Page 354 - Latest Updates on Lockdown
Best of BS Opinion: The Covid-19 impact, currency conundrum, and more
Covid-19 continues in different parts of the world, including India. Among other things, the pandemic has significantly affected global financial markets
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Biodiesel industry faces coronavirus heat as meat exports drop sharply
Problems compounded after China started a clampdown of illegal imports through stricter border controls beginning in December, which was pegged at $2 billion annually
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Global stocks rally as oil gains offset coronavirus concerns; Dow up 2%
At the close of trading on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 469.93 points, or 2.24 per cent
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Covid-19: Supply of pulses to ease soon as Nafed ties up with dal mills
Nafed will supply the mills whole grains for processing and will get the processed dal for the government's planned distribution under PDS
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Coronavirus keeps seafood exporters in a bind with no fresh orders
Shipments to the US, India's largest market for marine food, are down by over 50% since the outbreak of Covid-19 and the consequent lockdown
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Social spirit of the corona times
Jugaad hit primetime as countries scrambled to cope with thousands of Covid-19 patients while managing shortages of key equipment
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Coronavirus impact: Amit Mitra writes to FM Sitharaman, demands GST dues
Other states also want immediate release of compensation
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India gears up for rapid virus testing as rising hotspots ring alarm bells
Bengaluru-based Bione to launch test kits next week
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PM Modi calls for staggered lifting of lockdown as cases top 2,000
Testing, tracing, quarantine focus areas for next few weeks, he says
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Coronavirus outbreak: World Bank approves $1-bn emergency fund for India
The World Bank's first set of aid projects, amounting to $1.9 billion, will assist 25 countries
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Covid-19: India to open its skies in phases after lockdown is lifted
The top 10 airports are likely to be made operational first; international travel to open up last
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Covid-19: OYO CEO Ritesh Agarwal takes 100% pay cut for rest of the year
The company's entire executive leadership team has taken a voluntary pay cut starting at 25 per cent and going up to 50 per cent
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Saving the rabi crop
The lockdown can severely affect harvesting and sale
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Currency conundrum
RBI has done well to contain excess volatility
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Letter to BS: Global interdependence of economies cannot be wished away
We will require the very best in global leadership to be better prepared for the next inevitable universal cataclysm, be it natural disasters or man-made pandemics
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Letter to BS: A 50% pension cut is like adding insult to injury
A 50% cut on pensioners, as announced by the Telangana government, is insensitive
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Number of cases in Delhi now 293, half of these linked to Tablighi meet
The number of positive cases also rose sharply to 293, the Delhi government on Thursday
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Gambhir expresses displeasure over Dhoni getting unfairly limelight for WC
An irked Gambhir has been complaining that Dhoni unfairly hogged the limelight, sidelining the contribution of others
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Has PR overridden governance?
One week into coronavirus lockdown, it is clear that thinking and planning began after PM Modi's momentous decision
Why Modi's PM CARES is more democratic than PM National Relief Fund
With a constitutionally sound trust in place, expectations would be that PM CARES becomes a war chest India can readily rely on in emergencies when the future of an entire country is at stake
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