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Objective: This study has an aim to analyze the association between pediatric obesity with outcomes of COVID-19 in terms of hospital and ICU admission as well as mortality, considering the are limited studies available that discuss the issue. Methods: This is a meta-analysis whose investigation was conducted between June to July. Published papers were obtained from PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, and Google Scholar. This study utilized the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) checklist for protocol assurance. Keywords applied in the systematic search include ["COVID-19"] and ["Children"] and ["Obesity"] or ["Obese"]. Results: The analysis in this study shows that obese children are at higher risk for ICU admission (OR: 3.92 [95%CI: 3.49-4.40], p = <0.00001) and mortality (OR: 4.29 [95%CI: 3.76-4.89], p = <0.00001). The odds for obese children to be hospitalized for COVID-19 were found to be (OR: 1.72 [95%CI: 0.83-3.60], p = 0.15) but was not significantly correlated. Conclusion: Our data indicate that paediatric patients are more likely to be admitted for ICU and have a higher risk of mortality when they are obese. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The common history and shared cultural heritage are the backbone of BIMSTEC countries for understanding and respect for each other. In the period of COVID 19 Pandemic like other countries of the world BIMSTEC countries was also initially response to restrict trade, travel and other forms of connectivity. This Paper focuses on socio- economic environment of economic integration on intra- regional trade between India and BIMSTEC countries in the troubled times. The Gravity model shows theoretical justification of intra- regional trade annd applies the generalized gravity model to analyses the India and BIMSTEC trade with its major trading partners. The empirical findings suggest that India and BIMSTEC has positively associated with both intra-regional trades. This paper recommends that goaloriented policies and strong political commitment towards economic integration are needed in the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the current covid-19 pandemic situation it is of utmost importance that human resources in organizations worldwide are managed efficiently with innovative and appropriate employee engagement programs which are designed specifically for organizations to meet the needs of their working professionals. This paper is a review paper that is primarily based on secondary data collected from various resources such as articles, research papers published, newspapers, blogs, and other valuable, and insightful, relevant online sources. One of the most important sources of information taken in this paper is reports from the World health organization. The paper dives deep into various employee engagement methods developed and used by companies across the world for building an optimum and balanced work-life balance among their employees. Work from home should not be considered working 24 hours a day. Although productivity has to be maintained and ways are to be identified to increase optimum productivity in a specific period, third comes the importance of employee engagement which will make the working professionals feel valued and add value to their life. Research has shown that balanced work from home and organized employee engagement events are highly beneficial to both the company and the employee. It not only increases the morale of the working professionals and keeps them interested it is also a major factor motivating them to get through the difficult time of the covid-19 pandemic. Millions of people are badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and a huge majority of them are working professionals, this sights the importance of a robust employee engagement plan, which will help these people deal with their life situations better. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The COVID-19 global pandemic has imposed many new but grave challenges in the field of education. Researchers have taken the next step to study on ways to resolve the myriad problems created by this sudden shift caused by the global pandemic. This paper reviews the many impacts of COVID-19 on internationalization, focusing on the challenges in the education field such as international student mobility, closure of campuses, enrolment for international education and classroom teaching-learning delivery. In addition to that, this paper signifies the challenges of internationalization during the Covid-19 pandemic. The paper concludes that the mobility of students is essential in reaching the peak of internationalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Covid 19 has unleashed unprecedented challenges in terms of sharply dwindling employment and health care vulnerability in India, as never seen before. The closest parallel is Economic Depression of the 1930s. The Government of India has announced a series of fiscal stimulus to resuscitate the most vulnerable sections of Indian economy like peripatetic migrant laborers, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), street vendors, small farmers and unskilled MNREGA workers. This paper specifically looks at the likely impact of Rs.41000/- crore additional allocations to by Finance Minister in April 2020 MNREGA in mitigating disruption caused to about 80 million migrant workers. It also takes stock of allocation to National Health mission; its poor impact on Human Development Index (HDI), high Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) compared to global trends and suggests a way forward. The paper makes a strong case to eschew populist moves like relying on doles and Universal Basic Income (UBI), but instead opt for a strong push to neglected public sector investment in merit goods like good primary health care and quality grassroots education, sanitation and skilling. It makes a strong pitch to make right to health care a fundamental right and change our public policy discourse in health care from insurance based to building adequate health infrastructure, as is in vogue in NHS (National Health Scheme) of UK [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper discusses the topic of rising cybercrime in the age of COVID-19. Various dimensions related to cybercrime such as rise in internet usage for remote activities, victimization and the aftermath of such crimes upon individuals and large corporations as well as the cyber security measures that lead to the identification of the contributing factors behind the rising rate of cybercrime. Qualitative research methodology has been adopted in this regard for the comprehensive analysis of secondary resources. Few secondary thematic analyses are provided here in this study to discuss and analyze the ratio of cybercrimes perfectly during COVID-19 pandemic situation. Few recommendations have been made regarding further investment in the cybercrime department and awareness raising programs for the prevention of cybercrime. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the health care sector predictive analytics is always a need but right now in times of novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic it became a necessity. During the early surge of the COVID-19, around the world many hospitals are facing problems to predict the exact number of required ventilators and bed capacity especially in countries like India where mostly government healthcare units are in poor shape. Various models were implemented based on the technologies available but in regions with large populations these models are not appropriate and are unable to give accurate predictions. This paper discusses a predictive analytical model which can be used to facilitate hospital's prediction power in determining the ventilator requirements for COVID-19 patients, using the provided data from hospitals. This paper aims on the implementation of a predictive algorithm based on the available data proportion of COVID-19 patients admitted in ICU and hospital for determination of required number of ventilators in advance. The implementation is carried out using a supervised machine learning technique called random forest regression algorithm. Moreover based on the model's prediction and the current supply of ventilators in hospitals, additional demand for ventilators could be prepared in advance for critical patients which may require it at any time. And the predicted increased demand of ventilators can be produced by the supplier industry, it is an example of industry intelligence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In today's business environment, Corporate Social Responsibility has reflected in the creation of a new attitude towards entrepreneurship. Corporations can no longer act as only economic entities operating merely for maximizing profit. For businesses, the need of the hour is to face global challenges by incorporating economic, social and environmental consciousness in management strategies. Corporate Social Responsibility is now dynamically embedded in each and every corporation's agenda. Corporate social responsibility may be defined as when a company shows socially accountable attitude towards its stakeholders; which includes its employees, customers, shareholders, government and the society in which it operates. No doubt, our country will face many developmental issues during and post this pandemic period, but we can address them to some extent by implementing CSR initiatives collectively through public-private partnerships. The present paper call attention towards the significance of CSR in our country, India and to find out how we can channelize CSR funds in different development sectors to achieve inclusive growth post Covid-19. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Today youth employment is the biggest concern of the nation. According to the Centre for the Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) the unemployment rate in India has been increased by 6.9% in February'2021, as compared to January'2021 i.e., 6.53%. Now again due to the second wave of Covid, the unemployment rate is reaching at its worst and the local lockdown scenario in many states have witnessed a huge impact over the jobs, almost 70 lakhs jobs have been suffered. This also indicates that situation may get even more worse if the lockdown will continue to happen and things don't get under control soon. As per the article published in "The India Express" May 11' 2021, the employability of engineering graduates is registered 47.38% only, which is highest among all other domains, on the one hand where country is facing a continuous increasing challenge of employment, at the same time there is a new wave of online courses have arrived apart from the regular degree/diploma programs. This paper tries to analyse the market potential for these online courses and tries to investigate whether the candidate gets the real benefit after completing these online courses which claims to be specialised in certain area or domain in terms of providing employment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During the Covid-19 pandemic, most of the population in the country has lost their livelihood. A lack of income sources and the closing of industries led to hardship. Unpredictable natural crises had a significant impact on business growth and profitability, and simultaneously it has led to a rise in insolvencies and unemployment. Entrepreneurs have emerged as the primary contributors in generating sustainable livelihood in the post-Covid-19 pandemic with their practical innovations, techniques and creating income opportunities for others. It is essential to support MSMEs (micro, small, and medium-sized firms) in India because of their importance to the country's economic growth, job creation, and ability to manufacture globally competitive goods. The majority of women populations are involved in the development of micro-level enterprises. Rural women entrepreneurs have emerged as a comparatively prosperous occurrence and becoming increasingly relevant in India. This paper is based on the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand state and grounded on the study population's primary and secondary data. The report aims to identify the impact of covid-19 on small entrepreneurs and describe various available income opportunities that can be generated through micro-entrepreneurial activity among rural women. The expected concluding remark of this paper would be suggesting the necessity of micro-entrepreneurship options as an integral part of the source of income among women in the rural scenario. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During the Covid-19 pandemic, most of the population in the country has lost their livelihood. A lack of income sources and the closing of industries led to hardship. Unpredictable natural crises had a significant impact on business growth and profitability, and simultaneously it has led to a rise in insolvencies and unemployment. Entrepreneurs have emerged as the primary contributors in generating sustainable livelihood in the post-Covid-19 pandemic with their practical innovations, techniques and creating income opportunities for others. It is essential to support MSMEs (micro, small, and medium-sized firms) in India because of their importance to the country's economic growth, job creation, and ability to manufacture globally competitive goods. The majority of women populations are involved in the development of micro-level enterprises. Rural women entrepreneurs have emerged as a comparatively prosperous occurrence and becoming increasingly relevant in India. This paper is based on the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand state and grounded on the study population's primary and secondary data. The report aims to identify the impact of covid-19 on small entrepreneurs and describe various available income opportunities that can be generated through micro-entrepreneurial activity among rural women. The expected concluding remark of this paper would be suggesting the necessity of micro-entrepreneurship options as an integral part of the source of income among women in the rural scenario. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"Knock, knock, knock. Who's there i'th' name of Beelzebub"-- This line occurs in the third scene of the second act of Macbeth by Shakespeare (Shakespeare, 1606/2008). This scene, known as the Porter Scene, brings a brief comic relief after the tragic death of King Duncan. Likewise, social media, OTT platforms, television, arts and humanities, and Internet memes bring comic relief to the mentally disturbed people when the fear of death is knocking at the door during COVID-19. On 30th April 2020, a survey report published in TheTimes of India states: "It was found that during the lockdown, respondents showed high involvement with social media.... This prolonged engagement with social media, watching movies, and continuous rest or sleeping can be viewed as an escape or coping mechanism" (Malkarnekar, 2020). Social media, Internet memes have brought people in contact with other people during the contactless pandemic. At the time of maintaining physical distance, people feel a kind of community feeling by sharing memes, and these play the role of a recovery tool during this turmoil situation. Paul Crawford and others mention that medicine is not the only solution for the well-being of human beings; art can also act as a means to connect individuals and alleviate social exclusion (Crawford et al., 2015). These methods, which fall outside medicine, protect human beings from the fear of death and from getting depressed by giving them mental solace even within the COVID-19 pandemic. The present paper will try to figure out various coping strategies during COVID-19 by applying the methodology of Health Humanities. This paper will add a new dimension to the medical field by exploring the curing capability of arts and humanities in treating COVID-19 affected patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The outbreak of Novel Coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has enormous economic consequences. It happened in the Wuhan city of China and rapidly spread across the world. Malaysia has suffered enormous economic losses. Extended lockdowns, flight disruptions and other measures taken to contain the infection, and releasing stimulus packages have caused considerable downturn in the economic growth. A genesis of the pandemic origin and transmission is necessary not only to mitigate the prevailing situation but also preventing a repeat of such an event in the future. The coronavirus outbreak is a wakeup call for insulating the society and economy, especially the most vulnerable sectors. Although the outbreak happened in December 2019, it continues to inflict health hazards and economic meltdown. The local bourse has plunged and the losses in the capital markets will have a significant impact on the psychographics of the general populace. As this phenomenon escalates, the financial structure of banks and firms would be rendered unstable, and the impact of this was a severe contraction in the economy and a high unemployment rate, also vulnerability of the tourism sector to pandemics is due to obvious reasons; people avoid visiting places in the grip of pandemic and tourism destinations close their doors to arrivals from the virus-affected countries. There is a need for international mechanisms for regulating the factors that lead to origin of the pandemic and applying available means for containing it should that happen. This paper highlights the causes of the pandemic to effectively link its consequences for Malaysia economic while also discussing the need to support its revival. An important measure emphasized in in this paper as a revival strategy is building resilience in the natural capital. This systems approach is necessary in dealing with the post-COVID-19 scenario and in better preparedness for any future economic hazards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

COVID-19 has become unprecedented challenge all over the world, especially for the healthcare sector. This disease being novel in its spread and impact has created a chaos globally. District hospital Pulwama falls within the administrative district of the Jammu and Kashmir region of India. This hospital is designated as a special COVID Care hospital since the spread of the Coronavirus. During this pandemic, even with scarce material and human resources, this hospital played a pivotal role in managing the crises caused by the spread of this dreadful communicable disease. There is an urgent need of having a relook at the role of secondary level health care institutes at district levels to meet the ever-growing health-related challenges. Policymakers need to take the present circumstances and the role played by these hospitals into account while drafting healthcare policies for the future. The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has provided an opportunity for this healthcare institution to learn and unlearn various methods and practices to deal with such situations in future. This paper is a sincere and genuine attempt to investigate the role of District hospital Pulwama in the Kashmir region of India, in mitigating the Coronavirus crises. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The deadly outbreak of corona virus (COVID-19) presents a host of challenges for different sectors of society. Corona has not spared any sections societies, nations, rich or poor. To which, Nations responded in an ambivalent ways. They leisurely understood the transformational challenges it has thrown to the Governments and society, and towhat extent we are equipped to counter them. This paper would focus on implication on Teaching and Learning, especially the challenges the higher education institutions (HEI) faced during the pandemic period. The congregate settings of Indian universities are considered vulnerable to infection. At this juncture the government are left with no option than to declare lockdown entire nation and so-forth the HEI. With implausible virus (no treatment available), maintaining social distance in a populous country is out of thought. To overcome virus challenges, Indian universities with the Guidelines from Government of India (GoI) intensifiedonline teaching using available online platforms. Learning though massive open online courses (MOOCS), web based live streaming sessions and apps, alongside assignments and examinations. This paper enquires the quality and quantity of paradigm shift in HEI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Across the globe Covid-19 has created economic hardship for businesses as well as communities and affected the livelihood. Intensive of spread of the corona virus has forced the Indian Government to announce lockdown on March 24, 2020.Indian economy was already struggling with lower growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), theCOVID-19 pandemic smashed the Indian industries in an unprecedented and unexpected way. It is the first time in the history that COVID-19 pandemic has influenced industrial demand, supply and availability of workforce in the same time globally. Month's together lockdown and global slowdown has considerably disrupted demand-supply chain and dented the economy as well as industries deeply. Present lockdown has impacted industrial sector enormously with lessened industrial output and lower profitability. The main objective of this paper is to study and analyze the impact of covid 19 on industrial sector of India and to know how industries are striving to cope up with lockdown and its impact. Genuine effort have made in this paper to analyze the current Industrial sectors situation in India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent days the most importance challenge for a business is sources of funds, the funds will operate and maintain the smooth functions of each and every business in the world. When compared to directly investing in individual securities, mutual funds have both advantages and disadvantages. Mutual funds are generally classified by their principal investments. The four main categories of funds are money market funds, bond or fixed income funds, stock or equity funds, hybrid funds and debt funds. Indexing (passive managed) or actively managed are the major categories of investment funds. In our research is about the an overview on the performance of Indian mutual funds and move ahead to rural public's to identify the actual information on its growth. On this we examine the various public and private mutual funds business through web source information and suggest the importance of the mutual funds. This research is conducted to find out the performance of Indian mutual fund schemes from April 2015 to March 2020 and its risk and returns during Covid 19. To analyze the major public-sector and private-sector sponsored business mutual funds in India. To attain the objective of the study, various portfolio techniques and statistical tools are applied on a sample size of 18 mutual fund schemes developed by Sharpe ratio, Treynor ratio, Jensen ration and Beta has been computed. This research is characterized the results on the schemes risk and return relationship of sample mutual fund managed by asset management companies with their benchmark index. The study found that majority of the schemes are not providing significant positive return in terms of relative risk adjusted measures and absolute risk adjusted measures within the study period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digital Marketing is that the all strong entryway between electronic innovation and advertising brain research. COVID-19 is that the transferable infection brought about by serious intense respiratory disorder. The infection is exceptionally perilous in light of the fact that it is spread between individuals during close contact. The effect of this COVID-19 is on Social and Economic components; Starting lockdown of 21 days affected Chennai web based shopping and promoting patterns radically. This paper intends to ponder various issues and viewpoints of web based Marketing because of COVID-19. The article expects to distinguish the variables of advanced promoting the lead to resonate in the economy of Chennai and furthermore to examine the fast development in the effect of Digital Marketing The article finished up with the variables like web utility, Consumers Consumption conduct for the development of Digital Marketing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper focuses on HEIs response towards education at time of Covid-19 pandemic. In includes brief description about the crisis, opportunities and initiatives came out as part of this pandemic. The paper concludes with the discussion of how corona spread adversely affected teaching - learning, job opportunities and other financial implications and end with a positive note of adapting to new learning technologies and to develop robust post corona strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Internet has renovated the way business is done in India. This is especially true in the current pandemic scenario. COVID -19 has increased the dependence of business on digital mode. E - Commerce is growing like never before. Indian e-commerce market is predicted to grow to US$ 200 billion by 2026 from US$ 38.5 billion as of now. This may be attributed to increasing internet and smartphone penetration. At the same time there are many security concerns involved in E-Commerce system posing threat to both buyer and the merchant. Cyber safety has become a constant and mounting issue as new Internet-based technologies and applications are developed. Therefore, the present paper makes a qualitative attempt to prepare a guiding framework to deal with possible security threats and for achieving the same, this paper investigates a number of case studies at globe level. A detailed combined analysis of all the cases synthesizes a suggestive guiding framework for the customers, merchants, researchers and policy makers. In order to investigate the big literature (Case Studies), this research uses qualitative data analysis software for generating a protection framework. This helps on going digital businesses and is potent to avert a security threat. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Covid-19 is transforming the way business is conducted. Innovative ideas and solutions to solve existing problems and the ones that have come up due to the pandemic are being encouraged. All this is not possible without adequate funding to these new ideas. The paper attempts to understand the changing paradigm of capital provided in India to new ventures due to the pandemic. The trend shows that overall entrepreneurial funding has increased when compared to the last 2 years, although majority of this has been garnered by two existing matured companies. The pandemic comes as an opportunity for the sponsors to cherry pick and hunt for a better bargain. The venture capitalists are funding those portfolio companies which have a higher rate of survival. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

COVID-19 has become unprecedented challenge all over the world, especially for the healthcare sector. This disease being novel in its spread and impact has created a chaos globally. District hospital Pulwama falls within the administrative district of the Jammu and Kashmirregion of India. This hospital is designated as a special COVID Care hospitalsince the spread of the Coronavirus. During this pandemic, even with scarce material and human resources, this hospital played a pivotal role in managing the crises caused by the spread of this dreadful communicable disease. There is an urgent need of having a relook at the role of secondary level health care institutes at district levels to meetthe ever-growing health-related challenges. Policymakers need to take the present circumstancesand the role played by thesehospitals into account while drafting healthcare policies for the future. The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2(SARSCoV-2)has provided an opportunity for thishealthcare institution to learn and unlearn various methods and practices to deal with such situations in future. This paper is a sincere and genuine attempt to investigate the role of District hospital Pulwama in the Kashmir region of India, in mitigating the Coronavirus crises. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper illustrates and explains the various-target optimization as well as deep learning method for identifying the affected X-ray corona virus patients. Design/Methodology/Approach This paper makes use of J48 decision tree approach which explains the huge attributes of the X-ray corona graphs to diagnose contaminated unhealthy people efficiently. In order to classify infected patients using corona virus pneumonia via X-ray image, the analysis has identified eleven separate releases of the converting neuronal network (CNN). The characteristics of the CNN model are also indicated by an emperor penguin and its objectives. Findings A broad model analysis reveals the correct percentages of the characteristics including precision, precision, recollections, specificities and F1 in the categorized x-ray photographs. Extensive test findings show that the developed technique outperforms the competing approaches with renowned performance metrics. For the Covid-19 disease radiation thoroughbred picture in real time, the suggested model is therefore useful. Originality/Value Proposed architecture is novel and help in optimizing the COVID-19 screening process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The adverse changes caused by the pandemic COVID-19 have had an unprecedented effect on businesses worldwide and have had a significant impact on human resource management. On the other hand, HRM had to cope with the layoffs and staff reductions brought on by the pandemic lockdown. Organizations are currently dealing with an extraordinary crisis that is unlike anything they have ever faced before. HR is taking the initiative to predict change, co-creating various scenarios, and planning for the future. It has been found that machine learning (ML) significantly contributing to assisting HR managers in COVID-19. The paper aims to evaluate the impact of Machine Learning on the Economic Crisis for HR Managers during Covid-19. The quantitative method approach is used in the current paper. In addition, the paper examines the problems that HRM has faced in the business and the effects of the crisis on human resources. The research results provide remarkable insights for human resource managers and organizations using ML. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At the end of last year, the epidemic of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) shifted conventional face-to-face teaching to online education platforms in different regions, significantly influencing the quality of education. This paper uses a questionnaire survey to gather online, and offline user experience data constructs a student satisfaction control chart by analyzing emotion and methodology adopted for quantitative analysis, taking user satisfaction on online education platforms as the research object. In a short period, the COVID19-Pandemic has motivated educators to turn their lessons into interactive versions. This research compares teachers' perspectives concerning their online teaching perceptions (before to remote teaching) and experiences (after a month of online teaching). Research has shown a drastic shift in teachers' perceptions of their resolutions to incorporate technology in their classrooms in the post-corona period. The findings of this study have implications for teacher professionalization. Finally, suggestions are given to develop the online education platform to enhance the level of online education during the COVID-19 pandemic to promote the method of information-based education there. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The crisis caused by COVID-19 has resulted in a sudden disruption of businesses across the globe, with India not being an exception. All economic activities in Odisha have come to a standstill owing to the lock down necessitated by the COVID19 pandemic. The handloom sector too got severely affected owing to a total closure of the traditional and contemporary markets for artisans. The weavers mostly from rural and remote areas have lost their livelihood, owing to large scale cancellation of orders and/or orders being put on hold. The weavers, considered as skilled worker in the segment, who live on the earnings of everyday work, are now sitting at home, next to their tools without any work in hand. The present paper attempts to study the changes and adaptability that the handloom industry has undergone due to the pandemic and consequent lockdowns. The paper also attempts to throw some light on the aids that are provided by the Indian government to revive the handloom industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Covid 19 has affected different people in different ways. It has changed totally everyone's lives globally, almost all the section of people and people belonging to different sector of work has lost their living and also they are forced to move on to digital platform to run their routine work. All the sectors started working in online mode, especially the educational system. Teachers, students and parents all played a vital role in this digital learning. Therefore this paper inscription was to gather all the literature review related to e learning, that is to share the knowledge and ideas of different authors view about e learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to make sure that common man gets easy access to all the government services electronically, in the past decade there has been a revolutionary campaign launched by government of India - Digital India programme,. Since then, we are witnessing positive and negative after-effects and experiences in our routine lives. We are front-ending newer challenges and were becoming used-to the new way of getting habitual to the digital way. Nevertheless, during the Covid-19 lockdown since last year; suddenly access to the cash is remaining essentially critical. As the Banks are focusing more and more on digital services, also branches have reduced working hours and on the other hand, customers want to avoid face-to-face or in branch interaction with bank officers. In such scenario Automated teller Machine (ATM) play a critical role in ensuring that consumers get access to their cash 24 x 7. Customer's payment behavior is changing rapidly. Many banks are seeing high adoption of more low-value contactless payments, as well as increased and encouraging online payments transactions. The ATM is still an important selfservice channel for cash withdrawal during Covid-19. There are many factors which have influenced customers towards cash withdrawal trends right now. Despite the coronavirus driving up digital transactions, many customers still rely heavily on cash. Customers are seeking more usage of online payments, but also keeping more cash on hand during a crisis period. This paper intends to take a review over this digital payment saga, related trends (esp. inclination of consumers); and how it has impacted the usage of ATM services during this pandemic phase. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study gives information on the effect of COVID 19 on Human Resource & employment in India. It also explains about the effect of lockdown on Human Resource i.e. on jobs in different sectors like IT Company's, Production Industry, and Hotel Industry, etc. This study gives new adaptation in HR (Human Resource) department working styles to attain the organizational goal. As In the COVID scenario new style of working is develop i.e. Work from Home. In this remote working style, HR department has to adopt such practices so that will increases the productivity of the employee. This research paper explains about long-term effect of the corona virus i.e. COVID 19 on the Economy and Employment in India. At beginning of the year, 2020 coronavirus attract on china. This results in a fall down of the Chinese economy and many people lose their jobs. Human resource is seriously affected by economic crisis occur due to coronavirus. Within a one or two month, this virus spread in almost all country and which directly affect the world economy. The major effect of COVID is found on the counties like US, UK, India, Pakistan, Germany, Spain, etc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recently, the last year has been very difficult for the entire world and the cause is COVID-19, an infectious disease caused by a family of virus known as corona virus. This disease has been declared as a world-wide pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020. These viruses cause severe respiratory problems, ranging from common cold to deaths of patients due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Even after the vaccines have been discovered, successful detection of COVID-19 in a patient still needs improvement. Through this paper, we shall discuss various existing methods and approaches used in the identification of COVID-19 virus. Moreover, we shall discuss about the various datasets that are required for carrying out the detection and at last a comparing these methods on parameters to know which method has the best accuracy rates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

COVID-19 has become a global threat in the last year. It has made the economy upside down and brought dramatic changes in people's life. Though the treatment for COVID-19 is promising and vaccines are emerging, it is relatively important to take preventive measures. The industries, educational institutions and other sectors have resumed their operations post the initial lockdown periods. It is essential at these places to monitor the temperature of the people at the entry to be cautious and prevent the spread. But, it is cumbersome if the population is high and exclusive personnel is required for this task. Hence, this paper aims to introduce a safe and automatic temperature monitoring system that eliminates the human need and ensures his/her safety as well. A person is merely expected to stand before the temperature monitoring system. The system will capture the temperature and will show indication based on the threshold temperature. Besides, the system is extended to record the attendance of the person upon reading the face and temperature. This extension would support the industries and educational institutions where temperature monitoring and attendance registry are important. The system effectively uses a temperature sensor, ultrasonic sensor, LCD and face detection algorithm. The outcomes of this system are promising upon the miniature implementation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the present environmental crisis that threatens the very existence of every life-form on the plundered planet, humanity is in search of a sustaining understanding and relationships to the earth because profound connections with natural processes and deep engagement with environmental surroundings are necessary to save this planet from environmental catastrophe. Deep ecology proposes a new spiritual understanding to find a fundamental solution to evolutionary eco-crisis through reviving the lost link and relationship with the earth. It believes in the experience of Selfrealization and in the intrinsic or inherent value of nature. Indic perennial scriptures like The Vedas, The Gita, the Upanishads, and the Puranas, which have been inspiring East-West deep ecologists with the eco-spiritual ethics and metaphysics, can offer a solution to eco-crisis through a radical shift in human consciousness in the way people relate with nature. They awaken humanity to be reconnected with the earth to realize deeper relations with Nature for the heal-all of all earthmaladies, and that heal-all lies in healing ourselves and in healing our deepening reconnection with Earth. The paper attempts to explore the ecological philosophy of Indic texts and traditions for inspiring humanity to form new life-ecosophies in the post-COVID era for the next survival. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since Covid-19 or Corona Virus was first discovered, it exploded into a Pandemic -resulting in devastating effects on human lives and livelihood worldwide. The high costs of non-cooperation in responding to the virus and ultimately significant loss of lives have been seen. In spite of favourable demographic structures, climatic conditions and youngpopulations, South Asian countries like India are badly affected in both epidemiological andeconomic terms. South Asian Countries are trying their best to address the health concerns. Regional self- governments are also trying to manage the crisis by implementing day- to-day containment measures and ensuring health care and social services. In this situation, many Non-Governmental Initiatives and multilevel co-ordination mechanisms in regional levels have been developed tocombat the Pandemic. From detecting the disease, contact tracing, measurement of oxygenlevel, Doctors' advice, Medicine supply, oxygen cylinder supply, food supply, and evencremate the dead bodies of Covid patients, local cooperation is doing a commendable job. Iwant to focus in my paper on how regional collaborations take an important role toaddress COVID- 19 Pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, researcher prime emphasis was made on empathetic leadership behaviour of leaders towards their employees. Various theories supporting empathy in relevance to leadership styles are addressed in this study. Empathetic leadership resulted in positive organizational outcomes like job satisfaction and innovation, task performance, employee stress, empathy in diverse workplace, behaviour towards global assignees, are addressed in this study. Various theories of empathy like Affective Event Theory (AET), Perception Action Mechanism Theory (PAM), Leadership Member Exchange Theory (LMX) have been studied to ascertain its relevance to inculcate empathetic leadership behaviour in leaders. Eminent global political leaders' style of functioning during times of COVID has been explored in this study. Few firms, the way they supported their employees and contributed for society is also covered in this study. Main objectives of this study are to understand relationship between empathy and leadership behaviour, to know various organizational outcomes caused by empathetic leadership, to evaluate various theories of empathy in relevance to leadership behaviour. to study leadership behaviour of global leaders during times of COVID. This study is purely a conceptual one with an eye on large number of papers piled from literature. Findings have shown that leaders' behaviour certainly influence followers job performance, job satisfaction, ability to innovate new ideas, global assignees' work adjustment and workplace diversity in a positive manner and reduced employee stress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

On March 26, 2020 Indian Government announced a state of pandemic emergency, which resulted in the adjournment of off-line learning in schools, colleges and universities. All the educational institutions were required to take complete e-learning. Therefore, students and teachers are proactively adopting e-learning methods. We can never imagine that we will come across such a situation. Taking online education is somehow difficult for students who live in rural India. The effect of pandemic COVID-19 is seen in each area all throughout the planet. It has implemented the overall lock down making exceptionally terrible impact on the education. Indian education system has been battling to endure the emergencies with an alternate methodology and digitizing the difficulties to wash away the danger of the pandemic. In this particular paper we will discuss the present condition of online education in rural India. This study particularly highlights the impact and importance of COVID-19 in rural India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the design and implementation of the high-speed systolic architecture for 2D forward lifting based DWT structure for analysis of Covid x-ray images. The detail analysis of various DWT architectures like convolution based and lifting based for image processing application is done. From the analysis it has been found that the systolic architecture is faster when compared to other architectures. This architecture uses high parallelism, has very high throughput, compact robust and efficient. The real time images were used. The proposed design is implemented in FPGA using VHDL Programming. Quartus 2 tool is used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In March 2020, the world is confronting with COVID-19 which is declared as the global pandemic and affected all lives, processes and systems adversely. The biggest challenge for education system in India was to switch from traditional teaching to online mode of teaching. Technology has changed everything but sometimes exceptional changes may not give good results. This research paper has presented comparative study based on the effectiveness of online and offline teaching pedagogy. Survey is conducted to understand various aspects of online and offline teaching learning. Students reported the pros and cons of online and traditional teaching. The comparative study will be helpful for the measuring the effectiveness of teaching pedagogy and will also ensures for the effective learning outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

India's growth is considerably influenced by different economic classes with remarkable financial contribution. This paper attempts to study the consequences of COVID-19 pandemic on investment behaviour of economic classes. Economic class is grouping of individuals on the basis of their earnings. Fundamentally, there are three classes including upper, lower and middle. Population with an annual income of 2.5 lacs to 20 lacs is regarded as middle class and below 2.5 lacs and above 20 lacs are considered as lower and upper class respectively. In finance, investment is procuring any item, commodity or an asset with an intention to generate income and wealth through diverse strategies and it can also be deposition of funds in defined services. During this ongoing pandemic, the fear of unforeseen and financial challenges faced by businesses, salaried employees and others. Therefore, this research focuses on certain objectives like assessing determinants and motivators of investment, investing options normally availed by different classes of people, channels of investment accessible to them and impact of pandemic on investment preferences of investors. Sample is collected from three major states of western India specifically Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan using simple random sampling. Primary data has been collected using questionnaire, telephonic interview etc. and secondary data from internet, journals, and textbooks. Exploratory research method has been used. Researcher has applied chi square test to check the hypothesis whether there is significant impact of COVID-19 on investment behaviour of individuals. From this analysis, it has been observed that only upper-class investors are interested in gold, real estate, stock market and mutual funds while major population of middle and lower class wish to invest in fixed deposits, PPF and insurance. Further, it is discovered that pandemic has significantly affected investment of population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The spread of Covid-19 pandemic has drastically disrupted every aspects of human life. One of the most crucial parts of human life is education.COVID-19 has created an unprecedented test on the system of education. In various institutions of learning around the globe, campuses are shutdowns and teaching-learning process has moved online instead of face to face. Internationalization has displayed quite down considerably. Nearly thirty two crore learners blocked to go in the institutions of learning and all tasks have come to a close in almost all the educational institutions. In spite of all these issues, the Institutions of higher learning have worked hard with positivity and handled the situation to ensure the continuance of research work, teaching and learning process, examinations & other services to the mankind with an appropriate methods during this epidemic COVID-19. In this paper an attempt has been made by the researcher to highlight the major impacts of Covid-19 pandemic on Indian higher education system. Some suggestive measures arose by the institutions of higher learning as well as higher authorities-Government of India to give flawless educational opportunities during the pandemic are also discussed. The author has made some suggestions for to educational pursuits be executed during this epidemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

India's growth is considerably influenced by different economic classes with remarkable financial contribution. This paper attempts to study the consequences of COVID-19 pandemic on investment behaviour of economic classes. Economic class is grouping of individuals on the basis of their earnings. Fundamentally, there are three classes including upper, lower and middle. Population with an annual income of 2.5 lacs to 20 lacs is regarded as middle class and below 2.5 lacs and above 20 lacs are considered as lower and upper class respectively. In finance, investment is procuring any item, commodity or an asset with an intention to generate income and wealth through diverse strategies and it can also be deposition of funds in defined services. During this ongoing pandemic, the fear of unforeseen and financial challenges faced by businesses, salaried employees and others. Therefore, this research focuses on certain objectives like assessing determinants and motivators of investment, investing options normally availed by different classes of people, channels of investment accessible to them and impact of pandemic on investment preferences of investors. Sample is collected from three major states of western India specifically Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan using simple random sampling. Primary data has been collected using questionnaire, telephonic interview etc. and secondary data from internet, journals, and textbooks. Exploratory research method has been used. Researcher has applied chi square test to check the hypothesis whether there is significant impact of COVID-19 on investment behaviour of individuals. From this analysis, it has been observed that only upper-class investors are interested in gold, real estate, stock market and mutual funds while major population of middle and lower class wish to invest in fixed deposits, PPF and insurance. Further, it is discovered that pandemic has significantly affected investment of population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The global pandemic has brought a varied effect on economy as a whole whereby affecting each and every sector both in terms of finance and customer retention. These two criteria stand as a pioneer when it comes to the food delivery industry. An online food delivery industry stands as a middle man between the customer, restaurants and food delivery services thus the sustainability not only depends on customer retention but also listing of standard restaurants in the mobile apps. In this paper we will study a detailed list of what are the various factors that had an impact the online food delivery business during the COVID -19 period and lockdown. The variables involved in the selection the mobile application, the economic and the environmental pressure that forces the consumers to take up online mobile delivery as the only choice. With the help of survey that was conducted among various consumers in the Chennai city and through the analysis using various statistical tools it is concluded that the sustainability of the online food delivery industry in the near future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The whole world and Peru are experiencing a critical situation as a result of an unknown disease called Covid-19. Faced with this situation, the use of WhatsApp has played a leading role in the field of education, driving a remarkable development in academic activities among students and teachers. In this research we reviewed a diverse number of articles from the last 5 years. The objective of the study was to determine the influence of the use of WhatsApp on academic activities during the Covid-19 pandemic in students of Tourism Administration, Amazonas-Peru-2021. The research was quantitative, descriptive, with a non-experimental design, considering a sample of 120 university students. A questionnaire with 22 dichotomous questions was applied. 82.5% of the students said that the use of WhatsApp influenced academic support, 70.8% to make queries and absolve doubts, and 70% in collaborative work, 61.7% in communication between teachers and students, and 60% in participation, while 56.7% to present academic papers. With regard to the tools used, 47.5% of the students used email, 46.7% WhatsApp, 5.8% Facebook. In relation to the type of information shared through WhatsApp, 59% indicated academic information, 24% photographs, 10% thoughts-feelings and emotions. 80.8% of respondents believed that the use of WhatsApp influenced learning-teaching; 60% in academic performance. Regarding the reason for use, 44.2% of the students said they were in contact with their peers and friends, while 28.3% to communicate between peers and teachers, 16.7% to exchange information, 7.5% to perform tasks, and finally 3.3% indicated for entertainment. As for the frequency of use of WhatsApp, 26.7% used more hours, 24.2% used 3 hours a day, 17.5% used an hour a day. It was evidenced that the use of WhatsApp influenced the academic activities during the Covid-19 pandemic of the students of the Professional School of Administration in Tourism, Amazonas-Peru-2021. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Covid -19 pandemic knocked the door of our schools and colleges in March, 2020. Little did we know the impact it would lead in our life. Educational institutions continued on the pretext that it is like any other calamity that engulfs our city, bringing everything to a standstill for a brief period of time. COVID-19 has affected a large number of students across states, class, caste, gender and region. The shutting down of schools and the decision of shifting traditional classrooms to digital platforms is not only increasing learning inequality among children, but also pushing a large number of children out of school due to the digital divide. Technology enabled classrooms became technology driven classrooms. Textbooks and notebooks to a large extent was substituted with electronic gadgets - phones, laptops, desktops and tablets. As e-learning becomes the "new normal", the authorities have been taking steps to make digitization of education accessible and affordable for all. This paper aims to study the impact of Covid-19 in education focusing on the learning outcomes, curriculum transaction and evaluation. The data was collected from 200 teachers from various schools and colleges. The data was analysed statistically. The findings of the study revealed the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on learning outcomes, curriculum transaction and evaluation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

COVID-19 is threatening economic globalization. Global production networks are being disrupted on a never-before-seen scale as a result of simultaneous shocks to supply and demand caused by containment measures. The pandemic has highlighted how globally interconnected the flow of goods and services has become vulnerable, and countries are now reframing their international trade strategies to handle economic shocks post pandemic. The drop in FDI will be especially hard on developing countries. FDI inflows to developing countries are expected to fall even more than the global average, given that sectors severely impacted by the pandemic account for a larger share of FDI inflows in developing countries. Also, over the last few decades, developing countries have become more dependent on FDI. Between 1985 and 2017, FDI inflows to developing countries increased from 14 billion to 690 billion US dollars (in current prices). This represents an increase in share of global FDI inflows from 25% to 46%. The rise in FDI to developing countries is being supported by an increase in offshoring and global fragmentation of economic activities, particularly in the manufacturing and services sectors. The drop in global FDI is thus closely related to disruptions in global supply chains, which we have also seen as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper is an attempt to review the impact of current pandemic on FDI inflows in India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus-2 (SARS CoV-2) is a new virus that debuted in December 2019 and is still posing a serious threat all over the world, killing 980,031 people. It is the third human coronavirus that causes acute respiratory distress syndrome. SARS CoV and MERS CoV are the other two. Where is ARDS is one of the most difficult aspects of these patients' therapy. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has been recognized as a serious clinical concern in respiratory medicine from its first description. Where it is considered a type of respiratory failure characterized by the occurrence of rapidly spreading inflammation in the lungs, this paper proposes a system that monitors the extent of inflammation in the airways by measuring the temperature of the respiratory system and by controlling the inflammation, the respiratory distress of the Corona virus can be controlled. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Covid 19 is a curse in all fields and all walks of life. It is a threat to life, economy, society and humankind. Everyday day turns out to be standing on an iceberg or in tight corners for each individual. The situation is just like a storm in a teacup, unbearable. Every moment is passing with unexpected turns and curves which are never bent down. The loss of the kith and kin made our heart and mind with certain numbness and uncertain future as if humanness is at its extinct. The sight is moving that the mother lost her child is left alone with no comforter to comfort her. Husband lost his wife's untold bye, left baffled and unnoticed and alone. Brothers and sisters are searching for their loved one's arrival from the hospital look desperate, unknown to the fact that they are never to be returned or resurrected. The demise of friends and relatives derive only empathy as a spectator in a crowd of afflicted. How cheap mankind became in the hands of Covid, an Asuran arrived to thwart all of us irrespective of good and evil, rich and poor, young and old, men and women. What a sarcasm that Covid treats everyone equally without any disparity which protesters fight for age past. The sight of massacre seems to be a holocaust of bio-war someone stated and started. Everone is awaiting the presence and the protection of the Saviour, Redeemer, Samaritan and the Panacea to be saved from death amidst of social and economic crisis. This paper intends to expose the troubles faced by Moms in the work place and at home and their faith in life, strength to encounter whatever comes on their way. It propagates that Moms are super women always. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Man has been working outside the home from time immemorial. So far, the world has undergone pandemics, and Covid 19 is the most severe one. Covid 19 pandemic has emerged as a significant threat to the globe where people have to rethink their ways of life and living. Strict health rules like wearing the mask, maintaining social distance, avoiding mass gatherings, etc., have adverse effects on our social, cultural, traditional, and psychological arena. Like most countries, offline teaching-learning is an age-old tradition in Bangladesh. The education sector is the most affected sector due to pandemics, as all levels of the education sector of Bangladesh have been closed since March 17, 2020. This paper tries to show how teaching and learning can be done from staying at home. It also tries to determine whether this type of teaching and learning impacts the students' English learning and performance in this subject. This study employs a quantitative approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic condition of the country has faced a great downfall and millions of employees have lost their jobs. However the IT sector initiative "Work from Home" is a saviour for many companies which would have otherwise shut down in this crisis. It is becoming the "New Normal" now. The study aims to bring out various emerging strategic performance management trends in post COVID-19 situation. In this study both primary and secondary data have been used. Primary data was collected from 55 respondents. Statistical tools are used for analyzing the data such as Chi-square test, One-way Anova and frequency. This paper puts light on the various strategies which can be followed by the employers to improve the work performance of the employees during pandemic situations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Spread of Corona virus around the world, fear of contamination and government rules forced public to stick to their homes. For essential goods, medicines, sanitizers, PPE kits, masks, learning and teaching, work from home and other requirements majority of the people relayed on internet supported online services. Majority of people started shifting their buying behaviours from traditional methods to online methods. Though the pandemic affected adversely all the sectors, only e-commerce sector witnessed visible change during lockdown. Penetration in internet, increased use of smart phones, covid pandemic necessitated shoppers to shift from offline to online. The present paper focuses on shift in shopping behaviours of customers during Covid-19. Using a structured questionnaire, 316 online shopper's opinion was collected and used statistical methods to analyze the responses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many researchers attracted to analyse consumer motives toward online shopping platform in last decade. Especially on how the linkage between purchase motivations (utilitarian or hedonic) to purchase decision on online shopping platform. However, there was no specific indications on changes in consumer motives on their purchase decisions before and during COVID-19 pandemic toward online shopping. In this paper will explore further about the shopping motives, and purchase decisions of online shoppers before and during pandemic. Data collection will be conducted through online survey to the group of online shopper/consumer in Greater Jakarta as capital city of Indonesia. It will be tested by analytical technique with multiple regression. The result indicated that the effect of convenience factors (utilitarian) toward purchase decisions was higher during pandemic than before pandemic, meanwhile the effect of brand image toward purchase decisions was lower during pandemic than before pandemic.. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]