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30 groups in India working on coronavirus vaccine, 20 at 'good pace'
ICMR conducting study on presence of antibodies in people, results next week
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Fourth tweak in social security Bill likely to cover more workers
The current social security laws in India exclude about 90 per cent of the workforce - mainly in the unorganised sector.
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EasyJet to cut a third of workforce as Covid-19 pandemic hits travel
The airline said it expects to have reduced its fleet size by around 51 aircraft to approximately 302 by the end of September.
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Restaurants turning to tech-aided food delivery to minimise health risks
Food delivery giants such as Swiggy and Zomato are also aggressively coming up with new technologies and innovations to address the huge disruption in their business models
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BookMyShow to sack 270 employees to cut costs amid Covid-19 crisis
The employees being sent on furloughs or leave (without pay) will be eligible for all medical insurance, gratuity and other benefits as per their employment standards.
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Banking stocks see strong gains, Bank Nifty rallies 11% in three days
The gains come after huge selling pressure and consequent under-performance of banking stocks since the start of March
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Covid-19 crisis: India Inc reaches for pink slips as cash flow dries up
Senior staff of all the top groups have taken salary cuts up to 20 per cent to preserve jobs at the bottom of the pyramid.
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Letter to BS: Revealing names of Covid patients is an invasion on privacy
An infected person and his family members get stigmatised for no fault of theirs
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Robots expected to play a key role in post-Covid world, say experts
Hospitals and healthcare centres have started deploying robots and automated guided vehicles
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US economy shrank at 5% annual rate in Q1, higher than initial estimate
It was the biggest quarterly decline since an 8.4 per cent fall in the fourth quarter of 2008 during the depths of the financial crisis
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'Very bad gift' from China, says Trump as death toll crosses 100,000-mark
The New York Times said that the death toll exceeds the number of US military combat fatalities in every conflict since the Korean War.
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Lockdown 4.0: Over 95% flight bookings for one-way trips, shows data
Domestic flight operations resumed on May 25 after a two-month suspension, allowing stranded people to return home.
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Covid-19: Haryana to seal borders with Delhi, essential services allowed
The order come just days before the fourth coronavirus lockdown ends on May 31.
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Govt mulling more policy action for NBFCs, regulatory changes for markets
This comes after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman interacted with country's top regulators at FSDX meeting on Thursday
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Amit Shah speaks to all CMs, seeks views on extension of lockdown
During his talks with the chief ministers, Shah sought to know the areas of concern of the states and the sectors they want to open up further from June 1, the official said
Covid-19 impact: Auto biggies face low-liquidity risk, says study
According to the brokerage, companies with debt/Ebitda of less than 0.7 are at low risk
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Automobile sales to see double-digit decline in FY21: Crisil Research
Overall sales volume would plunge to multi-year lows, with sales of both passenger and commercial vehicles reaching fiscal 2010 levels, it said
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A story of preordained failure
US president has concluded that the scapegoating of China was the best way to distract attention from his inept attitude towards the pandemic
The next stage of Covid
India's focus needs to move away from the feel-good metrics about recovery rate to the spike round the corner
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Pandemic politics
Political one-upmanship will hurt the people of Maharashtra
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