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Fiat Chrysler in talks for $6.8 bn loan to tide over coronavirus crisis

If approved by the lender, the request will be reviewed by Italy's export credit agency SACE

Used car trade could rev up auto revival as consumer turns budget-conscious

Bookings, sales perk up for hatchbacks, cars between Rs 4 lakh and Rs 6 lakh

Investors look beyond drug makers as rush for Covid treatment hots up

A record 48 per cent of fund managers are overweight healthcare stocks, a Bank of America survey has shown

Additional Rs 40,000 cr allocated for MGNREGS to help migrants, says FM

Also, public expenditure on health will be increased, she said without giving details. Investments in grassroot health institutions to be ramped up

FM announces measures to make health infrastructure pandemic ready

Sithraman also spoke about encouraging research in healthcare and having a National Institutional Platform for One Health by the country's apex health research body Indian Council of Medical Research

Covid-19 crisis: Industry welcomes investments in health care sector

They also said the industry also needed support in view of the headwinds it faced due to Covid-19 pandemic

Well-prepared to handle any surge in Covid-19 cases: Ayushman Bharat CEO

The daily average hospitalisation has come down to around 12,000-13,000 now from about 25,000 before the lockdown, says the AB-PMJAY CEO

Harsh Vardhan set to be WHO Executive Board chairman, say officials

Vardhan would succeed Dr Hiroki Nakatani of Japan, currently the Chairman of the 34-member WHO Executive Board

Indians should be proud of 'safest app' Aarogya Setu, says MyGov CEO

There is no other app that anyone in India is using today that has greater privacy features than what Aarogya Setu has, said MyGov CEO Abhishek Singh

Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries cross 10 mn-mark; PM congratulates nation

In September 2018, PM Modi had launched the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana-Ayushman Bharat

Govt transfers over Rs 19,000 cr to 95.5 mn farmers under PM-KISAN scheme

Govt said that the sowing of summer crops and procurement of rabi crops were going on uninterrupted during the fourth phase of lockdown

Zydus Cadila supplies 30,000 COVID KAVACH Elisa test kits to ICMR

The kits, to be used for antibody detection of Covid-19, have been manufactured in collaboration (via technology transfer) with ICMR-NIV of Pune for surveillance purposes

Zydus supplies first batch of 30,000 Covid Kavach Elisa tests to ICMR

Robust antibody tests are critical for surveillance and understanding the proportion of the population exposed to SARS Cov-2 infection

Ending quarantine for healthcare workers a 'non-scientific approach': AIIMS

Shortening quarantine duration and denying healthcare workers testing on day 5-7 after duty will be a deadly combination, may derail India's battle against pandemic, say AIIMS resident doctors

Defence budget may be slashed by 40%, may save Centre Rs 80,000 crore

Addressing an audience of defence analysts in Delhi, the MoD official confirmed reports that the government had ordered the military to limit its first quarter

Airlines accept 3-month fare cap, but wish govt didn't fix pricing

The industry is fears that despite the government saying that the cap and floor will be for three months, it may extend it arbitrarily

Covid-19 crisis: Delhi-Patna most booked as flights prepare to resume ops

MakeMyTrip and a host of other companies in the travel and hospitality industry took a "safety pledge" to maintain high hygiene standards, and follow new protocols to ensure safety and sanitisation

CDS, 3 service chiefs to hold joint press meet as India fights coronavirus

The military leaders' briefing, scheduled for 6 pm, comes at a time when India is under lockdown to control the coronavirus pandemic

Ministry of Defence inks Rs 1,200 cr contract to boost electronics sector

The deal, Modernisation of Air Field Infrastructure Phase 2 (MAFI-2), follows from an earlier contract, called MAFI-1, which TPSED won in 2011 to upgrade 30 IAF airfields.

Covid-19 impact: DRDO develops devices to sanitise phones, currency notes

Research Centre Imarat (RCI), a part of Defence Research Development Organisation, developed the Defence Research Ultraviolet Sanitiser