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Employability improves in 2021 led by IT, education, fin services: Report
The report found that the demand for qualified and skilled professionals will be driven by sectors including IT/ITES, Pharmaceutical, E-Commerce and BFSI. The hiring in these sectors is expected to increase by 20 per cent for freshers in 2022 compared to 2021. Mumbai:...
How will the world decide when the pandemic is over?
"It's somewhat a subjective judgment because it's not just about the number of cases. It's about severity and it's about impact," says Michael Ryan, the World Health Organization's emergencies chief. How will the world decide when the pandemic is over? There's no...
WHO panel outlines recommendations for Covid-19 booster shots
The World Health Organization's (WHO) vaccine advisory panel recommends that people who are immunocompromised or received an inactivated vaccine should receive a booster dose of a COVID-19 shot, it said on Thursday. Many countries have been rolling out booster shots,...
New Zealand plans lifetime ban on cigarette sales to stamp out smoking
That would make New Zealand's retail tobacco industry one of the most restricted in the world, just behind Bhutan where cigarette sales are banned outright. New Zealand's neighbour Australia was the first country in the world to mandate plain packaging of cigarettes...
Few Europeans want a return to 9-5 at office after pandemic, survey shows
"We are likely to see tech stepping in to monitor our mental health and happiness as much as our physical health, with smart devices becoming our wellbeing assistants," said Meik Wiking, chief executive of Denmark's Happiness Research Institute, which is collaborating...
Cos revamping employee benefit strategy in view of pandemic, says Willis survey
''The employee benefit strategy in India has traditionally focused on market competitive and benchmarked benefits which subsequently moved towards differentiation. However, the pandemic has driven employers in India towards an introspective benefit strategy built...
Plastics in soil threaten food security, health, and environment: FAO
Of the estimated 6.3 billion tonnes of plastics produced before 2015, almost 80 per cent had never been properly disposed of Asia was estimated to be the largest user of plastics in agricultural production, accounting for almost half of global usage. Moreover, without...
Investor wealth surges over Rs 3.96 lakh cr as market rally continues
With reports that the new COVID variant Omicron is unlikely to be more severe than the Delta variant, an overall positive sentiment persisted in the global markets Mumbai: Investors saw their wealth rise by more than Rs 3.96 lakh crore on Wednesday as stocks continued...
Australia releases of draft Reinsurance Pool Bill
Insurers will now need to investigate and test how the model will operate to drive down premiums and improve availability for cyclone and cyclone-related flood and we look forward to further engagement with Government over the next two weeks of consultation on the...
Panel orders immediate closure of NCR industries not using cleaner fuels
"Despite the measures taken in different sectors towards improvement of air quality in Delhi-NCR, the air quality still remains in the 'very poor' to 'severe' category," the Commission for Air Quality Management said. NEW DELHI:In a stern action against industries,...