Under the initiative, Amazon will deliver orders to a designated delivery point in the vicinity of the containment zone, from where volunteers will further deliver the packages to customers' doorstep, the company said in a statement.

IIF urged that the hearing should specially involve medical health professionals, academics from IITs and digital rights and public policy experts to provide inputs.

Close to nine crore users had downloaded the Aarogya Setu mobile application till May 4. The Centre has made it mandatory that government and private sector employees use it to bolster efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

The US will reportedly put a temporary ban on the issuance of some work-based visas like the H-1B, which is popular among highly-skilled Indian IT professionals, as well as visas for students and work authorisation that accompanies them, due to the high level of unemployment caused by the coronavirus COVID-19 spread.

US Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary has the coronavirus, the White House said on Friday, making her the second person who works at the White House complex known to test positive for the virus this week.

During the curfew, public sectors will work remotely and private sector activities, excluding vital ones, will be suspended, the statement said. All banks will be closed, but will continue to provide services electronically.

Most of these patients are also experiencing a loss of the sense of taste, said a researcher from University of Cincinnati.

According to China's National Health Commission (NHC), as for Friday 836 asymptomatic cases, including 63 from overseas, were still under medical observation.

Paying his tribute to the father-daughter duo, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy praised them for their “selfless dedication to caring for others.”

By results, the reference is to just one thing - quality of life. The voter wants to know exactly what this government will do for him/her, in real terms. No more bhashans, no empty promises, no fake assurances.

If the second edition of the T20 World Cup was held on paper, India would win it without bowling a single ball or even lifting the bat.

For the manufacturing sector - domestic demand, expensive credit, cash-strapped MSMEs, high cost of setting-up and automation are the big areas of concern. Industry veterans suggest that the only way to revive demand is for the government to keep to its spending targets and streamline policies and processes.

The grim result for the industry, the engine of growth, underlines the pandemic's impact.

The IHS Markit India Services Business Activity Index plunged to 5.4 in April from 49.3 in March, an unprecedented contraction since the survey started over 14 years ago. The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) survey, also known as Services PMI, was based responses from about 400 service sector companies collected from April 7 to 28.

The May 5-7 poll median of more than 40 economists predicted India's annual consumer price inflation fell to 5.68% in April from March's 5.91%, still above the Reserve Bank of India's medium-term target of 4.00%.

Tech companies aren’t the only organizations actively looking for experienced talent in emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. Leaders across a mélange of industries like financial services and various types of consulting are strategically sourcing top technical talent to power future business goals – which means competition is stiff for technologists with […]

The post Train for These 5 Machine Learning and AI Roles Now appeared first on DevelopIntelligence.

DevSecOps gets a lot of industry attention, but inside most companies the reaction – and adoption – is a bit more muted. DevOps, by comparison, is widely accepted in application development. For instance, 85% of respondents in Deloitte’s 2019 future of cyber survey of C-suite executives with security responsibilities said they use DevOps practices. DevSecOps, […]

The post How Are You Dealing with the Shift to DevSecOps? appeared first on DevelopIntelligence.