Month: April 2020

The newspaper industry is facing an unprecedented crisis, exacerbated by no advertising revenue amidst the Covid-19 lockdown and there are news coming from many directions including  TOI’s Sunday Magazine, News Nation, Quint lay off employees amid coronavirus crisis.   The amount of money spent by government on advertising is a small amount as far as government spend is concerned but it is a huge amount for the newspaper industry which is essential for a vibrant democracy, and is struggling to survive.   Print is the only industry, which has a wage…

With more than 10,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in India, including 8,988 active cases, 1035 cured and 339 deaths. Sonia Gandhi speaks over a video message, “Today when the country is fighting such a huge battle, I want to assure you all that whether the Congress is in government or is in opposition, it is with you in this fight against Covid-19 pandemic and she appeals everyone to stay indoors, follow social-distancing.   Just Hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation on Tuesday, Congress president Sonia Gandhi released a video message in which she said that…

A vast majority of organizations around the world began working from home the same day the WHO officially declared Coronavirus as a pandemic. While most of the HR superstars across organizations were busy getting us up to speed on basic hygiene and precautions to take, we saw many businesses considering various options to streamline the work from home transition. Millions of people are now working remotely for the first time ever and experiencing that it isn’t as simple or exciting as it may sound.   Working remotely can be hugely…

Cyberattacks are the new normal for small business and the small businesses are the new frontier for cyber criminals. A recent report says, small businesses are the target of 43% of cyber-attacks.     Ransomware is disruptive and costly and can be catastrophic for some businesses. Whereas, the large businesses are continuing to increase cybersecurity spending , as a consequence, cyber threats posed to small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMB) are real — and growing.   Many small businesses don’t think about cybersecurity until after a security breach. Not having cybersecurity can cost your business money, time…

Millions of professionals in India are working from home after the imposition of a 21-day nationwide lockdown from March 25 to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.   The user base of Zoom has increased with the COVID-19 outbreak . The Zoom ,a Videoconferencing software company provides its customers with a cloud-based communication platform that can be used for audio and video conferencing, online meetings, as well as chat and collaboration via mobile, desktop, and telephone systems. While the Zoom app is highly vulnerable to cyber-attacks, says CERT-India.   The…

As panic about the virus escalates, Government has to order for  a strict nationwide lockdown for the 21 days to battle the spread of the coronavirus. After repeated notice by the Government to the private companies to neither to cut the salary nor to layoff the employee. However, Government departments has decided to cutdown the salary in view of this pandemic.   A big question is on when government is cutting the salary of their employees, where it is counted as the deep pocket, on that how a private company would afford the huge…

As part of its mission to use its networks and digital tech for the good of society, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) today announced an innovative collaboration with Apollo 24|7, the digital business unit of The Apollo Hospitals Group to support India’s battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. The tool also allows Airtel customers to access a COVID-19 India heat map to check the risk profile of their respective geographies.   The partnership aims to bring together Airtel’s pan-India network reach and Apollo Hospital’s industry leading digital healthcare platform – Apollo 24/7 to raise…

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) headed by Dr. Guruprasad Mohapatra,Secretary has suggested on his letter to  the Home Ministry to allow with limited activity in certain sectors such as heavy electricals and telecom equipment with reasonable safeguards. letter issued to the Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, the department said that these activities are essential to improve the economic situation and provide liquidity in the hands of the people.“It is felt that certain more activities with reasonable safeguards should be allowed once a final decision regarding extension and…