Even before the COVID-19 pandemic swelled, the ranks of work-from-home employees, freelancing was on the rise as workers across a range of fields sought more flexibility and control over their work lives, enabled by the latest advances in technology. In 2020, there were 59 million people doing freelance work in the United States. This is an increase from 2014, when there were about 53 million people freelancing according to Statista, a leading provider of market and consumer data.
The demonstrated success of working remotely means that independent workers will be key to the future of work, even as many people return to in-person office settings.
To thrive both professionally and personally, independent workers need support and tools to promote their skills and manage their business.
An online platform known as Indy provides these features and more. Indy offers a complete productivity suite that helps independent workers take the management of their businesses to the next level, with tools and guidance for creating contracts, generating invoices, and everything in between. Additionally, their blog, The Independent Worker, is focused on addressing topics of interest to freelancers, ranging from business development to managing burnout.
“We proudly empower today’s ‘Indies’ – including solopreneurs, freelancers, consultants, contractors, microbusinesses and side hustlers – to streamline the most time-consuming parts of operating their businesses. We help them work smarter, get paid faster, and thrive,” says Sebastian Gyr, CEO and co-founder of Indy.
The Indy app offers freelancers a suite of tools designed to help them own three key aspects of their business: :
– Marketing. Indy provides templates for proposals, project briefs, and profiles to help you organize your pitches, and showcase your unique skills.
– Organization. Time tracker and task management tools help you keep everything organized, and Indy also offers a chat feature that freelancers can use for quick communication with clients.
– Business management. Templates for legally-binding contracts and non-disclosure agreements take a lot of the effort and stress out of contract creation, so you can get right to work and invoicing tools will let you quickly and easily send highly professional invoices to the client directly to be paid either electronically or the old-fashioned way – via a check in the mail.
Indy takes pride in empowering an inclusive and diverse community of freelancers, including the LGBTQ community, Black Americans, BIPOC, and workers with disabilities, who are often underserved in the workplace despite the recent rise in equity initiatives. Leaning into these tenets, Indy recently launched a new, digital series called ‘Miss Independent’ featuring a Black drag queen who offers short videos commenting on freelancing and the freelancing life.
“We’re spotlighting what’s currently missing for today’s virtual workforce and are boldly embracing the opportunity to drive conversations and narratives around equitable pay, diversity, and inclusion, by enabling the success of all workers, especially those from underserved communities,” according to the company.
“We celebrate the uniqueness of those human beings that we serve by providing the products, services, space, and the megaphone for them to be their authentic selves, shine, and thrive.”
Visit weareindy.com for more information and to create an account for free.
Month: June 2021
Life Of Mercury
Close your eyes and envision yourself standing on the stage and singing in front of a countless crowd while they cheer for you. Indeed, you are a rockstar!
The first Indian Rockstar to experience this was Freddie Mercury, original name Farrokh Bulsara. It is said that he was given this name by his teachers and classmates. He was born to Parsi parents and spent the majority of his adolescence in India. He later moved with his family to England, where his music career began. He formed a band with Brian May and Rodger Taylor and named it Queen. Bassist John Deacon joined the following year. Initially, the band failed to draw much notice however, the album Sheer Heart Attack( 1974) and A Night At The Opera (1975) made them internationally famous. ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is considered Queen’s most mysterious and beloved song.
When it comes to his personal life Mary Austin stole Mercury’s heart in 1969 and they became inseparable after that. He always mentioned Mary Austin whenever he talked about the only love of his life.
Paul Prenter played a significant role in his life too. He was his former manager and he double-crossed him by selling a story to a national newspaper about his personal life. He ruined his life by claiming that Freddie slept with hundreds of men and furthermore gave profound insights regarding his personal life which forced him to fire Paul. His last day on earth was 24th November 1991, he passed away due to bronchial pneumonia due to AIDS-related complications.
Without a doubt, he was a courageous, gallant, and defiant Rockstar in the history of music.
Tableau-Data visualisation tool
Tableau is fastest growing data visualisation tool.It can help anyone see and understand their data.It is mainly used in business intelligence industry. It helps in simplifying raw data in a very easily understandable format. Tableau helps create the data that can be understood by professionals at any level in an organization. It also allows non-technical users to create customized dashboards.It doesn’t need any programming skills to operate.
Data analysis is very fast with Tableau tool and the visualizations created are in the form of dashboards and worksheets. Data visualisation is important because human beings understand things that are visually well descriptive and interesting. So, working with data visualization tools like Tableau will help anyone understand data better, as it gives one access to the amount of data in easily digestible visuals. Also, well-designed graphics are usually the simplest and the most powerful way to present any data.
Plant based proteins
During times of change, many of us find comfort in simple pleasures. Like a great burger.
Yet, some of those simple pleasures have been compromised by the dramatic changes caused by COVID-19, including the disruption of the animal meat industry. Meat plants are closing, causing meat to be harder to find and its prices to rise. Some grocers are limiting the amount of meat shoppers can buy to curb pantry loading.
I know these issues will be resolved as the pandemic subsides. The animal meat industry will recover, and supply chains will be restored. But right now, you may be asking: What do I do without meat?
Now is the time to try plant-based protein. Made from simple ingredients you know, Lightlife
plant-based meat is as nutritious as it is delicious. And you can find the products in your grocer’s meat case.
To be clear, I’m not against the animal meat industry. I believe we’re all trying to solve the same complex challenge: how to feed everyone during this pandemic. But I do believe no diet should be entirely dependent on animal meat. That’s why Lightlife is committed to delivering plant-based protein throughout the country to ensure as many people as possible have access to the food they need.
At Lightlife, they are not asking you to give up animal meat. If you want to eat meat, eat meat. But they believe you should also eat plants: whole plants and plant-based protein. That’s why they strive to bring more high-protein options to your table. Fortunately, the trend toward eating more plant-based protein began well before COVID-19, driven by a desire for more balance and variety in our diets, as evidenced by the fact that 44 percent?of Americans now describe themselves as flexitarian.
In fact, Lightlife sales were up significantly in the first quarter of 2020. And longer term, the plant-based meat category is expected to grow exponentially, with the Good Food Institute predicting a threefold increase in the number of American households regularly purchasing plant-based protein1.
The reality is it takes a little more work these days to make a good burger, even the ones we make with simple ingredients. I want you to know that we’re committed to your dinner table. And your lunch table. And if you want a burger for breakfast, your breakfast table, too.
I am so happy for their production teams working around the clock to ensure our products are available at your local grocer. To ensure their health and safety, we have taken additional steps including social distancing wherever possible, daily temperature checks and health screenings, face coverings, increased sanitation efforts, and staggered breaks and start times to reduce the potential for congestion. This is in addition to the sanitation procedures our team is already accustomed to, and the variety of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) we routinely wear.
This is all part of our dedication to getting high-quality, plant-based protein to your tables. Because whether your burger is made from ground beef or plant-based ingredients, a good burger is something we can all agree on. And I believe that together, we will celebrate that simple pleasure once again.
INTEREST RATES issues
• News:
Quarterly reset of interest rates on small savings schemes is due on June 30.
Small savings schemes
• A set of saving instruments launched by the Government of India.
• Examples: Public Provident Fund (PPF), National Savings Certificates (NSCs), the Senior Citizens Savings Scheme (SCSS), and the Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme etc.
• Popular with fixed income investors- offer much higher
interest rates than bank fixed deposits.
Lowering of interest rates .
• Will help the government reduce costs- will hurt senior
citizens and the middle-class. • Common people already suffer from inflation.
• Retail inflation was 6.2% through 2020- 21.
Inflation is expected to stay around 5.5%-6% through 2021-22.
• Rising inflation, declining savings rates and loss of income- disastrous.
• Fall in small savings rate- discourage small investors.
Small savings- a key source of financing the government deficit.
In 2021-22, borrowings through small savings- pegged at Rs 3.91 lakh crore.
Public Provident Fund (PPF).
• Introduced in 1968- to mobilize small saving in the form of investment, coupled with a return on it
• Interest earned on the
Public Provident Fund
is tax-free.
• Tenure: for 15 years and can be extended for 5 years.
• Subscriber can make one withdrawal during a FY after five years excluding the year of account opening.
• Amount of withdrawal- up to 50% of balance at the credit at the end of 4th preceding year/at the end of preceding year, whichever
is lower.
IoT-Internet of Things
Internet of Things(IoT),as the name suggests,it refers to millions on physical devices which are connected to internet.It is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction.
An IoT ecosystem consists of web-enabled smart devices that use embedded systems, such as processors, sensors and communication hardware, to collect, send and act on data they acquire from their environment.Broadband Internet is become more widely available, the cost of connecting is decreasing, more devices are being created with Wi-Fi capabilities and sensors built into them, technology costs are going down, and smartphone penetration is sky-rocketing. These devices are playing a major role in development of IoT.
Edx-Massive Open Online Course Paltform
Edx is a Massive Open Online Course(MOOC) platform.It’s orogin is America.It hosts online university-level courses in a wide range of disciplines to a worldwide student body, including some courses at no charge. It also conducts research into learning based on how people use its platform.More than 150 schools, nonprofit organizations, and corporations offer or plan to offer courses on the edX website.As of 20 July 2020, edx has around 33 million students taking more than 3,000 courses online. edX also has over 6,000 instructors on the platform with a presence of 196 countries represented world wide.It contains video lectures of Harvard University and lot more world’s best universities.
Personality Development
Personality development refers to developing our personalityPersonality refers to attitude,behaviour and our overall thought process regarding an aspect.Personality is what makes a person a unique person, and it is recognizable soon after birth. A child’s personality has several components: temperament, environment, and character. Temperament is the set of genetically determined traits that determine the child’s approach to the world and how the child learns about the world. There are no genes that specify personality traits, but some genes do control the development of the nervous system, which in turn controls behavior.
Personality is considered very in everywhere we move such as our office ,house ,travelling e.t.c.It defines us.So it is very important to have a great personality. The main aspects of personality includes being light in mind and heart, staying enthusiastic, better communicator, giving space to imperfection ,be positive e.t.c.
Delhi’s Paranthe Wali Gali
Half the fun of eating at Old Delhi’s Paranthe Wali Gali, is getting there.
The other half, is of course, the food.
Slotted in the ancient narrow alleys of Delhi, India is the legendary series of restaurants serving North Indian parathas; The lane is famously known as Paranthe Wali Gali.
There are quite a few different restaurants to choose from, all claiming to be the best and the original, and all equally busy with customers (I assume they are all actually quite similar, but if you know otherwise please let me know!).
I chose Babu Ram Paranthe Wale.
Though it appeared to be packed with customers waiting in line outside, somehow they managed to cram us in at a corner table without having to wait more than a few minutes.
THE PARATHA KITCHEN
Outside, where armies of people pass by, is the kitchen, where all the action and food preparation takes place.
One man rolls out dough and fills them with topping at a mind blowing speed, while another guy fries the parathas in oil that’s so hot it looks like lava. Within just a few moments the raw dough is transformed into a crispy golden flatbread.
Now that, my friends, is a menu!
I’m guessing decades of greasy hands have touched that artifact, and I’m sure that if a scientist got his hands on that, he could probably find some pretty interesting things.
In my opinion, that’s always a sign of a not so healthy, yet a quality eatery!
At Babu Ram Paranthe Wale there are probably about 30 different kinds to order, They came on a metal saucer with pumpkin curry, a peas curry, and a red sauce that tasted just about like the American version of Chinese sweet and sour sauce (sour tomato sauce)
While I did think the parathas were tasty and delicious, they were a little too greasy for me. I definitely couldn’t eat my fill of parathas, I’d just be too greased out. 2-3 were perfect.
Paranthe Wali Gali is the type of place people are willing to wait to eat, a food locals consider special and maybe comforting.
Sitting at the table next to us (which was actually only inches away from us) was a group of ladies who were originally from Delhi, but had been living in the United States for over 10 years – they too came to get a taste of that all familiar paratha and to savor the tasty pieces of fried dough they had remembered.
And like I mentioned at the beginning of this article, the parathas are good, but in this case the atmosphere of the chaotic maze of Chandi Chowk is part of the fun!
references-https://www.herzindagi.com/hindi/reviews/delhi-chandni-chowk-gali-paranthe-wali-food-article-7880
Ladli foundation – NGO
Ladli foundation-a chain of changemakers!
Founder and CEO – Mr. Devendra kumar Gupta
MR. DEVENDRA KUMAR GUPTA’S LIFESTORY AND THE BIRTH OF FOUNDATION LADLI:
Ladli foundation – In special consultative status with economic and social council ECOSOC since 2020 , associated with Delhi Police is a grassroot level non profit organization that works for unprivileged females in and rural slums weaving a ray of hope and happieness. A mission to provide a safe, gender neutral society and also rise standard of living and quality of lives of those unprivileged and uneducated vulnerable women.
Donation vs contribution
A little help goes a long way!
Team Ladli believes in volunteering instead of donating them. It differentiate empathy with sympathy in real sense. They encourage people/volunteers and make them learn how to replicate the ongoing initiative in nearby areas in order to achieve goals. They also provide internship to make them learn and know the lifetime practical skills for future on blogging, management ,field ,content writing etc . Voltour – Expirence Humanity is one of the great upcoming initiative started to achieve global goals and experience the grassroot realities which is a certificate and a reward winning program based on skills and knowledge. It inspire people to use their efforts for a righteous cause which helps in uplifting women with self-reliance and successful lives in surrounding .
Campaigns/Drives
Some Sucessful campaign’s that have been launched under project ladli are – Pathanshala (educate), Inspiring women, Anemia eradication, Covid19 rahat sewa, JOSH, breath india, Project Saheli, Sathi hath batana , Run of Ladli half marathon, Ladli rakshak, Sashakt(empower) , Shagun ( bestow) Swabhimaan(dignity). These campaign have been praised and witnessed by various well known dignitaries and Bollywood megastars for its national presence. Till date it has directly benefited more than 1 million people and young girls from human trafficking and made them aware about Hygiene, equality, justice and rights .
Ladli foundation USA, New jersey is an international wing in USA of ladli foundation incorpated in 2021.
https://www.ladliusa.org/
DIGITAL MARKETING
As there is a lot of advancement in technology, even the marketing strategies have changed a lot.It is also called Online Marketing.It is just promoting the products/brands through online to find potential customers and making the product reach the public.It changed the way the brands use technology for marketing. Digital marketing encompasses all marketing efforts that use an electronic device or the internet. Businesses leverage digital channels such as search engines, social media, email, and other websites to connect with current and prospective customers.
Digital marketing helps you reach a larger audience than you could through traditional methods, and target the prospects who are most likely to buy your product or service. Additionally, it’s often more cost-effective than traditional advertising, and enables you to measure success on a daily basis and pivot as you see fit. It’s main advantage is that we can reach only target audience.
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMISATION
SEO stands for “search engine optimization.” In simple terms, it means the process of improving your site to increase its visibility when people search for products or services related to your business in Google, Bing, and other search engines. The better visibility your pages have in search results, the more likely you are to garner attention and attract prospective and existing customers to your business. In Google and other search engines, the results page often features paid ads at the top of the page, followed by the regular results or what search marketers call the “organic search results”. Traffic that comes via SEO is often referred to as “organic search traffic” to differentiate it from traffic that comes through paid search.
The Internet has really put the world at our fingertips. We are usually not more than a few clicks away from almost any information we could be looking for. When people are looking for information, services, products, and so on, they go online. Search engines have spiders — not the creepy kind, but the automated robot kind. These spiders collect all kinds of information about your website and the pages that make up your site. This allows them to easily determine when to serve a searcher a page on your site.
Vaccination is good or bad?
India was in a critical situation because of the corona virus but now those who are affected by corona virus rating are falling down. The government has taken various steps to control the corona virus but all the steps have failed death rate was increasing because there were many people who are affected by corona virus there were no beds, no doctors, no oxygen, no medicine and no remedies. So many people died then in some places there were no place bury those who died by the affect of corona virus. This situation has changed a little because of lockdown and also all people are afraid that we too be affected by corona virus and die, so we can take vaccination so that at least we can save our lives. In India there are two vaccinations one is made in India that is Covaxin vaccination and another one is Covishield it was made by England and India. Another thing Sputnik vaccine from Russia it is also used in India because there is no enough Vaccination in India. Many people are showing intrest to vaccinate there are some who are not willing to vaccine. If we vaccinate we can protect others and ourselves because we are vaccinated in our body if there is corona virus the possibility of passing over to other person is very less and other thing if we are vaccinated and we are affected by corona virus it will not lead you to death or any serious conditions. Covaxin and Covishield both are good but there will be slight symptoms in our body because the vaccination should work in our body to protect us from the corona virus. There is some time of interval between two vaccines because the World Health Organization recommends there must be an interval of 3 to 4 weeks, but now it is extended beyond one month. Mainly those who are moving out from your house and old age people because they will be easily affected. Government is making many steps and keeping a target to achieve the goal that all the people in our country should be vaccinated. As a first step for their goal they are making awareness in villages that all should vaccinate. We know that in the first wave of corona virus there was huge people were admitted and some were died in America but now there is no such a huge number because they have vaccinated nearly half of the people in their country they are not asking any proof they are vaccinating all so the number is stable. India’s economy is falling down because all are staying in home so no work the prices of each thing we buy from any shop is raising because each and every person has faced many difficulties in this corona virus second wave. There is no way we have to come out of our house and work but safety is very important for all these situation there is only one solution it is none other than vaccination without vaccination we cannot fight against this corona virus there is no medicine for this virus. We have this vaccination, masks, social distancing and washing hand. We are already following these if we vaccine we can lead our life happily and safely.Vaccination is a good thing which is saving our life from corona virus.
| VACCINE IS THE BEST TO SAVE OUR LIVES. | VACCINATION IS A KIT TO SAVE LIVES |
JAIPUR: THE PINK CITY
HISTORY OF THE PINK CITY
Jaipur is popularly known as the Pink City of Rajasthan, which is not only Pink but also the most colorful city of India. The city is the mixture and combination of Indian culture and modern experiences. Jaipur is probably the first planned city of India. It was planned to design in Pink color, as the color signs for hospitality. The city is known to give an unending experience to the tourist as well as the localities. Pink city has its own vibes and flavors which blends to perfection and brings a completely different exposure. Jaipur is all about forts, museums, food, monuments, shopping and many more things. As a tourist or a newbie in the city, it is always considered to explore the city as a local but in the end, it becomes too messy.
Why Jaipur is known as Pink City
The moment you arrive in Jaipur you will witness that the walls of most building are painted in “pink” terracotta color. The color resembles the city’s heritage and culture. Going back in the history, when Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh was in power and when Prince Albert came to Jaipur during the India tour in 1876. Maharaja wanted to impress the Prince and hence, he planned an extreme strategy. Maharaja constructed a large concert hall and named it after Prince Albert Hall Museum. Then, he decided to repaint the entire city for beautification and chose terracotta pink for the same. The color was durable in all weather conditions. The color represents hospitality. The queen of Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh loved the color and asked the Maharaja to make a law that every house in Jaipur should be pink in color and use of any other color is illegal. The law was passed in the year 1877 and it is effective till today.
PLACES TO VISIT IN JAIPUR
- Jal Mahal- Jal Mahar, as per the name suggests is the water palace in Jaipur. Its tropical architectural style with a mixture of Rajput and Mughal structures are just amazing to human sight. It is located in the middle of the Man Sagar Lake and it was built for the royal family to on a summer gateway.
- Amer Fort- One of the most famous forts of India. The Amer fort is located on a hill, earlier it was a strong defense around the city. The Indian and Mughal blend of architecture is immensely beautiful. It is said that even the attackers did not want to destroy it.
- Hawa Mahal- It was built by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh in 1799. The Hawa Mahal was built for the royal women to enjoy festivals and events. It is made of beautiful pink and red sandstone. The structure is in such a way that royal women could enjoy the street view and city life without coming in the sight of the public. It’s shape is like a crown of Lord Krishna which has 953 jharokhas also called as windows in a five-story building.
- Nahargarh Fort- Nahargarh fort beautifully displayed the unique blend of Indian and European architectural style. It was built by Madhavendra Bhawan, he built 12 similar suites for his queens. Its construction was done in such a way that Maharaja was able to visit any queen’s suite and none of the other could acknowledge it.
Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT summons Facebook and Google officials to appear before it today
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology has summoned Facebook India and Google India to appear before it today. The committee will hear the views of the companies about safeguarding the rights of the citizens and prevention of misuse of social or online news media platforms including special emphasis on women security in the digital space.
This comes days after representatives of Twitter appeared before the panel to discuss India’s new IT rules and how to stop the misuse of the platform.
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