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A vaccine works by mimicking a natural infection. A vaccine not only induces immune response to protect people from any future COVID-19 infection, but also helps quickly build herd immunity to put an end to the pandemic. Herd immunity occurs when a sufficient percentage of a population becomes immune to a disease, making the spread of disease from person to person unlikely. The good news is that SARS-CoV-2 virus has been fairly stable, which increases the viability of a vaccine. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus impact | 83 lakh NREGA job cards issued since lockdown, maximum in Uttar Pradesh

Digital marketing has been gaining traction and is now among the most sought after job roles in India. While applicants often confuse it for a regular marketing role, doing the same job on a digital medium can be very different. Niche skills are required to promote products and services using the internet and online technology. … [Read more...] about Future Wise podcast | Eyeing a digital marketing job? Here’s how you can get that dream role

There are broadly four types of vaccine — one, a vaccine based on the whole virus (this could be either inactivated, or an attenuated [weakened] virus vaccine); two, a non-replicating viral vector vaccine that uses a benign virus as vector that carries the antigen of SARS-CoV; three, nucleic-acid vaccines that have genetic material like DNA and RNA of antigens like spike protein given to a person, helping human cells decode genetic material and produce the vaccine; and four, protein subunit vaccine wherein the recombinant proteins of SARS-COV-2 along with an adjuvant (booster) is given as a vaccine. … [Read more...] about Amid layoffs, Amazon announces 33,000 job vacancies in US

Job forecasts for the next four years or any projections will no longer be relevant, said Rituparna Chakraborty, co-founder of Teamlease Services, a staffing firm. The business and job landscape today is very different and continues to evolve, forcing companies to go back to the drawing board and rethink their hiring strategies and business models. … [Read more...] about How the job and business landscape has changed for IT, e-commerce/tech startups and BPO companies

The high court, in its June 27 last year order, had said that 50-per cent cap on total reservations imposed by the Supreme Court could be exceeded in exceptional circumstances. It had also accepted Maharashtra government's argument that the Maratha community was socially and educationally backward and it was duty-bound to take steps for its progress. … [Read more...] about SC stays implementation of 2018 Maharashtra law granting reservation to Marathas in education, jobs