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Mizoram will face shortage of Covid-19 hospitals if cases surge: Official

Mizoram will face shortage of Covid-19 hospitals if the number of cases keeps increasing

Health ministry issues revised SOP for conducting exams during Covid-19

The Union health ministry removed the provision that allowed symptomatic candidates who insist on taking an exam to do so in isolation

Nearly 20% Andhra residents have developed antibodies to Covid: Sero survey

The survey also revealed that a high percentage of people who had contracted the coronavirus were asymptomatic

Assam coronavirus update: State reports 2,739 new Covid-19 cases

Assam reported 2,739 new Covd-19 cases, out of 35,369 tests done in the last 24 hours, taking the total cases to 135,805

Israel coronavirus update: Daily Covid cases, deaths both hit record highs

The number of Covid-19 cases in Israel surged to 145,526 on Thursday, with 4,429 new infections, Israel's Ministry of Health said

Indore coronavirus update: With 326 Covid-19 cases, tally reaches 16,090

Indore reported 326 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total number of cases to 16,090, said the office of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in a bulletin

Coronavirus can directly invade your brain, reveals new US study

The research is still preliminary - but offers several new lines of evidence to support what was previously a largely untested theory

Singapore Airlines plans to cut 4,300 jobs due to Covid-19 pandemic

The group said in a statement it will cut the positions across Singapore Airlines, regional arm SilkAir and budget unit Scoot

Lloyd's of London says coronavirus claims could hit $6.5 billion

The firm posted a 2.3 billion profit for the same period last year

One in five UK firms can barely cover debt-interest payments, says report

Borrowing taken on since the Covid lockdown began in March threatens to push 4.3 per cent of companies, employing 1.8 million people, into technical insolvency

Covid-19: India's fiscal response to tackle the economic crisis wanting

Till August 2020, India has spent 1.2% of its gross domestic product directly from budgetary resources

Of lockdown laziness and change agents

Negligent at the best of times, our public sector undertakings have become even more lazy during these months of lockouts

Crisil projects wider GDP contraction for FY21 at 9%, from 5% earlier

Attributes it to Covid-19 cases and lack of stimulus from govt

PE investments worth $1.9 bn in August, dipping 53% from July deals

Month has been better than the sub $1 billion monthly run rate seen in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic

ARCs facing slowdown in recoveries due to failed auctions amid Covid: Icra

The ratings of security receipts (SRs) issued by ARCs have seen downgrades due to delay in recoveries and decline in expected recovery value on the SRs

44% households feel they're spending more to get less, says survey

Indicates Covid-19 pandemic has upended the household budget

Covid-19 impact: India's fuel demand declines 7.5%, most since April

Petroleum product sales fell to 14.39 million tonnes in August, down 7.5 per cent over the previous month and about 16 per cent from a year earlier

Family matters: Be clear if your employer's group health plan covers them

With a pandemic raging, you must buy your own personal health cover for your family to supplement the group cover

ITC's appetite for staples grows as it moves away from tobacco

The company is betting on its non-cigarette FMCG portfolio to deliver growth and convince the markets that it is moving away from its tobacco dependence

Air India operates 5th Vande Bharat flight to China carrying 200 passengers

Fifty-five passengers, mostly Indians wanting to return homes, boarded the flight back to Delhi, officials of the Indian embassy here, who coordinated the flight, told PTI