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DATA STORY: With over 700,000 cured cases, India's Covid recovery rate nears 90%

India on Friday conducted 1,269,479 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 101,382,564. The test positivity rate recorded on Thursday was 4.2%

DATA STORY: India's active cases at lowest since Sep 3; recovery rate goes past 87%

With 74632 new daily recoveries, India's recovery rate has improved to 87.05%; the fatality rate remains unchanged at 1.53%

The land bank

SVAMITVA will enable landowners to monetise their assets

Reliance Jio continues to remain the fastest mobile network: Trai

Vodafone recorded the highest speed in terms of upload in September, according to the latest data from the telecom regulator

Break the deadlock

GST compensation issue needs a pragmatic approach

DATA STORY: India adds fewest daily cases since Aug 18, sees fewest deaths since Jul 28

The second-biggest single-day net reduction yet brought the count of active cases down to 838,729, the least since September 4

Stimulus 2.0: Govt measures too little too late; may not move the needle

Minor tinkering and a reluctant increase in expenditure are unlikely to generate demand at a meaningful scale

Award for auctions

This year's Nobel is for actual economic policy design

High gold prices, weak demand hit gems, jewellery units: CRISIL SME Tracker

The sector is expected to contract by 35-40 per cent in value terms in FY21, as both domestic and export demand get impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic

DATA STORY: 9th straight day of net decline brings India's active cases down to 861,853

The only state that has consistently exceeded its previous highest single-day jumps in the past 5 days is West Bengal. On Monday it added another high of 3612 cases

Long haul for NBFCs as funding environment to remain volatile in FY21

Thus, NBFCs have increased their focus on collections and have tightened underwriting standards

Reform and incentives

Govt must seek to benefit manufacturing more broadly

Tough balancing act

RBI has a difficult task of meeting multiple targets

DATA STORY: India's Covid-19 caseload tops 7 mn; last million cases came in 14 days

India's doubling time for total cases stands at 65.4 days, and for deaths at 81.5 days

DATA STORY: At 883,185 India's active cases now at the lowest level since September 7

India now accounts for 10.84% of all active cases globally (one in every 9 active cases), and 9.93% of all deaths (one in every 10)

RBI policy review: Pause on rate, fast-forward on liquidity to back growth

RBI's accommodative policy may benefit companies as India heads into the festive season

DATA STORY: India's active cases now under 900,000, down 12.12% from Sep 18 peak

India's new daily closed cases stand at 79,329 - 964 deaths and 78365 recoveries. The share of deaths in total closed cases stands at 1.22%

Trouble in the air

No viable solution is in sight for stubble burning

Riding high

High liquidity, low interest rates lead to stock market upswing

DATA STORY: India has seen 1 million coronavirus recoveries in the past 11 days

With 83011 new daily recoveries, India's recovery rate has improved to 85.25; the fatality rate has come down to 1.54%