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Delhi airport gets over 45,000 applicants for quarantine exemption
According to the website, over 78,700 passengers applied for self-declaration through this portal, of which only 78,663 passengers were found to be asymptomatic.
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SMBs bet on digital transformation to rebound from Covid impact: HP study
The HP Asia SMB Report 2020 surveyed 1,600 SMBs (with less than 200 employees) in Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam in May-June this year
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Weak demand continues to be a main challenge for companies: Survey
More companies (5 percentage points) now expect the economy to come to normal levels in one year than in June
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Play it down: Trump admits to hiding true threat of Covid in Woodward book
Trump told Woodward on March 19 that he deliberately minimised the danger
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Vaccine majors see sharp rally with some players rising more than 4,000%
The Indian pharmaceutical sector has also been going through a surge
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Spike in sovereign wealth funds' Indian market holding belies sell-off buzz
Holdings in Indian equities are higher now than before the pandemic took hold
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Uttar Pradesh govt permits resumption of inter-state bus services
The Uttar Pradesh government has given its nod for resumption of inter-state bus services from the state, an official statement said here
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Convalescent Plasma therapy didn't help in reducing Covid-19 deaths: ICMR
The Convalescent Plasma therapy didn't help in reducing death due to the coronavirus, the India Council of Medical Research revealed in a study
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Premiums of non-life insurers rise 10.38% in Aug, health insurers gain most
General insurers, 25 in all, saw their premium collection go up 5.57 per cent in August 2020 to Rs 13,139.63 crore, compared to Rs 12,445.83 crore in the same period last year
 "Premiums of non-life insurers rise 10.38% in Aug, health insurers gain most")
Covid-19 treatment cost must not fall on migrant workers: Govt tells states
Labour ministry guidelines say workers returning to cities must get housing, health insurance, facemasks
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Why casual labour prefers to work in fields than under MGNREGA
MGNREGA has been one of the main livelihood sources for millions of migrants and other workers in rural India during the lockdown
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SC judges advised to sit separately as precautionary step due to Covid: CJI
The remarks of the Chief Justice came during the hearing of matter related to Mumbai Coastal road project
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What Serum Institute's persistence on Oxford vaccine trials means for India
The company is going ahead regardless of AsraZeneca pausing trials in UK after an adverse impact was reported
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IMF says Covid-19 economic crisis 'far from over', more support needed
The IMF has provided emergency funding to 75 countries, including 47 low-income countries, and said it was ready to provide further support to a wider range of middle-income countries
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DCGI issues notice to Serum Institute over Oxford's Covid trial suspension
The DGCI sought an immediate reply saying else "it shall be construed that you have no explanation to offer and action deemed fit will be taken against you"
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Farm sector will continue to shine in 2020-21 but rural as a whole may not
The non-farm sector occupies a large part of rural income, and unless it grows substantially, just expecting farm growth to bring about rural sector revival is unreasonable, say experts
 "Farm sector will continue to shine in 2020-21 but rural as a whole may not")
Why the massive expansion in RBI's balance sheet isn't really extraordinary
As a share of nominal GDP, the balance sheet is well within the levels of the past few years; yet it could influence every sphere of economic activity in the country
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Syngene-HiMedia's Elisa test kit for Covid-19 gets ICMR approval
The product will be launched once it receives approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation next
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GST Compensation revives bitter memory of Centre-state tussle over VAT
Under the VAT system, the compensation mechanism linked to the cut in central sales tax from 4% to zero had created bad blood between the union govt and the states
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Exemption from quarantine popular among global flyers, shows airport data
Almost one-third global travelers flying into Delhi' IGI airport have sought and been given exemption from institutional quarantine
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