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Ethical hacker discovers 'security issue' in Aarogya Setu: Centre downplays risks

If the tweet by the French hacker is to be believed, the privacy of more than 90 million Indians is at stake. The issue has been revealed to the concerned departments as the ethical hacker waits for it to be resolved.




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Eye injuries have increased during lockdown, and you won't believe the cause; Mahabharata and Ramayana!

The lockdown has unveiled a large public health crisis. A recent development, of an increase in eye injuries, has now been attributed to re-runs of Mahabharata and Ramayana.




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WATCH: Karan Johar's kids uncover a locker in his closet, director calls it useless during lockdown

In the latest from the lockdown with the Johars, Yash uncovers a locker in a closet mistaking it for a washing machine, the director says its useless now with their current state of affairs.




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Fact Check: Is Vadodara imposing a total lockdown on the lines of Ahmedabad, Surat?

A viral message has been doing the rounds of social media stating that the city of Vadodara is enforcing a complete lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19.




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ICRISAT releases its pan-India survey of millet entrepreneurs on lockdown challenges

Responses from SMEs in 11 cities having business operations in 24 states and Union Territories were collected for the purpose of the survey.




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Coronavirus: Bengaluru hospitals forced to shut down as medical staffs undergo quarantine

Most of the hospitals in the state are forced to stop their services temporarily as doctors and staff undergo quarantine period.




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BJP clamps down on hate-speech, orders removal of Tejasvi Surya's tweet targeting Islam

A media report has it that the Centre recently asked Twitter to take down over a hundred tweets that could be deemed offensive and could hurt religious sentiments.




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Megha Gupta's elevated leg pose will surely take away all your lockdown blues

Megha Gupta had recently hurt her toe and people had advised her to keep her legs elevated.




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Amitabh Bachchan reveals spooky story from sets of Agneepath that will send chills down your spine

On Saturday, Amitabh Bachchan's film Bhootnath completed 12 years. Posting a pic on Instagram about the same, the veteran actor revealed a spooky story related to it.




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Salman Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez shoot romantic song 'Tere Bina' amid lockdown; calls it 'great experience'

After the success of song 'Pyar Karona', Salman Khan is ready with the love song called 'Tera Bina' with Jacqueline Fernandez.




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Adult webcam company ImLive launches 'haircuts with hot models' amid lockdown

Through the new experience, the users looking for haircuts can pair with models who have a soon or barbershop experience.




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Is Rashmika Mandanna maintaining distance from Vijay Deverakonda? Actress shoots down rumours with a Tweet

Rashmika Mandanna has quashed the rumous of trouble in the relationship with Vijay Deverakonda with just one Tweet.




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Adah Khan's latest workout video with her mom will you give you Mother's Day goals amid lockdown

Adah Khan has shared an adorable video on her Instagram in which she can be spotted working out with her mother.




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New OECD Tool Can Help US Services Exporters Break Down Barriers, Support Jobs at Home

The United States can further improve productivity in its economy by prioritizing reforms that enhance openness, diversity and competition in services markets, particularly where higher trade restrictions are observed.




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The downsides of New Zealand’s inflated house prices

In real terms, house prices in New Zealand increased more than in any other OECD country between 2010 and 2016.




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OECD calls on G20 finance ministers to support next steps in clampdown on tax avoidance

The OECD today presented to G20 finance ministers plans for a two-pronged attack on tax avoidance and evasion from both companies and individuals.




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G20 leaders endorse OECD measures to crack down on tax loopholes, reaffirm its role in ensuring strong, sustainable and inclusive growth

The leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies today endorsed overhauled global standards proposed by the OECD to crack down on tax evasion and reaffirmed the organisation’s central role in helping governments ensure strong, sustainable and inclusive growth.




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OECD clamps down on CRS avoidance through residence and citizenship by investment schemes

As part of its work to preserve the integrity of the CRS, the OECD has published the results of its analysis of over 100 CBI/RBI schemes offered by CRS-committed jurisdictions, identifying those schemes that potentially pose a high-risk to the integrity of CRS.




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Continued slowdown in productivity growth weighs down on living standards

The slowdown in productivity growth - already underway before the crisis – combined with sluggish investment, continued to undermine rises in economic output and material living standards in recent years in many of the world’s economies, according to a new report released today by the OECD.




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Global spillovers from the growth slowdown in emerging market economies

A slowdown in EMEs has larger effects on the global economy than in the past, via trade and financial cross-border linkages.




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Would a growth slowdown in emerging markets spill over to high-income countries? A quantitative assessment

Growth in emerging market economies (EMEs) is set to durably slow from the rates observed over 2010-12 as cyclical effects fade, potential growth declines and external financing conditions tighten.




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Sub-par global growth and slowdown in emerging economies requires a shift in policy action

Economic recovery is progressing in the world’s advanced economies, but stagnating world trade and deteriorating conditions in financial markets are curbing growth prospects in many of the major emerging economies, according to the OECD’s latest Interim Economic Outlook.




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Emerging market slowdown and drop in trade clouding global outlook

A further sharp downturn in emerging market economies and world trade has weakened global growth to around 2.9% this year - well below the long-run average – and is a source of uncertainty for near term prospects, says the OECD.




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New OECD indicators trace productivity growth slowdown pre- and post- crisis

Productivity growth – the central driver of rising economic output and material living standards – has been slowing in many advanced and emerging economies in the wake of the crisis, according to new data released today in the OECD Compendium of Productivity Indicators.




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Regulations in services sectors and their impact on downstream industries: the OECD 2013 REGIMPACT indicator

This document presents the new 2013 set of the OECD Regulatory Impact (REGIMPACT) indicator. It measures the impact of regulatory barriers to competition in non-manufacturing sectors on all industries, through intermediate inputs.




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The contribution of weak investment to the productivity slowdown

Concerns around weak productivity growth are everywhere these days. As the latest OECD Economic Outlook notes, since the mid-2000s, productivity growth has been markedly lower than at any other time since the 1950s.




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Tackling the three main challenges in Costa Rica: fiscal reform, reverting the slowdown in productivity and reducing inequality

Costa Rica’s economic, social and environmental achievements are impressive. It has succeeded in combining rising living standards, virtually universal health care, pension and primary education systems with sustainable use of natural resources.




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The Best vs. the Rest: The Global Productivity Slowdown Hides an Increasing Performance Gap across Firms

Well-known global companies such as Google, Apple and Amazon of the digital era as well as more traditional ones of the likes of BMW, L’Oreal and Nestlé have recorded impressive productivity gains over the 2000s as they created more and more revenue per employee. At the same time, aggregate productivity growth in the OECD – that reflects the performance of all businesses not just the few most successful ones – has stagnated.




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Continued slowdown in productivity growth weighs down on living standards

The slowdown in productivity growth - already underway before the crisis – combined with sluggish investment, continued to undermine rises in economic output and material living standards in recent years in many of the world’s economies, according to a new report released today by the OECD.




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Investment as a transmission mechanism from weak demand to weak supply and the post-crisis productivity slowdown

Current weak labour productivity growth in many OECD countries reflects historically weak contributions from both total factor productivity (TFP) growth and capital deepening.




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Baltimore: Smacked Down by the Invisible Hand - Insights Blog

The recent riots in Baltimore following the death of Freddy Gray bring a tragic focus, once again, on inequality. Maryland’s largest city, Baltimore is a perfect laboratory to study it, thanks in part to the superb comparative statistics the city keeps. OECD Insights Blog.




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For whom the budget cut tolls - Blog on downsizing in the public sector

A Job for Life? The old notion of a safe job in the civil service is profoundly changing - OECD Insights blog by Bill Below.




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UK road traffic climbs again after lockdown slump, says AA

Breakdown group reports roadside call-outs back to 90% of expected levels as motorists venture out




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IMF revises down economic outlook in Gulf states

Regional forecast reflects oil production cuts and comes amid price volatility




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Ocado defends pay policies ahead of investor showdown

Advisory groups urge votes against remuneration report in wake of £87m payout for top executives




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Infrastructure blamed for UK’s productivity slowdown

Better digital and physical connections could unshackle UK business, economists say




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Drug gangs in Brazil’s favelas enforce coronavirus lockdown

Organised crime steps in as President Bolsonaro dismisses pandemic as ‘sniffles’




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Neiman Marcus files second big US retail bankruptcy of lockdown

Upscale US department store follows J Crew as latest debt-burdened chain felled by pandemic




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Johnson looks to border checks as price for easing lockdown

UK expected to take gradual approach to lifting restrictions after Monday




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Dubai raises public spending to ward off slowdown

Forecast of 3.2 per cent growth in 2020 would be improvement on 2.1 per cent in 2019




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Saudi Aramco doubles down on output hike as price war intensifies

State-backed company says it can sustain 12m barrels a day for up to a year




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Reflections on the stock market downturn

My portfolio is down about 35 per cent, but I’m sticking with my small-cap heroes 




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New British Film Institute boss Ben Roberts on streaming and cinemas after lockdown

In an exclusive first interview, the CEO talks about his love of scary movies, video games and why the BFI should be like ‘a nerdy friend’




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The coronavirus: my part in its downfall

Here is the role that I intend to play in bringing the global pandemic to an end




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What envoy's downfall tells us about UK-US relations

Gideon Rachman discusses the crisis in Britain's relations with the US following the unscheduled departure of Kim Darroch as ambassador to Washington, with Ed Luce and Geoff Dyer.

 

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A business book reading list for the lockdown

Andrew Hill picks his favourites among the 230 notable titles longlisted since 2005 — Join the discussion




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Lockdown diary of a London Tube manager: ‘The hardest thing is not knowing which customers have coronavirus’

In this FT series people share their stories of this extraordinary time




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The retail boss devising a strategy to survive lockdown

James Timpson has been planning how to operate his stores post-pandemic




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As the world shuts down, gardens are blissfully unaware

How plants, whether real or in the imagination, help calm fears and enhance our lives




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Recruiter Hays hit by slowdown in German market

Profits also dented by strikes in France, UK election and Australian bushfires