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Shailendra Shukla | May 8, 2021
India s COVID-19 cases to peak in coming days, reduce to 20,000 per day by June-end: forecast
India s COVID-19 outbreak could peak in the coming days, according to a mathematical model readied by advisers to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The group s projection has put them more in line with other scientists, who have also suggested a mid-May peak for the country. However, the experts are of the view that the reported numbers likely downplay the real toll because India s hospitals and crematoriums have been overwhelmed, which makes the evaluation of any peak particularly complicated.
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20% of workers at Google to work from home, 60% to be hybrid
The future of work is flexibility, CEO Sundar Pichai wrote in an email to employees that was also posted on Google s website
Associated Press | May 7, 2021 | Updated 12:39 IST
Google says it expects about 20% of its workforce to still work remotely after its offices reopen this fall, while some 60% will work a hybrid schedule that includes about three days in the office and two days wherever they work best. The remaining 20% can change their location to a different Google office. The policy announced Wednesday relaxes the company s stricter earlier stance. The future of work is flexibility, CEO Sundar Pichai wrote in an email to employees that was also posted on Google s website . The changes above are a starting point to help us do our very best work and have fun doing it. Most of Google s 135,000 employees can continue to work from home through September of this year.