Indian tech companies use cryptocurrency for paying salaries; Maharashtra’s economy to fall by 8% in FY21
Elon Musk losses $27 billion more; Jack Dorsey bids his first-ever tweet as ‘unique digital signature’
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Maharashtra’s economy is expected to fall by 8% in FY21 due to the pandemic and subsequent lockdown
Industry, services sectors to fall by 11.3% and 9% respectively.
New-age tech companies in India use cryptocurrency for paying salaries, bonus and other incentives
Employees get paid in Ethereum, Plaas Token and Audio Coin and encash through Indian Crypto Exchange.
PM Narendra Modi gets all praise from World leaders as India sends COVID-19 vaccines to 47 countries
India supplied over 71.25 lakh doses as gifts, while over 3.93 sold commercially to 47 countries.
Indian railways hikes platform ticket to reduce crowding of people during the pandemic
The temporary hike has only been seen at some railway stations.
Covid-19 pandemic paved way to Child Labour practices in Tamil Nadu and Karaikal district: Survey
Boys between 15-18 years were pushed to take up jobs to supplement their family income.
Certain mutations in the Corona variants make the virus unrecognizable to the immune system’s T-killer cells: Report
It says natural T-killer cells recognize viral protein fragments and kill them to stop virus spread.
Collaborations among players across content, payments and commerce will bring effective interactive commerce-model: Zinnov analysts
They also say that the future of e-commerce needs to be ‘interactive’.
Highlights:
Govt open to evaluate, explore cryptocurrencies - Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur
A High-Level IMC was constituted under the Chairmanship of Economic Affairs Secretary on digital currencies.de on what sort of cryptocurrency should be deliberate.
#Dhandha Corner
Tesla CEO Elon Musk losses $27 billion as shares tumble in the selloff of tech stocks
He is now $20 billion behind Jeff Bezos.
Bitcoin mining company Cipher Mining to go public through a merger valued at $2 billion
Cipher Mining plans to merge with Good Works Acquisition.
About The #TechGiants
IDC: Smartwatch segment saw a 139.3% YoY growth with 2.6 million unit shipments in 2020 in India; Apple leads
Apple has a 51% market share in the smartwatch category.
WhatsApp starts reminding its users to accept the new privacy policy by May 15
Users took to Twitter to share the screenshot of WhatsApp notification.
Jack Dorsey bids his first-ever tweet as ‘unique digital signature’
The 2006 post “Just setting up my twttr” has been offered USD 2,500,000.
More #GlobalTechNews
After Bitcoin, Dallas Mavericks will accept Dogecoin for purchases of tickets and merchandise
The basketball team began accepting Bitcoin for the same in 2019.
Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee charged in Cryptocurrency scam by the US
John McAfee was promoting cryptocurrencies on Twitter to drive up value.
WhatsApp to relaunch ‘disappearing messages’ with a 24-hours timer
It currently supports a duration of 7 days for messages to disappear from chats.
#NationalNews
Ashwin becomes the first Indian cricketer to pick over 30 wickets in a Test series twice against England
He is the fourth Indian to take more than 400 wickets in long-form cricket.
Yusaku Maezawa receives over three lakh applications for the first civilian Moon mission
Most of the applications came from India, followed by the US.