Schoolteachers in Uttar Pradesh have been drafted into a door-to-door Covid awareness-cum-survey programme, exposing them to the coronavirus, just when hundreds of teachers have died of the infection after being put on panchayat poll duty.
The aggrieved teachers, deployed in the May 5-9 programme, are asking why they must be the sacrificial lambs every time and why the government can’t instead enlist BJP workers who style themselves “chowkidars (watchmen)” like their supreme leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Four lakh teachers, Asha workers (part-time rural health workers) and Anganwadi (rural childcare and maternity care) workers will form 2 lakh teams of 2 each to cover the state’s population of over 20 crore. Each team will cover an area of about 1,000 people.
Food delivery in urban areas, on college campuses and in office complexes can be problematic, with nowhere for delivery drivers to leave the items, forcing .
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Minnow Raises $3 Million Series Seed Round - Financing led by Branded Strategic Hospitality
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Minnow Technologies, a Seattle-based IoT startup that has developed a contact-free food delivery and pickup solution called the Minnow Pickup Pod™, announced today that it raised a $3 million Series Seed round. Branded Strategic Hospitality, an early-stage venture capital fund based in New York, led the round. Also participating were Elevate Capital, the lead investor in Minnow’s earlier convertible note financings, and Portland Seed Fund. This financing brings Minnow’s total seed funding to $6.4 million.
Jimmy Frischling, co-founder and Managing Partner of Branded Strategic Hospitality