Oxfam responds to deadly COVID-19 wave in India
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Oxfam India has deployed teams to five of the worst-hit states in India as a second wave of coronavirus sweeps the country. The international organisation is urgently appealing for $2 million (£1.43 million) to fund its emergency response to the crisis.
Teams have already started providing face masks, hand sanitizer and other protective equipment in parts of Maharashtra following a request from state health authorities. Distribution of PPE to 500 frontline health workers will begin in Maharashtra, Delhi, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in the coming days.
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Keeping the prime minister’s call for Atma Nirbhar Bharat at the helm, homegrown company Moxpert has started its operations and has launched 5 feature phones under their flagship brand “Trusme” as the first stage of its beginning. All the phones are made in India and are targeted at tier-2, 3, and rural segments where it is significant demand for feature phones.
Initially, the brand is entering the states of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana. Delhi, UP, MP, Jammu, Gujarat and Maharashtra with the strong after-sales service support of more than 700 service centers across. Soon the company is going to expand in other parts of the country too.