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How will the sudden plunge in US oil prices impact India: WTI crash explained

How will the sudden plunge in US oil prices impact India: WTI crash explained





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US agency slows H-1B denials as lawsuits mount

Lawyers say the US Citizenship and Immigration Services is seeking more Requests for Evidence from visa applicants than before.




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BRIC seekers of UK golden visa double from 2015 despite Brexit

A total 239 BRIC applicants were recorded in 2019, comprising 64% of the global aggregate, according to data from the U.K. Home Office compiled by Shard Capital Partners LLP. China (including Hong Kong and Macau) accounted for the bulk of these at 193.




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India studying Donald Trump's executive order on immigration

The temporary suspension of immigration will affect those who are legally seeking entry into the United States for employment but it will not impact the ones who are already living in the country, the order said.




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Road Works / Closures - A6 Upgrade Scheme

A6 CASTLEDAWSON TO RANDALSTOWN DUALLING

A6 Mainline Glenshane Road / Foreglen Road - lane Closure Tamnaherin Rd to Ballyhanedin Rd 

Monday 27 April - 11 May  2020 - Off-peak 09:30 - 16:00

From Monday 2 December 2019 for 10 Months

NEW ROAD LAYOUT - A6 Mainline - Castledawson Roundabout to Brough Road – Phase 05 (Traffic switched onto EB (1 lane) + WB (1 lane))

NEW Bellshill Junction (on-slip’s will be temporarily set-up as ‘Give-Way’) – OPEN

 From Mon 25 February for 12 Months Creagh Hill – Full Closure at Deerpark Junction - from 

Diversion via Deerpark Road, A6 Mainline, Hillhead Road

Temp Traffic Management for the A6D2D scheme  W/C-04/05/20

Mon – Fri   0930-1600 Daily (As required)

  • Two Way traffic control Baranailt Rd to Tamnaherin Rd

Mon to Fri 07:00 to 18:00 Daily-

  • Feeny Rd Haul Crossing
  • A6 Mainline Haul Crossing (near Gulf Rd)
  • Ballyhanedin Rd Haul Crossing
  • Tirbracken Rd Crossing

Continuous –

  • Mavis Rd closure
  • Gulf Rd Closure
  • Altagarran Rd Closure
  • Gortilea Rd Closure
  • A6 Mainline Hard shoulder Closure, West bound and Eastbound, from Foreglen Rd to Gulf Rd
  • Killunaught Rd Closure
  • Derrychrier Rd Closure
  • Closure of climbing lane from Ballyhanedin Rd to Muldonagh-A6
  • Closure of Lane one of climbing lane from Ardmore Rd to the Foreglen Rd -A6
  • Closure of Lane two of climbing lane from Ardmore Rd to the Mavis Rd -A6
  • Closure of Ervey Rd from A6 Glenshane Rd to Birch Rd




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Why Udacity wants employees to remix Taylor Swift, do one-armed push-ups, or play 'Rock Band' blindfolded

Over the past few years, the company has had meditation sessions, K-pop dance routines, and puppy tricks punctuate its weekly, Wednesday-afternoon meeting.




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Register as a delegate with the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce's upcoming conference.

Register as a delegate with the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce's upcoming conference.




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When the 20-something founder of Oculus first met Mark Zuckerberg, he blew him off

Zuckerberg decided to go visit the startup's headquarters after loving his first demo with Oculus' virtual reality headset in Facebook's office.




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Ousted Men's Wearhouse founder has a new startup that rents you tuxes

George Zimmer, the ousted founder of the $2.3 billion men's clothing retailer Men's Wearhouse, seeks $40 million at a valuation of $100 million for Generation Tux.




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Snapchat buys Looksery, a two-year-old startup that lets you Photoshop your face while you video chat

Looksery is based in San Francisco and it doesn't appear to have raised traditional outside capital. It was started by a Ukrainian team and its CEO is Victor Shaburov.




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Sterner residency rule triggers flurry of questions from NRIs

The budget talks about taxing “stateless people” who game the system, hop around from country to country and do not pay tax in any other jurisdiction. The government has assured that “bona fide workers” will not be taxed.




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Who are you – digitally determined or digitally distraught?

Digitally determined businesses are those that have the bigger picture in mind and plan a roadmap towards advanced changes with a view of the entire business.




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Top IT trends to embark on a decade of openness and collaboration

As we enter the new decade, the question really is how businesses adopt new capabilities that will help them be agile, customer centric, innovative and cost sensitive at the same time.




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Covid-19: Using AI and data science to combat health pandemics

Tech platforms, telecom companies and governments need to come together at a time like this to work together towards addressing the balance between protecting individual privacy and data sharing that is critical to the public good.




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Lord Swraj Paul meets PM Narendra Modi; welcomes decision on NRI investments

Lord Swraj Paul today met PM Narendra Modi and conveyed his appreciation of the recent decision of Indian government to treat NRI investments at par with resident investments.




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Adequate reserve to deal with $20 billion FCNR redemption

Seeking to allay concerns, the sources said that government is ready to redeem $20 billion FCNR-B deposits as there is adequate forex reserves.




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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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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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There is an odd efficiency to this pandemic

It makes going through the motions feel meaningless and it makes truly important meetings bring people together to solve problems that no individual could solve alone. It makes us feel human. It makes us feel a part of something bigger.




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SCCM Pod-85 PCCM: Organ Donation After Cardiac Death - Part 1

Peter C. Laussen, MD, discusses an article published in the May 2007 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, titled "Pediatric Staff Perspectives on Organ Donation After Cardiac Death in Children." Dr. Laussen is director of the cardiac intensive care unit at Children's Hospital Boston. This is the first podcast in a two-part interview. Part two will feature an interview with lead author Martha A.Q. Curley, RN, PhD. (Ped. Crit. Care Med. 2007;8[3]:212).




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SCCM Pod-88 PCCM: Organ Donation After Cardiac Death - Part 2

Martha A.Q. Curley, RN, PhD, associate professor of nursing, anesthesia and critical care medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and nurse scientist at Children’s Hospital in Boston, discusses an article published in the May 2007 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, "Pediatric staff perspectives on organ donation after cardiac death in children." (Ped. Crit. Care Med. 2007;8[3]:212).




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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-176 PCCM: Guidelines for Pediatric TBI

Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, associated podcast editor, speaks with Patrick M. Kochanek, MD, MCCM, about the revised guidelines for acute medical management of severe traumatic brain injury.




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SCCM Pod-185 PCCM: Defining Pediatric Sepsis

Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, associate podcast editor, speaks with Denise M. Goodman, MD, MS, about her article published in the July Pediatric Critical Care Medicine




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SCCM Pod-192 PCCM: Residents Reveal Patient Safety Perceptions

Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, speaks Katri Typpo, MD, MPH, lead author of an article published in the September 2012 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine




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SCCM Pod-224 PCCM: Epidemiology Trends in Patients with Severe Sepsis

Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, speaks with Mary Hartman MD, MPH, about her article published in the September Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.




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SCCM Pod-238 Internet-Based Knowledge Exchange Platform for Pediatric Critical Care Clinicians Worldwide

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Traci A. Wolbrink, MD, MPH




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SCCM Pod-245 Neonatal-Specific Consensus Definition for Sepsis

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with James L. Wynn, MD.




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SCCM Pod-248 Achieving Nutrient Delivery Goals with a Stepwise Enteral Nutrition Algorithm

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Nilesh M. Mehta




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SCCM Pod-276 Pediatric Delirium and Associated Risk Factors

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Chani Traube, MD.




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SCCM Pod-288 The Use of Pediatric Ventricular Assist Devices in Children's Hospitals

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Robert T. Mansfield, MD




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SCCM Pod-300 Timing of Death in Children Referred for Intensive Care with Severe Sepsis

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Mirjana Cvetkovic, FRCA. Dr. Cvetkovic works as a Clinical Fellow at the Children's Acute Transport Service at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London and a Consultant Intensivist in Anesthesia at Leicester Hospital.




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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-329 A Bedside Model for Mortality Risk in Pediatric Patients with ARDS

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Aaron C. Spicer, MD, MAS. Dr. Spicer completed a pediatric residency and critical care fellowship and now is a resident in the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.




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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-355 The Epidemiology of Hospital Death Following Pediatric Severe Sepsis

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Scott L. Weiss, MD, MSCE, about the article, The Epidemiology of Hospital Death Following Pediatric Severe Sepsis: When, Why, and How Children With Sepsis Die, published in the September 2017 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.




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SCCM Pod-384 Updated Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Guidelines

Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, and Patrick M. Kochanek, MD, MCCM, discuss the updated pediatric severe traumatic brain injury guidelines




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SCCM Pod-391 Pediatric Nutritional Guidelines

Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, and Elizabeth Emrath, MD, discuss Dr. Emrath's talk on the new pediatric nutritional guidelines from the 48th Critical Care Congress precourse Current Concepts in Pediatric Critical Care




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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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SCCM Pod-406 Surviving Sepsis Campaign Children's Guidelines

Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, and Scott L. Weiss, MD, FCCM, discuss the release of: Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Septic Shock and Sepsis-Associated Organ Dysfunction in Children




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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: 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: 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% .




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Poke Me: Young and the restless(Readers React)

This week's "Poke Me" invited your comments on "Young and the restless". Here are the selected opinions.




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Government may fall short of its skill development goal of training one crore youth

Under the PMKVY-2.0, launched in October 2016, ministry had targeted to impart skill training to one crore youth for over four years (2016-20). Out of this, 60,00,000 was the target under short-term training while 40,00,000 was the target under the recognition of prior learning (RPL) component for 2016-20.




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No unnecessary action against independent directors without strong evidence of wrong doing: MCA

Against the backdrop of instances of independent and non-executive directors coming under the scanner for alleged corporate misdoings, the ministry has sent out a circular to its Regional Directors, Registrars of Companies and official liquidators with respect to prosecution proceedings. Any such proceedings must be initiated after receiving due sanction from the ministry.