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Will bankers embrace sensors under their desks when they return to work?

But not everyone can return at once: banks will have to extend practices like those used for small teams of traders during the pandemic. Shifting rotations of people will pass through giant buildings on different days, without clustering in the same areas on the same floors, to avoid spreading COVID-19. Some of the banks are implementing systems where employees will book “hot seats” on particular days and be monitored while they are sitting at them, sources said.

In some buildings, that could mean cameras that monitor a room’s occupancy level and even sensors that tell building management whether someone is sitting at a desk. “That feels a little personal,” one bank employee said about desk sensors.

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India reports 259,551 new coronavirus infections,deaths rise by 4,209

Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal on Thursday, said a continuous decline in the Covid-19 active cases has been noted in the last 15 days.

“From being 17.13 per cent reported on May 3, the active cases now comprise 12.1 per cent of the country’s total infections. A positive trend in recovery has also been noted. The recovery rate which was 81.7 per cent on May 3 has increased to 86.7 now,” said Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal..

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Chip crisis in ‘Danger Zone’ as wait times reach new record

Chip shortages are rippling through industry after industry, preventing companies from shipping products from cars to game consoles and refrigerators. Automakers are now expected to lose out on $110 billion in sales this year, as Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co. and others have to idle factories for lack of essential components. That’s undercutting economic growth and employment, as well as raising fears of panic ordering that may lead to distortions in the future.

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Strategy to deal with COVID-19 should be dynamic, innovative: PM

India reported on Thursday 276,110 new coronavirus infections over the last 24 hours, while deaths rose by 3,874.

The South Asian nation’s infection tally stands at 25.77 million, with a death toll of 287,122, health ministry data showed.Describing the virus as ‘dhoort’ and ‘bahurupia’ in Hindi, Modi in an interaction with district magistrates (DM) and field officials also underlined concerns expressed in various quarters about the threats it poses to the youth and children

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