Page 98 - Latest Updates on Lockdown
PVR Cinemas eyes the bigger picture, raises Rs 300 cr to tide over crisis
The pressure on the industry is weighing down on more than just PVR Cinemas
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Not a good idea: Surrendering insurance policy early entails higher loss
To avoid losing protection cover, explore the option of taking a loan against it
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Shriram City Union reports standalone net profit of Rs 192.27 cr in Q1
The city-based company had declared net profits at Rs 253. 18 crore during the corresponding quarter of the previous year
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S&P 500 inches closer to record high as coronavirus stimulus bets climb
Ultra-low interest rates, trillions of dollars in stimulus and, more recently, a better-than-feared second-quarter earnings season have allowed all three of Wall Street's main indexes to recover
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Anand Mahindra, global CEOs endorse plan to build better economic system
The global CEOs include Ajay Banga (Mastercard), Alan Murray (Fortune Media), Dan Hendrix (Interface), Dylan Taylor (Voyager Space Holdings), Emmanuel Faber (Danone) and Feike Sijbesma (DSM)
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Logistics, media professionals most anxious about returning to work: Survey
LinkedIn on Tuesday announced the findings of the eighth edition of the LinkedIn Workforce Confidence Index, a fortnightly pulse on the confidence of the Indian workforce
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Workers return to new environment as companies reimagine workspaces
The manufacturing sector is reimagining workspaces to infuse confidence in workers
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Bhutan govt imposes nationwide lockdown to curb coronavirus spread
The Bhutan government has imposed a nationwide lockdown starting from Tuesday after a locally transmitted COVID-19 case was reported.
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Karnataka issues revised guidelines for home isolation of Covid-19 patients
Only those who are asymptomatic or mild symptomatic shall be allowed to be in-home care
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Expert committee on Covid-19 vaccine administration to meet on Wednesday
The Serum Institute of India, Pune has also been permitted for conducting Phase 2 and 3 human clinical trials of the Oxford University-developed Covid-19 vaccine
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Single-day Covid-19 cases dip below 55,000, recovery rate rises to 69.80%
The case fatality rate dropped below 2 per cent and was recorded at 1.99 per cent as on date
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Over 97,000 kids in US tested positive for Covid-19 in last 2 weeks of July
While children represented only 8.8 per cent of all cases in states reporting cases by age, over 338,000 kids have tested positive for COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic
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Coronavirus: Flights suspended from six cities to Kolkata till August 31
According to the Union Health Ministry, West Bengal has so far recorded 26,375 number of Covid-19 cases
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Coronavirus LIVE: Tamil Nadu tally breaches 300,000, toll surges past 5,000
Coronavirus latest news: Globally, the cases of the deadly infection rose to 20,071,857, with the figure crossing 5.2 million in the United States alone. Stay tuned for coronavirus LIVE updates
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Scientists from India, US can widen research under special tech fund: Envoy
There are at least three ongoing collaborations of Indian and US companies and institutions to co-develop and produce a COVID-19 vaccine," he said
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Four-fifths of CEOs expect Covid pandemic to entrench remote working: PwC
New York, London and some other major cities currently have only a fraction of their normal workforce in offices as employers and governments have told staff to work from home
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People happy with govt's Covid-19 pandemic battle, but retail lags
The Retailers Business Survey, conducted in July by the Retailers Association of India (RAI), shows the fourth-largest global market is still seeing 63 per cent contraction in offtake
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Highway construction in Q1 dips to 18 km a day amid Covid-19 pandemic
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways constructed 1,640 kilometres in the first quarter (April-June) of the financial year 2020-21 (FY21).
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65% buyers will spend big this Diwali, shows TRA Research survey
The intent of the 65 per cent need not fully translate into shopping, but the study - TRA's Diwali 2020 Buying Propensity Report - hinted at categories that could be worth investing in
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Titan posts pre-tax loss of Rs 335 cr in Q1 as lockdown washes out sales
It had reported a profit-before-tax of Rs 523 crore in the corresponding quarter of previous fiscal
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