covid Apple is addressing the biggest pain-point of iPhone users during COVID-19 By Published On :: Sat, 02 May 2020 01:05:34 +0530 Apple is soon going to roll out a new software that addresses the pain-point of iPhone users in wake of COVID-19 pandemic. Full Article
covid Here's why recovery for auto sector would be an uphill task even post Covid-19 By Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 20:27:58 +0530 The auto industry is staring at a loss of Rs 21,000 crore due to the Covid-19 pandemic and job losses especially in the organised sector will have a direct implication on auto sales, especially two-wheelers. Full Article
covid Bigg Boss 13 contestant Devoleena Bhattacharjee's domestic help tests Covid-19 positive, actress' building sealed By Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 19:37:12 +0530 The entire building has now been sealed by the officials and the actress has gone into 14-days self-quarantine at home. Full Article
covid 103 COVID-19 cases in Mumbai's Arthur Road jail: 77 inmates, 26 cops infected By Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 23:42:09 +0530 State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh says prisoners contracted the infection after coming in contact with an infected cook. Full Article
covid Karnataka coronavirus news: 705 new Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours, latest updates from your state By Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 11:05:37 +0530 More females have been testing Covid positive in the states for the last two days. 705 fresh COVID positive cases were reported in the state on Thursday. Full Article
covid Is coronavirus cure around the corner? All you need to know about the status of Covid-19 vaccine By Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 16:17:42 +0530 Scientists and researchers across the world are working against time to find a cure for the coronavirus pandemic. In India, at least 30 coronavirus vaccines are in different stages of development and a few are going to trial stages. Full Article
covid LSAT-India entrance exam goes online amid Covid-19: Check details here By Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 16:21:03 +0530 LSAT—India has been the only admission test for the flagship 5-year BA/BBA LLB Hons programme of JGLS for the last 11 years. Full Article
covid Having sex could be deadly; Coronavirus found in sperm of COVID-19 patient By Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 16:58:06 +0530 It is wise to avoid sexual contact with men until they are 14 days without symptoms. Full Article
covid The Bundle Bestie Raised Over 220K Amid COVID-19 In Just 12 Days and This Is How By Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:17:04 +0530 The launch bundle, The Spring into the Bag Collection was created to be a stimulus package for those who were in crisis due to COVID Full Article
covid Who is Iqbal Chahal, BMC's newly-appointed chief amid rising COVID-19 cases in Mumbai By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 01:38:10 +0530 BMC has appointed a new municipal commissioner to handle the COVID-19 crisis in Mumbai. Here's what you need to know about Iqbal Chahal IAS. Full Article
covid Why people are less likely to conceive during Covid-19 pandemic By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 02:30:05 +0530 The researchers found that the main reasons that led people to not wanting to conceive included worries related to future economic difficulties and consequences on pregnancy. Full Article
covid Kim Jong Un sends letter to Russia on WWII anniversary and for fight against Covid-19 By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 14:11:07 +0530 According to reports, Kim had earlier sent a personal message to Chinese President Xi Jinping to praise China's success in getting its epidemic outbreak under control. Full Article
covid Ayurveda and coronavirus: Will ashwagandha, mulethi, guduchi help battle Covid-19? By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 14:23:52 +0530 Commenting on this, CSIR DG Shekhar Mane said that India's traditional knowledge is very rich and they want to study if its effectiveness can be proven scientifically. Full Article
covid Two months after 1st Covid-19 case, Karnataka completes 1 lakh tests By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 18:55:05 +0530 The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has designated various eminent institutions across the country as mentor institutions to raise testing capability. Full Article
covid Coronavirus (Covid-19): Update on OECD tax work By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:58:00 GMT Due to the developing coronavirus emergency, the OECD has implemented a range of precautionary measures at its Paris headquarters. Multilateral efforts to address the tax challenges arising from digitalisation of the economy continue. The OECD Secretariat team is working full steam on the project and meetings with delegates are being held remotely. Full Article
covid Emergency tax policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic By oecd.dam-broadcast.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 18:00:00 GMT These potential measures, which are not recommendations, are intended to assist policymakers as they respond in their own national context. Full Article
covid Tax administration responses to Covid-19: support for taxpayers By oecd.dam-broadcast.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 18:00:00 GMT These suggestions are not recommendations but are intended to assist administrations globally in their consideration of appropriate measures in their own national contexts to help taxpayers during this difficult period. Full Article
covid Tax in the time of COVID-19 By www.oecd-forum.org Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:09:00 GMT As we navigate through this global crisis, one of the few certainties is that tax policy will play an important role in the immediate response of governments to support individuals and businesses, as well as in future rounds of policy action, including to rebuild our economies, which will ultimately take place once the health crisis has been contained. Full Article
covid OECD issues recommendations on implications of the COVID-19 crisis on cross-border workers and other related cross-border matters By www.oecd-forum.org Published On :: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 15:00:00 GMT At the request of concerned countries, the OECD Secretariat has issued guidance on these issues based on a careful analysis of the international tax treaty rules. Full Article
covid The COVID-19 crisis creates an opportunity to step up digitalisation among subnational governments By oecdecoscope.blog Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:00:00 GMT Recent decades have seen rapid growth of advanced digital technologies, including high-speed computing, big data, artificial intelligence, the internet-of-things and blockchain. This “digital revolution” creates significant opportunities for all levels of government to improve the delivery of public goods and services, and to raise more and better revenue. Full Article
covid Consumption tax revenues under COVID-19: Lessons from the 2008 global financial crisis By www.oecd-forum.org Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:00:00 GMT As a result of COVID-19, public life has come to a sudden halt and consumer spending is plummeting. How will this crisis and the policy actions taken in response affect tax revenues? And what lessons can be learned from the previous global financial crisis? Full Article
covid New OECD data provides a baseline for measuring the impact of COVID-19 on labour taxes By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:00:00 GMT Labour taxes on the average worker across OECD countries continued to decline for the sixth consecutive year in 2019, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
covid Database: Tax Policy Measures in Response to Covid-19 Pandemic By www.oecd.org Published On :: Sat, 02 May 2020 08:54:00 GMT Latest data on tax policy measures taken by governments so far in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
covid Tax and fiscal policies central to governments’ responses to Covid-19 crisis By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 12:10:00 GMT With global economic activity facing a historic drop and government spending rising dramatically, the implications of the Covid-19 crisis on public finances and tax revenues are significant. Full Article
covid The Covid conspiracies: a virus that can only spread By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 04:00:27 GMT False beliefs will make it harder to end this pandemic. They also risk making our politics even more dysfunctional Full Article
covid ‘Covid-proof’ Peloton enjoys stay-at-home fitness boom By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 13:40:21 GMT Company says 1.1m people downloaded its app in six weeks, sending shares to record high Full Article
covid UK regulators delay two-thirds of new measures in response to Covid-19 By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 14:12:33 GMT Rules concerning Brexit preparations prioritised over tougher environmental standards Full Article
covid How Covid-19 is escalating problem debt By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 04:00:16 GMT Threat of redundancies and business failures means higher earners need help with their finances Full Article
covid Covid-19 and the generational divide By www.ft.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 10:00:26 GMT My household’s Corona Protocol has provoked eye-rolling from my two teenage children Full Article
covid Tata’s lessons for the post-Covid world By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 10:00:50 GMT Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Tata’s chief executive, forecasts a major shift to more flexible working arrangements Full Article
covid Covid-19 lays bare managers’ efficiency obsession By www.ft.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 03:00:27 GMT The pandemic will prompt new rules insisting on better margins for error and will embed more safety-first habits Full Article
covid Covid-19 has revolutionised the NHS By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 16:36:44 GMT The crisis exposed the system was on a knife edge, but the emergency changes are for the better Full Article
covid Obesity dangers make Covid-19 a rebuke to unequal societies By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 16:55:19 GMT Excess body fat seems to matter more than heart or lung disease, or smoking, when it comes to catching the virus Full Article
covid There are worrying signs of a post-Covid cancer surge By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 11:51:08 GMT Hope is not lost. An army of organisations, private hospitals and industries could be mobilised Full Article
covid Libyans suffer water and gas shortages as they confront Covid-19 By www.ft.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 17:26:52 GMT Worsening conditions in the capital increase threat posed by the virus Full Article
covid Tech consultants join Gulf’s fight against Covid-19 By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 03:30:42 GMT Demand for tech services expected partly to counter pandemic downturn Full Article
covid Elmhurst: neighbourhood at centre of New York’s Covid-19 crisis By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 07:51:27 GMT Funeral homes are full in working class section of Queens where immigrants pursue American dream Full Article
covid China-Africa relations rocked by alleged racism over Covid-19 By www.ft.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:45:25 GMT Africans in Guangzhou evicted from hotels and had passports confiscated, officials say Full Article
covid Africa’s scientists learn from past epidemics to fight Covid-19 By www.ft.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 04:00:54 GMT Experience with other outbreaks could compensate for poor healthcare infrastructure Full Article
covid Covid-19 focus threatens precarious malaria progress By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 03:31:47 GMT Pandemic could set back the fight against malaria by 20 years, with Africa hit worst Full Article
covid Low Covid-19 death toll raises hopes Africa may be spared worst By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 04:00:33 GMT Continent has limited confirmed virus fatalities but experts warn it is too early to draw conclusions Full Article
covid Africa’s Covid-19 response is a glimpse of how things could be different By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 04:00:27 GMT Leaders acted swiftly as they watched richer countries’ health systems crumple Full Article
covid Zimbabwe pleads for aid to avert ‘collapse’ and fight Covid By www.ft.com Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 04:00:56 GMT IMF and other international institutions cannot lend to Harare because of debt arrears Full Article
covid Tanzania hiding true number of Covid deaths, opposition says By www.ft.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 04:00:51 GMT Secret burials, overflowing hospitals and dead MPs, as president takes refuge in home village Full Article
covid Covid-19 and consolidation By www.ft.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 18:07:44 GMT Silver Lake’s Jio stake, Amazon VP quits in protest, new MacBook Pro Full Article
covid US and Chinese researchers team up for hunt into Covid origins By www.ft.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 04:00:50 GMT Scientists co-operate on search for Covid-19 origins despite charges Beijing is withholding data Full Article
covid Cost of vaccinating billions against Covid-19 put at more than $20bn By www.ft.com Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 14:43:45 GMT Sum far exceeds $8bn fundraising target at upcoming EU-led donors’ conference Full Article
covid From blood clots to ‘Covid toe’: the medical mysteries of coronavirus By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 04:00:10 GMT The wide variety of Covid-19 symptoms seen by doctors is confounding the scientific community Full Article
covid Finding a Covid-19 vaccine needs a global effort By www.ft.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 09:40:32 GMT Countries should avoid turning to nationalism and share the burdens Full Article
covid How Big Tech got even bigger in the Covid-19 era By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 12:01:14 GMT Lockdowns have elevated the sector that some analysts thought would fall furthest in a recession Full Article