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Karur Vysya Bank joins hands with Maruti Suzuki to offer car loans
The loans are available to both salaried and self-employed customers.
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Letter to BS: Dexamethasone has a better chance to reach patients worldwide
Dexamethasone reduced the 28-day mortality rate by 17 per cent
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Beijing-backed AIIB clears $750-million loan for India's Covid-19 fight
AIIB's total sovereign loans to India now amount to $ 3.06 billion, including a recent $500 million Covid-19 emergency response
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World coronavirus dispatch: Fresh outbreak in Beijing gathering momentum
Hundreds of flights in and out of Beijing were cancelled on Wednesday as authorities stepped up measures to rein in a sudden outbreak of coronavirus in the Chinese capital
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Covid-19: Sisodia concerned over high temperature in isolation coaches
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia inspected 50 isolation coaches stationed at Shakur Basti Railway station on Wednesday
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'You're shooting the messenger': SC slams Delhi govt for targeting doctors
A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, S K Kaul and M R Shah questioned the AAP government as to why the FIR was lodged against a doctor
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Singapore scientists discover five antibodies capable of combating Covid-19
Results showed that the five antibodies demonstrate neutralisation against Covid-19, said the DSO
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World's largest coronavirus facility with 10,000 beds coming up in Delhi
The area of the spiritual centre is as large as the over 22 football fields. There will also be a provision of accommodation for doctors at one side of the facility
Madhya Pradesh versus Punjab: Who is ahead in the wheat procurement game?
Lower taxes and a slew of incentives give MP and edge over the traditional wheat bowl. However, Punjab wins hands down on yield
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India coronavirus dispatch: Railway coaches redesigned for Covid patients
Rural India the new viral flash point, how cases are being reported, anti-inflammatory steroid touted as new treatment-roundup of news in Indian publications on how India is dealing with Covid-19
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Why bringing down revenue deficit to acceptable levels is a difficult task
The collapse of the economy following the Covid-19 outbreak may have dealt a body blow to efforts to achieve the targets set forth by the N K singh Committee on FRBM
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Will touch full capacity utilisation level by September: Abhyuday Jindal
He said that the stainless steel sector has a direct correlation with the GDP growth of the country
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Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra adds 1,328 unreported deaths to official toll
Coronavirus latest news: The total number of corona cases in the US has reached 2,182,950. Brazil has 891,556 cases, Russia 537,210 and India 343,026. Catch coronavirus live updates here
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Person-days of work under MGNREGA amid Covid-19 crisis: A reality check
There are questions as to whether the support provided so far is adequate and if the government further needs to augment its budgetary allocation
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Taj Mansingh Hotel to be used as Covid-19 facility; Delhi govt issues order
The move to attach it with the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH), comes in pursuance of meeting a projected requirement of 150,000 beds in healthcare facilities in Delhi by July-end
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What is dexamethasone? A drug that boosts Covid-19 survival chance
Low-cost, widely-used steroid dexamethasone is first to show life-saving promise
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Covid-19 crisis: Green shoots visible in the economy, PM Modi tells CMs
In a similar forum on Wednesday, he will meet CMs of some of the worst-hit states including Maharashtra, Delhi, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh
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Wall Street jumps on glimmers of economic recovery; Dow, S&P rise over 2%
All three major US stock indexes were sharply higher, and on course for their third consecutive daily gains
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IMF sees 'profound uncertainty' about global recovery: Gita Gopinath
Gopinath said the economic crisis triggered by the novel coronavirus pandemic was more global and playing out differently than past crises
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Shipping companies plan extra charters to bring 20,000 seafarers home
Seafarers typically join merchant vessels or return to India each month as a part of their contracts. But due to Covid-19 lockdowns and travel curbs, the crew change process got delayed
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