Dr M Khalid's global village blog

As seen on https://bing.com/covid   (Microsoft owned source), we can see the trend is not showing signs of significant control. Here is data for total confirmed fatal cases USA , Brazil and India have a high number . Refer to image 1a and image 1b.  If we remove the top three countries from the data, we can see the comparative number of fatal cases in other countries more clearly. refer to image 2. Click on any image to enlarge. For Vaccine related progress and different programs see  https://bing.com/covid?vert=vaccineTracker

Shorthand for a company's top tier of executives, the term C-suite derives from the first letter of the high-level executive titles used by many large enterprises. The most common C-suite titles are chief executive officer (CEO), chief financial officer (CFO), and chief operating officer (COO). These C-suite leaders, also known as C-level executives, make decisions that can determine success or failure for their companies. Major publicly traded companies typically need several C-suite leaders. Standard roles include not only CEO, COO, and CFO, but also chief technology officer (CTO), chief information officer (CIO), and chief marketing officer (CMO). Smaller operations typically only need one C-suite executive, at the most two or three. A small business may have individuals leading key functions of a company, such as finance or marketing, who do not hold C-level titles. Chief experience officer (CXO) : an executive responsible for the overall experience of an organization's pro...

New Method of fraudsters to collect your details by confusing you. Be careful. I got a whatsapp message from an unknown number. When I checked on truecaller, they have not entered the proper name. Only entered name as 'V V'. Lot of people have reported it as a spam call. See Images. 

We are happy to announce that we have got investors for more than 60% of the amount for this opportunity now. We have a good investment opportunity at Hyderabad brought to you by Indus Global business consulting services www.indusglobal.biz . We have initiated discussions to take over the management of a popular restaurant and bakery. The investment to be done is Rs 54 lakh ( 50% for operational expenses and 50% to be paid as refundable deposit for Lease). It is located on one of the busy cross roads. There are two outlets- restaurant and bakery at a rent of Rs 1.4 lack per month. Profit of Rs 30000 per day is expected on an average. Half of the profit will go to the operations executing partner. So investors will have 15000 per day or 4.5 lac per Month. So we will break even in about 14 months. The owners are focusing on their other business hence don't want to handle this business. A company will be formed. Investors will get a share equal to the ratio of investment they do. A c...

A donkey and a tiger were arguing....  The donkey said to the tiger,  "The grass is blue." Tiger rebutted, "No, grass is green." Then the discussion between the two became more and more intense.  Both of them were firm in their own words and refused to give way.  To end this controversy, both decided to see the Lion, King of Jungle - for a verdict to resolve their argument.  In the middle of the animal kingdom, sitting on the throne was King lion.  The donkey started yelling before the tiger could even say anything.... "Your Highness, the grass is blue, isn't it ?"  The Lion took a look at the donkey and said, "Yes ! The grass is blue." Donkey : "This tiger does not believe or refuses to believe.  Annoys me -  he should be punished accordingly ." The king declared, "Tiger will be banished from this jungle for a week. "  The Lion King's verdict was heard by the donkey and he was jumping triumphantly with joy in the enti...

Here is a short but very inspiring speech about Life by Coca Cola's former CEO Bryan Dyson delivered at the 172nd commencement of the Georgia Tech Institute, on September 6, 1996.   His insight is as valuable today as it was then. Below is the full text. "Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends, and spirit and you're keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that 'work' is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls - family, health, friends and spirit - are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life. How? Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. Don't set your goals by what ...

 1. What is the claim settlement ratio for the company ? 2. What are the exclusions ? These include conditions like hernia, knee replacement , diabetes (for few years after starting the policy) . Several companies straight away deny covering a person with Diabetes. But lot of companies cover them. But pre existing diseases like diabetes are covered after a few years. 3. There are special policies for certain diseases like Cardiac ( heart) illnesses, Diabetes and Cancer. 4. Will your policy be renewable till end of your life or will the insurance provider only cover you till a particular age.. say 65 years only ? 5. Does your Insurance provider have your usually preferred hospitals in its network of hospitals listed on its website? 6. The Insurance agent may try to sell you a policy which will have lot of things which you don't need. This will increase the premium. Example they will try to push a policy where you get unlimited refill to the coverage i.e if you exhaust your limit, it...

Deep learning refers to a set of techniques by which we can achieve varying degrees of artificial intelligence by mimicking the working of a human brain. Deep learning is a subset of Machine Learning techniques that aim to achieve Artificial Intelligence. The distinguishing feature of Deep Learning is its use of various Artificial Neural Networks, that imitate the human brain. Just as in the brain, Artificial Neural Networks or ANNs also consist of neurons and synapses between them. Deep Learning vs Machine Learning: In traditional Machine Learning, the data must be broken down into individual features. These hand-crafted features are fed into the model and we get a prediction as an output. However, hand-crafting features is a time-consuming process that involves a lot of statistical knowledge and expertise in data science. With the advent of Deep Learning and multi-layered Artificial Neural Networks, feature selection can now be handled by the model itself. By feeding it numeric...

India has about 45 total cases per million and about 1200 tests per million.  Out of about 65000 total cases, about 20000 cases are recovered. Let us look at the data of other countries. we will look at countries which have been able to control the covid 19 infection in a better way as compared to most other countries. We have included mostly those countries where govt response was swift and strict measures were imposed. We have excluded countries where govt response was not strict for a long time even after more than 100 cases were discovered.   Germany, considered as having one of the best in response to coronavirus, is in lock down since 23 March (not very far from the date for India), has had about 2000 total cases per million and about 32000 tests per million. Out of about 170000 total cases, about 145000 cases are recovered. Canada, also considered as having one of the best in response to coronavirus, has had about 1800 total cases per million and about...

As per the analysis by the DDI lab of the  Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) ,   we can see the crisis ending in many parts of the world before July 2020. Covid problem will get reduce to a controlled level if not become negligible around the time mentioned in the below charts for countries shown. As a person with knowledge of data analysis, I can say that the analysis is fairly good predictor for countries where we have data filling large part of the bell shaped curve. This is on assumption that the cautious approach of the countries is continued. Compiled by Dr M Khalid Munir, Consultant, Healing touch hospital, Asif Nagar, Hyderabad. Ex Consultant, Kamineni Wockhardt hospital, Hyderabad, India. Available for tele-consultation by Whatsapp based video interaction. Whatsapp: 91-9603018957 . Drop a message on Whatsapp to book appointment. Ref of analysis and data sources: URL  https://ddi.sutd.edu.sg

Those who do not need any movement passes *  Individuals going to nearby stores to buy essential food items and medicines or going for emergency health consultation. Not more than two persons can be together *  Individuals engaged in ongoing agricultural, animal husbandry and fisheries activities Following require ID cards issued by their employers only *  Medical personnel, nurses, para-medical staff and other personnel of all healthcare establishments *  Workers of electricity, water, conservancy services, banks and other public utilities, including those dealing with petroleum, LPG, CNG *  Employees of print and electronic media as well as those associated with delivery of newspapers *  Railway/port/airport personnel and vehicles in connection with the movement of essential commodities and cargo Those who require authorization letters by employers, endorsed by police/local SDO *  Personnel associated with distribution of essential commodities under PDS, hyper marts, super stores, e-...

26 March 2020 . (25 March PDT) . An attempt to understand the extent of population which can get affected if strict measures are not taken !!  Image: A govt worker sanitizes public place in S Korea. We will take examples of countries who are being appreciated to control Covid 19 well. At the time of writing this article, there were 327,999 active cases in the world and 134649 closed cases. Closed cases means they either recovered or died. 113,802 (84%) recovered and 20,877 (16%) died.   In China, the recovered people are 73650 while the active cases are 4287 . Total cases till date = 9137. Also, in South Korea, affected no. is 175 cases per millon. Cases per million = 56.  In South Korea the recovered people are 70%(3730) of the active (5281). Total cases till date = 9137. Also, in South Korea, cases per million = 178 .  In Germany where they have done the largest number of tests to  screen the population, coron...

Emails to report cases/ take help etc. 1. ncov2019@gmail.com   ( Ref  https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/coronavirus-live-updates-march-16-2020/article31079393.ece   ) 2. ncov2019@gov [dot] in   ( Ref https://mohfw.gov.in/   ) 3. covid19@mea.gov.in   ( Ref https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-live-updates-kashmir-reports-first-positive-case-indias-tally-rises-to-157-799686.html  ) Helpline Numbers  Central Helpline Number for corona-virus: - +91-11-23978046 . Helpline Numbers of States & Union Territories (UTs):  Andhra Pradesh 0866-2410978 Arunachal Pradesh 9436055743 Assam 6913347770 Bihar 104 Chhattisgarh 104 Goa 104 Gujarat 104 Haryana 8558893911 Himachal Pradesh 104 Jammu & Kashmir 01912520982, 0194-2440283 Jharkhand 104  Karnataka 104 Kerala 0471-2552056 Madhya Pradesh 0755-2527177 Maharashtra 020-26127394 Manipur 3852411668 Meghalaya 108 Mizoram ...

I could not sleep after reading this news story. You may ignore it, but the depth of the problem should be understood so that proper steps taken to stop things from going out of control. This is an excerpt from news story dated Saturday 14 March 2020. Reference at the end. On January 29, when Italy detected and isolated its first coronavirus cases – two Chinese tourists – authorities were sure they had put together the safest protection system in Europe. The following day, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte immediately declared a state of emergency for six months, and made Italy the first country to block flights from China. "We can reassure all the citizens, the situation is under control," he said. "We expected cases in Italy too." But by March 11, the country had the second-highest number of infections outside China. In a press conference where the number of journalists was limited to prevent the spread of the virus, the head of the Italian Civil ...

Here are 10 important things one should know about EPF withdrawal: As per the latest rules set by the EPFO, a subscriber can apply for  EPF withdrawal  only if he or she has been unemployed for at least 2 months. The amount that an EPFO subscriber receives upon withdrawal is eligible for tax exemption if he or she had contributed to the EPF for more than 5 years. If a subscriber transfers the  EPF balance  from the account maintained with the old employer to the new one, then it will be considered to be a continuous employment. When an employee loses the job due to a reason that is out of his or her control, like critical illness or layoffs due to an organisational shutdown, the withdrawal will not be taxed. If the EPF is withdrawn before the completion of 5 years, then the withdrawn sum is taxable during the same year. In the next assessment year, the EPF amount has to appear in the tax return. The contribution to PF by the employer and the interest earned on that sum is also taxable....