Loknath Das, Author at Pinfaves

The State of Sustainable Investing in 2020

February 8, 2020February 8, 2020 Loknath DasIn, Investing, of, State, Sustainable, The

During the past decade, governments across the world have promulgated more than 500 new measures that seek to promote the use of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria in making investment decisions. A comprehensive report from global public accounting and consulting firm KPMG International explores these three broad issues related to sustainable investing and its impact on the alternative investment industry: the rate of progress in implementing sustainable investing, the barriers to more rapid progress, and responses to these barriers.1 Study Participants The KPMG report was produced in collaboration with CREATE-Research, “an independent research…

Social media cos may soon be held accountable for sponsored, non-user generated content: Report

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 Loknath Dasaccountable, be, content, cos, for, generated, Held, May, Media, non-user, Social, Soon, sponsored

The government may soon hold social media platforms accountable for all non-user generated content, including sponsored posts, The Economic Times reported. The government is planning to insert a clause to Section 79-II of the Information Technology Act, 2000. The law currently exempts social media platforms from liability for any third-party content. Once the new clause is added, companies will be required to tag and identify all sponsored content published on their platforms. “Onus of non-user generated content will now fall on social media platforms,” the article quotes a senior government official…

Mental health: Mothers in Wales ‘suffering’ without unit

February 5, 2020February 5, 2020 Loknath Das

After a traumatic birth, Katie’s postnatal depression became so bad that she began to self-harm. However, the only in-patient mental health support available was in England, more than 100 miles from her home in Cardiff. She fears other mothers are suffering due to the lack of a specialist unit – two years after the Welsh Government promised to develop one. A mental health group and politicians have raised concerns over the delay. The Welsh Government said it had asked for an interim unit to be established. Image copyrightFAMILY PHOTOImage captionAbout…

Investment Cell to provide information on tax policies, incentive schemes to entrepreneurs

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 Loknath Dascell, incentive, information, investment, On, policies, provide, schemes, Tax, to

NEW DELHI: The proposed Investment Clearance Cell in the Budget will link all central government ministries and state departments to provide information on land banks, incentive schemes and taxation policies to entrepreneurs, a top government official said. Secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Guruprasad Mohapatra said the cell will help an entrepreneur to take a well informed decision to set up manufacturing facility in the country. “The idea is to bring all central government ministries and state governments linked to it physically as well as through IT,” he told…

What You Can Learn From An Unusual Investment

February 2, 2020February 2, 2020 Loknath Dasan, Can, From, Learn, Unusual, What, You

Company X is a good case study of how my idea generation process works and over time translates into new ideas for the partnership. The company was a spin-off from a healthcare company, one that I have followed for almost 15 years. The business being spun-off was the global Veterinary Distribution business which distributes drugs and supplies to veterinarians. It wasn’t a normal spin-off, but rather it was a combination of a spin-off with a merger with another company, a rapidly growing young company that provided Software as a Service…

Crusader Kings 3 shows off character Lifestyle focus, events, and skill trees

February 1, 2020February 1, 2020 Loknath Das3, and, character, Crusader, events, Focus, Kings, lifestyle, Off, Shows, skill

Crusader Kings 3 is shaping up to bring a combination of grand strategy and roleplaying, and the latest dev diary showcases these mechanics. We get to see character Lifestyles, events, focus, skill trees, perks, and even tidbits about intrigue and torture. Check out the video below: Crusader Kings 3: Character Lifestyles To be fair, Crusader Kings 2‘s roleplaying aspects were quite lacking when it originally released. It took the release of the Way of Life DLC to completely change the way you’d start building your characters. It’s no wonder that I considered it one of…