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Covid-19 to hit life insurers for now, but may boost long term gains
Covid-19 is expected to result in improved awareness and importance of life insurance as a risk cover rather than a mere investment product
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Insurance firms looks to bridge online trust deficit amid Covid--19 crisis
With customers caught in a swirl of panic and fear, life insurance companies are looking at confidence building measures for a post Covid-19 world
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UP to Kerala: States try to bring businesses back to life in lockdown
With the guidelines to be made effective from April 20, states are looking at ways to implement them while keeping an eye on the situation at the ground level
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No Cabinet in place, MP's BJP govt forms task force to tackle Covid-19
The first meeting of the task force was convened via a video conference
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Letter to BS: Covid-19 has brought focus on sanitation, health and hygiene
Health and hygiene were ignored and all that mattered was optimum utilisation of economic resources for maximum gains at minimum cost
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Letter to BS: Textbook publishers face bleak future as classes go online
Like filmmakers, the publishers have no industry status and they do not get finance
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Carry forward structural economic reforms
Tackling Covid-19 should open the door for urgent economy-wide reforms
Income tax staff in a fix over 'informal' reporting orders amid lockdown
While some are stuck in towns other than their place of work, others are finding it difficult to commute as they have to rely on public transport
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Avg daily demand for medical oxygen down 20% in April as surgeries decline
Despite this, govt is allowing industrial oxygen manufacturers to make the gas for medical use in order to avoid the kind of shortage seen in developed countries following the pandemic
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Covid-19: Some state govts allow e-commerce firms to sell non-essentials
Products related to electronics such as phones, laptops and televisions are among the first ones to be allowed by various governments of states such as Rajasthan and Maharastra.
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Modi's 4th address on lockdown most watched among all Covid-19 broadcasts
Non-prime time viewership also remains high in Hindi-speaking markets, growing 97 per cent in the week under review.
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Coronavirus: Govt seeks industry views on how to bring workforce back
According to sources, Labour and Employment Secretary Heeralal Samariya reached out to industry executives, a day after the Home Ministry's revised lockdown guidelines
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Race for vaccine against coronavirus heats up in India; 6 firms in the fray
With vaccines of some firms already in the animal trial phase, developers say that if all goes well, India can have a vaccine by next year, ahead of the earlier timelines
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2,700 km in 3 days: Woman drives across 6 states to meet her ailing son
The family was informed by a Malayali doctor at AIIMS in Jodhpur about Arun Kumar's condition following which they decided to undertake the journey
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Zomato denies viral rumours its rider tested positive for Covid-19
The person who tested positive worked with a restaurant and some of the orders delivered by the restaurant staff were placed on Zomato, a spokesperson said
Covid-19 impact: BMW India sales fall 17% to 2,482 units in January-March
BMW Motorrad motorcycle sales, however, rose 71.52 per cent to 1,024 units during the first quarter of the year as compared with 597 units in January-March period last year.
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Five million more Americans seek unemployment benefits amid Covid-19 crisis
The Labor Department said 5.2 million new unemployment claims were filed last week, down from a slightly revised 6.6 million the week before
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Covid19: Food delivery business to dip as pizza delivery boy tests positive
A total of 89 people have been put under quarantine after a 19-year-old delivery agent from a restaurant in Malviya Nagar tested positive for the virus on April 14
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Bedi has no authority to differ from govt's resolve: Pondy CM apprises PM
The CM said he had apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah of the "negative stand" the Lt Governor was constantly taking
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Ever 'liked' a coronavirus hoax? Facebook will let you know soon
Facebook is using new algorithms and is trying to put facts about the virus from health officials
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