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Vista Equity Partners to invest Rs 11,367 crore in Jio Platforms
Deal part of RIL plan to unlock 19% stake in Jio to become debt-free
Dealing with Covid-19: Keep your vehicle in good shape during lockdown
Fill fresh engine oil and coolant before you store it away
Dealing with emotions: a pedagogical challenge to innovative learning / edited by Birthe Lund and Tatiana Chemi
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Twist Bioscience to pay $22.5 million in settlement with Agilent
Deal will resolve dispute over DNA synthesis trade secrets allegedly brought to Twist from Agilent
Deal with difficult people [electronic resource] : how to cope with tricky situations in the workplace
Dealing with domestic violence
The emotive issue of domestic violence and the different ways in which it is tackled in the US and India was discussed at length when an NGO invited a US police chief over recently.
DEALS OF THE WEEK: 100 photo prints for free; £5 cashback Just Eat voucher
This week's deals include: 100 snaps for free when you buy 50 classic standard photo prints from Photobox; discounted Roku Express online streaming gadget and much more.
DEALS OF THE WEEK: From half-price personalised pillows to free eye tests and discounted coffees
This week's deals include: half price personalised pillow costing £17.50, 50p off the cost of a coffee at Pret a Manger, a free eye test at Specsavers and a 'free' audiobook from the Amazon service Audible.
DEALS OF THE WEEK: Trains to Paris from just £29; free pints and free cups of coffee
This week's deals include: a free pint of beer, a train to Paris from just £29, or - £58 return - with Eurostar and a free cup of coffee from Greggs.
Deal to put more money into paycheck protection program STILL isn't finished
There is still no deal for an expansion to the payment protection program - even though lawmakers and White House officials said they were hopeful a deal would be reached by Monday morning.
Deal or no deal? How to decide when to take 'with profits' payout
With-profits policyholders often face an impossible choice about when to take their benefits. Turn down today's offer and tomorrow's may be lower. How can you decide when it's time to leave?
Dealing with Floyd Mayweather and signing Joe Joyce: How a car salesman forged a career in boxing
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY JORDAN SEWARD: Sam Jones has gone from car salesman to boxing manager in three years. He has struck a deal with Floyd Mayweather and works with Joe Joyce.
Chris Hemsworth gets hilariously excluded from wife Elsa Pataky's family at Christmas
Dealing with in-laws can be hard. And Chris Hemsworth proved that being one of Hollywood's biggest stars doesn't make you immune to the difficulties of extended family.
Uber leads $170m investment in Lime
Deal will see e-scooter rental service take over Uber’s e-bike division Jump
China close to abandoning ChemChina and Sinochem merger
Deal to create one of world’s biggest chemicals groups beset by management clashes
Deal of the week: Post Office Inflation Linked Bond
Timely relaunch allows savers to keep pace with the rising cost of living
Deal of the week: Halifax’s Head Start Home Saver
First-time buyers receive £600 cashback if they save for 10 out of 12 months before taking out a Halifax mortgage
Deal of the week: Chelsea’s five-year fix at 3.39%
Lowest five-year fix in UK history
Deal of the week: Scottish Power Online Fixed Saver
Scottish Power has launched a new energy plan that allows customers to fix their bills
Virgin Media and O2’s tie-up will leave customers cold
Deal’s architects say it will improve connectivity, choice and value, but consumers have heard that before
Dealing with the mental health fallout of the coronavirus
Dr. Simon Rego, Montefiore Health System in New York, on the mental health crisis spurred by the coronavirus pandemic.
Dealing with demand for China’s global surveillance exports
Executive summary Countries and cities worldwide now employ public security and surveillance technology platforms from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The drivers of this trend are complex, stemming from expansion of China’s geopolitical interests, increasing market power of its technology companies, and conditions in recipient states that make Chinese technology an attractive choice despite…
Dealing with demand for China’s global surveillance exports
Executive summary Countries and cities worldwide now employ public security and surveillance technology platforms from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The drivers of this trend are complex, stemming from expansion of China’s geopolitical interests, increasing market power of its technology companies, and conditions in recipient states that make Chinese technology an attractive choice despite…
Dealing with Delhi: How culture shapes India’s Middle East policy
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the United Arab Emirates revealed New Delhi’s intention to bolster bilateral relations with the Gulf states. It was the first visit by an Indian prime minister in over 30 years, demonstrating the country’s renewed focus on expanding ties with the region it has always called “West Asia.” Although India and the Middle East share a long history of trade, immigration and cultural exchange, relations have yet to reach their full potential.
Read "Dealing with Delhi: How culture shapes India’s Middle East policy"
In this policy briefing, Kadira Pethiyagoda highlights the importance of an under-reported aspect of the relationship – culture. The author explains the role it plays in India’s policies toward the region, particularly under the current government, and argues that Gulf states need to understand the impact of Indian values and identity. Pethiyagoda provides recommendations on how the Gulf states can, through better understanding the cultural drivers of Indian foreign policy, build stronger ties with India, thereby advancing both economic and strategic interests.
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Dealing with a nuclear-armed North Korea
Executive Summary Pyongyang’s latest nuclear weapon and ballistic missile tests have underscored North Korea’s growing threat to the United States and its allies and have fueled a rising sense of urgency inside the Obama administration. Future nuclear and missile developments, together with North Korea’s threats to use these weapons, will soon present the next U.S. […]
Dealing with coronavirus: A not-so-serious take on surviving the lockdown
Do all the things you always wished you had the time to do, like working on a script that will be picked up by Leonardo DiCaprio or perfecting the pincha mayurasana.
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Corona or not, it sucks to be cooped up like chickens with our loved ones without the comfortable distance required to make the heart grow fonder. In a bid to do my part to save the world from this crippling pandemic without actually moving my backside for fear of stepping over the Lakshman Rekha, I decided to draw up a survival guide of Dos and Don’ts to weather the tsunami of trouble stirred up by this nasty critter. Trust me, preliminary studies conducted by the reputed folks at WhatsApp University have confirmed their efficacy beyond a shadow of doubt.
The first step is to make soap and water your most intimate acquaintances. They have proven themselves good friends to humanity long before diamonds and dogs usurped their rightful spot and will continue to prove their worth long after corona has shrunk back into the bowels of hell from which it has erupted like a particularly foul effluent. It would also help if one were to make personal hygiene a priority and public hygiene an even bigger one if only as a preventive measure against the spread of communicable diseases and related hazards that could prove to have epic stakes in the survival game. Roughly translated, that means not ever dumping your trash outside the sparkling interiors of your home into the streets, using the great outdoors as a spittoon or latrine, defacing public property by scratching your lover’s name, throwing up pornographic sketches on every available surface or blowing your nose and allowing the discharge to fly every which way.
Steer clear of social media if you value your sanity or at least use it in moderation especially if you lack the balancing power of a monkey on stilts to take the better while leaving out the bitter, barf – inducing garbage out there. Ever since some wiseacre got word out that democracy works best when your voice is heard out loud, people have been screaming themselves hoarse to make sure that their endless torrent of nonsense is amplified to the furthest reaches of the internet, bolstered by twitchy fingers compulsively hitting like and share in the desperate hope that they will be rewarded in kind.
Therefore we have internet idiots and savants with interchangeable attributes raving and ranting fit to burst. The insufferably self-righteous and superior types tend to drip scorn for everyone and everything from the admitted showmanship of the supreme leader and inadequacy of the ruling party to the extreme foolishness of the folks who tentatively stepped out of their homes to find a bite to eat or medicine for an ailing grandmother only to be sneakily photographed or recorded so that they may be viciously trolled, endlessly abused and publicly shamed for putting millions at risk. Then there are the fanatical religious nuts who swear that India need not be subjected to a lockdown because Indians practise the downward facing dog regularly on their balconies with their rear ends strategically raised towards the benign sun which unleashes the Kundalini Shakti with all its serpentine strength which is more than sufficient to slay corona, sharona and whatever else have you or something equally ludicrous about the virus killing power of pots and pans banged in unison.
Relatively innocuous Instagram must also be avoided at all costs too. According to the illustrious professors of WhatsApp University, those pretty pictures have great envy-inducing powers which can corrupt the best and brightest till they are reduced to gibbering, glass-eyed cyber stalkers who can spend years staring at pics and videos of Janhvi Kapoor sexily pretending to eat a slice of pizza, giving her puppy a bath or showing you the correct technique for applying lipstick to the exclusion of all things useful or worthy.
Avoid fake news like the plague. Fear and panic cause a lot more damage than pandemics. Be sure to verify the credentials and reliability of all purveyors of information and check the facts. Even if you can’t be bothered, be sure to think thrice before you join hands with the mob to tear apart the hapless medical personnel getting off a gruelling nightshift because they are suspected to be carriers of COVID-16 (or is it COVID-17?). And believing self-proclaimed experts who have declared that the only country in the world that is currently corona free is Kailasa and you are considering applying for permanent citizenship under the benevolent rule of HDH Nithyananda even if you run a far higher risk of contracting HIV, do yourself a favour and check yourself into the nearest hospital for a lobotomy.
While many endorse vegetating in front of Netflix, it is advisable to take time out to work out, read a book, cook a meal, take the dog for a walk, play with the kids or teach them something useful that does not involve staring at a screen, converse with the spouse about something other than whose turn it is to do the dishes or swab the floors and do whatever it takes to tough things out as long as it is legal and non-fattening. Do all the things you always wished you had the time to do, even if it is something impracticable like working on a script that will be picked up by Leonardo DiCaprio at an exorbitant price or perfecting the pincha mayurasana in the hopes that a video of you executing the same or at least the blooper version will go viral on the internet.
If you are inclined to feel that this survival guide is lacking in scientific detail, didn’t once mention social distancing, testing, gaumutra, masks, sanitiser and is somewhat on the rambling side not unlike the supreme leader’s impassioned addresses to the nation, allow me to stress that if the buzz on WhatsApp is to be believed I am a shoo-in for the Noble Prize thanks to this priceless contribution towards the greater good, entirely free of cost. If that doesn’t convince you to take every word put down here as the gospel truth which deserves to be liked and shared till it has spread to the furthest corners of civilized society like a contagion, I don’t know what will.
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Dealing with anxiety during a global pandemic
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Deals: Apple Watch Series 4, Dell XPS Laptops, Roomba 891
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Deals: Samsung Monitors, Tablets, Dell XPS 15, Nintendo Switch
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Deals: Apple AirPods, Dell Laptops, Nintendo Switch
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Dell's SAVE15 coupon is still live, the Dell Vostro 14 3000 is back down to just $299, and Walmart's Overpowered gaming desktop is $800 off right now.