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Smt Nirmala Sitharaman: The First Fulltime Female Finance Minister

Her non-political career is as eventful as her political career. She was an assistant to Economist in the Agricultural Engineers Association in the United Kingdom. She also served as a senior manager in R&D. She was even a part of the BBC World Service team.

THE PLIGHT OF UNORGANISED WORKFORCE

When it is discussed about the topic of labour environment, only the organised sector is taken into consideration often. What is left unattended usually is the unorganised sector in which the majority of the labour population of the country resides.

CONVERTING THE ‘ABILITY TO LEARN' INTO A STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE

Learning is also not easy. It is an intellectual nightmare as what we have learnt in our past experiences, school and college are often taken as definitions and agreed upon. It is also psychologically difficult because learning points to uncomfortable truths at times. As Peter Thiel, the legendary venture capitalist says ‘brilliant thinking is rare but courage is in shorter supply’.

MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS THAT MAKE YOUR BUSINESS

Customer is the king in any business. They are the one who decide whether you should stay in business or not. Customers pay your salaries, through the business they do with you. Keeping them happy and delighted, hence, becomes the prime priority when it comes to sustaining a business.

GOODS AND SERVICES TAX-KEY DEVELOPMENTS

The message of the government is now indeed loud and clear that strict action would be taken against all defaulters. It would indeed augur well for trade to ensure compliance with the provisions of law rather than to face the wrath of the Department. As evidenced above, the Standard Operating Procedure would indeed go a far way in the matter of best judgment assessment and deciding the fate of non-filers of various returns.

FACTS ABOUT DOWN'S SYNDROME

Down syndrome (trisomy of chromosome 21) is the most common chromosome abnormality in humans occurring in about one per 1000 babies born each year. It is typically associated with physical growth delay, characteristic facial and physical features, mild to moderate intellectual disability and poor immune function.

Audi A6

The new Audi A6 is the jack of all trades car, something you can live with every day, and will do its luxury car duties quite well. It is comfortable, it looks good and although, you don’t get another engine option, the one it comes with, works adequately well.

AFTER A DREAM RUN IN 2019, GOLD PRICES LIKELY TO PAUSE FOR BREATH

In December 2019, the US Federal Reserve Bank announced new term operations totalling $365 billion (over the two months upto January 2020), which involves ramping up the amount of temporary liquidity injections into the overnight lending markets. The Fed is to offer a total of $490 billion in liquidity via repo operations, including the $75 billion that it has already pumped in through three earlier term actions.

Tata Altroz

Vivek Venugopal is one of India’s top automotive writers with over a decade’s experience in road-testing and reviewing cars. He is currently the Editor of Quarter Mile magazine and a columnist in several leading magazines and newspapers. He is also a highly sought after consulting engineer and market analyst for many automobile manufacturers.

Never Say Never; Never Say Die : Saga Of A Valiant Survivor

There are people around us who get into this habit of trivializing depression, or giving up when life gets a bit harder.

Way Forward To Attract FDI In India

Every state in India must wake up to these facts that it is high time to make things happen by pooling all the resources and offer a workable platform to allure private investments instead of borrowing any further.

Natural Ways To Soften Lips

Do you know what the most beautiful part of your face is? It is your lips.

Sri Lanka: The Pearl Of Indian Ocean

Needless to say, owing to the decades-long civil war and political instability, the Sri Lankan economy is in a very bad state.

Diabetic Neuropathy Is Controllable

Good control of diabetes over time is the key to treating diabetic neuropathy. There is no cure for neuropathy, but keeping your blood sugar within a target range can reduce symptoms and prevent them from getting worse.

Crises–Learning For Small Entrepreneurs!

Simon Sinek, in his much watched TED talk, reminds us that there are three frames of our action - the ‘WHAT’, the ‘HOW’ and the ‘WHY’. Typically, we are guided in that sequence as well. We spend time on ‘What’ we are to do and the mechanics of ‘How’. What we neglect is the ‘WHY’! ‘Why’ is the raison d'être of our existence. It is the sole reason we are in business, our larger purpose and our objective to spend most of lives! It is like a calling rather than employment.

Fall Prevention: Why Old People Fall Frequently?

A combination of exercises, both aerobic and anaerobic, around 20 minutes a day, can reduce the risk of a fall. Strengthening the hand grip muscles is a good idea, as it helps you to grab for safety and prevent a fall. Walk, bicycle, or climb stairs to strengthen the muscles of your legs and lower body.

Banking In The Era Of AI And ML

AI is based on the premise that it can analyse all these data sources together to arrive at a sound, coherent decision. Evaluating creditworthiness is but one everyday application of AI. Technology can help monitor various alternative sources of information relevant to creditworthiness, like whether you are paying your rent and utility bills on time.

An Open Letter To Sensitize The Issue Of Marital Rape

In other sense, it is improper to put burden on men alone. This crime is too complicated. Definitely, lack of awareness is one of the prime reasons for the existence of marital rape. Even women are not correctly aware about this issue. Then, how are men supposed to be aware of?

Samoa: The Cradle Of Polynesia

The nature Goddess has blessed no country as much as she has blessed Samoa. Sightseeing is the least thing that can be done in Samoa. To enjoy Samoa rightly, its cuisine, its culture, its art, its music and its several similar gifts should be tasted. It needs lot of patience and dedication.

Serbian Beauty Wins Miss Asia Global Title

It was an amazing evening.

Required, A Paradigm Shift In India's Agriculture Policy

As any developing economy matures, there is a natural movement of workers from low productivity agriculture to higher productivity manufacturing and services sector, where wages are relatively higher thanks to the higher productivity.

Maruti Suzuki XL6

The biggest improvement in the XL6 is the cabin. You get black interiors and leather seats that are way classier than the Ertiga’s. We hated the wood trim in the Ertiga, and here you have better finished trim that’s inspired by granite and aluminium.

Three Cheers To Innovative Spirits Of Strength!

When Dr. Elizabeth Chacko embarked on her journey as a beautician 40 years ago, there were almost no other counterparts available in the state for her.

Life Skills For The Modern-Day Entrepreneur

The professional of tomorrow cannot navigate with just the front mirror and the rear mirror, but needs to have the instinct to look at every road sign, changing weather patterns and fading landscape, and imbibe every tessellation of what is around them. For the future is just around the blind corner

Dominica: The Nature Isle Of The Caribbean

The Isle has everything a traveller normally looks for. That makes the Island unavoidable. It has peaceful beaches, adventurous mountains, informative museums, talkative historic ruins, enlightening music and haunting cuisine.

Natural Ways To Smoothen Hair

People waste thousands of money to smoothen hair.

Is The Concept Of Employee Loyalty Obsolete?

Today, even when an analyst sees economic instability, political uncertainties, currency fluctuations, can one ignore the surge of opportunities in these geographies? You can ignore it only at your peril.

Renault Triber

The front seats are comfy and are set high enough to give you a commanding view of the road. All the seats are made of good quality fabric, and the colour palette used for the whole cabin is pleasant. The second row seats are set higher than the front ones.

Dr. Sajimon Parayil: The Khadi Campaigner

On the other side, Sparas will be in the forefront of e-commerce trading. We will be opening new showrooms in Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode and, even, in Bahrain, apart from the one we have in Ernakulam. We deliver to almost all pin codes in India - thanks to our sales platforms in Flipkart and Amazon

Lesotho: The Most Beautiful African Kingdom

Lesotho is a very special country. Only two more countries exist like this in the world at present. Itis one of only three Independent countries completely surrounded by the territory of another country. It is South Africa that surrounds this Kingdom.