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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Navigating the mental, emotional and practical fallout of losing your job in India

As the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic looms over India, your company scrambles to go remote. A skeleton crew mans the office; you and everyone else get your laptops and scoot. For the first few days, you awkwardly settle into a new routine at the dining table. Things don’t seem too bad. Then the lockdown hits, you rush with everyone else to hoard groceries and skim YouTube videos for recipes, cleaning tips and jokes. Your new work from home life gets hectic.
Day after day passes, the world and the country caring about little other than the coronavirus numbers. You …

The UAE is looking at its first public listing of the year while Egypt just delivered a big one; OpenAI’s bugging accused has ties to Saudi Arabia; and other updates from the week.
India’s second-largest brokerage by active clients wants to handle IPOs as a merchant banker. But gaining a foothold in the highly competitive sector is easier said than done.
The Walmart-owned e-commerce company has entered microdramas and food delivery. Is it thinking long-term or just chasing a trend?