October, 2020 | Biz Journal

IPL 2020, Match 52: RCB vs SRH live streaming and toss timing details

In match 52 of the Indian Premier League 2020 (IPL 2020), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will take on SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Saturday.

Who holds orange and purple caps in 2020 IPL? Check here

RCB is one win away from qualifying for the playoffs while SRH would look to win its remaining two matches to reach 14 points and let calculations decide its fate. The match is crucial for RCB as it has lost two consecutive matches and another loss could complicate the equation for the Virat Kohli-led side.

Check 2020 IPL points table and team standings here

SRH thrashed Delhi Capitals in its last outinga and the side would draw a lot of confidence from that victory as it faces another formidable opposition.

Check IPL playoffs qualification of both the teams

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Economic

Kerala, Goa, Chandigarh best governed states and union territory, says PAC

October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 by Martha

Kerala was adjudged the best-governed state in the country, while Uttar Pradesh ended at the bottom in the large states category, according to the Public Affairs Index-2020 released by the Public Affairs Centre here on Friday.

In its annual report released on Friday, the city-based not-for-profit organisation, headed by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K Kasturirangan, said the states were ranked on governance performance based on a composite index in the context of sustainable development.

Four southern states, Kerala (1.388 PAI Index point), Tamil Nadu (0.912), Andhra Pradesh (0.531) and Karnataka (0.468) stood in the first four ranks in the large state category in terms of governance, it said.

Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Bihar were at the bottom of the ranking, scoring negative points in the category. They got -1.461, -1.201 and -1.158 points respectively.

In the small state category,

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Invesment

Scott Beechuk of Norwest Venture Partners: Lots of Optimization Left in the Digital Buying Experience

October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 by Martha

With the pandemic impacting so many aspects of our daily lives – both personally and professionally – I was curious to find out how it is affecting how things in the venture capital space. And last week I had the opportunity to speak with Scott Beechuk, Partner at Norwest Venture Partners. Norwest is a leading venture and growth equity investment firm managing more than $9.5 billion in capital, and Scott focuses on early- to late-stage investment opportunities in enterprise SaaS with a focus on companies building business applications taking advantage of human-assisted AI, advanced behavioral analytics, client-agnostic platforms and industry-specific solutions.

Scott shared how his experience as an entrepreneur and later at Salesforce as SVP in product management has helped shape his approach to being a VC, and how COVID-19 has impacted how he operates. Below is an edited transcript of a portion of our conversation. To hear

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Biz News

Investors balk at high valuations of big tech firms despite solid earnings

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 by Martha

Solid quarterly earnings from America’s biggest tech firms weren’t enough to keep investors from selling late Thursday, the latest sign sentiment is turning against ultra-expensive digital megacaps.

Futures on the S&P 500 tumbled 0.8% and Nasdaq 100 contracts were down 1.2% as of 12:55 p.m. in Tokyo. Stocks had rebounded from the worst selloff in four months during the cash session ahead of the slate of megacap results.

The slide follows a red-hot run this year that saw the tech giants help haul U.S. equities to new highs amid a rampant pandemic and severe economic downturn.

“As we’ve seen in reactions from some of the earnings from these large companies even beats are not strong enough to satisfy this market, which I think speaks to how fully valued a lot of these stocks are,” said Evan Brown, head of

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Economic

Khadi sales pick up on PM Modi’s appeal, 1.9 million masks sold in 5 months

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 by Martha

Mahatma Gandhi emphasised on the use of Khadi and later Khadi Village industry was started on his name. However, gradually people started loosing interest in Khadi but in the last few years people have started showing interest in Khadi products again. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also talked about Khadi in his ‘Mann ki Baat’ program. Surprisingly, masks are the best-selling Khadi products followed by fabric, honey and groceries and then handkerchiefs.

Despite coronavirus spread, people are visiting Khadi India outlets every day to buy Khadi products. Handmade indigenous ‘Khadi’ cloth is preferred among Indians as a legacy of Mahatma Gandhi.

People have started to like Khadi products after repeated appeal of Prime Minister. The number of people who like Khadi and shop for Khadi products is increasing every day.

Khadi and Village Industries Commission chairman Vinay Kumar Saxena told

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Invesment

Nextiva Becomes Official Communications Partner of the Pac-12 Conference

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 by Martha

The Pac-12 Conference was having a communications issue only made worse by the pandemic. And Nextiva had the solution.

The problem the Pac-12 had was one shared by small businesses, especially over the last year.

Today, Nextiva a partnership with the Pac-12 Conference to be its Official Communications Partner. Nextiva will work with the conference, the 12 athletic departments of the universities in the Pac-12, and be an official partner of the annual Rose Bowl game.

“Joining the Conference of Champions is an exciting moment for our company,” Nextiva CEO Tomas Gorny says.

Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott says of this partnership, “There is no time more important than now for the Pac-12 to partner with a leader in communication in order to stay connected. Our partnership with Nextva reflects the strength of our Pac-12 athletic programs and Conference brand, and we look forward to working closely with Nextiva to support

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