JULY 27, 2020
More employees are working from home than ever before due to the coronavirus.
Security chiefs from McLaren, Revolut, and Facebook explained what they're doing to keep their companies safe during the lockdown.
Measures range from using privacy screens to extra vetting on new staff.
Companies have spent years figuring out how they can...
JULY 27, 2020
FILE PHOTO: A lab at Methodist Dallas Medical Center testing samples for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Dallas. - Reuters/Cooper Neill
The United States might have more COVID-19 testing capacity than any other country. So why have we seen laboratories overwhelmed and many patients again waiting a week or more for results?
At the heart of the crisis is...
JULY 26, 2020
White House officials and Senate Republicans are finalizing a bill that would offer another round of $1,200 checks to many Americans and that would not renew the full unemployment insurance enhancement as part of a proposal for the next stimulus bill set to be unveiled Monday, several top administration officials said Sunday.
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow...
JULY 26, 2020
Federal officers launch tear gas at a group of demonstrators during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse Sunday, July 26, 2020, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
ATLANTA (AP) — Protests took a violent turn in several U.S. cities over the weekend with demonstrators squaring off against federal agents outside...
JULY 26, 2020
Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar face the immediate risk of becoming the new hotspots of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India, due to a rapid increase in new cases, rising positivity rates and (for the last two) low testing, according to data analysed by HT.
To identify the new hotspots of the outbreak, HT analysed data...
JULY 26, 2020
A government committee headed by Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan has suggested that non-personal data generated in the country be allowed to be harnessed by various domestic companies and entities. The nine-member committee, while releasing the draft report, has kept time till August 13 for the public to send suggestions. It has also suggested setting up of a...
JULY 26, 2020
An Indian court has summoned Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma in a case in which a former employee in India says he was wrongfully fired after objecting to what he saw as censorship and fake news on company apps, documents seen by Reuters showed.
The case comes weeks after India cited security concerns in banning Alibaba's UC...
JULY 26, 2020
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said democracy in the country will function in accordance with the Constitution and echo the voice of the people, who will reject the BJP's "conspiracy of deceit and deception".
He was participating in the Congress' "SpeakUpForDemocracy" online campaign to expose what it called the designs of the BJP to topple...
JULY 26, 2020
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly.
Sri Lanka legend Kumar Sangakkara said BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has the best interests of cricket at heart making him a suitable candidate for the role of ICC chairman.
Shashank Manohar stepped down from the post recently, and Ganguly's name has been doing rounds ever since CSA's Graeme Smith openly backed him.
"I think Sourav...
JULY 26, 2020
Kerala recorded 927 fresh coronavirus cases, including 16 health workers on Sunday, taking the infection tally to 18,140.
The state capital reported 175 cases, followed by Kasaragod 107, Pathnamthitta 91 and Kollam 74, Health minister K K Shailaja said.
With two more deaths, the coronavirus toll in the state climbed to 61.
Two 71-year-old men from Thrissur and Malappuram, who...
