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The worst fate that can befall a person is being locked down, alone or with his family, with no money and no food.

When the game returns, the struggling cricket boards will be dependent on three superpowers—India, England, Australia—for bailouts

Parliamentary panel’s recommendations aren’t bold enough, and in some areas, they are even regressive.

Idealist notions of the State overtaking the Market as the one in charge are unfounded.

To bounce back from the pandemic quickly, India needs a stimulus package of at least 5% of GDP that focuses on broad-based development in laggard eastern states.

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

Likely extension of the lockdown is a bad idea; the PM and the CMs got trapped in flattening-the-curve rhetoric

Amended FDI regulation is problematic under the WTO law. India should adopt a more facially neutral regulation

In the long term, the govt will have to deepen its procurement operations, expanding from the wheat-paddy complex.

The president has claimed that he was being sarcastic when he talked about injecting disinfectant and exposure to high-dose UV rays as ways to fight Covid-19.

Covid-19 could benefit the dairy industry as consumers could shift from meat-based to dairy-based protein. The govt may consider reducing GST on ghee and milk fat from 12% to 5% .

Just seven of India’s 993 Universities have online-education licenses; Meanwhile, as the Lockdown shows, Foreign varsities make hay of the Indian demand for online courses.

It is not just the lungs, it affects the heart, kidneys, brain... this is making treatment—and a lasting cure—difficult.

However, the High Court rejected this invocation of Rule 165, ruling that the it specified only the payability conditions of fees, and not the chargeability of it.

Globally, experts are looking at “excess mortality” or mortality gaps as another measure of the coronavirus death toll. This approach compares the number of deaths during a certain period to the historical average.

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

The industry is the most apt for creating livelihoods. Govt should consider supporting SMEs in the sector through tariffs to prevent their collapse due to the pandemic

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

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

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.

Nearly 7,000 people have signed a change.org petition to open up courses in the UK as parks during the pandemic.

The need is for a temporary unemployment benefit scheme for up to 100 days a year similar to the MNREGS so that urban workers do not suffer during short periods of unemployment.

On May 3, the governments would have got 40 days time to do those things; the question is, do governments need more time?

In India, which is the biggest democracy in the world with over 1.3 billion people, the question of public health has never been debated in public.

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

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

Containment zones must be marked ‘red’, not the entire district; also, will activity be curtailed if areas turn ‘red’?

Even now, a state like West Bengal’s data looks dodgy; others like Gujarat and UP also pose challenges

With China’s decreasing importance in global supply chains, being a low risk indexed location will allow India to win in global manufacturing stakes.

It is high time to scale up the fiscal relief measures, with a special emphasis on “Basic Income”.

Centre and states must work together to ensure migrant workers are not left in the lurch during crises. Social security infrastructure must be strengthened and registration processes made more accessible for them.

Insurers must help clients mitigate the risks of any eventuality

Back in March, Google increased the group video call limit on Duo from eight to 12 participants at a time in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the Internet search giant has announced that it will let Duo users make group calls on the web, starting as a preview on Chrome. The support for group calls on Chrome will roll-out in the coming weeks along with a new layout that will let you see more people at the same time. Besides, inviting people to join a group call will also become easier with an invite link. Additionally, Google announced a new Family Mode, that lets you doodle on...

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Podcasts are looking like an increasingly viable channel to engage with customers

At Aptos Engage 2018, all eyes were on the cloud, and omnichannel optimization

4C aims at providing insight across campaign performance on all-channels in an easily accessed, self-serve package

The newly-built church outside Moscow designed to be the main cathedral of the Russian military has been completed and decorated. While its opening was delayed by Covid-19, its final look was revealed on Victory Day.
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It's been nearly two months since the last UFC show, but now the biggest MMA promotion is back with a stacked card and a world title double-header at the top of the bill. Follow our live updates throughout the night.
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In the 73rd fight of his professional career, Russia's Alexey Oleynik swapped grappling for striking as he threw caution to the wind, and defeated former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum at UFC 249 in Jacksonville.
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Justin Gaethje could be forgiven for being in celebratory mood after capturing the UFC interim lightweight title at UFC 249, but "The Highlight" insisted his work was far from done, and he wants to face Khabib Nurmagomedov next.
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DeepIntent applies AI to data to identify medical and patient audiences for healthcare marketing, track them across devices, and deliver impactful messages

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan remembered his mother on Mother's Day and said that the courage and determination with which his mother faced the life, taught him valuable lessons and laid the...

For most marketers, personalization is the cure for ineffective content.

69.8 million Americans will use an ad blocker this year, according to eMarketer.