se Coronavirus | Maharashtra tops 20,000-mark; toll rises to 779 By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:49:02 +0530 State registers 48 deaths, the highest in a day Full Article Other States
se Vehicles return to Hyd roads as lockdown eased By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 20:26:24 IST Full Article
se Face mask norm: Cops to launch AI-based system By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 19:58:38 IST Full Article
se 'Next batch of train passes after rush clears' By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 05:56:36 IST Full Article
se A phenol phosphorescent microsensor of mesoporous molecularly imprinted polymers By feeds.rsc.org Published On :: RSC Adv., 2020, 10,17906-17913DOI: 10.1039/D0RA02834G, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Xiaodong Lv, Peng GaoBased on the optical quenching phenomenon, a smart mesoporous phosphorescent microsensor was built.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
se COVID-19: Telangana sees 31 new cases, one death By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 21:42:34 +0530 Telangana reported 31 fresh COVID-19 positive cases and a death on Saturday, thus taking the total number of affected persons to 1,163 and the death t Full Article Hyderabad
se Aarogya Setu app promoting a few e-pharmacies, says SJM By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 01:43:27 +0530 We want a level playing field for all sellers: RSS affiliate. Full Article National
se Ban on sale, use of tobacco products in Udupi district By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 20:35:53 +0530 The district administration has banned sale and use of tobacco products in Udupi district to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In a press release issued Full Article Karnataka
se Govt. quarantine facility opposed at Navalur By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 21:35:15 +0530 Even as the district administration is busy taking steps to set up an institutional quarantine centre at Devaraj Urs hostel at Navalur between Hubball Full Article Karnataka
se Garment units outside containment zones set to reopen in Karnataka By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 21:44:34 +0530 Following the formula of graded relaxation of the lockdown, the State government has allowed garment factories located outside containment zones to c Full Article Karnataka
se Despite permission to reopen, industries raise logistical issues By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 21:46:22 +0530 The State government may have permitted industrial units to reopen, but an interaction with MSME bodies brought to light the acute logistical problem Full Article Karnataka
se Workers heading to Bengaluru sent back By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:11:53 +0530 The police on Thursday night sent back 90 migrant workers, from U.P., Rajasthan and Bihar, after they were found at Gundia check-post travelling in tw Full Article Karnataka
se Technical glitches, delay in issue of passes leave many stranded at border By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:14:13 +0530 Migrants complain officials are delaying their entry citing silly reasons and technical formalities Full Article Karnataka
se Buses for those from other southern States By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:48:18 +0530 The ones registered on Seva Sindhu portal can hire buses from the RTCs Full Article Karnataka
se Diesel costlier by Rs 2/L as Goa hikes VAT, eyes revenue of Rs 78 crore By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 11:38:57 IST After increasing the value added tax (VAT) on petrol in April, the state government on Saturday hiked VAT on diesel to 22%, pushing the fuel’s price up by Rs 2.05 per litre. Full Article
se You innovate and exercise: Neeraj Chopra By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 21:11:04 +0530 The javelin thrower isconfident of regaining fitness in two weeks once training restarts Full Article Other Sports
se How remdesivir blocks SARS-CoV-2's polymerase By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 09 May 2020 17:29:50 +0000 Researchers use cryo-EM to show how the drug stops RNA replication Full Article
se Taking Service Design into the Field By feeds.uxmag.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Sep 15 14:35:16 +0000 September 30, 2015By their very nature, heuristics offer a hands-on approach to discovery, where knowledge is culled through trial and error. They are rules of thumb that give us a framework as we move through the research and design process.In service design, this kind of framework is also valuable for assessing completed projects to find the weak links. A heuristic can apply to a single interaction as well as to the overall service eco-system. Heuristics can be applied to a single moment in time or to a user’s entire long-term relationship with a service.This conceptual approach to design recognizes that experiences are coproduced, and that human interaction is a key component of many, if not all, services. As systems grow ever more sophisticated and interconnected, designers will continue to face new challenges. Service design heuristics can help us to frame and think about...read more By Usability Matters Full Article
se User Testing as a Design Driver:Looksery created a product for users, not designers By feeds.uxmag.com Published On :: Mon, 05 Oct 15 17:56:53 +0000 October 5, 2015You may have recently seen an abundance of bug-eyed people puking rainbows on Snapchat. Thank Looksery for that. Launched last year as an entertainment app based on face recognition technology and special effects, Looksery was acquired by Snapchat last month.Looksery technology propels Snapchat’s new special effectsFounded in 2013, Looksery launched in October 2014 after...read more By Jordan Crone Full Article
se Maharashtra to promote all university students, except those in final year, without exams By www.newkerala.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:34:01 +0530 Full Article
se Some hotspots in Maharashtra could see lockdown extension By www.newkerala.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:30:02 +0530 Full Article
se In 60 days, Maharashtra Covid-19 cases zoom from 2 to nearly 20K! By www.newkerala.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 17:08:02 +0530 Full Article
se Maha Home Minister expresses grief over Aurangabad train accident By www.newkerala.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 02:18:02 +0530 Full Article
se Pune confirms 111 new COVID-19 cases, 9 deaths on Friday By www.newkerala.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 04:33:01 +0530 Full Article
se M'rashtra Covid-19 deaths cross 775, cases surpass 20K mark By www.newkerala.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 08:21:01 +0530 Full Article
se Coronavirus breaches White House as rest of America re-opens By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 21:06:34 IST Three aides working for US President Donald Trump, vice-president Mike Pence, and first daughter Ivanka Trump have tested positive for the novel coronavirus this week. This has brought the pandemic to within a degree of the center of power in the US. Full Article
se Trump administration tightens visas for Chinese reporters By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:08:59 IST The Trump administration is tightening visa guidelines for Chinese journalists in response to the treatment of US journalists in China, as tensions flare between the two nations over the coronavirus. Full Article
se White House Virus Task Force members face quarantine By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 11:07:15 IST Three members of the White House coronavirus task force, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, placed themselves in quarantine after contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19, another stark reminder that not even one of the nation's most secure buildings is immune from the virus. Full Article
se Home quarantine enough for those coming from other States: CM By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 20:34:42 +0530 Govt. alters its earlier stand based on recommendations of an expert group Full Article Thiruvananthapuram
se Paradise Papers: The moral dilemmas of tax avoidance By www.hardnewsmedia.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 12:54:59 +0000 Mohan Guruswamy The tranche of documents uncovered recently has not only brought several stalwarts of Indian politics, cinema industry, and business tycoons under scanner but has also thrown up pertinent questions over the moral dilemmas of avoiding tax The paradise in the Paradise Papers refers to tax havens of low or even no taxation. Such havens usually are shadowy and sleazy little countries and principalities such as the Cayman Islands, Lichtenstein and Monaco, and sometimes entities within countries like Jersey, Guernsey, Bermuda in the UK and Delaware and Puerto Rico in the USA. Then there are low taxation countries like Switzerland, Singapore and Dubai that assure secretive rich people of their privacy. Essentially a tax haven exists to cheat sovereign states of their lawful incomes. The Tax Justice Network campaign group estimates that corporate tax avoidance costs governments $500bn a year, while personal tax avoidance costs $200bn a year. This in effect means that anywhere between $20-30 trillion of business transactions are sheltered from taxations. Moody’s estimated that in 2016 giant American technology companies such as Google, Microsoft and Apple were hoarding about $1.84 trillion cash in offshore havens. Clearly they are avoiding tax and as bending the rules of the tax system is not illegal unlike tax evasion; they are operating within the letter, but perhaps not the spirit, of the law. In the early 1980’s, shaken up by the number of scandals in Wall Street, and by the number of its MBA graduates who were found wanting in ethical and moral values, the Harvard Business School made a course on “Leadership and Corporate Accountability” a core requirement. I am sure Jayant Sinha, a Harvard MBA, had to do this course and would have scored a high grade in it. Such courses now are in the core curriculum of the business schools attended by the other two young politicians also named in the Paradise Papers or capers if you will. Sachin Pilot graduated from the famous Wharton School of Business and Karti Chidambaram took his business masters from Texas and a law degree from Cambridge to boot. Doing the required ethics course is one thing but it is quite something else to be able to resolve moral dilemmas of what John Kenneth Galbraith described as the “HBS’s ethical view of capitalism which derives straight out of the Protestant ethic and its transformational view of money, in which the ability to accumulate wealth is a reflection of one’s character.” The charge against Jayant Sinha is that while acting as an Omidyar Network representative was on the board of a California company that made a loan to that company’s Cayman subsidiary. Usually such a loan to such a subsidiary suggests a fiddle. Whether Sinha knew this or did not know it is something else? Clearly the evidence does not suggest any malfeasance. But clearly there is room for skepticism. Omidyar Network proclaims its belief: “Just as eBay created the opportunity for millions of people to start their own businesses, we believe market forces can be a potent driver for positive social change.” Grand words but that hardly conceals the true goal that is to make bucks, sometimes fast ones too. Again as Galbraith put it: “The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.” Jayant, then fresh out of one of the IIT’s, worked with me way back in the mid 1980’s on a paper that proposed the mass construction of smokeless challahs for rural homes as a profitable employment for hundreds of thousands of rural workers. I remember it as a bit of an elaborate scheme that also computed the savings due to improved health results. It was published in this newspaper and the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi took note of it. I was impressed enough to write a recommendation when he applied for a Masters in Energy Management at Pennsylvania. I next met him when I was serving as his fathers Advisor in the Finance Ministry. Jayant and his wife were both working with foreign companies investing in Indian stocks. He was apprehensive about a proposal made by me to disinvest PSU stocks by selling them to the governments banks for onward restructure and disinvestment. The minister had clearly spoken to him. At that time too I wondered if the HBS’s core business ethics course would have seen conflict of interest issues in it? The minister however had plenty of flex in him. To my mind tax avoidance is just as reprehensible as tax evasion. Sinha was too junior in the Finance Ministry to have expressed views on this. It would have been unlikely though for that is not the HBS way. The previous Finance Minister, himself a Harvard MBA, would not have any left footprints for young Sinha to tread on. Neither would the present lawyer Finance Minister. CorruptionParadise PapersPanama PapersGovernment of IndiaLead Image: Full Article
se Inter-state services to ferry stranded people By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 17:58:45 IST In what could be a relief to thousands of people who have registered through Seva Sindhu portal and have sought government transport to get back to their home states, the state transport undertakings in Karnataka have decided to operate non-AC inter-state services to neighbouring south Indian states. Full Article
se Industries set to ferry 20k workers to Bengaluru By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 06:18:24 IST Responding to a demand from industries - many of which are struggling without labour even after relaxation - the government has instructed officials in the districts to facilitate movement of workers from various parts of Karnataka to Bengaluru and other industrial districts to kickstart the recovery process. Full Article
se K'taka: Rumour on UP train sends 17 on 35km trek By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 08:04:19 IST Seventeen construction workers from Sarjapur walked for six hours, covering 35km, on Friday after a WhatsApp text claimed that a train from Yelahanka railway station would take migrants to Uttar Pradesh. Full Article
se B'luru: Partitions to shield cabbies, passengers By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 07:57:03 IST To protect both cabbies and passengers during the Covid-19 pandemic, some taxi operators in the city have installed plastic sheets in their vehicles to separate the driver and rear seats. Full Article
se ‘Economy to see output loss of $190 bn’ By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 23:03:59 +0530 FDI by firms moving from China to India will help offset damage: Kotak’s Shah Full Article Economy
se India set to cover the globe with exports of masks By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 23:06:43 +0530 ‘Demand goes viral in the backdrop of COVID-19 pandemic Full Article Markets
se HC sets aside order on IT employee’s suspension By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:28:44 +0530 Labour Court had directed firm to pay all allowances as he ‘was not given opportunity to defend himself’ Full Article Hyderabad
se Volunteer teams created just to help seniors By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:42:20 +0530 They will help the elderly residents buy medicines, vegetables, groceries and obtain travel passes if necessary Full Article Chennai
se Proposal to set up Tasmac outlet in Hogenakkal opposed By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:54:09 +0530 The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has opposed a proposal to set up a Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) outlet in the vicinity of Ho Full Article Coimbatore
se Coimbatore city sees dip in waste collected during lockdown By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 09:20:39 +0530 Corporation used lockdown period to clear accumulated garbage in various places Full Article Coimbatore
se Mugaliwakkam RWA seeks GCC’s intervention By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:59:56 +0530 Residents of AGS Colony Phase Three in Mugaliwakkam are upset that a new crop of vegetable vendors have come from nowhere, and set up stalls on Mugali Full Article Chennai
se 200 ATMs without security guards closed in Erode By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 09:23:16 +0530 The district administration and the Corporation has asked all banks to ensure security guards at the ATMs so that they can provide hand sanitisers to the people visiting the kiosks. Full Article Coimbatore
se Dharavi adds 25 coronavirus cases By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 23:01:24 +0530 Twenty five more COVID-19 cases were recorded in Dharavi on Saturday, pushing the tally in the slum pocket to 833. The area also recorded one more dea Full Article Mumbai
se Public advised to exercise caution while handling biomedical waste By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 23:03:31 +0530 The district administration has advised public to exercise caution while handling biomedical waste of persons in home quarantine or from quarantine fa Full Article Coimbatore
se Minister visits site for relocation of Uddandapur reservoir oustees By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 23:07:30 +0530 ‘Proper opportunities would be created for their livelihood’ Full Article Hyderabad
se A COVID-19 social exercise that seems to have got it right on three counts By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 23:09:27 +0530 It is a case of trying to understand the society around us through experiential knowledge transfer Full Article Chennai
se Publicise helpline number for differently-abled persons: HC By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 23:15:17 +0530 Asks govt. to examine possibility of earmarking exclusive funds for them Full Article Hyderabad
se BBP adoption programme generating good response By www.thehindu.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 23:32:51 +0530 Despite these times of distress, the Bannerghatta Biological Park’s (BBP) animal adoption programme has been generating a good response. On Saturday, Full Article Bengaluru
se First-generation shaped gel reactors based on photo-patterned hybrid hydrogels By pubs.rsc.org Published On :: React. Chem. Eng., 2020, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D0RE00109K, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Phillip R. A. Chivers, Jamie A. Kelly, Max J. S. Hill, David K. SmithThis paper reports the development of first-generation photo-patterned ring-shaped gel reactors that catalyse the hydrolysis of para-nitrophenol phosphate using a phosphatase enzyme.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry Full Article
se Update your Google Chrome browser immediately: CERT-In By Published On :: Update your Google Chrome browser immediately: CERT-In Full Article
