Indonesia deployed hundreds of thousands of army and police personnel across the vast archipelago to enforce social distancing rules after a record surge in infections in the past week cast doubt ... ( read original story ...)
Why Kopi Kenangan leads Indonesia’s VC-backed coffee wars
Kopi Kenangan is no Luckin Coffee. But the consumer F&B business can be fickle, and things might change once the company leaves the hypergrowth stage. ( read original story ...)
Will India’s movie theatres pass the Covid-19 litmus test?
Earlier this month, a bunch of prominent film producers in India decided to release some of their high-profile movies on video streaming apps instead of waiting for cinemas to reopen amid the Covid-19 ... ( read original story ...)
India’s Glenmark to study potential COVID-19 drug combination
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd said on Tuesday it will begin a new clinical trial in India to test a combination of two anti-viral drugs - favipiravir and umifenovir - as a potential COVID-19 treatment. ( read original story ...)
Indian Brokers Take Long View Telling Clients to Write Off Year
India’s stock brokers are coming up with new strategies to serve clients and partners, as the nation gradually reopens for business under the cloud of pandemic-led uncertainty. ( read original story ...)
Indian Stocks’ Performance This Year to Be Worst Since 2011: Reuters Poll
If the poll forecast is correct, that would leave the index down by 22.5% for this calendar year, its worst performance since 2011 and a massive downgrade from 43,560 predicted in the last Reuters ... ( read original story ...)
Indian shares rise 1% as ITC, banks gain
Indian shares rose about 1% on Tuesday, lifted by gains in conglomerate ITC and beaten-down financial stocks, and supported by buoyant Asian peers as investors cheered the reopening of some economies ... ( read original story ...)
How Indian Economy depends on MSME (Small Business)
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) have become one of the most significant sectors in the Indian economy lately and for all the good reasons. Its contribution to the country’s Gross Domestic ... ( read original story ...)
Uber cuts 600 jobs in India
Uber is cutting 600 jobs in India, or 25% of its workforce in the country, it said on Tuesday as it looks to cut costs to steer through the coronavirus pandemic. The job cuts, which affect teams ... ( read original story ...)
With FY21 virtually written off, how Indian stock brokers are learning to business amid lockdown
India has added more than a million new equity traders in the last two months as people, locked up at home, take up stock picking ... ( read original story ...)