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The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL filed requesting for a CBI probe into actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. The court asked Alka Priya, the lawyer who filed the plea to let the police do their job instead. The lawyer further added that Sushant Singh Rajput had done a lot of work for children by facilitating their training at NASA, and therefore, his death needs to be looked at. To which, Chief Justice S Bodbe said that that has nothing to do with if he was good or bad person. Sushant Singh Rajput died by suicide on June 14.

There’s been a growing demand for a CBI probe into Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case with several political figures and film personalities weighing in. Amid all this, yesterday, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh also said that there is no need for the case to be transferred to CBI, and that the Mumbai Police is capable of handling the investigation. The Mumbai Police has been investigating the case since June 14. They have recorded statements of over 40 people in connection with Sushant’s death, including that of Rhea Chakraborty, Sushant’s family, filmmakers Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Shekhar Kapur, and Yash Raj Films head, Aditya Chopra, among others.

Rhea Chakraborty, Sushant Singh Rajput’s girlfriend, also recently wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah requesting him to sanction a CBI enquiry into the actor’s death. In a long Instagram post, she had written, “Respected @amitshahofficial sir , I’m sushant Singh Rajputs girlfriend Rhea chakraborty, it is now over a month since his sudden demise . I have complete faith in the government , however in the interest of justice , I request you with folded hands to initiate a CBI enquiry into this matter . I only want to understand what pressures prompted Sushant to take this step. Yours sincerely, Rhea Chakraborty (sic).”

Most discussions on India’s Covid-19 outbreak centre on the high number of cases, now third in the world after the United States and Brazil. The messaging from the government has been that things are getting better. However, a broader look at the month’s data shows that cases are growing fastest in India among the worst affected countries, and improvements in India have plateaued.

Not only that, but India is gradually inching towards registering the highest number of daily new cases. Since last week, it has consistently added over 40,000 new cases every day, and on Monday, July 27, it was just 5,000 cases away from reporting the highest daily rise in cases in the world. India reported nearly 50,000 new cases, just behind the US, which added a little less than 55,000 cases on the day. Incidentally, Brazil at the third spot added less than half the number of cases as India.

Despite having the world’s third-highest caseload, India’s cases are growing faster among the 10 worst-affected countries. In fact, India has one of the world’s highest growth rates in cases; just 18 countries out of nearly 200 are growing faster, but all of them (except Argentina with 1.5 lakh cases) have only a few hundred or few thousand cases. In the worst-affected US, cases are doubling in 40 days, while in Brazil, they are taking 36 days. In India, cases are doubling in 19 days.

The seven-day rolling average of India’s daily additions is also sloping upwards and competes with that of Brazil and the US. According to ‘Our World in Data’, as of July 26, India’s average daily additions were around 44,000; the same was 45,600 for Brazil. The US tops the chart with daily additions averaging 66,600.

Epidemiologist Giridhar R Babu believes this increase in cases should not worry us as increased detection helps in early isolation. “Starting with just a few labs, India has come a really long way in detecting these many cases by expanding testing throughout the country. However, there is still scope for more testing, especially in areas with low case detection. We should not worry about the absolute number of cases, as increased detection helps in saving more lives by early isolation and timely management,” said the professor and head of lifecourse epidemiology at Public Health Foundation of India.

Whether the pandemic ends within a month or two or stretches into the long-term, business owners need to be ready to buckle down and make changes to their business strategy in order to weather the storm and beyond.

The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown had brought hundreds of companies across the world to their knees. But with a few essential tips, you can help your business ride out this tough time.

We have for you here a few business-survival tips from several CEOs to help protect your company during the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

Tips from Himanshu Bindal for business growth

Himanshu Bindal, Founder of Biosup (a pioneering company in the area of pharmaceutical and surgical products) shared tips to plan for future growth:

1. Cost monitoring: Always monitor your cost and get as lean as possible even when you are not having liquidity challenges. Also, keep an eye on your balance sheet. The better you manage your cash the better your business plans will work out.

2. Contingency planning: Planning always saves you from the worst-case scenarios. Always have a Plan B and if possible, a Plan C as well so that if something goes sideways, your company will not be hit hard as it will be saved by your contingency plans.

3. Quick decision-making: Never delay in making decisive decisions in times of trouble. And never be shy about seeking help from outside.

4. Communicate with customers: Try to communicate with customers and let them know that they and their reviews on your products matter. Improve and do the changes accordingly, if needed.

5. Internet: Go online as much as possible because it always helps to reach customers who we cannot tap through offline or other forms of marketing.

6. Keep striving: Keep striving to come on top of the industry of which your company is a part of.

 

 

5 pillars of business strategy from Vikas Chaturvedi

Vikas Chaturvedi CEO of Xanadu Realty a real estate b2b consultancy firm shared 5 pillars of his strategy which includes:

1. Drive Innovation in every aspect of the business

2. Absorb and accept technology in your organization to take your product to the customers

3. Take initiative and bring smarter consumer propositions to take care of worries of a consumer while buying property

4. Reskill your teams for the new scenarios

5. Mitigate risk and judicious cash management. Most importantly stay positive during this time.