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Approach to post covid challenges in India

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This year 2020 will go down in history as the social break between pre-covid and post-covid times.   What unfolded as a health crisis has turned into a deep  economic crisis, pulling the world into a recession.   Uncertainties loom large and the world over policymakers are striving to strike a balance between lives and livelihoods.   India and the rest of the countries are no exception. The pertinent question is how to overcome the post-covid challenges and bring new opportunities?   The government of India has taken several supportive actions to mitigate economic losses, including ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ package and the introduction of specific schemes to boost consumption and investment.   RBI on its part has been taking regular measures to ensure liquidity support.   The government has also ushered in significant reforms in areas such as agriculture, defence, space, mining and other sectors as well as labour laws.   The latest announcement o...

What is excessive use of social media

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The internet has become an integral part of our daily life.  It has been seen over the last decade, the use of social media [Facebook, Twitter] has been increasing rapidly and especially the younger generations getting addicted to it.  E xcessive use of social media is an addiction. Our health is largely determined by the social, economic, cultural, and physical environments we live in.  The more time one has spent on social media can affects to health that can lead to cyberbullying, worse sleep quality, social anxiety, and depression. It is to be borne in mind that such unhealthy lifestyle encounter diseases and illness. Most university students are glued to social media and excessive use of Facebook can have a negative impact on the physical health of its users. It is found that students frequently use social media [mostly Facebook] for news and social communication.   Globally, about 3.1 billion people are using the internet on modern gadgets. ...

Why new business startups fail

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People do think a lot of business and while kickstarting, it is often found that many businesses in startups failed due to many reasons.  It can be due to external reasons like: Political   Economic Social  Technological On the other hand internal factors such as: Poor understanding of the business No proper customer relationship No proper customer satisfaction No proper marketing strategies According to research on small businesses, failure can be divided into studies solely focusing on external factors and studies focusing on internal factors influencing business failure or survival.  In an organizational ecology, internal and external factors are playing an important role and therefore it can be argued that internal and external factors would influence the new business startups. Further to this, SWOT analysis of an organization would certainly help to understand the startup fails of a business. A general SWOT analysis is given below.     ...

Marriage in the age of internet

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We often hear marriages are made in heaven. But can you hear internet marriages?  Yes, through the internet one can identify the overabundance of choice of potential partners and it is the source of online looking for a stable relationship!  Now meeting online [particularly meeting through online dating websites] predicts faster transitions to marriage.  The pertinent question is the effect of Internet technology on a relationship can be stable/longevity or turn out to be a marriage formation?    How do the Internet and social media technology affect our romantic lives?   The association between Internet technology and relationships tend to be more positive, neutral, or negative!     No doubt, internet-based social media and cellular phones play an increasing role in our personal and social lives.   Most of the thinkers and scholars do disagree about whether the new technologies improve or de...

What is importance of communication?

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Communication is important in day-to-day life and cannot be underestimated.  In human life, communication plays a vital role.  It is the foundation for sharing information, knowledge and developing relations between people to ensure that everything is understood and can be acted upon. Communication is an ingredient part of our daily lives. In general, a human being starts communicating as soon as he starts producing his first noise in the act of drawing his parents’ attention.    One should comprehend that every emotion which has been portrayed on the faces, the movement of hands, the way we look at someone and even our speech, instantly communicates our ideas to others. Why is communication important to society brainly? Thus, communication is imperative for our society, as it is quite hard to imagine a life where there is absolutely no communication. In fact, it is not possible or even we cannot think to lead a life without communication. So, we can surely sa...