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What are Covid-19 personal loans?

The interest rate on a COVID loan is lower than a personal loan and can vary from 8%-15% per annum. The loan term varies from 6 months to 5 years.




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Covid-19 outbreak: Donald Trump suspends 'all travel from Europe' to US for 30 days

Covid-19 outbreak: Donald Trump suspends 'all travel from Europe' to US for 30 days





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Covid-19 outbreak: ECB unveils stimulus boost to overcome virus shock

Covid-19 outbreak: ECB unveils stimulus boost to overcome virus shock





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Covid-19 to impact domestic as well global growth: RBI governor

Covid-19 to impact domestic as well global growth: RBI governor





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GST collections fall below Rs 1 lakh cr-mark, March revenues stand at Rs 97,597 cr

GST collections fall below Rs 1 lakh cr-mark, March revenues stand at Rs 97,597 cr





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COVID-19 impact: OYO cuts 25% of fixed pay of employees; some staff sent on leave

COVID-19 impact: OYO cuts 25% of fixed pay of employees; some staff sent on leave





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3 deals in 3 weeks: Mukesh Ambani’s plans on track to make Reliance debt-free despite COVID-19 pandemic

3 deals in 3 weeks: Mukesh Ambani’s plans on track to make Reliance debt-free despite COVID-19 pandemic





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Uber loses $2.9 billion, offloads bike and scooter business

Earlier this week, Uber said it was cutting 3,700 full-time workers, or about 14 per cent of its workforce, as people avoiding contagion either stay indoors or try to limit contact with others.




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Indian startup, Nocca Robotics, plans to ship COVID-19 ventilator from May-end

The price of imported ventilators starts from Rs 8 lakh and goes up to as high as Rs 25 lakh a unit.




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Centre rolls out Air India's disinvestment process, seeks Expression of Interest

Centre rolls out Air India's disinvestment process, seeks Expression of Interest





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Amazon files writ petition in K'taka HC seeking stay on CCI probe order

Amazon files writ petition in K'taka HC seeking stay on CCI probe order





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Economic impact of COVID-19: Industry offered full support to PM Modi, says Pawan Goenka

Economic impact of COVID-19: Industry offered full support to PM Modi, says Pawan Goenka





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India Inc gradually inches back to work, here's an industry-wise analysis

India Inc gradually inches back to work, here's an industry-wise analysis





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Covid-19 crisis: SpiceJet to pay part salaries to 92% of employees, no job cuts

Covid-19 crisis: SpiceJet to pay part salaries to 92% of employees, no job cuts





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Micro enterprises best placed to help economy come out of COVID-19 crisis: Report

The economy has been severely impacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic but the government and policymakers are looking for segments that are in the best position to help revive the economic activity the quickest.




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Oil demand seen steady in 2019 but OPEC supply, trade risks loom: IEA

Oil demand seen steady in 2019 but OPEC supply, trade risks loom: IEA





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Government hikes ethanol price by Rs 2.85/litre for 2018-19

Government hikes ethanol price by Rs 2.85/litre for 2018-19





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Indian-American among NASA's new astronauts; all set to conquer Moon, Mars

Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari, an Indian-American US Air Force colonel, is among 11 new NASA graduates who have successfully completed their over two years' of basic astronaut training . Astronaut candidate training included practice, and testing in spacewalking, robotics, International Space Station systems, T-38 jet proficiency, and Russian language.




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'Nothing adverse' in overseas remittance data, says CBDT

“The Directorate of Intelligence & Criminal Investigation (I&CI) of the income tax department during August and September 2019 obtained LRS data from several banks in Mumbai and Delhi and verification of the top 100 cases was undertaken. However, nothing adverse was found,” said the report, which was submitted to SIT probing black money earlier this year.




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Priti Patel launches UK's ‘historic' points-based visa system

The new system will come into force from January 1, 2021 at the end of the transition period after the UK's exit from the European Union (EU) on January 31, which will formally end free movement of people within the economic bloc for the UK as a non-member. The new post-Brexit system, which will apply equally to the EU and non-EU countries like India.




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COVID-19: Centre extends visas of foreigners in India till April 15

According to a Union Home Ministry notification, a number of foreign nationals are in the country since imposition of travel restrictions and are unable to exit the country during the validity of their visa.




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Indian-origin UK medics chief warns doctors' lives being put at risk

According to a recent survey, more than half of doctors working in high-risk environments said there were either shortages or no supply at all of adequate face masks, while 65 per cent said they did not have access to eye protection. Furthermore, 55 per cent said they felt "pressurised" to work in a high-risk area despite not having adequate PPE.




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India studying Donald Trump's executive order on immigration

The temporary suspension of immigration will affect those who are legally seeking entry into the United States for employment but it will not impact the ones who are already living in the country, the order said.




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Indians at greater risk from COVID-19 in UK's health sector: Report

"Indian men are 150 per cent more likely to work in health or social care roles than their white British counterparts," according to the report.




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Why Udacity wants employees to remix Taylor Swift, do one-armed push-ups, or play 'Rock Band' blindfolded

Over the past few years, the company has had meditation sessions, K-pop dance routines, and puppy tricks punctuate its weekly, Wednesday-afternoon meeting.




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Register as a delegate with the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce's upcoming conference.

Register as a delegate with the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce's upcoming conference.




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Lady Gaga's former manager and Uber investor Troy Carter hand picks the next six hot startups

Carter managed Lady Gaga from early into her career to worldwide stardom until he was fired in 2013. Carter and his talent agency, Atom Factory, manage pop stars.




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Ousted Men's Wearhouse founder has a new startup that rents you tuxes

George Zimmer, the ousted founder of the $2.3 billion men's clothing retailer Men's Wearhouse, seeks $40 million at a valuation of $100 million for Generation Tux.




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Billionaire VC: Startups are spending way too much on useless 'window dressing'

There's too much money in tech, and it's caused huge problems for both the companies and San Francisco alike, said billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya.




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Mark Zuckerberg's sister is joining VC firm Kleiner Perkins

Arielle Zuckerberg, who has worked at Google and most recently worked at mobile app management startup Humin, will join Kleiner next month.




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India's about to hand people data Americans can only dream of

Backed by the Reserve Bank of India, it’s an ambitious approach that combines privacy protection with credit reporting: if it works, it could unlock the credit market for millions of Indians while offering new levels of data security and consumer control.




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Covid-19: Using AI and data science to combat health pandemics

Tech platforms, telecom companies and governments need to come together at a time like this to work together towards addressing the balance between protecting individual privacy and data sharing that is critical to the public good.




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'Indians 3rd biggest investor in US realty market at $8 bn'

25% of the international realty market in London also belongs to Indians with investments around GBP 1 bn while they also invested more than $2 bn in the Dubai real estate mkt in the first half of 2015.




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NRIs/PIOs can now send funds online for Modi govt's flagship schemes like Swachch Bharat, Clean Ganga

Swaraj said this while chairing a meeting of India Development Foundation of Overseas Indians, a trust established to supplement development efforts.




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Budget 2020: Tax rejig to leave 'NRIs' and rich poorer

High income earners could find staying with old I-T regime more attractive.




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Budget 2020 the day after: NRIs' bona fide foreign income won't be taxed

The government said the provision was an “anti-abuse” one and will only apply to income that is generated locally.




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How COVID-19 revealed a skewed power equation of the fashion value chain

With consumer outlets being shut, fashion brands and retailers have taken an enormous hit to their bottom line and cash reserves. But the worst hit were the factory workers, of which almost 85% are women, who typically earn below living wages and do not accumulate any savings.




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Ecommerce: Covid-19 highlights the urgent need to digitise the supply chain

Companies need to come up with strategies to keep the lights on, both by keeping control on the cash burn as well as generating revenue in these difficult times.




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SCCM Pod-91 PCCM: Outcomes and Admissions in the PICU

Folafoluwa O. Odetola, MD, MPH, discusses an article published in the January 2008 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, "Do outcomes vary according to the source of admission to the pediatric intensive care unit?" Dr. Odetola is from Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Health System, and from the Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. (Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008;9[1]:20)




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SCCM Pod-95 PCCM: Is the Endotracheal Tube Next to Go

James D. Fortenberry, MD, FCCM, discusses his editorial published in the September 2008 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, titled "8-Tracks, Betamax... Is the endotracheal tube next to go?" Fortenberry is a pediatric intensivist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta in Georgia, where he also is the medical director of the system's clinical research. Dr. Fortenberry also is director, division of critical care medicine in the department of pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. The editorial was in response to an article published in the same issue by Leticia J. Yanez et al., "A prospective, randomized, controlled trial of non-invasive ventilation in pediatric acute respiratory insufficiency." (Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008;9[5]:536) Released: 11/19/08




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SCCM Pod-96 PCCM: Acute Hyponatremia in Hospitalized Children

Desmond Bohn, MC, BCH, discusses his editorial, "The Problem of Acute Hyponatremia in Hospitalized Children: The Solution is the Solution," which was published in the November 2008 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. The editorial was in response to an article by P. Alvarez-Montanana et al, published in the same issue titled, "The use of isotonic fluid as maintenance therapy prevents iatrogenic hyponatremia in pediatrics: A randomized, controlled open study." Dr. Bohn is Department of Critical Care Medicine Chief at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. (Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008;9[6]:658) Released: 12/1/08




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SCCM Pod-109 PCCM: Simulation at the Point-of-Care

Jeffrey P. Burns, MD, MPH, discusses an article from the March 2009 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, "Simulation at the Point-of-Care: Reduced cost, in-situ training via a mobile cart." Burns is chief of the division of critical care medicine at Children's Hospital in Boston as well as an associate professor at Harvard Medical School. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2009;10(2):176 Released: 5/21/09




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SCCM Pod-119 PCCM: Does Fellowship Program Size and Rotations Affect Clinical and Research Time?

Wynne Morrison, MD, discusses an article published in the May issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, which highlighted the results of a national survey of pediatric critical care medicine fellowship clinical and research time allocation.




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SCCM Pod-169 PCCM: Formal Handover Protocols Reduce Errors During Transition to the ICU

Brian F. Joy, MD, a fellow in the Department of Pediatric Cardiology at Childrens Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, USA, discussed an article published in the May 2011 Pediatric Critical Care Medicine




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SCCM Pod-192 PCCM: Residents Reveal Patient Safety Perceptions

Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, speaks Katri Typpo, MD, MPH, lead author of an article published in the September 2012 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine




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SCCM Pod-199 PCCM: Stem Cell Transplant Outcomes

Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, speaks with Ranjit S. Chima, MD, lead author of an article published in the November Pediatric Critical Care Medicine




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SCCM Pod-200 PCCM: Mechanical Ventilation Use in Children with 2009 H1N1 Versus Seasonal Influenza

Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, speaks with Carl O. Eriksson, MD, MPH, lead author on an article published in the November Pediatric Critical Care Medicine




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SCCM Pod-209: ECMO in Pediatric Critical Care

Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, speaks with Heidi J. Dalton, MD, FCCM, about extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in pediatric critical care.




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SCCM Pod-219 PCCM: Readmissions to the Pediatric ICU

Margaret Parker, MD, FCCM, speaks with MD, MPH, Angela S. Czaja, MD, MSc, lead author on an article published in the July Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.




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SCCM Pod-239 Hypertension and Health Outcomes in the PICU

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Brett J. Ehrmann, MD, MS