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India to play FIFA international friendly against Tajikistan on March 31

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) said that the venue for the match will be confirmed at a later date.




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Curtailed IPL is one among seven options discussed at owners’ meeting: BCCI source

The BCCI on Friday suspended the IPL from March 29 to April 15 and also called off the ODI series against South Africa.




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BCCI creates ‘Team Mask Force’; video features messages from Kohli, Tendulkar

The video has messages from BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, Smriti Mandhana, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Harmanpreet Kaur, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid and Mithali Raj, all of them speaking about the importance of wearing masks and following the directives of the government in this fight.




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IndiGo cancels flights on Delhi-Istanbul, Chennai-Kuala Lumpur route from March18-31

The airline has already cancelled flights between Bangalore-Kuala Lumpur until March 31, 2020 and Delhi-Kuala Lumpur until April 30, 2020.




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Coronavirus scare: Jodhpur’s Mehrangarh Fort, Umaid Bhawan Palace Museum closed till March 31

In accordance with the state government guidelines, the Mehrangarh Museum Trust, that runs the world famous site, also decided to shut Umaid Bhawan Palace Museum, Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park, Jaswant Thada and Ahhichatragarh Fort of Nagaur till March 31.




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Coronavirus: How clean is the plane you are travelling in? Airlines asked to deep clean aircraft every 24 hours

DGCA has also asked carriers to procure at least one universal precaution kit on every plane to be worn by crew members handling suspected positive cases of the Coronavirus.




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Coronavirus concern: No Tirupati darshan for pilgrims till March 31st; rituals to continue as usual

The significant Vaishnavite temple had earlier issued an advisory asking devotees to bring masks and sanitisers with them as precautionary measures.




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Coronavirus outbreak: Entry closed for pilgrims at Guruvayur Sri Krishna temple from March 21

Major temples and places of worship across the country have announced various restrictions to curb the rush of pilgrims.




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Saviour! Air India aircraft to rescue over 200 Indians stranded in Rome, Italy due to Coronavirus

Amid Coronavirus (Covid-19) Outbreak, Air India will send an aircraft to bring back Indians stranded in Rome.




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Coronavirus: Travellers take note! Domestic flights to cease operations from midnight on March 24

COVID-19: Earlier this month, after a significant spike in coronavirus cases across the globe, especially Europe, India had suspended all international in-bound passenger flights.




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Flight ticket booking allowed or not? Here’s what new DGCA circular wants all airlines to do

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has directed al airlines to refrain from booking tickets as no decision has been taken to commence the operation of domestic, international flights from May 4, 2020.




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No Domestic flights till May 17! DGCA issues fresh circular as govt extends lockdown

Suspension of flight operations has been extended till May 17, the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said in a circular issued today.




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Other e-commerce giant of China follows its own path

Just about every June, on the anniversary of his company’s founding, Richard Liu dons a big motorcycle helmet and red uniform...




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Air India arm Alliance Air to induct 8 ATR-72 planes for big low-cost RCS push

Alliance Air, which is the low cost regional subsidiary of Air India, will launch three new routes under the government's regional connectivity scheme by the end of September and will induct eight ATR – 72 aircraft by the end of FY18 to further consolidate and expand its operations.




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Indian-American Neomi Rao to replace Kavanaugh on DC Circuit

Prominent Indian-American lawyer Neomi Rao has been nominated by US President Donald Trump to fill Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s seat on the powerful DC Circuit Court of Appeals.




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IKEA to cut 7,500 jobs, focus on e-commerce

Ikea Group, the owner of most IKEA furniture stores worldwide, plans to cut 7,500 jobs over the next couple of years, mainly administrative staff in central support functions, it said on Wednesday.




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Deutsche Bank raid pulls CEO deeper into vicious dircle

Deutsche Bank chief executive officer Christian Sewing was there to give the annual pep talk to his top executives.




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Govt-backed credit guarantee needed to ensure banks overcome risk averseness while lending: CII

To tackle the current crisis arisen from the COVID-19 outbreak and the consequent nationwide lockdown, the government and the RBI have announced many measures to ease the stress of businesses. 




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Cash loses, digital transactions win: More people go online to transfer money in March: RBI data

Digital transactions have gained new heights in the month of March as India announced a lockdown due to coronavirus. The total value of Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) transactions also witnessed a spike.




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COVID-19: NBFCs ask RBI for one-time restructuring of all loans till March 2021

RBI, on April 17, announced to provide special refinance facilities for a total amount of Rs 50,000 crore to NABARD, SIDBI and National Housing Bank (NHB) to enable them to meet sectoral credit needs.




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By ignoring climate emergency, world leaders are forcing children to act: Greta Thunberg

Thunberg has become a leading voice for action on climate change, inspiring millions of students to join protests around the world.




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Trade and commerce in Sindhu-Saraswati civilisation: Know about the Srenis or guilds of ancient India

Since our FM mentioned the Sindhu-Saraswati civilisation or the Harappan culture, it is prudent that we start our journey from there.




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Energy Conservation: Govt to star rate deep freezers and light commercial ACs

BEE will start rating deep freezers and light commercial air conditioners as well from now onwards. The star rating programme was launched on the 19th foundation ceremony of the BEE.




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GISAT-1 launch: ISRO postpones March 5 launch; Here’s why

ISRO's GISAT-1, which weighs around 2,268 kgs, was slated to be the first Earth observation satellite to be placed in the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit.




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Pilibhit Tiger Reserve: 10 big cats living in sugarcane fields to be relocated

Saturation of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve with an increasing population of tigers has resulted in man-animal conflicts in the area.




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Ozone layer is healing! Amidst Coronavirus gloom, Ozone cover above Antarctica records substantial recovery

Efforts of all the countries to stop the damage to the Ozone layer seem to be paying off as the damage to the Ozone layer above Antarctica has recovered.




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Coronavirus outbreak: MIT team working on an open-source, low-cost design of ventilators

COVID-19: The team, which consists of only volunteers, has been working without any funding and is working anonymously so that people do not call them with inquiries about the project.




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Coronavirus: China lockdown may have blocked 700,000 virus cases, say researchers

The Wuhan shutdown delayed the arrival of the virus in other cities, their model showed, giving them time to prepare by banning public gatherings and closing entertainment venues, among other measures.




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Purchase of land from sc

I belong to general caste. Can I buy house from 2nd owner who in turn bought land after completion of 10 years from Schedule caste person given under special scheme.




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In ‘All Day and a Night,’ a circular crime drama

The director, who co-wrote 'Black Panther,' delivers an inconsistent and disjointed but earnest and raw tale of a young African American man who grows up with violence and drug addiction all around, and becomes ensnared by it



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New Zealand Chamber of Commerce Welcomes New Immigration Changes

Wendy Smith Chief Executive of the South Canterbury Chamber states that the new visa system must provide confidence and certainty to employers that suffer from a skills shortage in regions. Employers in the area can find it easy to bring many temporary…




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Commercial Contract Masterclass

Introduction

Contract management is one of the core activities of a modern day organization as majority of an organization’s operation being under contracts with customers, suppliers, service providers, vendors and consultants. It’s vital that contracts should be aligned with the business expectation and professionals should be well versed with the drafting techniques and expertise to foresee the associated risk and design the contracts in the best interest of their organization. The importance of understanding contractual agreements has considerably increased since most business processes are governed through contractual relationships.

Edvancedge Knowledge Ventures upcoming initiative “Commercial Contract Masterclass – Negotiation, Drafting and Dispute Management” aims towards essential updates in commercial and legal issues pertaining to commercial agreements and helps improve the negotiation and drafting skills of the professionals involved. This full day masterclass will help organizations to reduce exposure, avoid litigation and implement dispute management by being fully conversant with the knowledge, skills and strategies in ensuring that the contracts are well negotiated, drafted and managed. Participating professionals will get a chance to hear and interact with experts on: 

  • How contracts have been drafted today and,what are the potential alternative drafting strategies and structures?
  • How contracts are negotiated including techniques for negotiation on contract variations and claims.
  • Effective risk control measures to minimize legal exposures and avoid disputes.
  • Necessary skills required to effectively manage contractual pitfalls and implement dispute resolution mechanism.

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

  • Increase efficiency and effectiveness within organisational processes
  • Possess knowledge on the latest best practices in contract strategy
  • Build strong and effective contracts
  • Improved supplier performance
  • Improved understanding on legal issues which allow for more effective management of legal rights
  • Possess confidence in discussing contract issues with lawyers and different parties
  • Effective risk reduction and conflict resolution

Who Should Attend?

A must attend workshop for anyone who has to negotiate, manage, transact or resolve disputes with third parties, including but not limited to:

  • Contract Administration & Management Professionals
  • Legal Heads & General Counsels
  • Legal Managers & Legal Executives
  • Corporate Legal Advisors
  • Deal Makers
  • Company Secretaries
  • Corporate Lawyers
  • Arbitrators & Mediators
  • Procurement & Purchasing Managers
  • Relationship Managers

Experts

  • Bhumesh Verma, Managing Partner - Corp Comm Legal
  • Tejas Karia, Partner and Head of Arbitration - Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.
  • KPS Kohli, Partner - Dhir & Dhir Associates

To read more in details, click here




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Webinar on Building a Career in Commercial Mediation

Jean-Christophe, an international mediator, Executive Director of WAPPP and owner of Hase Solutions, leads a team of more than 150 mediators. He has bested the art of mediation and has resolved innumerable commercial cases through effective mediation. He will be addressing how one should go about becoming a successful mediator and how is mediation as a career! 

  • Date and Timing: 25th April at 4 PM
  • Meeting Link: Click Here




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MP HC issues circular to expand matters to be heard in interim bail period

Subordinate Courts to conduct hearing of less urgent matter as well, says MP HC; interim bail period also extended by 45 days.A circular has been issued by the Madhya Pradesh High Court, to expand the Scope of matters to be heard by the lower courts




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The circular law for eigenvalues

I've previously written about how to generate points that are uniformly distributed in the unit disk. A seemingly unrelated topic is the distribution of eigenvalues (in the complex plane) of various kinds of random matrices. However, I recently learned that these topics are somewhat related! A mathematical result called the [...]

The post The circular law for eigenvalues appeared first on The DO Loop.




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Barcelona return to training

Barcelona trained Friday for the first time in nearly two months as the team held their first individual session as part of the league's four-phase plan to return to action after measures to halt the coronavirus were eased.




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72 State Security Force Personnel Test Virus Positive In Maharashtra

The number of COVID-19 cases in Aurangabad in Maharashtra rose by 90 on Friday, with 72 of them being State Reserve Police Force jawans who served in Nashik district's Malegaon area, a COVID-19...




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Unable to Overcome Impact Of Tragedy: Aurangabad Train Accident Survivor

A survivor of the Aurangabad train tragedy says that the disturbing images of the death of his companions in front of his eyes were haunting him and left him with the mental trauma that he will never...




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Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra goes online with Strauss

Maestro Harout Fazlian led the 90 performers of the LPO from their respective homes, recording them using mobile phones, laptops and Zoom chat




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Draconian past and present: History is neither partial nor merciful towards anybody

A timely reminder that foundations of India’s authoritarian laws were laid right after independence, to be exploited by successive regimes




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Cybercrime in the time of Covid — what firms need to do for security

“Ever since the outbreak, we have observed increased volumes of phishing attacks as well as a number of malicious websites purporting to offer information or advice about the pandemic,” says Venugopal N, director, software engineering, Check Point Software Technologies.




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Hike MSP, levy cess on sugar: NITI task force

The report of the panel on sugarcane and sugar industry, headed by NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand, was submitted on April 21.




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Net inflows into equity MFs halve in April compared to March, as investors turn cautious

Industry experts say that lump-sum investments have stopped and even some investors are stopping their SIPs, due to the unpredictable equity markets.




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Time spent on smartphones rose 16% during April 25- May 1, 2020: BARC-Nielsen report

Social networking, gaming and education apps recorded the highest growth




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Covid-19: Armed Forces set up quarantine facilities for those returning from overseas

The Indian Navy has also set up a facility at Visakhapatnam, which too can take in 200 people with all the facilities available inside.




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Catching Cybercriminals Exploiting the Pandemic Follow Up

Read additional insights from The DomainTools Security Research Team's recent presentation on CovidLock including results from participant polls and supplemental Q&A.




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Labor Force Survey in Canada Shows Employment Gains in Various Provinces

Ontario and Quebec were the leading provinces to have employment gains in December. The latest Labor Force Survey of Statistics Canada revealed these facts.57,000 more employees were employed in the private sector of Canada during December. There was…




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Meghan Reads For Charity To Celebrate Son Archie's First Birthday. Watch

Prince William and Kate took to Instagram to wish their nephew Archie on his first birthday.





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India e-commerce market will reach $6 billion by 2015 - Gartner

India fastest growing e-commerce market in Asia-Pacific region will reach $6 billion by 2015 - Gartner