by Lois C. Ferrara | May 7, 2020 | Business News
The International Labour Organisation has outlined a four-pronged strategy that includes strengthening health systems, building universal social protection, supporting the recovery of industry and facilitating the transition to formal workforce to address the plight of informal workers across the globe. The ILO estimates that the lockdown measures across the globe will worsen poverty and vulnerabilities […]
by Lois C. Ferrara | May 4, 2020 | Business News
New Delhi: Poynter Institute’s International Fact-Checking Network announced the launch of its chatbot on WhatsApp on Monday. WhatsApp said the IFCN’s bot has been built to address the challenge of misinformation, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, by...
by Lois C. Ferrara | May 1, 2020 | Business News
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government plans to institutionally quarantine all people from the state who are currently stranded overseas and are expected to return in the next few days. The central government has asked all states to chalk out strategies as it prepares to...
by Lois C. Ferrara | Apr 29, 2020 | Business News
Nearly 1.6 billion informal workers, representing almost half of the global labour force, are in immediate danger of losing their livelihoods due to the coronavirus pandemic, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday. Total working hours in the...
by Lois C. Ferrara | Apr 28, 2020 | Business News
The finance ministry has established the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) through a notification on Monday. The body will be headquartered in Gandhinagar in Gujarat, as per the notification. With this, the government has established a unified...
