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Flash flooding killed at least 44 people in four Northeastern states as remnants of Hurricane Ida unleashed torrential rains that swept away cars, submerged New York City subway lines and grounded airline flights, officials said on Thursday.

Google employees based in the same office before the pandemic could see different changes in pay if they switch to working from home permanently, with long commuters hit harder, according to a company pay calculator seen by Reuters.

Army Commander General Shavendra Silva yesterday said although the country has opened up for three days from today, only two people should leave their homes to prevent a further spread of the new variants of COVID-19.

Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control State Minister Dr Sudarshani Fernandopulle said that necessary arrangements have been made to monitor and treat asymptomatic COVID-19 patients at their homes from Monday (17).

Doctors and scientists in India are warning of the dire hazards of trying to make medical oxygen at home as the country faces a shortage of the gas in its COVID-19 battle and various videos and tips on DIY methods do the rounds on social media.

We may be headed for a post-pandemic roaring ’20s, but right now the vibe is more 1950s American suburbia.

October 28 - Any remote worker can tell you how office demands have invaded the home in 2020 and started creeping into every corner of the day. But Jessica DeGroot is no ordinary worker. She is an expert in work-life balance as head of the consultancy ThirdPath Institute. “Work was taking over entirely, and I was becoming less and less ...

Colombo/Mumbai, Aug. 20 - With Covid-19-induced restrictions still in place, members of Dawoodi Bohra community across the world including in Sri Lanka and India, under the guidance of His Holiness Dr. Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, will commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, during Muharram in their homes, keeping in line with strict health guidelines and policies ...

May 13 (BusinessInsider) - Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey told employees in an email on Tuesday that they would be allowed to work from home indefinitely, even after COVID-19 shutdowns end. Dorsey also said Twitter's offices wouldn't be reopened until September at the earliest, BuzzFeed News first reported. Twitter told employees to start working from home in March, but the offer doesn't extend ...

Mumbai, March 17 (Reuters) - India closed the Taj Mahal, its top tourist site, and the financial hub of Mumbai ordered offices providing non-essential services to keep half their staff at home as efforts to control the spread of coronavirus in South Asia ramped up. Mumbai, a densely populated metropolis of 18 million, also authorised hospital and airport authorities to ...