads on front pages of dailies.At a time when schools, colleges and tuition centres are shut due to the Covid-19 virus outbreak, edtech firms are trying hard to bag new users as online education takes off globally.

“They (edtech firms) have something useful to people today and they’re taking advantage of that.”It was still too early to say whether people would stay on as paying customers after the current widespread lockdown is over, but the edtech sector would continue spending big advertising money in the foreseeable future to ride on this momentum, he added.“A lot of exams have been cancelled and usage of our platform is around examinations.

“(They) are trying to be an extension of increasing OTT consumption and use of platforms such as video chat to enable learning,” Nihal Nambiar, associate VP at digital marketing agency iProspect, said. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584934511.5675442/Edtech-firms-on-advertising-spree-amid-closures?ref=audio_experience

NEW DELHI: Curefit has raised an estimated Rs 832 crore in fresh funding, in a round led by Temasek.The new financing round, first reported by Entrackr, has also seen the entry of two new investors into the company’s investor cap table, GableHorn Investments and Ascent Capital Additionally, several existing investors of Curefit, which includes venture capital firms Accel Partners and Chiratae Ventures , along with investment arm Unilever, have also participated in the latest funding round. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584932404.7532403/Curefit-scoops-up-Rs-832-crore-in-fresh-round-led-by-Temasek?ref=audio_experience

An American billionaire, Reid Hoffman is an internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and an author.

Along with his SocialNet colleagues, Reid co-founded LinkedIn and launched it in May 2003 as one of the first business-oriented online social networks.

In 2016, Hoffman sold LinkedIn to Microsoft for $26.2 billion in cash and joined Microsoft's board.

Forbes described Hoffman as "Silicon Valley's uber-investor" and he was ranked third on the Forbes Midas List of the top tech investors in May 2012.

Here are 20 quotes by Silicon Valley legend Reid Hoffman on what it means to be an entrepreneur. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584930606.0949671/20-powerful-quotes-by-Reid-Hoffman,-the-former-COO-of-Paypal-and-the-man-behind-LinkedIn?ref=audio_experience

Entrepreneur and public intellectual, Dr. Terrell Strayhorn, has developed a set of guidelines you can use to help you launch a profitable startup.

Terrell Strayhorn is the founding Chief Executive Officer and President of Do Good Work Educational Consulting Group.

Before starting his own company, Strayhorn has served in progressively responsible faculty and administrative roles at major universities and continues to teach today.

For instance, we now offer campus climate audits and surveys to our clients at Do Good Work.

Strayhorn suggests seeking out an advisor to help your company plan for adequate financing. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584928809.4537354/Terrell-Strayhorn-Discusses-Developing-an-Entrepreneurial-Mindset?ref=audio_experience

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