Category: COVID19

• The event is being organized by Motwani Jadeja Foundation (MJF) and its think tank, The Motwani Institute for Thought Leadership in Innovation (MITLI)
• More than 3,000 participants are expected to take part in the online hackathon that will run for 72 hours.
• The outcome would be qualitative, open-source prototypes to help tackle various challenges facing India during or after the COVID19 crisis
• Mentors and guides would help participants sharpen their product ideas and convert them to successful real-world products that will aid the fight against Coronavirus
• Prize money worth US$ 10,000 on offer
• Registration open to all at www.code19.in till 6 pm IST on April 10^th

• Bengaluru, 6^th April 2020: The Silicon-Valley-based Motwani Jadeja Foundation is bringing together the best minds in a 72-hour online hackathon called “CODE19” to find solutions to India’s challenges against the Coronavirus outbreak.
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  The contest, which begins on April 10^th, 2020 (Good Friday), is expected to see over 3,000 participants across nationalities, ethnicities and gender. Working online from the comfort of their homes while India is on a 21-day lockdown, they will collaborate with mentors, subject-matter specialists, data sources and a network of collaborators in the quest for solutions against COVID-19. The online hackathon is open to everyone as individuals and teams, without any criteria or age limit. Those wishing to participate can sign up on www.code19.in till 6 pm IST on April 10.

• MsAsha Jadeja Motwani, the well-known entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist who is the Founder of Motwani Jadeja Foundation: “Coronavirus is a huge health challenge facing India. Any new crisis requires a new set of ideas and mitigation strategies. Hence, it is our collective responsibility to put our heads together to come up with new ideas and solutions to fight the virus. CODE19 is a platform to bring such bright minds together. By harnessing the power of collaborative computer programming, it aims to create qualitative, open-source projects that would help solve the most pressing problems of the Coronavirus crisis in the country.”
  
   
  
  She further added: “The focus of CODE19 is on developing solutions quickly and applying them in everyday life. The participants would be tasked with decoding the Coronavirus outbreak and its impact on India, encoding smart solutions to mitigate the impending Corona-inflicted challenges, and winning prizes worth US$10,000 to realize their solutions. The ideas and innovations they create would readily be available for scaling and implementation across the country.”
  
   
  
  Projects are divided into eight specific themes:Medical treatment and testing; Travel and Tourism; Mitigation – Isolation, protection/masks, and social distancing in India; Social life, welfare, and awareness; Research and development; Open innovation for COVID-19; Education and awareness; and Industry.
  
   
  
  The participants would work on solutions through ideations, wireframes, designs, developments and testing the prototype they are creating. Mentors and guides will help them sharpen their product ideas and convert them to sure-shot successful products that will aid India’s fight against Coronavirus. Under the Open Innovation category, participants would be free to propose their own ideas, technologies and innovative solutions, bioinformatics, datasets, apps for diagnosis, and the likes, which can be leveraged for strengthening the fight against Coronavirus.
  
   
  
  CODE19 will also have a few online sessions including talks with business leaders as well as Yoga and Meditation, to keep the participants inspired. Prize money worth US$ 10,000 is on offer for the winners. There will be public voting at the end of the event to assess the most exciting projects. The winners would be announced at 9 pm on April 14.
  
   
  
  Code19India is being held in collaboration with Bengaluru-based HackerEarth. The Association of Designers in India (ADI) is also on board and shall assist in providing mentors through its network.
  
   
  
  
  Profile of Organisers and Partners
  
   
  
  Asha Jadeja Motwani is an entrepreneur, investor, thinker and philanthropist based in Palo Alto, California. She has invested in over 100 startups, some of which have gone on to become public companies including Kaltix (now Google), Jareva (now Veritas) and Mimosa Systems.
  
  
  Asha is the founder of the Jadeja Motwani Foundation (JMF), a non-profit organisation that strives to develop a network of entrepreneurs in South Asia trained to think and drive exponential change. The foundation’s mission includes disruptive entrepreneurship, poverty alleviation, gender equality, and sustainable development.
  
  
  Asha Jadeja actively supports technology innovation, non-formal education, economic policy changes, and women entrepreneurship. A firm believer in self-sustaining social movements supported by local communities, she has successfully launched the Maker Fest initiative in India. She is a reputed speaker at numerous global technology and startup conferences including TIE Delhi-NCR, DLD Munich and TieGlobal Delhi. For more information, pls visit: https://ashajadeja.com/
  
   
  
  Motwani Jadeja Foundation (MJF) is a non-profit, distributed, global venture fund designed to transform entrepreneurial individuals into creative change-makers. The start-up portfolio is a reflection of this ethos. Motwani Jadeja Foundation aims to support and empower entrepreneurs to enable exponential change. It is industry-agnostic and particularly cares about impact investing in education, the maker movement and women’s rights.
  
   
  
   
  
   With deep roots in Stanford, UC Berkeley, Google and over 200 tech companies in Silicon Valley, the Foundation runs a think tank powered by some of the most influential global thought leaders, academics, heads of state, and leaders in technology. For more information, pls visit:  https://motwanijadejafoundation.com
  
   
  
  HackerEarth provides enterprise software solutions that help organisations with their technical recruitment needs. HackerEarth has conducted 1000+ hackathons and 10,000+ programming challenges to date. Since its inception, HackerEarth has built a developer base of over 3 million+. HackerEarth has raised close to $5 million in funding over three rounds. Today, more than 750 customers worldwide use its Assessments platform, including Amazon, Walmart Labs, Thoughtworks, Societe Generale, HP, VMware, DBS, HCL, GE, Wipro, Barclays, Pitney Bowes, Intel, and L&T Infotech. HackerEarth is backed by GSF Global and Angelprime. For more information, pls visit: www.hackerearth.com
  
   
  
   
  
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  Hashtag: #code19india
  
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  www.instagram.com/motwanijadejafoundation/
  
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ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು: ಯು.ಎಸ್. ಕೌಂಟರ್‌ಪಾರ್ಟ್‌ಗಳ ಸೂಚನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಅನುಸರಿಸಿ ಏಷ್ಯನ್ ಷೇರು ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಗಳು ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿ ಪಕ್ಕಕ್ಕೆ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರ ಮಾಡುತ್ತವೆ. ಇದರ ನಡುವೆನು ಕೂಡ ಸೆನ್ಸೆಕ್ಸ್ ಮತ್ತು ನಿಫ್ಟಿ ಸೋತು ಸುಮಾರು ಶೇಕಡ 2 ರಷ್ಟು ಕುಸಿದಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಏಂಜಲ್ ಬ್ರೋಕಿಂಗ್ ಲಿಮಿಟೆಡ್ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಹೆಡ್ ಅಡ್ವೆಂಸರಿ ಆಮರ್ ದಿಯೋ ಸಿಂಗ್ ಹೇಳಿದರು. 

ವಹಿವಾಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸೆನ್ಸೆಕ್ಸ್ 674 ಪಾಯಿಂಟ್‌ಗಳನ್ನು ಕಳೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಶೇಕಡ 2.39 ಇಳಿಕೆಯಾಗಿ 27,590 ಪಾಯಿಂಟ್‌ಗಳಿಗೆ ತಲುಪಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ನಿಫ್ಟಿ 170 ಪಾಯಿಂಟ್‌ಗಳ ಇಳಿಕೆ ಕಂಡು 8083 ಕ್ಕೆ ತಲುಪಿದೆ. 

ಕೊರೊ ನಾವೈರಸ್ ಪ್ರಪಂಚದಾದ್ಯಂತ ಹಾನಿ ಗೊಳಗಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು 1 ದಶಲಕ್ಷ ಸೋಂಕುಗಳ ಮಾನಸಿಕ ಗುರುತು ದಾಟಿದೆ. ಡಬ್ಲ್ಯುಎಚ್‌ಒ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಜಾಗತಿಕ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳು ವೈರಸ್‌ನಿಂದ ತಕ್ಷಣದ ಪರಿಹಾರ ದೊರೆಯುವುದಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ಮತ್ತಷ್ಟು ಸೂಚಿಸುತ್ತಿವೆ.

ವಹಿವಾಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಫ್ಟಿ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಶೇಕಡ 5 ಕ್ಕಿಂತಲೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಕುಸಿಯಿತು ಮತ್ತು ಹಿಂದಿನ ದಿನದ ಮುಕ್ತಾಯಕ್ಕಿಂತ 959 ಪಾಯಿಂಟ್‌ಗಳನ್ನು ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸಿತು. ಸೂಚ್ಯಂಕದೊಳಗಿನ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕುಗಳು ಇಂದು ಕುಸಿದವು. ಆರ್‌ಬಿಎಲ್ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ ಶೇಕಡ 15.5 ನಷ್ಟು ಕುಸಿತದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಅತಿದೊಡ್ಡ ನಷ್ಟ ಅನುಭವಿಸಿದೆ. ಆಕ್ಸಿಸ್ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಸಹ ಶೇಕಡ 9.26 ನಷ್ಟು ಕುಸಿದಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಇಂಡಸ್ಇಂಡ್ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಶೇಕಡ 8.49 ಮತ್ತು ಐಸಿಐಸಿಐ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಶೇಕಡ 7.87 ನಷ್ಟು ಕುಸಿತ ಕಂಡಿದೆ.

ಮೂರು ವಲಯಗಳು ಅಂದರೆ ಫಾರ್ಮಾ, ಎಫ್‌ಎಂಸಿಜಿ, ಮತ್ತು ಎನರ್ಜಿ ಎರಡೂ ಷೇರು ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಗಳಿಗೆ ದಿನವನ್ನು ಉಳಿಸಿವೆ. ದಿನದ ವಹಿವಾಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಫ್ಟಿ ಫಾರ್ಮಾ ಶೇಕಡ 4.77 ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆಯನ್ನು ದಾಖಲಿಸಿದೆ. ಎನ್ಎಸ್ಇನಲ್ಲಿ ಲುಪಿನ್ ಶೇಕಡ  14.33 ರ್ಯಾಲಿಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರಾಥಮಿಕವಾಗಿ ಯುಎಸ್ಎಫ್ಡಿಎ ತನ್ನ ಸೌಲಭ್ಯಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಅನುಮೋದಿಸಿದೆ. ಸನ್ ಫಾರ್ಮಾ ಶೇಕಡ 9.4, ಸಿಪ್ಲಾ ಶೇಕಡ 8.57 ಮತ್ತು ಟೊರೆಂಟ್ ಫಾರ್ಮಾ ಶೇಕಡ 6.02 ರಷ್ಟು ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿದೆ. ಬಿಎಸ್‌ಇಯಲ್ಲಿ ಲುಪಿನ್ ಹೊರತುಪಡಿಸಿ ಡಬಲ್-ಅಂಕೆ ಗಳಿಸುವವರು ಮೊರೆಪೆನ್ ಲ್ಯಾಬ್ಸ್, ಮಾರ್ಕ್‌ಸನ್ಸ್‌ಫಾರ್ಮಾ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ಯಾನೇಸಿಯಾ ಬಯೋಟೆಕ್.

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• Funds will be donated to PM CARES Fund and Tamil Nadu CM Public Relief Fund
• Assistance in the form of much needed consumables will be provided to Hospitals in India
• Hyundai will join hands with local vendors to develop medical equipment such as Ventilators
• Lays Strong Road Map to realise its Global Vision- ‘Progress for Humanity’

New Delhi, April 04, 2020:  Hyundai Motor India Foundation (HMIF), the CSR arm of Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (HMIL) has extended its spectrum of CSR initiatives in support of India’s fight against COVID-19. In its endeavour to provide assistance to the Central and State governments, Hyundai will not only contribute towards different Relief Funds but is also prepping to provide the Indian Medical Fraternity with much needed protective and patient care equipment.

Commenting on the initiative, Mr. SS Kim, MD & CEO, Hyundai Motor India Ltd. said, “In these challenging times, our Global Vision – ‘Progress for Humanity’, holds us firmly rooted to core values of community service. Hyundai is committed to support India in this fight against the COVID-19 crisis and we are advancing our CSR initiatives that are aimed at enhancing support and care of society & communities.”

Hyundai will undertake CSR initiatives such as:

• Contribution towards the PM CARES Fund
• Contribution towards Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund
• Provide Advanced and Precise COVID-19 Diagnostic kits imported from South Korea
• HMIL to join hands with local manufacturer to enhance the production of ventilators to meet growing demand in Tamil Nadu and other states
• In-house development of a prototype ventilator: already submitted to Government of Tamil Nadu for consideration
• Provide protective and patient care equipment/ materials to various states  
• HMIL will provide daily necessary food material in the form of dry ration to needy people in coordination with local Government.

Hyundai has also announced initiatives to support customers in these challenging times. Customers who were unable to avail vehicle’s Warranty/Extended Warranty/Free Service due to Health Emergency or Dealership shutdown in affected cities, HMIL will offer extended support of 2 months. Customers (Doctors/Police/Bankers etc) who are in essential services are already being given Road Side Assistance by Allianz Partner/Dealers, in case of any emergency.

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The program aims to encourage children to be fit and energetic while staying at home.

Bengaluru, 3^rd April 2020 : The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is dominating headlines and has drastically changed our daily lives. Keeping the children engaged and away from devices is the primary concern for parents, especially during this time of the national lockdown. All schools in India have closed and at present, both parents and children have time that could be fruitfully utilized by doing a few physical activities to stay fit. Keeping this in mind, Sportz Village Schools, India’s No. 1 sports education organization, has launched the ‘Play At Home’ program.

The ‘Play At Home’ program is designed in a manner that will help the children to be active, healthy and happy while they are at home. The program contains age-appropriate activities and tasks that are helpful to maintain the physical, emotional as well as mental well-being of the children.

The program, which is accessible on the Sportz Village website, is a 30-day long calendar of activities with fitness charts and instructional videos that the children can follow to remain fit and more importantly have fun. The parents can also be a part of this program by observing/monitoring their child during the activities as well as performing a few of the activities along with them. Additionally, the program also includes activities to keep the children mentally active with sports quizzes (SLAM), puzzles (Brain Games) as well as provides recommendations for sports-specific inspirational movies that the children can watch and enjoy.

Commenting on this initiative, Saumil Majmudar, Co-founder, CEO and Managing Director of Sportz Village said “It is extremely important to keep our children fit and happy during this trying time. Through the ‘Play At Home’ program, children will not only be fit, active, healthy and happy but also would get an opportunity to do fun activities along with their parents.”   

Sportz Village’s ‘Play At Home’ initiative has also been applauded and supported by many of its partner schools as well.

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The global pandemic, COVID-19 has virtually affected every individual on the face of this earth. We believe that the need of the hour is to collaborate, protect, empower and provide essentials to the affected communities and frontline workers.  
 
At Amway, corporate social responsibility is an integral part of our guiding philosophy. In line with our commitment to helping people live better, healthier lives, we have been constantly exploring ways and means to support the communities around us.
 
Our Founders’ fundamentals reflect in the ways entire Amway family has come together to collaborate and contribute in these unprecedented times. Hope and family values are strongly built in our culture, and we are proud to share that Amway India’s employees have also come forward to do their bit by pledging to voluntarily donate their one day salary to support the cause. With this encouraging response, Amway India has committed to not just match, but donate five times the amount received from its employees towards this cause. The donations aims to provide:
 
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as gloves, gowns, shoe covers, head covers, masks, respirators, and eye protection gear to frontline workers through our partner NGO
Support to the vulnerable sections of the society with essentials including Amway hygiene products, food and other rations
 
As a part of this endeavor and in line with our guiding principles, Amway India has pledged a contribution of INR 1.61 crores to support the fight against coronavirus. The fund entails:
 
Contribution towards PM CARES FUND: INR 1 crore for combating, containment and relief efforts against the coronavirus outbreak 
Contribution towards Tamil Nadu CM’s Public Relief Fund: INR 25 lakh to provide relief measures in Tamil Nadu by way of setting up quarantine centers, free treatment to those infected with coronavirus, support to workers from several unorganised sectors and many more. 
Support the Government’s on-ground health and sanitation services:  INR 36 lakh to drive wide range of initiatives such as:
Partner with United Way Delhi (UWD): INR 21 lakh set aside for a project with UWD with the aim  to distribute hygiene kits comprising masks, gloves, sanitizers, hand wash etc. to public health service providers benefitting 15,000 people in Gurgaon and Mumbai
Provide 1200 N95 masks to surgeons: Support ‘The Association of Surgeons of India’ (ASI), Delhi Chapter for the Covid-19 relief program. Under the program, Amway will be providing 1200 N95 masks to support the medical doctors and other healthcare providers. These will be used for the government hospitals in Delhi such as Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital which have been declared as COVID hospitals by the Government.
Support Meenakshi Mission Hospital & Research Center (MMHRC), Madurai, Tamil Nadu: INR 5 lakh towards distribution of disposable masks and gloves to the public service providers in Madurai and Dindigul District in Tamil Nadu. This initiative in association with MMHRC is expected to benefit more than 10,000 people across Madurai and Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu
Conduct a Disinfection and Sanitation Drive in association with select NGO partners across 12 cities benefitting more than 3,000 children and adults.  INR 5 lakhs allocated for this initiative and Amway to partner with professional agencies across the country to execute the program.
The drive aims to clean, disinfect, and sanitize NGO premises, ensuring better health and hygiene of Amway’s project beneficiaries, especially underprivileged children.
Furthermore, the initiative will include the disinfection of three of our telemedicine centers, select schools, and community centers in select villages located in Dindigul District. The disinfection drive will benefit 15 villages in and around Amway’s manufacturing facility in Nilakottai, Tamil Nadu.
 

We are so proud of 5,50,000 direct sellers which include 60% women across the country, many of whom have stepped forward to give back to the communities by spreading awareness about the importance of preventive healthcare and building immunity using digital platforms. We are collaborating with them to help them in channelizing their contributions by providing them with digital tools and assets to help them further reach out their respective communities across the country.

We continue to be inspired by the humanity and strength of our communities, especially frontline workers, the entire medical fraternity, and essential service providers who have dedicated their lives to the collective cause. 

Stay safe. Stay strong.

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