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Earthquake of magnitude 3.5 shakes Delhi, tremors felt across NCR

According to the National Centre for Seismology, the quake occurred at 5.45 pm. Its epicentre was in NCT Delhi at the depth of 8 km

Extra prepared if there is an exponential rise in Coronavirus cases: Govt

According to ICMR officials, a total of 1,86,906 samples have so far been tested across the country, of which 7,953 have been found positive for Covid-19.

SEZs seek govt permission to sell goods in India at discounted import duty

The export-oriented units and SEZs are providing direct employment to more than 25 lakh person and has attracted an investments of more than Rs 5.50 lakh crore, he said.

Coronavirus forces militaries across world to adapt to an invisible enemy

On Thursday, Saudi Arabia declared a temporary halt to fighting in Yemen because of the pandemic

Covid-19: Maharashtra discoms turn to energy exchanges for cheaper power

On March 26, the peak demand in the state, excluding Mumbai, was 13,664 MW as compared with 19,029 MW on the same day in 2019.

Coronavirus: Hydroxychloroquine consignment from India reaches US

Anticipating that it will work, given the initial positive results, Trump has bought more than 29 million doses of hydroxychloroquine for potential treatment of COVID-19 patients

Govt's crucial move towards nursing 5 sectors back to health amid lockdown

These five sectors are textiles, chemicals, electronics, steel and pharmaceutical

Covid-19: 7 arrested in Patiala for attacking police, chopping ASI's hand

The seven people included five who were allegedly part of the attack outside a wholesale vegetable market in Patiala early on Sunday morning, Police said

What other nations can learn from Italy during coronavirus pandemic

The proportion of the population older than 65 years is 9.5 per cent in Alaska as compared with 19.1 per cent in Florida and 23.1 per cent in Italy, they explained.

Post merger, PNB gets Irdai nod to retain stake in two life insurance cos

PNB also has a tie up with Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) for selling its products through the bank's branches

Covid-19: Ease fiscal policy, let states borrow from RBI, says Kerala FM

On Tuesday, Kerala had to offer an interest rate of 8.96 per cent for Rs 6,000 crore market borrowing for state development loan for a 15-year period

Robots to stethoscope: Institutes, start-ups develop tech to fight Covid-19

IIT Roorkee and Kanpur have developed low-cost portable ventilators

Covid-19: World Bank sees FY21 India growth at 1.5-2.8%, slowest since 1991

It estimated India will grow 4.8 per cent to 5 per cent in the 2019-20 fiscal that ended on March 31

Covid-19 impact: Automobile dealers seek financial support from OEMs, govt

Former FADA President and President Automotive Skills Development Council ( ASDC) Nikunj Sanghi said OEMs have given support packages that were already due to the dealers

MFs have full flexibility on PTCs, no further relaxations needed: SEBI

Recently, the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI), had written to Sebi regarding relaxation relating to valuation of PTCs if underlying loans are given a moratorium.

Lockdown impacting hospitality sector; needs govt support: Industry

The government has also requested industries to not lay off staff and cut salary, where in liquidity is a problem

Prolonged lockdown may lead to job cuts in IT industry: Ex Nasscom chief

Chandrasekhar said the work-from-home systems being adopted by several firms across the globe may have a negative impact on the industry in the short-term

'Three-week lockdown reasonable starting point to fight Covid-19 in India'

"From an epidemiologic standpoint, I don't know if three weeks will be enough. It may require more time," said Venkayya

No new coronavirus cases in Noida, 562,783 people screened so far

Twenty-two test reports were received on Saturday and all of them have resulted negative for Covid-19

Social isolation for elderly may last until the end of the year: EU chief

EU chief Ursula hoped that a European laboratory will develop a vaccine by year end.