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Rise in pregnancies, abortions with more than 40 per cent rise in hospital visits
With nine months spent at home this past year, many of those who underwent in vitro fertilization treatment have conceived
07 Jan 2021 10:54 AM
Beyond Covid: Towards a ‘new normal’ at work
The Covid-19 pandemic is forcing these very companies to reredefine their offices as post-Covid workplaces
18 Nov 2020 1:44 AM
Microsoft to expand work from home policy, make it permanent for some staff
The company has released the new 'hybrid workplace' guidance that lays out how employees can have a more flexible remote work schedule
12 Oct 2020 8:44 AM
Microsoft to let employees work from home permanently: Report
In its memo, the company said it is possible for its workers to relocate across the United States or perhaps even overseas
10 Oct 2020 9:54 AM
Work from home till July 2021, Google tells most of its 200,000 employees
It marks a six-month extension of Google’s previous plan to keep most of its offices closed through the rest of this year.
28 Jul 2020 3:27 PM
How do I tell my male boss it's not okay to video call me at 11 pm?
With companies not having guidelines on remote working, women professionals seek guidance to deal with sexual harassment by male colleagues.
01 Jun 2020 10:57 PM
Digital snail Greece pushed by coronavirus into rolling out e-governance faster
The government has launched gov.gr, an online platform combining all public services and simplifying online access.
23 May 2020 8:45 PM
Work from home being sold as the new culture by tech giants Facebook, Google and Twitter
It enables companies to cut the cost of rent, power and other charges from maintaining an office
22 May 2020 4:54 PM
Soon, 'work from home' could be an option for central government employees
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) may provide option for work from home to the eligible officers/staff for 15 days in a year.
14 May 2020 1:44 PM
Work from home may become new norm, says Ravi Shankar Prasad at G20 meeting
The minister highlighted India's action plan to fight coronavirus by leveraging digital technology and called for a global digital response
01 May 2020 11:51 AM
Amazon India ramps up operations with Railways tie-up for faster deliveries amid lockdown
Last year, Amazon India partnered with Indian Railways to transport its goods on 13 lanes, now it will use 55 lanes
27 Apr 2020 6:04 PM
Work-from-home will continue post-lockdown for over one million IT staff: Kris Gopalakrishnan
Businesses are rethinking using office spaces as they can save on rental costs
27 Apr 2020 2:43 PM
BSNL extends free broadband plan to aid work from home till May 19
Landline users can call 1800-345-1504 to register for the free internet plan
25 Apr 2020 6:58 PM
Virtual working is just an option for post-corona times
What Covid-19 may indeed accelerate is a world that offers the option between physical and virtual ways of functioning
24 Apr 2020 8:31 PM
No, I don't WFH, I work from bathroom
Many work-from-home pros are searching for that ideal spot where they can briskly get something done
14 Apr 2020 1:06 AM
Remote working not suitable for 99.8pc of IT workforce, says study of 10,000 job seekers
They were resistant to learning and exploring (95%), had poor communication skills (65%) and lacked planning and execution abilities (71%)
10 Apr 2020 6:05 PM
All work and no play: Isolated from colleagues, work from home becoming a stressful activity
Techies end up working more from home, neglecting their physical and mental health
04 Apr 2020 1:16 PM
Porn shows up on Zoom, puts popular videoconferencing app under scrutiny in US
Zoom saw US downloads surge by 252 percent to 4.2 mn in the week of March 16, when stay-at-home measures began, compared to a week earlier
01 Apr 2020 4:56 PM
What's life like with poor broadband in a stay-at-home situation? These small towns in the US tell you
Tens of millions of people are left out, largely because phone and cable companies hesitate to invest in far-flung rural areas
01 Apr 2020 1:36 PM
Japanese mindsets about office work changing as coronavirus forces people to work from home
The image of going to the office is very strong in Japan, and you have to show that you work hard and long hours
31 Mar 2020 1:32 PM
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It is a known fact that India’s foreign service is woefully understaffed, with most Indian missions abroad having too few diplomats
So, like Shakespeare’s tragic heroes, she may well ask if the price she paid for achieving her ambition was worth it?
Surely the world’s only superpower claims a higher moral role than just organising the distribution of weapons and pocketing the profits
India’s pursuit of iron-clad national security and global status ambitions makes it annually import as much as $20 billion of weapons