{"id":129455,"date":"2020-06-24T02:40:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T21:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=129455"},"modified":"2020-06-24T02:40:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T21:10:53","slug":"intl-webinar-on-impact-of-covid-19-on-global-economy-concludes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/06\/24\/intl-webinar-on-impact-of-covid-19-on-global-economy-concludes\/","title":{"rendered":"Int&#8217;l webinar on impact of Covid-19 on global economy concludes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>RONO HILLS, Jun 23:<\/strong> The two-day international webinar on the impact of Covid-19 on the global economy, organized by Rajiv Gandhi University&#8217;s (RGU) economics department, concluded on Tuesday.<br \/>\nAddressing the valedictory session, RGU Pro-VC, Prof Amitava Mitra spoke about &#8220;the changes in interstate variations in incidence and fatality of Covid-19 in India.&#8221;<br \/>\nHe urged researchers to carry out studies to identify the causes of regional variations in incidence and fatality, &#8220;which can give specific policy implications to mitigate the problems.&#8221;<br \/>\nProf Mitra also stated that the pandemic had a very adverse impact on the Indian economy, which he said &#8220;was already slowing down due to both internal and external factors.&#8221;<br \/>\nTo improve the economy, he suggested focusing on potential sectors such as ecotourism, horticulture, livestock and agro-based industries in the northeastern states.<br \/>\nRGU VC, Prof Saket Kushwaha advised all the faculty members and participants to work with dedication for their personal development &#8220;as well as for institutional development.&#8221;<br \/>\nRGU Registrar, Prof Tomo Riba advised the participants to disseminate the knowledge they gained from the webinar among others, and urged them to &#8220;work hard, help each other, and take precautionary measures to win the battle against the pandemic.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RONO HILLS, Jun 23: The two-day international webinar on the impact of Covid-19 on the global economy, organized by Rajiv Gandhi University&#8217;s (RGU) economics department, concluded on Tuesday. Addressing the valedictory session, RGU Pro-VC, Prof Amitava Mitra spoke about &#8220;the changes in interstate variations in incidence and fatality of Covid-19 in India.&#8221; He urged researchers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-129455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}