A new Covid subvariant, EG.5, is becoming a dominant strain in countries including the United States and Britain, piqued the attention of public health experts around the world. With the advent of successful vaccinations and better social management, however, the Coronavirus has waned. In the 28 days up to Aug. 3, more than 1 million
Facebook executives feared CEO Mark Zuckerberg would be unhappy when the White House urged the company to clamp down on content regarding COVID-19 posts. In internal emails and communications, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Biden administration urged Facebook to remove content about COVID-19 posts, including theories about its origin and satire about vaccine
In a company-wide restructuring, Aspiration, a fintech startup company based in California, plans to let go of 180 employees. The layoffs will affect both remote employees and those based out of Aspiration’s Marina Del Rey headquarters. Aspiration’s last layoff took place in December, when the company cut about 100 employees. Olivia Albrecht, CEO of the
It is likely that the dominant virus strain in India is the XBB.1.16 sub-variant of Omicron, according to the Union health ministry. In India, 1,805 new Coronavirus cases were reported on Sunday, bringing the total number of active Coronavirus cases to 10,300. Four Covid-19 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, one each
A study suggests that prolonged symptoms of COVID-19 may be associated with difficulties recognising faces, a condition called face blindness, and navigation issues. In previous studies, COVID-19 has been shown to cause a range of neurological problems, including loss of smell and taste, as well as impairments in attention, memory, speech, and language, or “brain
In today’s news, layoffs are common. The reasons are many, but employee performance is always at the forefront. And that’s the definition of layoff too – the act of terminating a worker’s employment, sometimes temporarily, usually due to a lack of work, the employees job are always at risk. Due to the pandemic, start-ups raised
WHO is fighting the coronavirus pandemic by saying that China’s Zero COVID strategy is invincible. WHO’s director of Emergencies, Michael Ryan said that we need to push a reset button, which implies that in order to beat the pandemic we need to always show respect for humans and their rights. China’s Zero COVID strategy is invincible According
China’s city-wide lockdown of Shanghai caused the Chinese stock markets to fall by 2% Premier Li Keqiang called on the country to develop its innovative capabilities China eases annual energy restrictions and is expected to see an upward trend in industrial metals and coal production China is the world’s top steel producer and consumer, with
This variant of COVID, was formerly known as “B.1.1.529”, but the World Health Organization (WHO) identified it as a variant of concern (VOC) due to concerning mutational changes and preliminary evidence which suggests greater risk of re-infection with this variant. The WHO approach allocates a Greek letter (such as alpha, beta, etc.) to such variants in
Ganesh Chaturthi generally marks the onset of the festive season, particularly for Maharashtra and some parts of South India, where people celebrate the festival enthusiastically. Traditionally, the festive season is that part of the year that people consider auspicious for buying property. Housing sales from September onwards (except in the ‘shraadh’ period) up to December
