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Guidelines for international arrivals issued; 14-day quarantine compulsory

Suitable precautionary measures such as environmental sanitation and disinfection shall be ensured at the airports as well as within flights, the health ministry says

India needs to improve contract enforcement, upgrade infra: Experts

The private sector, experts say, can play a vital role in helping the government create an enabling ecosystem to attract investments from abroad

Delhi to operate 380 flights as India resumes domestic aviation from Monday

Domestic flight operations will resume after remaining suspended for about two months following the nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the Covid-19 pandemic

India may register recession in Q3 of this fiscal over Covid-19: Report

The country's economic recovery will depend on the efficacy and duration of implementation of the government's stimulus package, it adds

RBI's 40 bps rate cut to revive auto, real estate sales, say CEOs

Rise in group exposure limits to help large corporates

Covid-19 woes: Before sale of crops, a marathon for tenant farmers

Nirmala Sitharaman announced an additional aid of Rs 2,000 to all 140 million PM-Kisan beneficiaries, marked on the basis of the Agriculture Census, 2015-16

PE firms express concerns over new FDI rules, say investments will get hit

Urge govt not to slap the rule on PE funds that have already raised money

Amid coronavirus crisis, states set to ground Centre's flight plan

Maharashtra blocks operations; others suggest quarantine for passengers

Bank of Baroda to advance Rs 12,000 crore to MSMEs under govt scheme

Under the scheme, the government will offer 100 per cent guarantee on loans.

Don't fear CBI, CVC, CAG; extend loan to eligible borrowers: FM to bankers

In case of default, the individual bank or official will be hauled up, she said in a conversation with BJP leader Nalin Kohli uploaded on the party's social media platforms

Railways draws plan to transport 4.6 million migrants in 10 days

As many as 3.6 million people taken to their homes in inter-state Shramik Special trains

The economic crisis and India's role in post-coronavirus multilateralism

The world gross domestic product is expected to contract by 3%, international trade may decline by up to 32%, and 49 million people could slip into extreme poverty

RBI should 'bluntly' tell govt to take fiscal measures: P Chidambaram

He also asked if the prime minister or the finance minister will laud themselves for the fiscal stimulus after the RBI chief's statement

Covid-19 lockdown: No proposal to impose calamity cess, say FinMin sources

The sources said any such proposal would prove to be counter-productive as sales are already at low volume at this time of lockdown.

April refinery output down 29%, natural gas falls 19% as consumption tapers

Industry experts say consumption of petroleum products in April was only 30-40% of what it had been prior to lockdown

Hopeful of starting international flights before August, says Hardeep Puri

All scheduled commercial passenger flights have been suspended in India since March 25 when the Modi government imposed a lockdown to contain the novel cornavirus pandemic

'Treat citizens' wealth as national resource': Economists for tough steps in Covid-19 fight

Yogendra Yadav later clarified that the suggestion to treat all private assets as national resources had been wrongly interpreted as nationalisation of private property

Who will monitor the stimulus schemes?

There is a serious need for an independent mechanism to continuously monitor the performance of the programmes and their efficacy

UP to launch dedicated job portal for returning migrant labourers

Portal to help companies/agencies hire skilled labour; So far, more than 2.1 mn workers have returned by trains and roadways buses

UP industrial power consumption inching towards pre-lockdown levels

Nearly 85% of the state's industrial units have resumed operations