In railroad parlance a “Boomer” is making a move from your job to a different job to avoid days off, or more time at the home terminal waiting for your turn to be called out. A boomer makes more money because he works more than he normally would staying on the same job or in the same turn. If it’s an open turn it’s more socially acceptable to jump on it than to use seniority to “bump” someone. If it’s a move to anticipate a personal life event and not losing time by “marking off” it’s understandable. It’s appreciated to personally give a heads up if you’re bumping someone so they can plan their move. When you repeatedly bump the first or second out turn without notice, you earn a reputation as a “BOOMER”. If you repeatedly target someone and bump them out of spite; you might be on the receiving end of a heavy equipment “mishap”.

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India has announced that all visas, barring a select few categories, will be suspended for a month in order to halt the spread of Covid-19.

Visa free travel afforded to overseas citizens of the country has also been suspended until 15 April.

The move is expected to impact tourism, hotel and aviation industries in what will be more bad news for the slowing economy.

India has 60 confirmed cases of the virus, the health ministry says.

This number is expected to grow in coming days, as the results for tests conducted earlier become available.

The advisory, issued on Wednesday night, says that only diplomatic, official, employment and project visas will be exempt from the current restrictions, which will be reviewed again in a month.

However, it has said that even those allowed in could be subject to 14 days of quarantine and has warned against "non-essential travel".

India's health ministry says it was among the first countries in the world to prepare for an outbreak of the respiratory illness.

However, there are concerns about whether the country will be fully equipped to prevent and treat an outbreak.

"It would be near impossible for India to force its citizens into mass quarantine and hospitalise people in numbers like China," says the BBC's Soutik Biswas.

Officials in the southern state of Karnataka have invoked the provisions of a 123-year-old legislation to ensure that patients suspected to have shown symptoms of Covid-19 do not run away from being treated at hospitals or violate home quarantine norms.

The provision that has been invoked under the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897 says that any person or organisation or institution that violates the regulations will be prosecuted.

The state was prompted to enact the legislation after a passenger from Dubai, who was tested at the Mangalore airport and was found to have mild fever, ran away from a government hospital where he was taken for observation.

The travel restrictions are also expected to badly hit several key sectors of India's economy.

India's leading domestic airline, IndiGo, has already said that it expects its quarterly earnings to be materially impacted because of the virus.

The auto industry, which is a key economic indicator, has also warned that production could be badly hit as 10% of its raw materials come from China.

Moody's also downgraded India's expected growth to 5.3%.