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Life after lockdown: 3 new ways to shop - distance, distance, and distance
The last of a three-part series looks at how retailers and e-tailers are doing business amid the Covid-19 pandemic
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FM gives reforms pill for ailing economy with privatisation, policy tweaks
In the latest announcement, the government's focus was on structural reform in sectors such as coal, minerals, aviation, defence, aerospace, power, and social infrastructure
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Govt ends monopoly over coal; opens mining sector to private players
Joint auctions of bauxite and coal blocks expected to reduce dependence on imports
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Power distribution business to be privatised in Union Territories
Union Territories directly come under the central government. Hence, the path to privatisation is easier
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Social infra: Viability gap funding boost may help create 45k hospital beds
Hospitals are a key part of social infrastructure now with the coronavirus pandemic raging across the country.
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FM's reforms fail to impress airlines bleeding in coronavirus lockdown
Industry representatives says measures are for long term but they need immediate help
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Lockdown mints more than a million new stock traders across India
S&P BSE Sensex index remains 26% below its January peak, even after rebounding from the sell-off, burnishing the allure for stocks
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Hospitals confused over Covid-19 claims with no defined package under PMJAY
Centre had said PMJAY would cover Covid-19, but had left it to states to formulate their own packages. Most hospitals are regarding patients as respiratory failure cases for insurance purposes
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Fighting coronavirus: It's a mixed bag for Indian firms in Britain
Jaguar Land Rover, a marquee entity of the Tata group, has been majorly hit by the freeze
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General insurers brace for a rise in non-Coronavirus claims after lockdown
This, in turn, will impact the loss ratio of insurers in the health segment
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Despite Covid-19, Club Mahindra to push for expansion with Rs 1K cr capex
Shorter-term membership packages may be considered
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Local conditions likely to guide next phase of lockdown: Shivraj Chouhan
Poor people and those running small-scale industry are suffering due to extended lockdown, he said
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Crowds at Wuhan clinics fear coronavirus testing could rekindle disease
Wuhan health authorities sprang back into action after confirming last weekend the central Chinese city's first cluster of new infections since it was released from virtual lockdown on April 8
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Rahul warns of economic storm, asks govt to put money in people's hands
Asks PM to reconsider Rs 20 trn package, says it addressed supply side issues, not demand and consumption; economic catastrophe would be far worse than damage caused by pandemic
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India 11th most infected, crosses China in Covid count as cases near 86,000
Cases in Maharashtra are nearing 30,000 with 1,068 deaths so far, highest among all states. Sharp spike puts Tamil Nadu in second spot with 10,108 infecions, 71 deaths
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Effective regulations and coherent policy essential for mining sector
The Ministry of Mines is now proposing a major shift in policy that can bring more than 700 mineral blocks into the auction mandate
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Italy to allow international travel from June 3 after weeks of lockdown
More than 31,600 Italians have died of COVID-19 since the outbreak came to light on Feb. 21, the third-highest death toll in the world after that of the United States and Britain
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Despite criticism, PM Modi to go ahead with Central Vista project
The Congress had asked it to call off the re-development of the Central Vista (the new Parliament is a part of that) given the battering the economy has taken after Covid-19.
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How a campaign is following startup model to feed millions during lockdown
K Ganesh, Juggy Marwaha and Venkat K Narayana of Bangalore-based KVN Foundation started by dishing out a modest 500 free meals on March 28 in the FeedMyBangalore campaign
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Fiscal stimulus by FM is mostly credit oriented, says Subhash Chandra Garg
He said that the fiscal stimulus, by its very nature, is additional fiscal burden on the public finances
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