Covid-19 pushes India’s Middle Class toward poverty | Job losses & business closures
As if the suffering from the virus wasn t enough, my heart goes out to those that have lost their jobs / businesses. And we still haven t bottomed out IMO. The worst is yet to come, we will see that in the economy as well. This is the rainy day you saved up for, guys. Be cautious with spending money. Hope no BHPians or their friends / family have suffered like the examples in this article.
Quote: The shop, called the Right Fit, opened in February 2020, just weeks before the coronavirus struck India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi abruptly enacted one of the world’s toughest nationwide lockdowns to stop it. Unable to pay the rent, Mr. Anand closed the Right Fit two months later.
Need help navigating the always on, always remote life? Ask OOO at mail@wired.com.
The short answer, Sara, is that you should play Jeopardy. Everyone loves Jeopardy, and Jeopardy Labs allows you to create boards with any categories you want, whether obscure art history or obscure office in-jokes. (I swear this is not sponcon for this random website.) The closest thing to fun I have experienced during many, many quarantine virtual hangouts were the ones involving Jeopardy.
That said, we are missing one crucial piece of information: How big is your office? Jeopardy isn’t going to work with more than five or six people, and it’s no fun to watch other people play trivia. The vast majority of activities that can be played online, in fact, are going to be much, much less fun with more than a handful of people. Games are out if you don’t have a tiny workplace. (Assuming you don’t work for a tiny company, can you plan something for your department instead of the entire office?) Th
Opinion: Germany s backward vision of working mothers
The new possibility of a female German chancellor with children has highlighted deep-set prejudices about working moms that run through German society, DW s Sonya Diehn writes.
Although Annalena Baerbock keeps her own kids out of the limelight, she is a strong advocate for children
Her nomination sends a signal: A woman who straddles the post-Berlin Wall generation represents modern Germany. Better than those crusty old men the conservatives have put forward, anyway.
As a working mom myself, I m excited about her nomination. So my ears perked up when I caught wind of backlash on social media to a question raised in German mainstream media: Children and the chancellery can they be reconciled?
Middle EastEmirates president wants to set airline on course before retiring
Reuters
1 minute read
Emirates President Tim Clark on Wednesday said he wanted to set the airline on its future course before he retires.
Clark, who was to retire last year, told the World Aviation Festival online forum he did not know when he would now leave the Dubai state carrier.
Person dies in workplace accident while undertaking geotechnical work in Fiordland
21 Apr, 2021 02:40 AM
Quick Read
WorkSafe is investigating after a person died in a workplace accident yesterday. Photo / NZH
NZ Herald
A spokesperson said the fatality happened at a business in Fiordland.