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Amazon allows employees to work from home 2 days a weekThe employees can also work from a domestic location for four full weeks each year.
Conduct audit of deaths during second wave of COVID-19: Uttarakhand HC to state govtAsking the state government to explore the possibility of creating a system that reaches out to people in the remote hill areas on priority...
Centre according step-motherly treatment to state, says Uttarakhand High CourtHearing a batch of PILs pertaining to the state's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, a division bench of Chief Justice R S Chauhan and J...
Amazon to bring workers back to offices by fallAmazon had previously given its return-to-office date as June 30, but questions remained as to whether the company would allow some of its ...
Emptier cities, fewer babies: The pandemic is changing the way we live in more ways than is evidentSingapore saw its population shrink for the first time since 2003 because of job losses and travel curbs.
Rohtang tunnel expected to be inaugurated by PM Modi in last week of Sept: Jai Ram ThakurThe strategically important project is being completed at a cost of around Rs 3,200 crore, he said. "The tunnel, which was a dream of Atal ...
China, U.S. trade tit-for-tat visa curbs over TibetThe moves come as relations between the United States deteriorate over trade, technology, the coronavirus pandemic and the former British c...
As Silicon Valley giants Facebook, Twitter & Google embrace permanent WFH, others may followEven when Covid-19 is no longer a threat, tech giants are considering giving their employees permanent WFH.
CRPF unit in LWE-hit Gadchiroli prepares masks for locals from hundreds of new vestsThe paramilitary unit was directed to immediately begin relief work in the area and distribute hand sanitizers, soaps, detergent, face mask...
How remote areas, tribal hamlets and hill districts are coping with Covid-19 daysThe deadly coronavirus may not have caused havoc in these far-flung pockets, but have hit them hard.
Eight out of 10 firms believe impact of coronavirus bigger than 2008 downturn: ReportThe IT research firm’s report, which surveyed 630 respondents across IT services providers, enterprises, analysts to understand the impact ...
COVID-19: Northern, North Central Railway modifying 680 coaches to accommodate 11,000 patientsAs many as 68 trains with 10 coaches each are being modified and they are expected to be ready within a week to accommodate 10,880 people, ...
Indian Army launches campaign about coronavirus in remote Jammu and Kashmir areas to assist people"We have launched a multi-pronged campaign to educate, and help people in various areas, mostly remote areas in the war against coronavirus...
Coronavirus outbreak: Google recommends all North America employees to work from homeThe new recommendation is an expansion of a similar guideline it gave to employees in San Francisco Bay area. Most of the big companies hav...
Tech lifestyles enable 'safe escape' from coronavirusThe latest tech-inspired lifestyle solutions are gaining traction as more people are advised to work from home, and many conferences and ga...
Coronavirus triggers work-from-home trend in Seattle: Amazon gives 50K employees green light to operate remotely; FB, Google ask staff to stay away from officeTech firms have also been taking precautions closer to home in Silicon Valley.
Coronavirus outbreak: Companies bank on virtual meetings to dodge disruptionsRajiv Bhalla, managing director, Barco India said, “With the recent health scare, we are seeing a strong uptake in video conferencing. Seve...