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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools across the world began conducting classes via videotelephony software such as Zoom, Google Classroom and/or Google Meet. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has created a framework to guide an education response to the COVID-19 pandemic for distance learning. [106]
Some argue that this reform exposes the inadequacy of current supportive measures even more starkly. Some experts argue that internationalization may not benefit the entire country, potentially favoring only the wealthy. To enhance India's position in higher education, partnerships with international academic publishers should be considered.
The Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India said that this drop is mainly due to the coronavirus pandemic effect on the Indian economy. Notably, India had also been witnessing a pre-pandemic slowdown, and according to the World Bank , the current pandemic has "magnified pre-existing risks to India's economic outlook".
As of 2021, revenue of Indian BPO industry was estimated at US$ 38 billion. [2] Government of India has launched India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS) as part of Digital India initiative to encourage job creation in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities. [3] [4] India's BPO Industry handles 56% of the world's business process outsourcing.
[11] [12] A COVID-19 Economic Response Task Force was also formed. [13] [14] The COVID-19 Economic Response Task Force was tasked with formulating and implementing policies and measures to minimize the economic impact of the pandemic on various sectors in India. Union and state governments set up national and state helpline numbers. [15]
As of 2023, the COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV‑2). Its effect has been broad, affecting general society, the global economy, culture, ecology, politics, and other areas.
Pfizer Inc said on Friday it is in talks to shift more of its medicine production to outside contractors as it prepares for large-scale production of an experimental vaccine to prevent COVID-19 ...
In the 18 months following containment of the initial outbreak in Wuhan, two COVID-19 deaths were recorded. [512] [513] In December 2022, the Chinese government ended its zero-COVID policy and mass testing following protests across the country. [495] In 2020 and 2021, China was the largest exporter of COVID-19 critical medical products.