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Single investment regime in the works for NRIs

NRIs are currently allowed to invest in Indian markets directly and indirectly through multiple routes.




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Budget 2020 the day after: NRIs' bona fide foreign income won't be taxed

The government said the provision was an “anti-abuse” one and will only apply to income that is generated locally.




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Dating apps find love in the time of Covid

These users, who do not mind paying anywhere from Rs 1,500 to up to Rs 50,000 for in-person meetups and group activities, tend to be typically over 25 years of age and have fewer demands with regard to their partner profile.




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Leadership amidst crisis: Can traditional traits work in current times

There are no set scripts for leaders to follow in order to sail through this situation. This extraordinary situation has certainly placed some uncommon question like never before to the leaders around the world.




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Boosting wellbeing in a remote work environment: How organizations can promote work-life balance

Every situation brings with it an opportunity, and this situation has brought with it a valuable opportunity for upskilling of complete workforce. Leaders can use online tools for imparting valuable training and upskilling to all their employees.




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Ecommerce: Covid-19 highlights the urgent need to digitise the supply chain

Companies need to come up with strategies to keep the lights on, both by keeping control on the cash burn as well as generating revenue in these difficult times.




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Thriving during the lockdown: Game plan of small Indian brands

At a time when most established brands are struggling with their supply chain, the young blood has stepped up its game to make its presence felt and let the world know that it care and can deliver. Brand Equity decodes what’s working for younger, smaller brands and what the post-lockdown world may have in store.




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Silver lining for jobseekers as edtech, pharma, e-commerce, logistics sectors to continue hiring

The IT industry should see about half of the top ten IT services companies requiring fresh, top-rated tech talent, almost a third of the remaining services pool, and almost 15 to 18% of the high tech product / internet or GICs going for it.




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SCCM Pod-26 PCCM: Assessing Sedation Levels of Mechanically Ventilated Pediatric Patients

Martha Curley, RN, PhD, discusses her article in the Mar 2006 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, titled "State Behavioral Scale: A Sedation Assessment Instrument for Infants and Young Children Supported on Mechanical Ventilation." Dr. Curley, director of nursing research in critical care and cardiovascular nursing research at The Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, is a recognized expert in pediatric critical care nursing. She discusses the development and validation of the State Behavioral Scale, a tool used in the evaluation of the level of sedation in pediatric patients requiring mechanical ventilation. (Pediatric Care Medicine, Volume 7, Number 2 Mar 2006 pp 107-114)




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SCCM Pod-67 PCCM: Lower Limit of Systolic and Mean Arterial Pressure in Children

Arno Zaritsky, MD, discusses an article he and Dr. Ikram Haque published in the March 2007 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine titled "Analysis of the Evidence for Lower Limit of Systolic and Mean Arterial Pressure in Children." Dr. Zaritsky is professor and chief of pediatric critical care at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, Florida.




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SCCM Pod-91 PCCM: Outcomes and Admissions in the PICU

Folafoluwa O. Odetola, MD, MPH, discusses an article published in the January 2008 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, "Do outcomes vary according to the source of admission to the pediatric intensive care unit?" Dr. Odetola is from Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Health System, and from the Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. (Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008;9[1]:20)




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SCCM Pod-119 PCCM: Does Fellowship Program Size and Rotations Affect Clinical and Research Time?

Wynne Morrison, MD, discusses an article published in the May issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, which highlighted the results of a national survey of pediatric critical care medicine fellowship clinical and research time allocation.




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SCCM Pod-130 PCCM: Telemedicine in Rural Emergency Departments

Amelia Hopkins, MD, FCCM, discusses her article published in the September 2009 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.




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SCCM Pod-140 PCCM: Blood/Brain Barrier Permeability During Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Monica Vavilala, MD, discusses her recent article published in the May issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.




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SCCM Pod-142 PCCM: Helping Mechanically Ventilated Infants Swallow

Steven B. Leder, PhD, discusses his article, Dysphagia Testing and Aspiration Status in Medically Stable Infants Requiring Mechanical Ventilation Via Tracheotomy, published in the July 2010 Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.




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SCCM Pod-150 PCCM: Blood Transfusion and Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation

Ravi Thiagarajan, MD, MBBS, MPH, discusses his article published in the January Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.




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SCCM Pod-170 PCCM: Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy During ECMO

Matthew Paden, MD, discusses his Pediatric Critical Care Medicine article: Recovery of Renal Function and Survival After Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.




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SCCM Pod-184 PCCM: Health-Related Outcomes in Children

Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, associate podcast editor, speaks with Nana Coleman, MD, EdM, about her editorial published in the July Pediatric Critical Care Medicine




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SCCM Pod-199 PCCM: Stem Cell Transplant Outcomes

Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, speaks with Ranjit S. Chima, MD, lead author of an article published in the November Pediatric Critical Care Medicine




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SCCM Pod-200 PCCM: Mechanical Ventilation Use in Children with 2009 H1N1 Versus Seasonal Influenza

Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, speaks with Carl O. Eriksson, MD, MPH, lead author on an article published in the November Pediatric Critical Care Medicine




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SCCM Pod-218 PCCM: Severity of Illness Assessment in Children

Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, speaks with Murray M. Pollack, MD.




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SCCM Pod-237 Evaluation of a Pharmacist-Managed Methadone Taper in the PICU

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Katherine J. Steineck, PharmD, pediatric clinical pharmacist at the University of Minnesota Amplatz




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SCCM Pod-239 Hypertension and Health Outcomes in the PICU

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Brett J. Ehrmann, MD, MS




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SCCM Pod-250 Reducing Blood Testing in Pediatric Patients After Heart Surgery: A Quality Improvement Project

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Claudia Delgado-Corcoran, MD, MPH




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SCCM Pod-279 Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Consensus Recommendations From the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Neal J. Thomas, MD




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SCCM Pod-280 Evolution of Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation Use in the PICU

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Andrea Wolfler, MD




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SCCM Pod-281 A Survey on the Sequence of Medications for Treatment of Hyperkalemia in the PICU

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Nnenna O. Chime, MD, MPH




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SCCM Pod-294 Practice Patterns in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Donald D. Vernon, MD, FAAP. Dr. Vernon is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah.




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SCCM Pod-310 Evidence-Based Pediatric Outcome Predictors to Guide the Allocation of Critical Care Resources in a Mass Casualty Event

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Philip Toltzis, MD. Dr. Toltzis is Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.




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SCCM Pod-327 Does Simulation Improve Recognition and Management of Pediatric Septic Shock?

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Mark C. Dugan, MD, about the article: Does Simulation Improve Recognition and Management of Pediatric Septic Shock, and If One Simulation Is Good, Is More Simulation Better?




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SCCM Pod-332 Dexmedetomidine Use in Critically-Ill Children with Acute Respiratory Failure

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Mary Jo C. Grant, APRN, PhD, about the article, Dexmedetomidine Use in Critically-Ill Children with Acute Respiratory Failure, published in the December 2016 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.




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SCCM Pod-349 Implementation of an ICU Bundle in the PICU

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Shari Simone, DNP, about the article, Implementation of an ICU Bundle: An Interprofessional Quality Improvement Project to Enhance Delirium Management and Monitor Delirium Prevalence in a Single PICU, published in the June 2017 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.




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SCCM Pod-362 Time of Admission to the PICU and Mortality

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Michael C. McCrory, MD, MS, about the article, Time of Admission to the PICU and Mortality, published in the October 2017 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.




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SCCM Pod-364 Characterization of Pediatric In-Hospital CPR Quality Metrics

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Dana E. Niles, MS, about the article Characterization of Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality Metrics Across an International Resuscitation Collaborative, published in the May 2018 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.




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SCCM Pod-394 Polyneuropathy in Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Children

Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Rakesh Lodha, MD, on his article titled Polyneuropathy in Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Children: Experience from Tertiary Care Hospital in North India, published the September issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine




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SCCM Pod-399 Risk for Mortality in Critically Ill Children Needing Renal Replacement Therapy

Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Danny Hames, MD, on his article titled: Risk Factors for Mortality in Critically Ill Children Requiring Renal Replacement Therapy, published in the November 2019 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.




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SCCM Pod-404 Population-Based Epidemiology and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children

Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Rashid Alobaidi, MD, on his article titled Population-Based Epidemiology and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children published in the January 2020 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.




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Poke Me: The Budget ignores urban India, where two-third of India's GDP is generated

As per the new Budget, the profit-linked income tax exemption for promoters of affordable housing with a 30 sq m limit will apply only to the four metropolitan cities.




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Poke Me: The removal of Dhoni from the captaincy of Rising Pune Supergiants is legit

This is not about making a value judgment. Whether the decision is good or bad can only be known at the end of the 10th season of the IPL.




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POKE ME: Government, get out of skilling. Motivate the bureaucracy to create the right ecosystem instead

What we need before Skill India is perhaps a Skill Government mission. And what’s more, in this Budget season, a visionary leader can do this without much fund allocation.




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POKE ME: H-1B issue in US provides the right push – and opportunity – for India

Trumpnomics will probably kick-start the decline of the US as we know it. Getting back our best brains, trained in the best institutes, will be the biggest capital we can have to climb to the pinnacle.




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Poke Me: H-1B issue in US provides the right push – and opportunity – for India (Reader's React)

This week's "Poke Me" invited your comments on "H-1B issue in US provides the right push – and opportunity – for India".




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Poke Me: Does Indian cricket need a behemoth like the BCCI to run the show? No.

In trying to answer this question, the first thing that needs to be done is to define what the BCCI does. What are its primary tasks and objectives?




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POKE ME: SEBI needs to loosen up and keep its eye on investor interest using economics

Many of the securities laws are spread over circulars, which are vague and ever-changing. It is not clear how ordinary companies can keep track with daily changes and excessive complexity of regulations.




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Poke Me: SEBI needs to loosen up and keep its eye on investor interest using economics (Reader's React)

Sebi must ensure that no one is hanged without a fair hearing, levy of penalty on Reliance speaks about the regulator’s firmness, a reader said.




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Poke Me: The Supreme Court should have taken a more streetwise look before ordering a 'highway prohibition'

For those of us who’ve lived in Dehradun for decades, the Supreme Court order banning sale of liquor on highways, is the cruellest joke you could play on a small town.




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Poke Me: How Dry Is My Valley (Readers React)

This week's "Poke Me" invited your comments on "How Dry Is My Valley". Here are the selected opinions that were published in the ET print edition on Saturday.




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Poke Me: An unreasonable ratio between a company's lowest and highest salary can cause problems

Murthy’s long missive about the pay culture in Infosys echoes the pay reforms debate in advanced economies.




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Poke Me: Time to Tweak Capitalism (Readers React)

This week's "Poke Me" invited your comments on "Time to Tweak Capitalism". Here are the selected opinions that were published in the ET print edition on Saturday.




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Poke Me: It may be a mantra, but India’s demographic dividend can become a burden if unattended

India is currently in a sweet spot, with its working-age population expected to grow by a third over the next three decades, at a time when China and Russia will see a fall of over 20% .