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India's tourist industry sees crisis looming from coronavirus visa ban

With just 73 confirmed cases of the virus and no deaths, India, a country of 1.3 billion people, has so far fared better than elsewhere in Asia, Europe and North America. But experts say India's already overstretched medical system would struggle to deal with a major rise in serious cases.




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COVID-19: Travel, hospitality companies assure customer-support

"We are closely working with all our airline and hotel partners on lenient customer policies for date change, cancellations and waivers in the face of evolving travel trends and are seamlessly passing the waiver benefits to our customers, as applicable," MakeMyTrip said in the letter.




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IATO seeks relief from government to tide over COVID-19 crisis

IATO said it seeks a financial bailout package to defray the salaries of the employees and operational cost of offices based on the turnover of the company in last financial year. IATO also that said it also seeks a 9 to 12 months deferment (without any interest) on all principle and interest payments on bank loans.




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Covid-19 Impact: Now, travel from home virtually

Sensing a long-term lull in overseas travel, the Ministry of Tourism launched ‘Dekho Apna Desh’, a webinar series hosted by experts who will share key nuggets and information on destinations like Varanasi, Pondicherry, Ladakh, Kolkata and Lucknow.




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Do payment wallets have a business case for India? If not, what's next for them?

High mortality and fast-changing fortunes are a given when it comes to payments ecosystem, much like food-ordering and ecommerce marketplaces.




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Can digital money buy what money can't?

Digital wallets need to look beyond purely functional benefits to catch on in India, argues Leo Burnett’s Dheeraj Sinha.




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Can India's first multi-bank mobile payment platform, Chillr, stand up to a fight from wallet biggies?

It has been billed as the 'WhatsApp of money'.




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For mobile wallet players, it's survival of the fittest, not the fastest

Bhavik Vasa, chief growth officer of ItzCash, contends the market opportunity is huge as 85% of the population is still dealing with cash.




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'The Kim Kardashian Principle' author on hate being a 'status symbol' and why shameless sells

Author Jeetendr Sehdev says that he is living and breathing the KKP.




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Future Group's Devendra Chawla on why eating healthy is likely to remain on the 'to do' list

It is that moment of impulse, where satiation of a craving overtakes all rationale and emotions.




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By Diwali we will be back with a bang, says Micromax's Rahul Sharma

The Micromax chief is not unnerved with the over-the-top aggression of Chinese rivals who have been 'burning' money on a marketing blitzkrieg.




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Wall Street's brightest minds reveal the most important charts in the world

We asked dozens of our favorite analysts, economists, strategists, and portfolio managers on Wall Street and around the world to send us their most important charts.




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Analyst: The stock market's wolf may finally be close at hand

In his latest note, Jonathan Krinsky of MKM Partners, uses parable of the boy who cried wolf to describe the past year and a half of action in the stock market.




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IBM's Sriram Rajan advises how telecom companies can use analytics

Thanks to the increasing penetration of smartphones India is transitioning from a 'mobile first' to 'mobile only' country.




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Professionals struggle with letting people go, but entrepreneurs don't as much, says Shaadi.com's Anupam Mittal

When you are hiring someone, they should basically understand the culture of your organisation, says Shaadi.com's Anupam Mittal.




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Built a fantastic team of over 3000 people across 22 countries, says Zomato's Deepinder Goyal

Till about a year ago, I was fairly hands-on in the hiring process, says Zomato's Deepinder Goyal.




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In a startup environment, there is no clear structure or process, says Faasos's Revant Bhate

Management at Faasos are not people from food industry but mostly entrepreneurs who wanted to build something different on their own, says Revant Bhate.




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India's fuel demand nearly halves in April amid lockdown

State fuel retailers in India sold 50% less refined fuel in the first two weeks of April than the same time a year earlier as the country came to a standstill due to the lockdown that was put in place on March 24.




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Adani Gas invokes ‘force majeure’ amidst Covid-19 lockdown

The Gautam Adani-led utility firm that sells piped natural gas (PNG) to households and compressed natural gas (CNG) for vehicles hopes to make up for the lost time on new projects once the lockdown is over and is sticking to its capital expenditure plan of Rs 1,500 crore for the current fiscal, its CEO Suresh Manglani has said.




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Liquidity position strong, can cater to liabilities for 6-7 months amid COVID-19 crisis: SCNL

In addition to the Rs 1,600 crore liquidity position, the company said it has undrawn sanctions of Rs 900 crore as on March 31, 2020. The Gurugram-headquartered micro lender also said that it will offer moratorium to all the existing borrowers across India.




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States raise Covid-19 concern to check stubble burning

Even though much of the stubble of wheat is used as animal fodder but farmers resort to open field burning to get rid of the leftover stalk. Around 11400 incidents of open field burning were recorded as per satellite imagery in Punjab and 7500 in Haryana last year post kharif harvest.




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Tamil Nadu's farm-to-table scheme takes off

Tamil Nadu's farm-to-table initiative has come to fruition rather unexpectedly, owing to the outbreak of Covid-19.




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India exports 33.5 lakh tonnes sugar so far in 2019-20 marketing year

The government has allowed export of 60 lakh tonnes of sugar under Maximum Admissible Export Quota (MAEQ) during 2019-20 marketing year to liquidate surplus sugar in global markets. The country had exported 38 lakh tonnes of sugar during 2018-19 marketing year.




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Covid-19 crisis has highlighted e-commerce importance,cooperation in cross-border goods, services movement: WTO

Highlighting that network capacity and higher bandwidth services have proved to be crucial, not only during the pandemic itself, but also for e-commerce and economic inclusion in general, it said in an information note: “What can WTO members do to improve communications networks and services?”




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Manulife Investment Management acquires 49 percent in Mahindra AMC

The joint venture will focus on expansion of fund offerings and long term wealth creation.





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COVID-19: Hard times for lower-ranked tennis players

While tennis is a lucrative sport for those at the top -- the 2020 Australian Open singles champions each took home A$4.12 million ($2.52 million) -- those in the lower echelons often struggle to make ends meet.




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PIX: 'Homebody' Osaka making the most of isolation

Following a whirlwind few years, Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka can be forgiven for taking time to reset and relax as the sporting world goes on an indefinite pause due to the coronavirus crisis. Osaka, a two-time Grand Slam winner who also became the first Japanese player to reach world number one, had been preparing for another action-packed summer including her Olympics debut on home soil at Tokyo 2020.




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COVID-19: UK Paralympian battles virus in scrubs

Daybell said that after a difficult few months a sense of normality was returning to the COVID-19 ward in the north London hospital where he works.




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PIX: South Korea's K-League kicks off

K-League season started on Friday with a match between Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Suwon Samsung Bluewings played without spectators




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Corones' competition law in Australia / Arlen Duke

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Australian Veterans' Recognition (Putting Veterans and their Families First) Bill 2019 [Provisions] / The Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee

Australia. Parliament. Senate. Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, author, issuing body




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Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Support for Infrastructure Financing) Bill 2019 [Provisions] / The Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee

Australia. Parliament. Senate. Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, author, issuing body




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Water Amendment (Purchase Limit Repeal) Bill 2019 / The Senate, Environment and Communications References Committee

Australia. Parliament. Senate. Environment and Communications References Committee, author, issuing body




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Austrade's role in attracting investment in Australia / Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth

Australia. Parliament. Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth, author, issuing body




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Powell-Smith & Furmston's building contract casebook / Michael Furmston

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Customs Amendment (Immediate Destruction of Illicit Tobacco) Bill 2019 [Provisions] / The Senate, Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee

Australia. Parliament. Senate. Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, author, issuing body




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Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2019 [Provisions] and Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment Bill 2019 [Provisions] / The Senate, Rural and Regional Affairs and T

Australia. Parliament. Senate. Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committe, author, issuing body




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Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Tax Integrity and Other Measures No. 1) Bill 2019 [Provisions] / The Senate, Economics Legislation Committee

Australia. Parliament. Senate. Economics Legislation Committee, author, issuing body




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Farm Household Support Amendment (Relief Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2019 [Provisions] / The Senate, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee

Australia. Parliament. Senate. Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee




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Customs Amendment (Product Specific Rule Modernisation) Bill 2019 [Provisions] / The Senate, Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee

Australia. Parliament. Senate. Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, author, issuing body




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HBR's 10 must reads on managing across cultures




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HBR's 10 must reads on innovation




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HBR's 10 must reads on change management




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HBR's 10 must reads on making smart decisions




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HBR's 10 must reads on teams




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The essential guide to doing your research project / Zina O'Leary

O'Leary, Zina, author




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The innovator's dilemma : when new technologies cause great firms to fail / Clayton M. Christensen

Christensen, Clayton M., author




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The healthy workplace nudge : how healthy people, cultures and buildings lead to high performance / Rex Miller, Phillip Williams, and Dr. Michael O'Neill

Miller, M. Rex, 1955- author




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Organization development : a practitioner's guide for OD and HR / Mee-Yan Cheung-Judge, And Linda Holbeche

Cheung-Judge, Mee-Yan, author