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Coronavirus impact: IIM students struggle to get summer internships, settle for unpaid work Several firms have revoked internship offers, making students desperate since many IIMs have credits for the projects done at work Debarpita panigrahy | Tuesday, April 30, 2020 | 10.11IST It's not often that students from India's top B-schools give a shout out to their LinkedIn community for summer internship offers - they are creme de la creme after all and companies are ready to offer a platform. But the situation has drastically changed this year. Riddhi Patel, first year student at IIM-Indore posted on LinkedIn how an ecommerce firm revoked her internship offer for the role of Business Development. She wrote she was looking for an alternative. Her post got phenomenal response with over 1,100 likes and 234 comments and she got an internship. But, that is not the case with many others. Patel tells Business Today how several firms have revoked internship offers, makin...

Coronavirus: How India will play a major role in a Covid-19 vaccine US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said last fortnight that India and the US were working together to develop vaccines against the coronavirus. Mr Pompeo's remark didn't entirely come as a surprise. The two countries have run an internationally recognised joint vaccine development programme for more than three decades. They have worked on stopping dengue, enteric diseases, influenza and TB in their tracks. Trials of a dengue vaccine are planned in the near future. India is among the largest manufacturer of generic drugs and vaccines in the world. It is home to half a dozen major vaccine makers and a host of smaller ones, making doses against polio, meningitis, pneumonia, rotavirus, BCG, measles, mumps and rubella, among other diseases. Now half a dozen Indian firms are developing vaccines against the virus that causes Covid-19. One of them is Serum Institute of India, the world's largest...

One Year of ‘Avengers: Endgame’ – 5 Thanos quotes that are so relatable in lockdown It has already been a year since 'Avengers: Endgame' hit theatres worldwide and went on to become the highest-grossing film of all time with a collection surpassing USD 2.80 billion.  Also See:  From 'The Batman' to 'Black Widow'; here are new release dates of upcoming Hollywood films As the Hollywood blockbuster celebrates its first anniversary today, we look back at how the film is so relevant in the times of COVID-19 and possibly even how the “Mad Titan”  Thanos  was right – to some extent. At a time when fans on social media celebrate one year of the film, their favourite characters, those epic scenes made for cinematic history and more, we turn the spotlight on one of the biggest and best villains we have seen so far in the 22  Marvel  movies spanning over 10 years. What makes this ‘villainous’ character and his story -told through mere one line d...

Thank you coronavirus helpers 2020: Images, quotes, WhatsApp status and Facebook messages Say thanks to coronavirus helpers by sending messages. Some quotes and wishes to send on Whatsapp. Say thanks to coronavirus helpers by sending messages. Some quotes and wishes to send on Whatsapp. The Unsung heroes of the nation are being thanked in different ways. These coronavirus helpers have been working since the Covid-19 outbroke. When everybody is sitting home, the delivery boys, the policemen, the doctors, nurses, etc are working in order to contain the Coronavirus. These people are coronavirus helpers i.e. corona warriors. Need to say thank you The whole world is praising the efforts that are being made by corona warriors to ensure everyone’s safety everywhere. These people have been tirelessly working to deliver essential services. The community of these workers should be given applause for the work. From the rag pickers to the nurses and security personne...