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Remote Working: Working from home brings a whole new dimension to cybersecurity

There are dozens of ways to access networks and today, remote offices are common.




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Expansion of equalisation levy: Why it’s not well-timed

By expanding the scope of equalisation levy to cover foreign e-commerce platforms, India has rushed to incrementally cast its net wide insofar as the digital service user-base is concerned.




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Techsplained: How Alexa, Siri, Google listen you to provide search results

As IBM Watson has been able to achieve some scale, the company believes that by putting the NLP technology in commercial use it will be able to expand its capabilities much further.




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WiFi usage down marginally in weeks starting March 9, shows Opensignal data

The decrease in WiFi usage can also be attributed to people staying at homes.




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Icra highlights exports uncertainty in Basmati business due to Covid-19

Going forward, price trends would be a function of demand. Both domestic and exports demand will be key determining factors affecting price trends.




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Indian Immunologicals, Griffith University of Australia developing vaccine against Covid-19

IIL is already working with Griffith University for conducting R&D of Zika virus vaccine which is currently at pre-clinical toxicology testing stage.




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Airtel tops the chart on download speed: Opensignal report

Airtel emerged on the top in terms of latency experience with an average response time of 54.1 milliseconds, followed by Jio at 56.3 ms.




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Trai pulls up mobile operators over extension of validity

Trai on March 29 had asked all the telecom operators to extend the validity of talk-time of their pre-paid subscribers so that they continue to get uninterrupted services.




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Business & COVID-19: Public cloud to the rescue

This is the most crucial time to leverage the power of exponential technologies, especially cloud. Any organisation that is still in two-minds about moving to the cloud; needs to embark on a cloud adoption process immediately.




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Onsitego: Financial support matters too

This startup has launched a fund to support service partners affected by Covid-19.




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CSIR-CCMB developing digital platform to help in surveillance of coronavirus spread

CCMB and Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), New Delhi are working together on the whole genome sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 virus isolates which will help them to understand the evolution of the virus and its spread route.




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$4.7-m deal with Swiss firm: SC sets aside arbitration award against Nafed

Nafed, a canalizing agency for the GoI, and Alimenta had entered into a contract for supply of 5,000 tonne Indian groundnut during1979-80.




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Wi-Fi calling: Work for home clicks with fixed broadband sector, says Crisil

Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI) said this was a good opportunity for the sector. The association also raised its long-standing demand of allowing active infrastructure sharing to include internet service provider (ISP) players, which is available to all other licences.




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Covid-19 lockdown: Trai to conduct discussions via video conferencing from May 6

The official also said as the social distancing norms will remain in effect in near future, it has to start conducting its discussions and other work online.




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After Adityanath, deputy CM Dinesh Sharma does a Kejriwal, pays surprise visit college in Lucknow

"Students say that they believe in giving exams without cheating" Sharma said.




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Relief for celebrities, guidelines to check veracity of ad claims now possible; Srinivasan Swamy, Chairman, ASCI explains how

Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) recently announced a set of guidelines that will help celebrities to perform due diligence on a product or brand they wish to endorse.




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Moto G5 priced at Rs 11,999 makes good first impressions

Moto G5 makes a good first impression with its high-end features




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EGov: Panasonic eyes projects under Smart Cities mission in Guwahati, Jabalpur

The Japanese electronics firm has bagged city surveillance projects in Bhopal and Ludhiana. It is now eyeing projects under Smart Cities mission in Guwahati and Jabalpur.




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IndusInd Bank MD & CEO Romesh Sobti: We don’t rule out acquisitions

Refusing to clear the air on the buzz around the bank acquiring a microfinance lender, Sobti said the bank’s microfinance portfolio will grow to Rs 10,000 crore from Rs 3,000 crore over the next three years.




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Expect terminal growth of 6% for PNB Housing Fin

The Q4FY17 PAT was Rs 150 crore (47% y-o-y), 9% below our estimate. PPOP was 2% below estimate driven by lower NII, offset partially by lower costs.




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In Asia’s high-yield bond battle, Indonesia set to gain upper hand over India

In contrast, Indonesia’s improving fiscal status and aggressive monetary policy stance in the face of global headwinds have burnished the nation’s assets in the eyes of investors.




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Corporation Bank swings back in black as provisions decrease sharp 73 per cent

NII is the difference between interest earned and interest paid by a bank. The lender’s asset quality improved q-o-q with gross non-performing assets (NPA) of 17.36%, down 10 basis points over Q2FY19.




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Govt to sell up to 3% stake in Axis Bank to meet Rs 80,000 cr disinvestment target

At the end of December 2018, Suuti held a 9.56% stake in Axis Bank. The OFS is part of the government’s move to meet its disinvestment target of Rs 80,000 crore for FY19.




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HDFC Bank March advances rise 5%, deposits grow 17%

he bank said it has purchased loans aggregating Rs 19.24 billion through the direct assignment route under the home loan arrangement with Housing Development Finance Corporation, during the quarter ended March this year.




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SBI is geared to meet any additional demand for housing loans

The bank, which witnessed a spike in NPAs in its home loan portfolio post the merger of the associate banks, expects the NPA levels to dip with improvements in underwriting and recoveries.




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Big is beautiful: Lakshmi Vilas Bank, Indiabulls Housing to merge

The Indiabulls board has constituted a reorganisation committee headed by SS Mundra, independent director on the board of Indiabulls and former RBI deputy governor, to undertake necessary decisions in relation to the proposed merger.




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IndusInd Bank prices maiden dollar bond at 185 bps over US Treasury yield

The initial price guidance stood at 210 bps over the US Treasury. The bank indicated that with 3.5 times over-subscription, the final price tightened by 25 bps.




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Designing minimum income guarantee post-Covid-19 collapse

Transfer amounts should also be linked to CPI. While PM-KISAN covers only farmers and is much more expensive and exclusive, such a transfer would avoid narrow coverage, also avoiding inclusion/exclusion errors




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Inside Track: Amid COVID-19 crisis, steps seem afoot to ensure Rahul Gandhi returns as Congress president

The impression was reinforced when Rajnath Singh, and not Shah, was appointed last month to head the 15- member high-power ministerial committee coordinating with states on ensuring movement of essential supplies during the lockdown.




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The 40-70 rule of decision-making

Leaders should take a decision when they have 40-70% of the information required for taking that decision.




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Coronavirus crisis: Politics of a pandemic

The Centre's fiscal management of the Covid crisis vis-a-vis availability of funds to states might result in creating a coercive, rather than a cooperative federalism.




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India’s lightbulb moment: Not using this crisis for meaningful energy sector reform would be a waste

The trend of low power demand, now furthered in the post-Covid economy, and increased RE generation, will continue to put a ceiling on the PLF of the thermal fleet.




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COVID-19 crisis and the art of giving

A case could be made out for including chief ministers' relief funds in the list of entities eligible for corporate CSR funding




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Coronavirus crisis: India simply can’t afford another lockdown extension

Even supporting the poor—whose numbers will double—can cost Rs 65,000-130,000 crore per month




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Covid crisis: Govt orders like no pay and job cut can severely dent business confidence

Government orders on waiver of rents impinge on contractual rights.




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Dressing Covid numbers: Bengal’s handling of the Covid outbreak raises many questions

Bengal’s handling of the Covid outbreak raises many questions.




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What govts need to learn from Covid-19 crisis

Today, when the US, China, UK, France, etc, which spend much more on healthcare than other nations are facing a crisis, one can very well understand how bad the situation could have been if the outbreak was in the third world, where a majority of global poor live with very little or no access to public health care. The situation would have been much worse.




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Covid crisis: India at the cliff edge of a rating downgrade

India’s Achilles heel on ratings is its parlous state of fiscal affairs and the risk of a sharp deterioration of government debt to potentially ~75-80% of GDP.




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Coordinating Covid-Response: Global coordination needed to tackle Covid-19 crisis

The world must use this opportunity to fund global public goods and rebuild global systems to fight the right battles.




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Building a resilient India: COVID-19 crisis is an opportunity to redefine tax policy and law

The Covid 19 crisis is an opportunity to redefine tax policy and law. A calibrated approach to balance welfare economics with a vision to pioneer economic activity and national growth is needed.




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Virtually Real: Gaming has been serious business for some time, but Fortnite’s experiment shows the success of metaverse

Gaming has been serious business for some time, but Fortnite’s experiment shows the success of metaverse.




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Covid crisis: States must be assigned their rightful role

The basic decision making on the ground must be left to the states and should involve municipal corporations and wards.




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Challenges beyond Covid-19 crisis: UGC should seriously think about an SAT-style entrance test

Covid-19 presents an opportunity for UGC to push for US SAT-style common entrance exam




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División de Servicios Sociales de Delaware Aprobados para la EBT debido a la Pandemia para Alimentar a los Niños

NEW CASTLE (5 de mayo de 2020) – El 1 de mayo, la División de Servicios Sociales fue aprobada por el Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA, por sus siglas en inglés) para operar la Transferencia Electrónica de Beneficios Debido a la Pandemia (P-EBT, por sus siglas en inglés), un programa nuevo autorizado […]



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Public Health Announces 166 Additional Positive Cases; 8 New Deaths

The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is announcing eight additional fatalities related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is providing an update on the number of positive cases and recovered individuals. All data reported through the daily updates are based on data received as of 6 p.m. the previous day.



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Massive 6,000 mAh Realme battery gets certified

After successfully topping our all-time battery life chart, with the 5,000 mAh pack inside the Realme 6i, which you can read more about here, the Chinese company apparently has its sight set even higher. A TUV certification filing for a particular BLP793 battery pack has now been brought to light. Mainly since its rated capacity is a whopping 6,000 mAh. Well, 5,860mAh, to be precise, with a typical capacity of 6,000 mAh. But, the point stands. Battery certification The jury is now out on which phone we can expect to see this pack in. That's more guess-work than anything else,...




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Coronavirus vaccine: Italy gains significant ground in vaccine development for Covid-19 pandemic

The scientists tested their vaccine on mice. The mice developed antibodies immediately after a single injection, which prevented the virus from infecting human cells. Researchers selected 2 of the five candidates for the vaccine after studying them with the best results.




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Developing the Covid-19 Vaccine: challenges, stages and possibilities

In the age of social media, digital technology, IoT and 3D printers, it is difficult for a lot of people to understand the delays in creation of a vaccine for the new disease.




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COVID-19: After impressive fight against coronavirus, Kerala steps up guard against ‘invisible enemy’

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has time and again sought to drive home the point that complacency cannot be afforded despite a seemingly better show.




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Coronavirus pandemic: Taiwan makes new push for inclusion in World Health Assembly

Chen Shih-chung told international media at a news conference that global health officials "have not been honest and failed in their responsibilities," in an apparent reference to the UN World Health Organization that oversees the assembly.