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Despite tireless efforts, we may never find a Covid-19 vaccine: UK official
Meanwhile, around half of the doctors in the UK working during the coronavirus pandemic fear for their health, according to a new survey by the Royal College of Physicians
 "Despite tireless efforts, we may never find a Covid-19 vaccine: UK official")
Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra reports record daily spike of 2,347 cases
Coronavirus LIVE updates: Stay tuned with Business Standard for LIVE updates on Covid-19 cases and death toll across the world
 "Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra reports record daily spike of 2,347 cases")
Covid-19 lockdown: Who will prevent a hunger pandemic?
Both hunger and poverty are likely to increase acutely and may become chronic in the months to come
 "Covid-19 lockdown: Who will prevent a hunger pandemic?")
Best of BS Opinion: Economic freedom in agri, Covid-19 crisis, and more
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day
 "Best of BS Opinion: Economic freedom in agri, Covid-19 crisis, and more")
Lockdown 4.0: Maruti Suzuki to restart operations at Gurugram plant today
With this, Maruti Suzuki will restart operations of its second plant in the fourth phase of the nationwide lockdown
 "Lockdown 4.0: Maruti Suzuki to restart operations at Gurugram plant today")
Lockdown 4.0: Curbs eased to allow some movement, economic activity
States allowed to decide on Covid-19 zones
 "Lockdown 4.0: Curbs eased to allow some movement, economic activity")
Stimulus 2.0 good for markets in long run, hitches in short term: Experts
Markets may be disappointed in the short term, as not sufficient steps have been take to revive demand
 "Stimulus 2.0 good for markets in long run, hitches in short term: Experts")
Lockdown 4.0: National restrictions over, firms now wait for state rules
Industry bodies welcomed the new guidelines
 "Lockdown 4.0: National restrictions over, firms now wait for state rules")
FM Nirmala Sitharaman's 'dramebaazi' jibe at Rahul Gandhi irks Congress
Gandhi had interacted with some migrant workers returning home at Delhi's Sukhdev Vihar on Saturday
 "FM Nirmala Sitharaman's 'dramebaazi' jibe at Rahul Gandhi irks Congress")
Fiscal stimulus 2.0: Why cash support to migrant workers was aborted
The plan for cash relief changed as the ground realities altered rapidly in the past two months
 "Fiscal stimulus 2.0: Why cash support to migrant workers was aborted")
No signs of Covid curve flattening, steeper rise in number of cases feared
Doubling rate calculation, according to experts, assumes that the growth rate is constant. It measures relative change than the absolute scale of the pandemic
 "No signs of Covid curve flattening, steeper rise in number of cases feared")
Stimulus package to boost growth, but need sector-wise bailout: CEO poll
Want cash dole for poor, I-T cut to create demand
 "Stimulus package to boost growth, but need sector-wise bailout: CEO poll")
Pharma traders protest govt's move to add e-pharmacy links to Aarogya Setu
The organisation today alleged that the NITI Aayog has added links to four e-pharmacy players
 "Pharma traders protest govt's move to add e-pharmacy links to Aarogya Setu")
New challenges in Covid-19 times: Eased curbs, migrant testing & monsoon
States looking at community participation to ramp up testing, home treatment of patients
 "New challenges in Covid-19 times: Eased curbs, migrant testing & monsoon")
Wuhan's eerie precedent
Fang Fang captures the shock and panic at the start of the quarantine
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Covid-19 lockdown could take away 135 million jobs in India, says report
120 million people might be pushed back into poverty in India
 "Covid-19 lockdown could take away 135 million jobs in India, says report")
Covid-19 has made the invisible visible
Today, these 'invisible' people have become visible
Centre highlights Aarogya Setu importance, but doesn't make it mandatory
The app was earlier mandatory in containment zones and for all public and private entity employees
 "Centre highlights Aarogya Setu importance, but doesn't make it mandatory")
No relief for telecom sector in economic package, disappointed: COAI
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the fifth and final tranche of economic stimulus package to deal with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic
States need resources
During pandemic, Centre must not constrain states