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Market Ahead, May 12: All You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
Today, a total of 11 companies, including Nestle, Havells, and Bandhan Bank are scheduled to announce their March quarter results
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Coronavirus LIVE: Modi asks CMs to come up with a plan for lockdown 4.0
Stay tuned with Business Standard for confirmed infections, death toll in India and around the world. Follow for all other live updates too
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World coronavirus dispatch: US likely to accuse China of vaccine data theft
From Google and Facebook's WFH until year-end, to why economic recovery is tough, the future of varsities, and whether children can be super spreaders - read these and more in today's world dispatch
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Best of BS Opinion: Unrealistic growth forecasts, Covid-19 crisis, and more
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day
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India coronavirus dispatch: How to spot misinformation around Covid-19
From social media infodemic, to trends shaping post-Covid-19 world, and why the need for labour reforms must not be conflated with complete deregulation - read these and more in today's India dispatch
Railways to resume passenger service in phases with strict safety norms
Passengers can make advance reservations seven days earlier from the normal four months before the date of journey. On cancellation, only 50 per cent of the fare would be refunded
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Coronavirus outbreak: Aarogya Setu alerted on 697 potential hotspots
Ahmedabad goes completely digital to prevent spread via currency notes
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Ratan Tata hopes entrepreneurs will create new benchmarks of tomorrow
In a post on social media platform Instagram, Tata hoped that entrepreneurs will find a better way to run their operations following the pandemic that has severely disrupted economic activity.
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Behind Mumbai's coronavirus crisis: Poor planning, unbridled greed
Urban planners and real estate experts say bad town planning in Mumbai and rising deaths during the ongoing pandemic are a "sad reality".
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IRCTC site starts with 2-hour lag; Howrah-Delhi tickets gone in 10 minutes
Railways starts site 2 hours later but denies it crashed
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Shareholders unhappy with virtual AGM concept, but little choice available
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) had clarified earlier this month that it would be allowing the meetings to be conducted online because of Covid-19
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Stopped SIP? Use systematic transfer route as and when you have a surplus
Experts say if someone has lost his job or seen his income dwindle drastically during the lockdown, it is okay for him to pause or stop SIPs
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Covid-19 impact: Demand collapse derails infra, services sectors' growth
While a slowing economy had led to deceleration in demand, the lockdown has increased the pain, besides resulting in labour shortages and delay in project execution
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Centre may extend lockdown beyond May 17 with easier norms for business
PM assures resumption of more economic activities; zone identification may be left to states
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Govt changes tack with plans for bigger stimulus rivaling G-20 peers
Higher borrowing, economy restarting has changed govt's earlier view of smaller measures
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Twitter adds new labels, warnings to combat Covid-related misinformation
The three broad categories the company will look at are misleading information, disputed claims and unverified claims
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Coaching classes take online route amid Covid-19 spread: CRISIL SME Tracker
CRISIL's interactions show that most players, even SMEs, have managed to reach students amid the lockdown by switching to online channels.
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Adani drops out of Snowman acquisition as Covid shrinks industry valuation
Snowman Logistics stock is down 35% since deal was announced last December; valuation also hit by Rs 13 cr loss reported by company in first nine months of FY20
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Amazon India extends work from home plan till Oct amid Covid-19 spread
Flipkart to reopen offices in graded manner
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Covid-19 impact: TDS revenue collection in first 10 days of May down 22%
The fall over the previous year indicates large layoffs, salary cuts, stagnant rental activity due to nationwide lockdown
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