Cognizant to give two-thirds of employees 25% more in base pay for working in coronavirus pandemic
Cognizant announced that it will pay about two-thirds of its employees an additional 25% of their base salary in the April salary, as a ‘sign of gratitude’ for the efforts in continuing to work during the Covid-19 pandemic. The additional payout for employees will be in India and the Philippines and will be up till […]
You don’t have to pay any loan EMI for next 3 months.
RBI provides major reprieve to the common man, by allowing deferment of all loan repayments for next 3 months. The move allows borrowers to not pay ANY EMIs for ANY loans until 30 June. This will bring relief for all loans- home loans, car loans, education loans, agricultural loans, personal loans etc. It will also […]
Centre to give 3 months pension in advance to senior citizens, differently-abled and widows
The Centre on Friday decided to give three months’ pension in advance to senior citizens, differently-abled and widows, reported news agency PTI quoting officials. The move is a part of the series of relief measures being announced by the government in wake of the country’s economy hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak and the ongoing lockdown.
Netflix throttles the traffic to alleviate data congestion.
Just like it did in Europe a few days ago, Netflix announced that it would throttle its traffic over Indian telecom networks by 25% in order to alleviate the data congestion that has arisen from cooped up people binge-watching their content. The American giant said that despite lowering the strain it puts on internet service providers, it […]
Britain’s National Health Service digital team, NHSX is calling the innovators to help vulnerable people.
Britain’s National Health Service digital team, NHSX is calling on all innovators who can support the elderly, vulnerable and self-isolating during COVID-19 to apply for government funding of up to £25,000 to test their solution. There are three categories for startup ideas – remote social care; optimising staffing in care and voluntary sectors; and mental health to support people’s wellbeing […]
