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Natural Ways To Cure Skin Rashes

Sometimes, skin rashes can be highly irritating – especially be-cause of their itching sensation. Most people prefer chemical methods to fight this skin condition. Needless to say, this condition too can be solved with the help of non-chemical methods.

Post-Covid India: Challenges And Priorities Sam Pitroda

The write-up is prepared by Mansoor Palloor based on Sam Pitroda’s lecture in a webinar organised at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Development Studies.

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IT IS NOT JUST STARTING BUT ABOUT SCALING UP

The fascination of entrepreneurship has caught the spirit of the times. We are increasingly seeing entrepreneurship emerging as a viable career option and some of the best students embracing ideas and converting them into institutions. Entrepreneurship has also democratised leadership and youngsters are getting a seat at the corporate table much before, the norm of the yester years. The pace of some of these ventures often defy conventional logic but very phrase does not have meaning, as we see a ‘new normal’ emerging in business.

INVESTING IN GOLD AND OPTIONS FOR THE RETAIL INVESTOR

Whenever the price of gold goes up, the personal fi-nance columns published in various newspapers and periodicals see hectic discussions about how much money an investor should set apart for investing in gold. However, during periods when the price of gold is stable or showing weakness, these very columns tend to be either silent about gold or go the other way and recommend against holding gold in the portfolio. But now that gold price in India is ruling at historic highs, there is a broad consensus that gold should always be a part of our investment portfolio, with a decent share of our total budget (anywhere from 10 to 20 percent) earmarked for the yellow metal. It is therefore time to look at what makes gold an enduring investment and also examine the various avenues available to retail investors who wish to add gold to their portfolio.

Long-term impact

Rooma Sarika runs the ‘Rooma Permanent Cosmetics’ clinic at Kochi. She talks about some beneficial treatments her clinic offers.

HYUNDAI VERNA

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.

GOKULAM GOPALAN: THE SOCIALLY COMMITTED BUSINESSMAN

Being a socially committed person is extra-ordinary – especially if you are into business. Not all people have the true courage to dedicate their life for their society. Specifically speaking, the present generation has come down to the level of selfishness. Needless to say, given the aforesaid facts, if there is someone who does not qualify the said assumptions, he deserves to be treated as a noble soul. Fortunately, a search for one such divine soul has culminated with a positive note. In this edition, a business legend, who has shown the world the importance of leading a socially committed life, is covered. That exceptional human is none other than A M Gopalan (popularly known as Gokulam Gopalan), the owner of Gokulam Group of Companies.

FACTS ABOUT FIBROMYALGIA

Fibromyalgia is a common and disturbing ailment. Fibromyalgia is estimated to affect 2–8% of the population, with a female to male incidence ratio of approximately 9:1. Fibromyalgia is basically a functional somatic syndrome ie a physical response to depression and stress.

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Entrepreneur, Dr. Ravi Pil-lai's success story is one that inspires every young entrepreneur.

Transitional Credit A Fight To Retain My Property

In It is known to every reader of this article that “lexprospicit non-respicit”, which means that ‘The Law looks forward and not backward’. We are in a period where law is made to look backward whenever the courts read it favourable to the taxpayers and against the Government. Retrospective amendments, in the recent times, have become a weapon with the Government to overcome any judicial pronouncement against the Government. Needless to state, such retrospective has been a matter of challenge, whilst there is no wrangle that the Legislature does have the right to promulgate laws retrospectively.

New Zealand: A Truly Blessed Island Country

This Island country is one of the first countries which have recovered from the clutches of the disastrous Covid-19 outbreak – which has brought the world to an unpleasant state. Like most advanced countries in the world, the tourism sector of the country is one of the main contributors to the economy. The quick recovery of the country from the clutches of the virus implies that the country may go back to normal in near future itself.

SKODA OCTAVIA RS 245

Forty-five lakhs for a Skoda Octavia, you must be joking, right? Not really, the Octa-via RS245 is expensive, but special in its own way.

THE CURIOUS CASE OF GROWTH IN GOLD LOANS AS REDEMPTIONS SPIKED

Amidst this widespread risk aversion, only the gold lenders stood firm and kept their doors open for everyone. Even during the lockdown, when most lenders had stopped lending, gold loan companies were disbursing fresh loans through digital modes. Safety, or worries about likely defaults, is not an issue for the gold loan companies as the gold collateral (i.e. the jewellery pledged by borrowers) is held in the custody of the lenders and can be easily liquidated in the event of default.

ZERO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT FOR ENHANCED PROFITABILITY

From a business point of view definitely there are sector-specific opportunities coming up in various fields of health care, technology, online trade and e-commerce etc. For organisations existing in or related to these sectors definitely the opportunities would be easily visible. For other organisations if they have to survive the current crisis they have to spot the opportunities, develop them and encash them.

THE GREATEST WEAPON HUMANS POSSESS IS THEIR MIND POWER

There is definitely a scientific basis for which our minds released so much energy helping us to perform exceptionally well as per demand. All humans have this potential. But only few learn to ulitise the skill well. Definitely, strong genes play a significant role in developing our mind power but at the same time we can train ourselves to develop strong minds and achieve the impossible.

MANAGEMENT IS ACTION NOT JUST A BUNCH OF ACTIVITIES

We often mistake activities and movement for concrete action. When we get busy with quotidian, repetitive tasks, we also pile up a series of prosaic and not so important tasks that buries our calendar. Time Management principles are popular and we have some very interesting frameworks including that of ‘7 Habits’ by the late Stephen Covey. But, what is useful is also a mental frame which helps you guide you work life.

IMAGINE A NEW FUTURE!

Softskills is a combination of communication skills, life skills, behavioural skills, business skills and cognitive skills. Where hard skills are quantifiable skills which can be gained through technical and on-the-job training, Softskills are qualifiable much harder to define and evaluate. It accounts to 80% of your productivity. Technical skills applied alone won’t be truly effective.

A EXTRAORDINARY LAPAROSCOPIC SURGEON WITH EXCELLENCE: DR. R. PADMAKUMAR

He is a source of comfort not only to patients in Kerala, but also to patients in the GCC countries. He is the fifth person in the world and the first person in the Gulf countries and Kerala to conduct a surgery to surgically resolve the condition of diabetes under the non-obesity category. He is one of the rare doctors who has expertise in endoscopic thyroidectomy, and is the first doctor to successfully perform intestinal surgery with just two grams of haemoglobin. He is the inventor of Ileal Hybrid technology.

Covid-19: Light At The End Of The Tunnel

A couple of months ago, in the March issue, I had written about COVID-19, even as it was in the early stages, highlighting the need for a coordinated global response. That was when total worldwide cases stood below 100,000 whereas it stands at over 3.8 million now, after having caused over 265,000 deaths. The disease has moved from China to Iran, Italy, South Korea, Spain, France, US and so on, to almost every inhabited part of the world. The worldwide lockdowns necessitated by the need to contain its spread have brought trade and travel to a grinding halt.

Covid 19: Is It An Opportunity?

Adv Sherry Samuel Oommen is a practising lawyer at High Court of Kerala who specialises in tax and Corporate Laws. Presently he heads the tax and corporate law practice of Nash Capital Partners. Apart from being a qualified lawyer, he is also a chartered accountant, cost accountant and a company secretary. He is currently pursuing his Doctorate Degree and is reachable at sherryoommen@nashcp.com.

NAMIBIA: THE DRIEST COUNTRY IN AFRICA

Africa is a magic. It is an interesting land to explore. The world knows this continent as a dark continent. But, there is more this can offer. Its beauty is unexplainable. It possesses everything – from beautiful mountains and amazing forests to mindblowing deserts.

THE NEW CONNOTATION OF LITERACY-DIGITAL AWARENESS

The past two months have been that of severe dis-ruption and change. The COVID 19 spurt and the subsequent lockdowns of various degrees across the world have forced us to explore new working models and also sweat every idea we had of remote working. Plugging into office networks on remote lines, home networks, multiple devices has thrown up opportunities and challenges of its own. Our old definition of literacy was the ability to read and write in a language – the presumption being that this would give us access to education, communication, reading, general information and build our thinking capabilities. But, today, some of it have no meaning unless we are able to access an electronic equipment like a phone or a laptop or desktop and a handheld mobile phone!

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SHASHI THAROOR: THE IDEAL PARLIAMENTARIAN

As a Member of Parliament, Tharoor has converted his unorthodox entry into politics and diplomatic skills inherited from his UN days, into a potent asset. In a country notorious for long-winded bureaucratic bottlenecks and red tape-ism that often reduces development projects to crawl, Tharoor has displayed an irreverential approach to the system and the rules of conformity it demands.

COVID-19: THE CROWNED DOOM

Dr. Binoy John MD DM (CARDIOLOGY) FCSI FACC FESC FSCAI FAPSIC Senior consultant interventional cardiologist & specialist in heart failure & advanced cardiac diseases, Chennai Visiting Consultant: Dr Rela Institute & Medical Centre, Chennai Credence Hospital, Trivandrum

VIZAG LEAK: THAT AVOIDABLE TRAGEDY

What have we learned from the infamous Bhopal Gas Tragedy – the gas leak which claimed the lives of as many as 3,787 innocent people in a city situated in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh? The repetition of similar incidents proves that the country has not learned anything from that tragedy.

COMBATING CHALLENGING TIMES AND MOVING FORWARD

By Jiz P Kottukappally Chief Executive Officer Yescalator Management and Financial Consultants

BEING EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT IN BUSINESS

Dolly Neena is founder of Your Wing, a training company born out of a noble cause and spirit. She holds a decade long experience being a passionate mentor and entrepreneur.