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A New Era Of Remote Healthcare Technology

June 6, 2020June 6, 2020 Loknath Dasa, Era, Healthcare, New, of, remote

Around the world, legions of selfless healthcare professionals have demonstrated their commitment and resilience in awe-inspiring ways. As we watch them and thank them, what can we — the rest of the world — learn about resiliency and agility? We have already grown used to the images of front-line medical professionals covered head to toe in masks and gowns. What we don’t see as much is that while they toil to help their patients survive, they simultaneously communicate and work together to develop new ideas for diagnoses, treatment and care.…

A Strong Parallel Between Health Care And Housing For “All”

June 4, 2020June 4, 2020 Loknath Dasa, and, between, Care, for, Health, Housing, Parallel, Strong

My colleague Alex Berezow at the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) has a skill for writing efficiently about complex issues like COVID-19 and health care. In one of his latest posts at ACSH he points out the deep flaw in the notion of “universal health care” in a way that, with some minor edits, could be repurposed to criticize the notion of “housing as a human right.” Simply put, when anything is made universal it almost certainly isn’t unless there is an absolute equilibrium between supply and demand,…

Love mangoes? Try this 2-ingredient jam recipe at home

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 Loknath Das2-ingredient, at, jam, love, mangoes?, Recipe, This, Try

It is the season of mangoes and if you are fan of the fruit, you can consume it in various forms — shakes, desserts — and also incorporate it in a variety of dishes. But have you tried making fresh mango jam at home? All you need are raw and ripe mangoes and some sugar. Celebrity chef Kunal Kapur took to Instagram to show how to make the jam using a very simple recipe that he learnt from his mother. “Jam is the joy you can spread without worrying about the…

Institutional investment in real estate drops 12% in FY20 at nearly $4.5 billion: Report

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Loknath Das$4.5, 12, at, Billion, Drops, Estate, FY'20, In, institutional, investment, Nearly, Real

Institutional investment in Indian real estate fell 12 per cent to $4.48 billion (around Rs 33,800 crore) last fiscal year on lower economic growth and uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic, US-based property consultant Vestian said. “The fiscal year 2020 saw a total institutional investment of $4,480 million. This depicted a decline of 12 percent when compared with the quantum of investment in the previous year fiscal year 2019,” Vestian said in the report. During the fourth quarter of the last fiscal, institutional investment in real estate dropped 44 percent to…

Google considering taking stake in Vodafone Idea: Report

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 Loknath Dasconsidering, Google, idea, In, Stake, taking, Vodafone

Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc is also looking to buy some stake in Vodafone Idea’s rival Reliance Jio Infocomm, the newspaper reported. Global internet giant Google is looking to buy up to 5 per cent stake in debt-laden Vodafone Idea, the Financial Times reported Thursday. Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc is also looking to buy some stake in Vodafone Idea’s rival Reliance Jio Infocomm, the newspaper reported, without providing details. The report comes almost a month after social media giant Facebook picked up 9.9 per cent stake for Rs 43,574…

Low-risk mutual funds investment: Long-term gilt funds a good choice now

May 27, 2020May 27, 2020 Loknath Dasa, choice, Funds, gilt, Good, investment, long-term, Low-risk, Mutual

Gilt funds are taxed like debt mutual funds. Short-term capital gains are taxed as per the investor’s income tax slab if the units are redeemed before three years. At a time when many categories of debt mutual funds are reporting redemptions, investors are buying gilt funds as they are safer because there is no credit risk. In April, gilt funds saw net inflows of Rs 2,515 crore as compared with net outflows in funds such as Rs 19,239 crore from credit risk funds, Rs 6,841 crore from low duration funds…