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India`s gig economy in a limbo as online food deliveries slow down With a spurt in online food and grocery delivery, especially in the pandemic years, India saw a meteoric rise in the gig economy, giving millions of people job opportunities. However, delivering hot and piping food at customers' doorsteps has become a nightmare for many of them as the food delivery business turns out to be a losing game while more and more delivery partners report unfair work conditions, pay disparity, and harassment. India is likely to see its gig workforce add 9-1...
India`s gig economy in a limbo as online food deliveries slow down
India`s gig economy in a limbo as online food deliveries slow down
Source: IANS
18/03/2023 4:45:49 PM
India Week 2023: Reimagining India-UK futures together after FTA deal As the UK and India reach the closing stages of agreeing on a bilateral Free Trade Agreement, global advisory firm EPG is hosting its annual get-together of change-makers, policy and business leaders for high-level discussions on pertinent topics, called “India Week 2023”.   EPG’s India Week seeks to celebrate these trends, across several special events on 7-12 May 2023 in Leicestershire, Oxford and London.   A Free Trade Agreement between India and the...
India Week 2023: Reimagining India-UK futures together after FTA deal
India Week 2023: Reimagining India-UK futures together after FTA deal
Source: PR Agency
17/12/2022 5:42:08 PM
JGU announces Study Abroad programmes at world's top universities including Oxford, Harvard, Wharton, Columbia  In an extraordinary and unparalleled development in international education and global engagement for Indian students, the O.P. Jindal Global University has announced 12 short-term Study Abroad programmes at the world's leading universities. The 12 programmes are being offered at Harvard University, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School), Syracuse University, University of Oregon and UCLA in the USA; University of Oxford in the UK; Sciences Po in France;...
JGU announces Study Abroad programmes at world's top universities including Oxford, Harvard, Wharton, Columbia
JGU announces Study Abroad programmes at world's top universities including Oxford, Harvard, Wharton, Columbia
Source: IANS
14/03/2022 1:07:10 PM
Gene that doubles risk of lung failure due to Covid common in South Asians University of Oxford scientists have uncovered a gene that doubles the risk of lung failure and death from Covid, BBC reported. They say 60 per cent of people from South Asian backgrounds and 15 per cent of people of European ancestry carry the high-risk version of the gene. Vaccines are key and help significantly reduce these risks, researchers say. The Nature Genetics study sheds light on why some communities in the UK and South Asia are at higher risk from Covid -- but does not fu...
Gene that doubles risk of lung failure due to Covid common in South Asians
Gene that doubles risk of lung failure due to Covid common in South Asians
Source: IANS
5/11/2021 1:53:36 PM
Oxford Economics revises downwards India`s GDP growth forecast to 10.2% for 2021 Citing the country’s escalating health burden, faltering vaccination rate and lack of a convincing government strategy to contain the pandemic, global forecasting firm -- Oxford Economics has revised downwards its India GDP growth forecast for 2021 to 10.2 per cent from 11.8 per cent previously. Oxford Economics also said that notwithstanding the likelihood of further mobility restrictions, it expects India’s targeted lockdown approach, less stringent restrictions, and resilient c...
Oxford Economics revises downwards India`s GDP growth forecast to 10.2% for 2021
Oxford Economics revises downwards India`s GDP growth forecast to 10.2% for 2021
Source: Accord Fintech
27/04/2021 2:44:13 PM
Oxford Covid vaccine safe, protects against disease: Lancet In a significant development, the first full results from interim analysis has confirmed that the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine has an acceptable safety profile and is efficacious against symptomatic the Coronavirus caused disease, with only three out of 23,745 participants experiencing serious adverse events. Interim results of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trials found that the vaccine protects against symptomatic disease in 70 per cent of cases -- with vaccine efficacy of 62 per cent for those ...
Oxford Covid vaccine safe, protects against disease: Lancet
Oxford Covid vaccine safe, protects against disease: Lancet
Source: IANS
9/12/2020 11:00:47 AM