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Government Stops Buying New Stocks of Covid Vaccines

October 16, 2022 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 16: With the Covid-19 cases showing declining trend in the country and pace of vaccination completely slowed down, the central government has decided to stop, at least for the time being, purchase of fresh supply of vaccine and continue with its vaccination programme from the existing stock. The union health […]

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World Mental Health Day Special: For companies, mental well-being of employees is the priority

October 10, 2022 Vinayak Barot

Ahmedabad: The mental health of employees is increasingly being given utmost priority and has become a crucial determinant in their overall health. The fact that poor mental health can lead to burnout among employees, seriously affecting their ability to contribute meaningfully to both their personal and professional lives is something every employee is aware of. […]

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Overuse Of Social Media Can Lead To Depression: Report

October 4, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The latest research published in the Journal of Affective Disorders shows that young adults who are more active on social media are substantially more likely to develop depression within six months, irrespective of their personality type. The report demonstrated that individuals with high agreeableness had a 49% lower risk of developing depression than those […]

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Technology: PM Modi launches 5-G services; countrywide rollout by March ’24

October 1, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the rollout of 5-G communication services in India will make sure the country played an active role in the development and implementation of technology, rather than remaining an end-user. With this launch, India has become only the fifth nation—after Finland, Sweden, South Korea, […]

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Free rations: Govt extends the PMGKAY scheme until December 2022

September 28, 2022 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday extended by three months its scheme to provide free rations to the poor at a cost of Rs 44,762 crore as it looked to ease pain from inflation, ahead of the upcoming Gujarat elections by December 2022. The central scheme to provide 5 kg of wheat or rice free […]

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Long Covid: US economy hurtles to a ‘new normal’

September 24, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid the highest inflation in the US in four decades, and dire warnings about the beginning of the worst-ever global recession in December 2022, US Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powel has said his country’s economy may enter a “new normal” following worldwide disruptions from the Covid-19 pandemic. “We continue to […]

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Roving Periscope: Modi may negotiate ‘honorable’ exit to get war fatigued Russia off the Ukraine hook

September 21, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Wars are easy to start, but difficult to close—honorably! Amid reports of war fatigue in its seven-month-long Ukraine conflict, death and maiming of an unspecified but many troops, the unwillingness of many fleeing Russian soldiers to continue the invasion ahead of the biting winter from next month, and global diplomacy […]

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Global crisis: “World is in great peril”, UN chief Guterres warns

September 20, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Expressing deep concern over the problems facing the world since the outbreak of Covid-19 in early 2020, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned leaders that the world is in “great peril.” He made these remarks ahead of the world leaders’ meeting for the General Debate at the United Nations […]

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No WfH? Moonlighting millennials oppose returning to their offices!

September 19, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: While Information Technology (IT) majors have relaxed Covid-19 pandemic restrictions and reopened their offices for all staff, the millennial generation, enjoying the flexibility of work and life, seems no longer ready to return to official workstations. Their flexibility to balance work and life also gave them an opportunity to ‘moonlight’ […]

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SCO Summit: Build resilient, post-pandemic supply chains, says PM Modi

September 16, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday appealed to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member-states to build resilient supply chains in the wake of the Covid pandemic, and stressed that greater connectivity among nations in Central Asia and other members, such as India, is needed to achieve this objective. Addressing the 22nd […]