StoreSe.in, A New Grocery Ordering Platform Launched for Apartment Communities in Bengaluru

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Assured delivery within 24 hours with a 90% order fulfilment rate
Direct integration with major offline retailers Vishal Megamart, More & Metro ensures real-time inventory visibility, competitive pricing and reliable quality

Bengaluru, April 8, 2020 – StoreSe.in, a new grocery delivery platform targeted at apartment communities has been launched in Bengaluru. Residents of apartments across the city can now order essentials and groceries from their trusted brands through StoreSe and get it delivered, within 24 hours, and an order fulfillment rate of 90%. Major offline retailers like Vishal Megamart, More, Metro and others have integrated with the StoreSe platform to help people get assured delivery of essentials from the safety & comfort of their homes and at compelling prices. As a testament to its commitment in ensuring smooth supplies, MP Tejasvi Surya’s Bengaluru South Corona Task Force and StoreSe have entered into a partnership to enable apartments of South Bengaluru to order groceries.

To use StoreSe, residents can visit StoreSe.in, select their apartment, choose the items they need from the product catalogue and pay for their order. If the residents don’t find their apartment listed, they can create an entry for their apartment under the “List your Apartment” section and promote it within their apartments to generate upvotes. The StoreSe team will try to open up the service basis the demand and total upvotes from every apartment. The service is expanding rapidly and based on demand, new apartments are typically onboarded within 72 hours. StoreSe has partnered with cab drivers via leading cab aggregators to enable smooth and quick deliveries. After an order has been placed, StoreSe will get it delivered within 24 hours.

StoreSe has a product catalogue of more than 1200 itemsfeaturing groceries, fruits & vegetables, snacks, personal care, dairy, beverages and other household essentials.Launched in beta last week in Bengaluru, StoreSe has several apartments signed up on its platform and is able to deliver 90% of what consumers order. This is made possible with the support of the store partners and the underlying UltraPOS technology through which StoreSe is able to map real-time inventory of the stores on its online platform. In the next few weeks, StoreSe will expand into other cities such as Hyderabad, Pune, Gurgaon, Mumbai and a few tier 2 cities as well since the company is witnessing a huge demand from the residents of these cities.

For retailers, StoreSe helps establish an online presence and retain their loyal customer base who are fast adapting to shopping online. It is helping the brands run their stores with minimal staff, at a time when social distancing and lack of staff is posing many challenges for brands to run operations smoothly. With StoreSe, the retail stores are responsible for the supply and order preparation. Once a nearby store receives the order, they are allowed a maximum of 24 hours to keep the entire order ready. The payment by customers is made online. By deeply integrating with the UltraPOS platform, StoreSe ensures high fulfilment rates, helping maintain high customer satisfaction at all times.

The StoreSe platform has been built by retail tech startup, Perpule. The company is building solutions for Omni-channel retail which will enable the transformation of the Indian retail industry. The focus of the company is to launch products which enable retailers to provide seamless customer experience, both online and offline. The retail-tech startup was founded in October 2016 by Abhinav Pathak, Saketh BSV and Yogesh Ghaturle.

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A new study reveals the impact of leopards on livestock losses and human injuries in a human-use landscape in Maharashtra, India.

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The impact of leopards (Panthera pardus) on livestock losses and human injuries in a human-use landscape in Maharashtra, India was undertaken by a team of researchers including Dr. Vidya Athreya (Wildlife Conservation Society-India), Dr. Kavita Isvaran (Centre for Ecological Sciences), Morten Odden (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences), Dr. John D.C. Linnell (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research), Aritra Kshettry (Wildlife Conservation Society-India), Dr. Jagdish Krishnaswamy (Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology & the Environment), and Ullas K. Karanth (Centre for Wildlife Studies). 

It  is the final of a series of papers that emerged from this study site where a combination of methods including interviews, camera trapping and GPS-collaring were used to transform the way we understand leopard ecology in human dominated landscapes. This particular paper looks into the losses that leopards cause to human life and property in Akole taluka of Ahmednagar district, situated in the western part of Maharashtra. At the time of the study, Akole town had a human population of about 20,000, while the average population density of the Ahmednagar district was 266 people/km², and average livestock density of Ahmednagar was 162/km². 

The study found that attacks on humans were not common and livestock losses were much less than one would expect especially considering the complete dependency of leopards on domestic animals as prey. Diseases and natural causes were contributed more to livestock mortality than predation by leopards. The impact of predators was thus, unexpectedly low considering the density of humans, their livestock and leopards in the region. It was also found that ineffective night time livestock protection and the presence of domestic dogs increased the probability of leopard predation on livestock. Given that protection of livestock by humans is very important in reducing losses, proactive measures such as effective livestock sheds would be more effective than reactive measures such as translocation of leopards. 

The authors finally discuss the usage of the word “conflict” and argue that the word be used with a lot of care as it blames the species involved when in reality, livestock losses could occur because we as humans are not focussing on keeping the livestock secure and away from the reach of the predators that share space with humans.

Article link: https://peerj.com/articles/8405/

Media contact: vidya@wcsindia.org

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ಬುಲ್ ಆಟ; ಸೆನ್ಸೆಕ್ಸ್ ಮತ್ತು ನಿಫ್ಟಿ ಶೇಕಡ 9 ರಷ್ಟು ಜಂಪ್

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ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು : ಕೋವಿಡ್-19 ಸರಪಳಿಯನ್ನು ಮುರಿಯಲು ಇಡೀ ಗ್ಲೋಬ್ ಶ್ರಮಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಂತೆ ಮಂಗಳವಾರ ಬುಲ್ಸ್ ಅದನ್ನು ನಿಖರವಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿದಂತೆ ಕಾಣುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಮಹಾವೀರ್ ಜಯಂತಿಯ ನಂತರ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭವಾದ ಎರಡೂ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಗಳು ಇಂದು ಸುಮಾರು ಶೇಕಡ 9 ರಷ್ಟು ಜಿಗಿದಿವೆ. ಬಲವಾದ ಜಾಗತಿಕ ಸೂಚನೆಗಳು ಕೊರೊನಾ ವೈರಸ್ ಪ್ರಕರಣಗಳು ಕಡಿಮೆಯಾಗುವುದು ಮತ್ತು 2020 ರ ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 14 ರೊಳಗೆ ಲಾಕ್‌ ಡೌನ್ ಸರಾಗಗೊಳಿಸುವ ಭರವಸೆಗಳು ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಹಲವು ಅಂಶಗಳಿಂದ ಬೆಂಬಲಿತವಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಏಂಜಲ್ ಬ್ರೋಕಿಂಗ್ ಲಿಮಿಟೆಡ್ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಹೆಡ್ ಅಡ್ವೆಂಸರಿ ಆಮರ್ ದಿಯೋ ಸಿಂಗ್ ಹೇಳಿದರು. ಕೊರೊನಾ ವೈರಸ್ ಪ್ರಕರಣಗಳ ಕುಸಿತದ ಪ್ರಮಾಣವು ಹೂಡಿಕೆದಾರರ ಮನೋಭಾವದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಚಾಲಕವಾಗಿದೆ. ಮಾರ್ಚ್ ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ 150,000 ಪ್ರಕರಣಗಳಿಂದ ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 2 ರ ಹೊತ್ತಿಗೆ 1 ದಶಲಕ್ಷ ಪ್ರಕರಣಗಳಿಗೆ ವೇಗವಾಗಿ ಗುಂಡು ಹಾರಿಸಿದ ನಂತರ ಕರೋನವೈರಸ್ ಕರ್ವ್ ಅಂತಿಮವಾಗಿ ಹಿಂತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಹೊಸ ಪ್ರಕರಣಗಳ ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆ ನಿಧಾನವಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದಂತೆ ಯು.ಎಸ್.ನ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಸರಾಸರಿಗಳು ಕಳೆದ ವಾರದ ನಷ್ಟವನ್ನು ಅಳಿಸಿವೆ.

ನಿಫ್ಟಿ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಸೂಚ್ಯಂಕವು ಶೇಕಡ 10.51 ರಷ್ಟು ರ್ಯಾಲಿಯನ್ನು ದಾಖಲಿಸಿದೆ. ಇಂಡಸ್ಇಂಡ್ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಶೇಕಡ 22.56 ಮತ್ತು ಆಕ್ಸಿಸ್ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಶೇಕಡ  19.48 ಗಳಿಸಿದೆ. ಮತ್ತೊಂದೆಡೆ ಐಸಿಐಸಿಐ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಎನ್‌ಎಸ್‌ಇಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶೇಕಡ 13.76 ಮತ್ತು ಎಚ್‌ಡಿಎಫ್‌ಸಿ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಶೇಕಡ 10.11 ರಷ್ಟು ಏರಿಕೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಆಫ್ ಬರೋಡಾ ಮತ್ತು ಬಂಧನ್ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಮಾತ್ರ ಕ್ರಮವಾಗಿ ಶೇಕಡ 1.13 ಮತ್ತು ಶೇಕಡ 7.88 ನಷ್ಟದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಇತರ ದಿಕ್ಕಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಗುತ್ತಿವೆ.
ಕೇಂದ್ರವು 24 ಔಷಧಿಗಳ ಮೇಲಿನ ರಫ್ತು ನಿರ್ಬಂಧವನ್ನು ತೆಗೆದುಹಾಕಿದೆ. ಕಳೆದ 26 ತಿಂಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಬಂಧಗಳನ್ನು ಹೇರಿದ ಎಲ್ಲಾ 26 ಔಷಧಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ. ಪ್ಯಾರೆಸಿಟಮಾಲ್ ಮತ್ತು ಅದರ ಸೂತ್ರೀಕರಣಗಳು ಇನ್ನೂ ಕಡ್ಡಾಯ ನಿಷೇಧದಲ್ಲಿದೆ.ಮಂಗಳವಾರದ ವಹಿವಾಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಆಟೋ ಸೆಕ್ಟರ್ ಸಹ ಹಸಿರು ಬಣ್ಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಂಡುಬಂದಿದೆ.
ಬಿಎಸ್‌ಇಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಹೀಂದ್ರಾ ಮತ್ತು ಮಹೀಂದ್ರಾ ಶೇಕಡ 14.44, ಮಾರುತಿ ಸುಜುಕಿ ಶೇಕಡ 13.41, ಬಜಾಜ್ ಆಟೋ ಶೇಕಡ 12.05, ಮತ್ತು ಹೀರೋ ಮೊಟೊಕಾರ್ಪ್ ಶೇಕಡ 11.83 ರಷ್ಟು ರ್ಯಾಲಿ ಮಾಡಿದೆ. ವಿವಿಧ ಆಟೋ ಷೇರುಗಳು ಶೇಕಡ 50 ರಿಂದ ಶೇಕಡ 70 ವೈಟಿಡಿ ಗೆ ಕುಸಿದ ನಂತರ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆಯ ಪುನರಾರಂಭದಿಂದಾಗಿ ರ್ಯಾಲಿಯು ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿತ್ತು.

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ಹೂಡಿಕೆದಾರರು ಚಿನ್ನಿದಿಂದ ದೂರ; ಜಾಗತಿಕ ಚೇತರಿಕೆಯ ಭರವಸೆಗಳು ಕಚ್ಚಾ ಬೆಲೆಯನ್ನು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸುತ್ತದೆ

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ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು: ಚೀನಾದ ಆರ್ಥಿಕತೆಯ ಚೇತರಿಕೆಯ ಭರವಸೆಗಳು ಕಳೆದ ವಾರ ಚಿನ್ನದ ಬೆಲೆಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ನಕಾರಾತ್ಮಕ ಪರಿಣಾಮ ಬೀರಿತು. ಹಿಂದಿನ ವಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಪಾಟ್ ಚಿನ್ನದ ಬೆಲೆಗಳು 0.2 ರಷ್ಟು ಕಡಿಮೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಯು.ಎಸ್. ಡಾಲರ್ ಸೂಚ್ಯಂಕವು ಬುಲಿಯನ್ ಮೆಟಲ್‌ಪ್ರೈಸ್‌ಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ತೂಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಏಂಜಲ್ ಬ್ರೋಕಿಂಗ್ ಲಿಮಿಟೆಡ್ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ನಾನ್ ಅಗ್ರಿ ಕಮಾಡಿಟಿಸ್ ಅಂಡ್ ಕರೆನ್ಸಿಸ್ ವಿಭಾಗದ ಚೀಫ್ ಅನಾಲಿಸ್ಟ್ ಪ್ರಥಮೇಶ್ ಮಲ್ಯ ಹೇಳಿದರು.

ಆದಾಗ್ಯೂ, ಯು ಎಸ್ನಲ್ಲಿನ ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಕುಸಿತವು ಥೆಲೆಥಾಲ್ ವೈರಸ್ ಏಕಾಏಕಿ ಪ್ರತಿಫಲಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಅವರ ನಿರುದ್ಯೋಗ ಹಕ್ಕುಗಳು ಕಳೆದ ವಾರ ದಾಖಲೆಯ ಗರಿಷ್ಠ 6.65 ಮಿಲಿಯನ್ಗೆ ಏರಿತು. ಇದು ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಯ ಭಾವನೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಅಡ್ಡಿಯಾಯಿತು.

ಸ್ಪಾಟ್ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಚಿನ್ನದ ಬೆಲೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಬೆಂಬಲ ಯು.ಎಸ್. ಫೆಡರಲ್ ರಿಸರ್ವ್ಸ್ ಮತ್ತು ಇತರ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕುಗಳು ಕೋವಿಡ್-19 ಏಕಾಏಕಿ ಹೋರಾಡಲು ಉತ್ತೇಜನ ನೀಡುವ ಮೂಲಕ ಜಾಗತಿಕವಾಗಿ ಸುಮಾರು 1000000 ಜನರಿಗೆ ಸೋಂಕು ತಗುಲಿದವು. ಈ ವಾರ ಚಿನ್ನದ ಬೆಲೆಗಳು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ವಹಿವಾಟು ನಡೆಸುತ್ತವೆ ಎಂದು ನಾವು ನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿಸುತ್ತೇವೆ

ರೂ 44,500/10 ಗ್ರಾಂ

ಕಳೆದ ವಾರ ಎಲ್ಎಂಇ ಮೇಲಿನ ಬೇಸ್ ಮೆಟಲ್ ಬೆಲೆಗಳು ಋಣಾತ್ಮಕವಾಗಿ ಕೊನೆಗೊಂಡಿತು, ತಾಮ್ರವನ್ನು ಹೊರತುಪಡಿಸಿ ಇದು ಸುಮಾರು 2 ಪ್ರತಿಶತದಷ್ಟು ಗಳಿಸಿತು. ಸರ್ಕಾರಗಳು ತಮ್ಮ ಭೌಗೋಳಿಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕೊರೊನಾವೈರಸ್ ಹರಡುವಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಲು ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವುದರಿಂದ ಜಗತ್ತಿನಾದ್ಯಂತ ಕೈಗಾರಿಕಾ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆಗಳು ಸ್ಥಗಿತಗೊಂಡಿವೆ. ಇದು ವಿಶ್ವ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಬೇಸ್ ಲೋಹಗಳ ಬೇಡಿಕೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಒತ್ತಡ ಹೇರಿತು. ತಾಮ್ರದ ಬೆಲೆಗಳು ಈ ವಾರ ಕಡಿಮೆ ವಹಿವಾಟು ನಡೆಸುತ್ತವೆ ಎಂದು ನಾವು ನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿಸುತ್ತೇವೆ

ಕೆ 365/ರೂ

ಕಚ್ಚಾ ಬೆಲೆಗಳು ಕಳೆದ ವಾರ ಗಮನಾರ್ಹ ಚೇತರಿಕೆ ದಾಖಲಿಸಿದ್ದು ಡಬ್ಲ್ಯುಟಿಐ ಕಚ್ಚಾ ಬೆಲೆಗಳು ಮುಂಬರುವ ವಾರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಉತ್ಪಾದನೆಯನ್ನು ಟ್ರಿಮ್ ಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂಬ ನಿರೀಕ್ಷೆಯ ಮೇರೆಗೆ ಶೇಕಡಾ 25 ರಷ್ಟು ಏರಿಕೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಇಂಧನ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿನ ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯನ್ನು ಎದುರಿಸಲು ಒಪೆಕ್ ಸಂಘಟನೆಯ ತುರ್ತು ಸಭೆ ಕರೆಯುವುದಾಗಿ ಸೌದಿ ಅರೇಬಿಯಾ ಘೋಷಿಸಿತು. ಈ ವಾರ ತೈಲ ಬೆಲೆಗಳು ಕಡಿಮೆ ವಹಿವಾಟು ನಡೆಸುತ್ತವೆ ಎಂದು ನಾವು ನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿಸುತ್ತೇವೆ

ರೂ 1800 ಮಾರ್ಕ್

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Indian Immunologicals to Lead Research Collaboration to Develop “Vaccine for COVID-19”

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  • IIL in collaboration with Griffith University, Australia to commence the research
  • IIL will be filing for vaccine approvals with the Indian regulator post the preliminary research

Bengaluru, 7th April 2020 : Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL), a leading vaccines manufacturing company, has announced that the company is going to commence research for developing a vaccine for Corona Virus (COVID-19), the pandemic which has infected more than a million and killed about 55,000 people across the world so far. The Hyderabad, India, headquartered vaccine maker joined hands with Griffith University of Australia by entering into an agreement for research collaboration to conduct exploratory research to develop a lead vaccine candidate for Coronavirus.

In this significant cross-continental collaboration, scientists from Indian Immunologicals Limited and Griffith University (Australia) will develop a ‘Live Attenuated SARS – CoV-2 vaccine’ or Covid-19 vaccine using the latest codon de-optimization technology.  The technology looks promising for developing a vaccine for prophylactic, active, single dose immunization against coronavirus in humans, with an enhanced safety profile. The vaccine is expected to provide long-lasting protection with a single dose administration with an anticipated safety profile similar to other licensed vaccines for active immunization.

Upon completion of the research, the vaccine strain will be transferred to Indian Immunologicals Limited and the vaccine maker will work accordingly with the country’s regulator – CDSCO (The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation) – to further conduct clinical trials which will be taken up in a phased manner. IIL intends to use its existing Vero cell platform technology for mass production of the virus.

Speaking on the development, Dr K Anand Kumar, Managing Director, Indian Immunologicals Limited said, “IIL is committed to addressing critical public health needs by engaging in this research collaboration. The mission at IIL is to develop and supply vaccines that support the One Health initiative. IIL has taken up this initiative to develop a vaccine candidate for the pandemic – COVID-19. IIL’s leadership in producing safe and affordable human and veterinary vaccines will enable us to progress well in this endeavor”.

Commenting on the research collaboration, Dr Prasanna Deshpande, Dy. Managing Director, Indian Immunologicals Limited said, “After evaluating various options being followed across the world, we decided to develop a Live Attenuated Covid-19 vaccine based on codon de-optimization technology.  With our dedicated research and development capabilities supported with excellent team of scientists and engineers, IIL is committed to developing high-quality vaccines that are affordable. We are confident that this new cross-continental collaboration will yield the desired results”.

 “We are very excited to be able to work closely with Indian Immunological Limited for development of this important vaccine to solve this urgent public health crisis.Our live-attenuated vaccine will be developed using codon de-optimization technology and is expected to provide long lasting immunity against SARS – CoV-2 following a single immunisation and cross-protection against other coronaviruses (e.g. MERS, SARS-CoV-1). As this vaccine will be a live attenuated vaccine it is expected to be highly effective by providing very strong cellular and antibody immune responses against the virus. The other benefit of a live-attenuated vaccine is a proven track record for economical large-scale manufacturing and well-known regulatory approval pathway.” said Professor Suresh Mahalingam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Australia on the research collaboration.

Indian Immunologicals Limited is already working with Griffith University, Australia for conducting research and development of Zika virus vaccine which is currently at pre-clinical toxicology testing stage. The joint project has been progressing well and Indian Immunologicals Limited is expected to submit the application for conducting clinical trials in due course.

The codon de-optimization technology has been successfully employed to reduce the virulence of several RNA viruses including Enterovirus C (Poliovirus), Human Immunodeficiency virus type 1, Zika virus etc.

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