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Covid-19: Reducing migrant labour to biological body with no human value
Various incidents from across India suggest that poor migrant workers have been reduced to being just bodies devoid of any humanity
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Coronavirus: Gujarat govt ropes in pvt firms to manufacture PPE, N95 masks
The state government feels it will be better prepared to fight the disease if local manufacturers provide such vital equipment, chief minister's secretary Ashwani Kumar said on Monday.
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Coronavirus: Shooting world cup slated to be held in Delhi, cancelled
The committee also confirmed that the ISSF Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun World Cup which would have taken place in Baku, Azerbaijan from June 22- July 3 has also been cancelled
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India coronavirus dispatch: 1 undiagnosed case can infect 16,000 in 14 days
The impact of a single undiagnosed case, practising information hygiene, and what you can do to tide over the economic fallout - read these and more in today's India coronavirus dispatch
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World coronavirus dispatch: Cases rise sharply; scientists for mass testing
From the US' delayed reaction and purportedly underreported death toll, to relief package in Japan and Singapore, and Italy's flattening curve, read these and more in today's international dispatch
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Covid-19 Factoid: Cases rise swiftly in India, and other key data trends
While India and Japan have seen a rise in the pace of Covid-19 cases being reported, Germany has reached 100,000 cases, albeit at a slow pace; but there has been some respite for Spain and France
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Unemployment rate over 23%; labour participation rate at all-time low
Labour statistics for March 2020 are worrisome. And those for the past two weeks are much worse
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Best of BS Opinion: Unemployment rate over 23%, Covid-19 lockdown, and more
The next crisis may be a climate one. Are we preempting it? Are we ready for it? Can technology help compensate for some of the downsides of social distancing? Alokananda Chakraborty sums up.
UK PM Boris Johnson in intensive care after coronavirus symptoms worsen
Over the course of this afternoon, the condition of the Prime Minister has worsened, said the statement of Downing street
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Lockdown and rewiring banks
Key areas which have been impacted are third-party vendors and their talent working on banks' premises. A changeover to move data to the vendor is a risk that needs to be evaluated by all banks
Beyond virus: Setting course for a V-shaped recovery with right decisions
It's time for thoughtful decisions through 2020 and 2021, where the desired outcome is one where private investment in 2025 is superior to the value seen in 2011 in real terms
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PM, President and MPs take 30% pay cut to help combat coronavirus
Suspension of MPLAD funds for two years to save Rs 7,900 crore
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Coronavirus scare at Coal India's top entity; 50 employees quarantined
The employees had gathered to perform a religious event on Friday
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The bright side of lockdown
The pandemic spreading around the world is calling on us to suppress our profoundly human and evolutionarily hard-wired impulses
Exuberant irrationality
Discourage non-scientific ideas of fighting Covid-19
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Better late than never
Lockdown should be lifted with care
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Covid:19: With call centers shut, airports keep fliers busy on social media
Due to the suspension, passengers who had already booked their tickets to flights scheduled for this period have taken to social media platforms for their inquiries
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Railway deal, coronavirus' disruption of global trade to weigh on Concor
While valuations are attractive, disruption will keep volumes muted
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Most free subscribers of music OTT apps ready to try paid models: report
62% of respondents willing to pay Rs 25 a month as subscription fee; no ads, content downloads, offline browsing key drivers for the switch
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Force majeure does not extend expiry dates in letters of credit: Expert
A bank will not, upon resumption of its business, honour or negotiate under a credit that expired during such interruption of its business
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