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What Olympics postponement will cost Japan

'The Olympics postponement may not be a political body blow to Abe Shinzo, but it is no denying that the economic cost of the postponement of the Games will be heavy for Japan,' observes Dr Rajaram......

It is time for Hindus and Muslims to reconcile

'This Ram Navami -- the birth anniversary of Lord Ram -- presents the majority community an opportunity to shed its minority complex and offer an olive branch and discrimination- free society to......

US won't pay for Prince Harry, Meghan's security: Trump

President Donald Trump has said that the United States will not foot the bill for Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle's security amid reports that the royal couple have moved to Los......

Harry, Meghan leave Canada to set up base in US: Report

Britain's Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle have reportedly shifted out of Canada permanently with their 10-month-old son Archie and set up their new base in Los Angeles, California. The Duke......

Britain's Prince Charles tests positive for COVID-19

Britain's Prince Charles has tested positive for the novel coronavirus after he displayed "mild symptoms" and is now self-isolating, his office said on Wednesday. IMAGE: Prince Charles, the......

CNG, cooking gas will now be cheaper

Prices of natural gas, which is used to produce fertiliser and generate electricity and is also converted into CNG for use in automobiles as fuel and cooking gas for households, are set every six......

Coronavirus impact: Show halts for event management companies

Cancellation of at least Rs 3,000-crore worth of business has happened in the past few weeks. The spate of cancellation and postponement of domestic events because of the COVID-19 outbreak has......

Travel portals, airlines are grappling with cancellations

The issues include not getting refunds on airline and hotel bookings, getting charged a service fee even if airlines have waived cancellation charges and so on. Illustration: Dominic......

When will Modi privatise railways?

'The new trains should be fast, but the roll-out of the privatisation plan should be slow and well-considered,' recommends T N Ninan. Photograph: Reuters The issues to do with privatising railway......

Yes Bank: 4 warning signs retail investors ignored

'Human nature is such that unless there is major panic, you hang on to hope that things will improve. If you have five negative signals and two positive signals you prefer to hang on to those two......

When Bollywood treated women badly...

We may have made great strides in science and technology, send space missions to Mars and Moon, but when it comes to something as basic as respecting women, the world has got it so, SO wrong.......

Can you watch 309 films in a year?

On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days. IMAGE: Joanne Froggatt in Downton Abbey. I......

Olympics postponement: Athletes show IOC who has power

‘The fact that the IOC and Japan decided to postpone has a lot to do with the fact that athletes spoke out and clearly told their stories. It somehow made it real. Formally, nothing has......

Inside Tokyo's decision to delay the Olympics

IMAGE: Ultimately, it was the growing chorus of concerns from famous athletes and nations under lockdown that sunk Tokyo's hopes to hold the Olympics as planned in July. Photograph: Carl......

'At the end of the day, humanity has to trump sport'

'I would say we should look at this positively as it would allow us a year more to plan and train for the Olympics, which is the biggest sporting event for many athletes.' IMAGE: India's star......

'Preserving human life is most important thing right now'

Athletes, national associations and sporting federations from around the world reacted with a mixture of sadness, relief and mainly goodwill to the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on......

Bindra calls to suspend training camps after Games postponement

India's only individual Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra on Tuesday welcomed the decision to postpone the Olympic Games and stressed on the need to immediately suspend training camps and guard......

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What Olympics postponement will cost Japan

'The Olympics postponement may not be a political body blow to Abe Shinzo, but it is no denying that the economic cost of the postponement of the... ...

http://www.rediff.com/news/column/coronavirus-what-olympics-postponement-will-cost-japan/20200404.htm

Tech firm Altimetrik enables 100% work from home

The company initiated its business continuity plan (BCP) in March first week in India when the Covid-19 cases were being initially reported. The... ...

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/software/tech-firm-altimetrik-enables-100-work-from-home/articleshow/74979044.cms

World's Largest Jazz Festival In Montreal Cancelled Due To Pandemic

This year's Montreal Jazz Festival, the world's largest, and other popular summer jamborees in Canada's francophone metropolis were cancelled... ...

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/worlds-largest-jazz-festival-in-montreal-cancelled-due-to-pandemic-2205894

‘Hello doctor, I returned from Canada, do I have corona?’

An elderly person from Old City recently called up a doctor in the health department, complaining of high fever. A middle-aged resident from a posh... ...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/hello-doc-i-returned-from-canada-do-i-have-corona/articleshow/74974085.cms

Canada blasts U.S. block on 3M exports of masks as coronavirus cases set to soar

Canadian officials on Friday blasted a move by President Donald Trump to block 3M Co's export of N95 respirator masks for use by doctors and nurses... ...

http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/INworldNews/~3/hvy_h77RS2Y/canada-blasts-u-s-block-on-3m-exports-of-masks-as-coronavirus-cases-set-to-soar-idINKBN21L34Y

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