Lack of focus has made it difficult for people to fulfil professional commitments. Indore: Yash* has been unable to figure out what’s wrong with him for the past two months. He finishes all the assigned work before the deadline, but every time his superiors review the work they find mistakes that could have been avoided. […]
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The process of administering vaccine on a priority basis is still too slow and not uniform, say bank employees DELHI: Many bank employees feel dissatisfied with the government’s efforts to vaccinate them on a priority basis since they have been working every day through the lockdown. Rituparna Mohapatra works at the Rourkela branch of Canara […]
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Lawn owners are hard hit with the second wave of Covid. Jaipur: Due to lockdown, and restrictions in events, wedding lawn owners are facing a loss in their business. Om Sodhani, director of Sodhani Farms Banquet and Garden said, “Our lawn has been shut since the lockdown started. As per the government guidelines, we have […]
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The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS) Yaas is likely to weaken during the next six hours, IMD said. It made landfall around 8:30 A.M. today, on 26th May, about 40 km South-Southeast of Balasore, Odisha, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Around 5,76,288 people have been evacuated in Odisha so far, with 60 ODRAF […]
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Mysuru district administration, to avoid crowding, has asked all vegetable and fruit vendors to get push carts if they have to sell at open marketplaces. Mysuru: Tayamma has wonderfully arranged brinjals, carrots, tomatoes and capsicums on a push-cart. However, her face, tattooed with wrinkles, does not reflect the emotion involved in doing so. “It has […]
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Drop in demand and increase in prices have left mango farmers struggling. Ramanagara: Farmers in the district are finding it difficult to harvest mangoes that are left rotting in farms due to lockdown restrictions. Small scale farmers in Ramanagara district,the second-largest mango producer in Karnataka after Kolar district, are looking at huge losses, as restrictions […]
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The Kerala Fibre Optic Network (KFON), which aims to provide quality internet at reasonable rates to the poor and free internet to BPL families, will take longer to complete due to Covid-19. Kerala: Kerala government’s ‘revolutionary’ KFON initiative, which was supposed to provide free internet to 20 lakh citizens by December 2020, has been delayed […]
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Online training of law students, might leave them with no jobs in the coming future, they fear. Chandigarh: Final year law students are worried that they aren’t learning anything online though most courts have gone online since the pandemic. Jaspreet Kaur, a final year law student said, “The final year of legal studies is supposed […]
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Antigua Police has filed a missing person’s report and is currently probing the matter. Haryana: Lawyers feel that even if Mehul Choksi is found in Antigua, the Indian government will have to make diplomatic efforts to get him back. The Indian government has to wait for the local police of Antigua to track him then, […]
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Online orders are not enough for the bakery business to survive. Ludhiana: Anubhav Grewal, the CEO at Bake Fresh feels miserable when freshly baked cakes, wrapped in colorful fondant, pastries, puffs and patties remain unsold. “You won’t really find people in the city waking up early in the morning to step out and buy cakes, […]
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