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A few innovative workplace designs have come along such as the hybrid work model but firms have had to adapt to an even more flexible work culture while trying to maintain and improve the productivity of its workforce that would mainly consist of the millennial and Gen Z generation soon. With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, it had posed a few questions in terms of what the new workspaces and interior designs would look like once life resumed in normalcy. While we’ve seen a few innovative work environments come along such as the hybrid work model – firms have had to now adapt…

Apollo Global Management is in advanced talks with L&T Finance Holdings Ltd to acquire real estate loans worth ₹8,000-9,000 crore, said people with knowledge of the matter. The L&T Group company is looking to pivot toward the retail segment by pruning its infrastructure and real estate exposure, they said The deal, pegged at $1 billion, will also will help L&T get cash upfront instead of through staggered payments, allowing it to deleverage its balance sheet, while the private equity group gets a portfolio of real estate assets with some first-loss protection as well as building a relationship with the engineering…

Nifty futures were up just 12 points or 0.08 per cent at 15,374 on Singaporean Exchange. Domestic stock indices snapped their 6-day losing streak on Monday as BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 rose higher. BSE Sensex closed 237 points, or 0.46 per cent, higher at 51,598 and the NSE Nifty 50 shut shop at 15,530, up 57 points or 0.37 per cent. However, on Tuesday trends on SGX Nifty was suggesting that Dalal Street might see tepid start. Nifty futures were up just 12 points or 0.08 per cent at 15,374 on Singaporean Exchange. Global cues were positive with…

Lasika Mitra 2.0 drive taken up in district to cover those aged 60 and above The Udupi district administration has taken up Lasika Mitra 2.0 drive to visit houses and administer COVID-19 vaccine, more so to those aged 60 and above who are yet to receive the precautionary dose. The district administration had undertaken similar drive as part of ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ and administered first and second doses to those aged above 18 years. “With the elderly facing the risk of getting infected during the likely fourth wave of COVID-19, we are concentrating on administering precautionary dose to this group,”…

CHENNAI: As part of the ‘Weekend at the Park Series’, Sundaram Finance conducted a ‘Dream Catcher’ craft workshop in Nageswara Rao Park in Chennai on Saturday evening. Around 25 children in the age group of 8 to 12 years participated in the event. Sundaram Finance provided the art material and presented the children with a certificate at the end of the workshop. Source : The Times Of India

IMA members pointed out that while issues of fire safety, bio-medical waste disposal, structural audit and other procedures are relevant, they are being unfortunately linked with the registration process of a nursing home. Discontent is brewing at Indian Medical Association (IMA) as members across Maharashtra have come out strongly against the “impractical” amendments to the nursing home registration rules with a majority threatening that at least 90 per cent of hospitals would be forced to shut down. In a letter sent to Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on June 17, the IMA said the amendments are impractical and impossible to…

Siddhesh Kamble alias Mahakal, an alleged member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, has told investigators that Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar was on the list of persons whom the gang planned to target for extortion, a police official said on Saturday. But a senior official also warned that these claims have not been verified yet, and there was a possibility that there was an element of bragging in Kamble’s statements. Kamble was a close aide of Santosh Jadhav, a suspected shooter in the Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala murder case, and well aware of the murder conspiracy, a police official said. While Kamble is in the custody of Pune…

Agnipath protests Live Updates: Amid protests over the Centre’s new recruitment policy for the Armed forces, Lt General Anil Puri, the Additional Secretary of the Department of Military Affairs, said that the main motive behind implementing the Agnipath scheme was to bring in more youth into the forces. “This reform was long pending. We want to bring youthfulness and experience with it. Today, a large number of jawans are in their 30s and officers are getting command much later than in the past,” he added. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Sunday attacked the Centre over it’s Agnipath scheme and said “This scheme will kill the…

To understand the new smart watched and other pro devices of recent focus, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. Apple’s Watch records exercise, tracks our moves throughout the day, assesses the amount of time we are stood up and reminds us to get up and move around if we have been sat for too long – let’s not forget Tim Cook’s “sitting is the new factor” line. As you’re tapping, scrolling, and swiping on your phone, you probably don’t give much thought to the fact that your apps are consuming electricity -…

To understand the new smart watched and other pro devices of recent focus, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. Apple’s Watch records exercise, tracks our moves throughout the day, assesses the amount of time we are stood up and reminds us to get up and move around if we have been sat for too long – let’s not forget Tim Cook’s “sitting is the new factor” line. As you’re tapping, scrolling, and swiping on your phone, you probably don’t give much thought to the fact that your apps are consuming electricity -…