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Aviation sector stares at Rs 25,000 cr revenue loss due to lockdown: Report

The losses would reverse the trend growth of 11% per annum the industry has logged over the past ten years, making it one of the most adversely affected sectors of the economy

Giving Rs 7,500 to the poor in Covid-19 crisis is critical: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi called upon the prime minister to devolve power and take the states and district magistrates into confidence

Pune-based museum buys Pak captain Azhar's bat to raise funds for Covid-19

Azhar Ali said that the auction of the shirt also generated a lot of interest and Kash Villani, a Pakistani based in California, came up with the highest bid of Rs. 1.1 million

Virat Kohli feels closed-door matches possible but magic will be missing

The many moments which are created because of the passion brought in by fans, would be missing, says Virat Kohli

Coronavirus impact: Cancellation possible, admit Australian Open organisers

The Australian Open is scheduled to take place in Melbourne from January 18-31 next year

Covid-19 impact: All French Open tickets to be cancelled, reimbursed

Roland-Garros was initially scheduled for May 24-June 7, but has been pushed back to likely run between September 27-October 11

15 migrant workers run over by train while resting on their way back home

However, it is yet not clear from where this group hailed and where they were going

China either made a terrible mistake or probably it was incompetence: Trump

Trump also described the allegations from the opposition Democratic party that Russians interfered in the 2016 presidential elections to help him win the polls as the "Russia hoax"

Increased shop timing, easy licensing: How MP is planning to boost economy

A provision has been made to get factory license renewal now in ten years instead of one year. License will be issued for the entire duration of the contract instead of one calendar year

Sugar exports rise on weak rupee, strong demand from Indonesia, Iran

Sugar mills have already dispatched 3.7 million tonnes out of around 4.1 million tonnes of contracts signed for exports in the 2019/20 marketing year ending on September 30

Karnataka govt takes U-turn, deploys trains to take migrant workers home

On Thursday, the government wrote to Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha seeking consent for receiving the workers

Inflows in equity mutual funds plunge 25% to Rs 83,781 cr in FY20

This was the sixth successive year of net inflows in equity mutual funds

NCLT cancels this year's summer vacation for all benches across the country

The Delhi-based principal bench was scheduled to go on summer vacation in the month of June.

Air India flight from UAE carrying 177 Indian nationals takes off

The Air India Express flight IX452 took off from Abu Dhabi to Kochi, which will be followed by a Dubai-Kozhikode flight of the same airline

Windies team intimidating, better than 2016 WT20 winners: Bravo

During the last series in Sri Lanka, we had a team meeting, and coach Phil Simmons put the team down, the list, and he put it down in batting order, and he had my name down at no 9, says Dwayne Bravo

Covid-19 to push UK economy towards deepest recession: Bank of England

It would also be the sharpest annual contraction since 1706, according to reconstructed Bank of England data going back to the 18th Century

New session in B-schools to begin from July, no fees hike allowed: AICTE

"The institution shall not hike admission fees for the academic year 2020-21 and should not force selected candidates to pay advance fees during lockdown," AICTE Member Secretary Rajive Kumar said

Dhoni a 'shy guy', started opening up after 2008 Sydney Test: Harbhajan

Veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh also says that it was strange to put on the Chennai Super Kings jersey for the first time

Mental conditioning coach should constantly be with the team: Dhoni

In India, I feel there is still a big issue of accepting that there is some weakness when it comes to the mental aspects, but we generally term it as mental illness, says former India skipper Dhoni

How bats carry coronavirus without getting sick decoded by scientists

In the study, the scientists demonstrated that cells from an insect-eating brown bat can be persistently infected with MERS coronavirus for months