The consumer base of e-commerce shoppers has doubled to 42% of urban active internet users in India over the last three months (amid the Covid-19pandemic), according to a study by consulting firm Kantar. Nearly 50% of these are new users of e-commerce coming from tier-1 and -2 cities. For new shoppers, Amazon and Google have […]
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BJP IT cell’s Amit Malviya sought action on Facebook employee for ‘bias’ in June
Two months before a Wall Street Journal report alleged that Facebook had turned a blind eye to hate speech by a BJP leader and right-wing groups, national convenor of BJP’s IT cell Amit Malviya had written two emails to the technology giant in June, calling for action against an employee for “anti-BJP bias”. Asked if […]
BJP IT cell’s Amit Malviya sought action on Facebook employee for ‘bias’ in June
Two months before a Wall Street Journal report alleged that Facebook had turned a blind eye to hate speech by a BJP leader and right-wing groups, national convenor of BJP’s IT cell Amit Malviya had written two emails to the technology giant in June, calling for action against an employee for “anti-BJP bias”. Asked if […]
Netflix Series: Choksi’s plea rejected, Bihar Court restrains use of Sahara chief’s name
Netflix’s upcoming series “Bad Boy Billionaires”-slated to release on September 2- was challenged in two separate petitions before two separate Courts on Friday. While the Delhi High Court rejected absconding diamond merchant Mehul Choksi’s writ, a local Court in Bihar ordered interim stay on transmission of the series using the name of Subrata Roy, Chairman […]
Netflix Series: Choksi’s plea rejected, Bihar Court restrains use of Sahara chief’s name
Netflix’s upcoming series “Bad Boy Billionaires”-slated to release on September 2- was challenged in two separate petitions before two separate Courts on Friday. While the Delhi High Court rejected absconding diamond merchant Mehul Choksi’s writ, a local Court in Bihar ordered interim stay on transmission of the series using the name of Subrata Roy, Chairman […]
Guidance issued on payroll tax deferral
Late on Friday, the IRS issued much-anticipated guidance on the payroll tax deferral that was ordered by President Donald Trump in a presidential memorandum on Aug. 8 (Notice 2020-65). The notice allows employers to defer withholding on affected employees’ compensation during the last four months of 2020 and then withhold those deferred amounts during the […]
Guidance issued on payroll tax deferral
Late on Friday, the IRS issued much-anticipated guidance on the payroll tax deferral that was ordered by President Donald Trump in a presidential memorandum on Aug. 8 (Notice 2020-65). The notice allows employers to defer withholding on affected employees’ compensation during the last four months of 2020 and then withhold those deferred amounts during the […]
#FanArt becomes an instant formula for amateur artists to gain popularity on Instagram
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi A big-banner production house reached out to Anushka Bansal, a student of fine arts in Kanpur, via Instagram recently. On offer was a project to design a poster for its upcoming movie. Bansal, 22, didn’t know anyone in the Hindi film industry until then. The opportunity came her way when she made […]
#FanArt becomes an instant formula for amateur artists to gain popularity on Instagram
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi A big-banner production house reached out to Anushka Bansal, a student of fine arts in Kanpur, via Instagram recently. On offer was a project to design a poster for its upcoming movie. Bansal, 22, didn’t know anyone in the Hindi film industry until then. The opportunity came her way when she made […]
Lockdown accounting | VOX, CEPR Policy Portal – voxeu.org
Charles Gottlieb, Jan Grobovšek, Markus Poschke, Fernando Saltiel 29 August 2020 In response to the outbreak of Covid-19, 114 countries have implemented policies that require either the closure of, or the implementation of working from home, for all but essential workplaces (Hale et al. 2020). In sectors required to shutter workplaces, work can only be […]