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DHSS Recommends Nursing Homes and Other Long-Term Care Facilities Temporarily Ban Visitors to Reduce Coronavirus Risk

NEW CASTLE (March 12, 2020) – The Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) is recommending that all Delaware nursing homes, long-term care facilities and adult day-care centers temporarily end visitation as a way to reduce the risk of residents and clients contracting coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The recommendation follows the Centers for Disease Control and […]



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Delaware Division of Public Health Provides Update on Individuals Being Tested

DOVER (March 12, 2020) – The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is providing an update on the number of individuals currently being tested for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In Delaware, DPH is currently monitoring 35 individuals. A total of 44 individuals have been tested for COVID-19, including the 4 individuals who tested positive for […]



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Governor Carney Directs Two-Week Closure of Delaware Public Schools

State to close schools March 16 through 27 to prepare for potential spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney on Friday directed all Delaware public schools close from March 16-27, to allow schools to prepare for potential spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). The following is an excerpt from a letter Governor Carney sent […]




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Watch: Coronavirus Update from March 18 in the Evening

Governor Carney and State Officials give a media briefing on Wednesday March 18, 2020 in the evening, announcing an updated emergency declaration and help for small businesses.




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Alternate Care Sites Announced

SMYRNA (April 6, 2020) – The Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) and the State Health Operations Center (SHOC) are announcing today the designation of alternate care sites (ACS) in New Castle County to accommodate overflow patients from Delaware hospital systems as they begin to experience a surge in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Sites […]



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Additional Alternate Care Site Announced

Smryna – The Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) and the State Health Operations Center (SHOC) are announcing today the plan for an additional alternate care site (ACS) to support Kent and Sussex Counties.  This plan is to accommodate overflow patients from Delaware hospital systems as they begin to experience a surge in patients with coronavirus […]




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Delhi HC allows Bharti Airtel to rectify GST returns, claim Rs 923-crore refund

In a relief to Sunil Bhari-led Bharti Airtel, the Delhi High Court has allowed the telco to rectify its GST returns for July 2017 to September 2017 and thus claim refund of Rs 923 crore, which was denied earlier by the tax department.




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Bengal discom may seek govt guarantee for bank loans to meet expenses

West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company (WBSEDCL) is likely to seek bank guarantee from the state to take fresh loans so that it can meet salary expenses for its 18,000-odd workers for May.




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OMCs to cut margins: Steep fuel tax hikes swell Centre’s pocket, collection to touch Rs 1.4-lakh-crore/year

The steep hikes on auto fuel taxes - Rs 10/litre on petrol and Rs 13/litre on diesel – announced by the Centre late Tuesday won’t inflate the retail prices of these fuels immediately.




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Around 40 laid off from Jet Airways’ remaining staff, lenders to decide on fresh round of EoIs

The Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a severe blow to the already grounded and insolvent Jet Airways. About 40 people who were a part of Jet’s asset preservation team were let go earlier this week.




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BSNL employee union backs purchase from foreign firms, calls Indian products substandard

The union said it was unfair to direct BSNL alone to buy local 4G equipment, largely untested and of substandard quality, from inexperienced companies while letting private operators buy from global players.




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India Post provides Rs 720-cr cash at doorsteps via AePS since March 25

During the period, around 2.7 crore Post Office Savings Bank transactions were carried out involving more than Rs 40,000 crore, while 1.3 crore India Post Payments Banks (IPPB) transactions were carried out worth Rs 2,854 crore.




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Sify eyes cloud, network access and e-learning for growth post lockdown

The company is currently addressing the upgrade and downgrade requirements of customers, based on demand.




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2020 to be year of survival for entrepreneurs; here’s why Covid is true test of ease of doing business

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: All the government services like clearances, issuing licenses, approvals etc. should be online and time-bound. The onus of delay should be on the officer concerned and be made liable for payment of damages for causing delays.




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ArcelorMittal reports $1.1 billion net loss in March quarter

"ArcelorMittal recorded a net loss for quarter 1, 2020 of USD 1.1 billion... as compared to a net loss for quarter 4, 2019 of USD 1.9 billion and a net income for quarter 1, 2019 of USD 0.4 billion," the company said. 




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Swiggy co-founder Rahul Jaimini quits after six years; to join this edtech startup

A founder leaving a large internet company hasn’t been a very common move in the Indian startup ecosystem. Nonetheless, in a similar instance, Zomato’s co-founder Pankaj Chaddah had left the company in 2018 after 10 years.




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ONGC, OIL earnings to decline, credit metrics weaken due to lower oil prices: Moody’s

Oil prices in the international markets last month slumped to a two-decade low of USD 18 per barrel before rebounding by some measure.




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MSME sector on verge of collapse, says Union Minister Nitin Gadkari

The minister also noted that the pendency of dues owed to MSME units by the central government, state governments, public sector undertakings and major industries was "very high".




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Govt expects over 300% jump in restructured MSME loans by year-end; urges industries to clear dues

Credit and Finance for MSMEs: Nitin Gadkari said that the government has made some decisions to help MSMEs grow in the post-Covid scenario such as increasing their working capital limit by 20 per cent.




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Have requested FM Sitharaman to expedite tax refunds for firms: MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari

The minister emphasized that special focus towards export enhancement is the need of the hour. He highlighted the need to focus on import substitution to replace imports with domestic production.




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Aarogya Setu app to be available on JioPhones soon: Report

Aarogya Setu is currently available on iOS and Android, and nearly 9 crore users have already downloaded the app.




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Aarogya Setu: Govt mulls open-source architecture for app

The developers contacted him and concluded that no personal information of any user has been proven to be at risk by the ethical hacker.




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Govt mulls making Aarogya Setu more transparent amid privacy concerns

Aarogya Setu was developed by the National Informatics Centre to help contact-tracing of at-risk individuals in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.




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Tirupur garment cluster adopts steady approach, sees no labour shortage

The units situated within the corporate limits have been allowed to have 25-30% workforce capacity initially and the units situated outside the corporation will have 50% workforce capacity.




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Reliance JioPhone user? Soon get Aarogya Setu app on your fingertips

India, which has imposed the world’s biggest shutdown to battle the spread of the coronavirus, last month launched the Aarogya Setu (Health Bridge) app — a Bluetooth and GPS-based application which alerts users who may have come in contact with people who later test positive for COVID-19.




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Xiaomi Mi 10, Mi True Wireless Earphones 2, Mi Box India launch today; here’s how you can watch online, everything to know

Xiaomi Mi 10, Mi True Wireless Earphones 2, and Mi Box will be launched in India today via an online-only keynote event.




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IndiGo announces salary cuts for top management from May amid coronavirus lockdown

Budget carrier IndiGo has said that it will have to cut salaries of senior management from May as coronavirus lockdown continues its onslaught on the aviation industry. IndiGo paid full salaries in March and April but now we have to implement pay cuts for senior employees from May, Ronjoy Dutta, CEO, IndiGo, said on Friday, […]




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Air India pilots plead govt to give money to pay 3 months’ pending salaries

"The management has completely given up saying there is no money and has no plans on when and how they can pay our wages without Government support," the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) and Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) said on Thursday in a joint communication to Puri.




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Xiaomi Mi Box 4K launched in India to take on Amazon Fire TV Stick; here are all details

Xiaomi says the Mi Box 4K has been designed to turn any regular feature TV into a smart TV, sort of like the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K.




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Xiaomi’s Mi True Wireless Earphones 2 look like Apple AirPods but cost way less; details inside

Launched alongside the Mi 10 flagship phone and Mi Box 4K, on Friday, the Mi True Wireless Earphones 2 look a lot like the Apple AirPods but they cost way less.




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OnePlus announces OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z India availability details, gets Flipkart on-board for sales

OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z price in India is Rs 1,999 and the product will be available in three options, black, blue and oat.




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Dharmendra Pradhan hints at new gas policy, says low oil prices no answer

Pradhan did not elaborate on the policy reforms planned. The BJP-led government had in October 2014 evolved a new pricing formula using rates prevalent in gas surplus nations like the US, Canada and Russia to determine the price in a net importing country. Prices using this formula are calculated semi-annually.




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Maharashtra mulls home delivery of liquor amid fear of coronavirus

Days after the government eased restrictions on the sale of alcohol, Maharashtra government is mulling on allowing home delivery of alcohol to avoid people from gathering.




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Xiaomi Mi Box 4K: What is it, what does it do and how does it compare with Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K

The Mi Box 4K, like every other Xiaomi product out there, also punches way above its weight when it comes to feature set and pricing.




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Gmail Redesign: 5 Things Marketers Need To Know

Google's Gmail update went live this week. Here's what marketers need to know




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Cartoon: Gated-Ade

Young entrepreneurs are crushing it on collecting personal data




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6 Email Marketing Tips To Stand Out In The Inbox

Bring some 'oomph' to your audience with these simple content hacks




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CEO shares Realme X3 SuperZoom photo, confirms 60x zoom

CEO Madhav Sheth officially confirmed that the Realme X3 SuperZoom is coming - and that it will have a 60x zoom camera. He shared a photo of the Milky Way taken with the phone's Starry Mode and challenges you to try and get a better shot with your current phone. So, this is clearly a periscope camera that we're talking about, likely with 6x optical zoom. Of course, the 60x magnification is achieved with digital processing, but astro-photography relies on a lot of computational skills anyway (astronomers have been doing image stacking for years before phones started doing it). The shared...




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Xiaomi brings Mi 10, Mi Box, new Mi True Wireless earphones to India

Xiaomi had a massive announcement today in India - the company finally introduced the Mi 10 smartphone, the Mi True Wireless Earphones 2, and also unveiled the Mi Box 4K - an Android TV gadget for streaming video content with voice-assisted remote control. The Xiaomi Mi 10 comes with Snapdragon 865 chipset and 8 GB RAM, while storage is either 128 GB or 256 GB. The price is INR49,999 ($660/€610) or INR54,999 ($727/€672), but some fans might be disappointed to learn that the Mi 10 Pro won't be arriving in India for now. They are left with the vanilla version that has a 108 MP main...




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Honor X10 5G photos from Everest shared before phone's announcement, Honor 30 Pro+ shots too

A few days ago China sent a survey team to study Mt. Everest, today they reached the Advanced Base Camp at 6,500m (21,300ft). What's interesting about this expedition (besides the scientific work that it will do) is that two photographers, Li Pu and Cai Qing, used two Honor phones to capture some beautiful shots. One of these was the Honor X10 5G, which hasn't been officially announced yet (so these are the first official camera samples from the phone). The five shots have 10MP resolution, since pixel binning was used - the X10 will feature a custom Sony IMX600ysensor with 40MP raw...




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Meizu HD60 ANC headphones arrive with Sony-powered noise cancellation

The Meizu HD60 ANC over-ear headphones were unveiled alongside the Meizu 17 flagships and they are a serious piece of kit. They feature active noise cancellation, of course, but there's more to them than that. Meizu HD60 ANC over-ear headphones The HD60 is Hi-Res certified, so it will deliver high-quality audio. They connect over Bluetooth 5.0 and support aptX. There's an analog plug if you want to use a 3.5mm jack too. Noise cancellation is implemented by two chips. Sony's CDX3775 handles the ANC part while a Qualcomm chip with cVc does noise reduction during...




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Redmi 9 listed on Xiaomi's official site as launch nears

The Redmi 9 just popped up on Xiaomi's global RF certification page, confirming that the phone exists and its model number - M2004J19G. This number was also spotted in a batch of devices that were recently certified by the 3C. These certifications don't reveal much. A related model, the M2004J19C, is listed at the 3C with a 10W charger, though that would be a weird downgrade - both the Redmi 8 and the cheaper 8A support 18W charging. Anyway, these will be 4G phones, which probably comes as no surprise. Previous leaks showed a photo of the quad camera on the back of the phone, which...




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Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo and vivo set to restart manufacturing in India

After implementing a countrywide lockdown in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian government has begun to slowly lift its restrictions. These measures forced manufacturers like Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo and vivo to temporarily suspend their smartphone production but with the eased restrictions all four are getting back to normal working conditions. Samsung Noida factory Samsung India issued a statement where it confirmed smartphone production in its Noida factory has already been restarted in limited capacity. Xiaomi also confirmed its manufacturing partner Foxconn has been...




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LG Q70 lands at Verizon starting at $239.99

Today Verizon has launched the LG Q70, and it's already available to order online from the carrier. If you want to get it outright, you'll have to pay $349.99, which is the full retail price. However, if you don't mind choosing Verizon's installment plan, you'll pay $0 down then followed by 24 monthly installments of $9.99, adding up to a total of just $239.99. That's definitely a good price, so you may be wondering what you're getting in return. The Q70 was unveiled back in August of last year, when it was the Korean company's first handset to come with a punch-hole selfie camera....




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LG Stylo 6 leaked render reveals notched display and triple rear cameras

LG announced the Stylo 5 last June and it seems the company will soon unveil its successor Stylo 6 that has appeared in a press render shared by reliable leakster Evan Blass. Unlike its predecessor, the LG Stylo 6 packs a notched display surrounded by slimmer bezels at the top and bottom. On the back, the Stylo 6 features a triple camera setup placed horizontally as opposed to the single camera on the Stylo 5. The back of the Stylo 6 also houses a fingerprint scanner for biometric authentication. LG Stylo 6 • LG Stylo 5 On the right side of the Stylo 6 is the power button...




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Vivo iQOO Z1 earns its 3C certification

MediaTek and vivo have been entangled in a rather quickly-developing plotline, during the last couple of days. It revolves around the announcement of the Dymensity 1000+ chipset, followed immediately by various hints from vivo of an ambassador phone for said chipset - the iQOO Z1. Merely hours later, a mysterious vivo phone, bearing the model number V1986A, has popped-up on the 3C certification authority website. Putting two and two together, this is likely the iQOO Z1, which appears to be heading towards and imminent release. The document confirms 5G support on the phone, as well...




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Leaked Samsung Galaxy A21s render shows a familiar design

The Samsung Galaxy A21s has been popping-up in the rumor mill from time to time, over the last couple of months. Now, a new leak claims to showcase a render of its front side. It's a slightly odd, yet totally believable development, since the front of the phone, as shown here, looks nearly identical to a set of recent Galaxy A21 leaked renders. Not only that, but the Galaxy A11 and M11 appear to be in the exact same boat, as well. Interestingly enough, despite their lower standing in the lineup, the latter two sems to show slimmer chins and top bezels in their respective renders. Alongside...




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UK Home Secretary Says Post-Brexit Minimum Salary Threshold will be 36k Pounds

The UK Home Secretary will be asked to raise the recommended £30,000 minimum salary threshold for all latest international workers to defend lower-paid British workers.At the moment, the limitation only appeals to non-EU migrants, but it's assumed…




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Recent Update Regarding the EU Settlement Scheme in the UK

The UK Government aims to leave the European Union on 31 October 2019 at 11 pm. This will result in loss of Freedom of movement in the present form on that date and time, in case there is a No-Deal for it. All the EU clients need to secure their status…




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English Language Skills Necessary in the New Immigration System of UK

The English language abilities of an applicant are likely to get a rank based on proficiency in the new British visa regime that is getting finalized by UK after it makes an exit from the EU.UK Immigration and Need for an Evaluation The authorities…