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Rise in Covid cases in Delhi worrisome, govt to re-strategise testing: HC

The bench expressed concern over the rise in the number of Covid-19 cases, which on Sunday crossed 2,000, and said the way figures are increasing every week is worrisome

Q1 GDP numbers just first instalment of a bad news story on economy

If not for the numbers on agriculture and government expenditure, the GDP growth print for the first quarter of 2020-21 would have been far worse

Growth decline due to lockdown; V-shaped recovery in some sectors: CEA

He said indicators like rail freight traffic and electricity consumption are pointing to a recovery in economic activity

Deep contraction in GDP on expected line, recovery to be gradual: Industry

India's GDP shrank steeply by 23.9 per cent in the April-June period as the coronavirus lockdowns battered an already slowing economy

Former President Pranab Mukherjee passes away at 84

Mukherjee had served as the President of India from 2012 to 2017, and held several important portfolios previously in various Congress-led governments from the 1970s to 2012

Wall Street mixed as S&P 500 on track for best August in 36 years

New entrants to the blue-chip index, Salesforce.com Inc , Honeywell International Inc and Amgen Inc , slipped between 0.3% and 1.2%

Number of new Covid cases down, recoveries surpass infections in Tamil Nadu

Overall recoveries rose to 368,141 with 6,008 persons discharged today

Lockdown-hit Arvind Ltd posts Q1 consolidated loss before tax of Rs 156 cr

Consolidated income during the quarter fell by nearly 69 per cent to Rs 603.22 crore from Rs 1,917.21 crore in Q1 of FY20

Top headlines: Q1FY21 GDP contracts 23.9%; Pranab Mukherjee passes away

Business Standard brings to you a snapshot of stories that made it to the headlines today

JEE, NEET exams: IIT students, alumni help candidates hitch ride to centres

Develop user-friendly transport portal called www.edurid.in

Q1 GDP data released today: Key things to note

This is the first instance of an economic contraction for the country in at least four decades, and also the first GDP decline since India began publishing quarterly numbers in 1996

IPL 2020: Hazlewood 'concerned' over Covid-19 infections in CSK team

We have a group WhatsApp with all the information that comes through, it's obviously a little bit of a concern, says Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood

NHAI awarded projects worth Rs 31,000 cr in FY21, highest in past 3 years

It has set a target of awarding 4,500 km of highway during current financial year, which it is likely to exceed

GDP data: No surprises here; need different policy measures to stem the rot

The only sector to show growth is agriculture, while the government sector disappointed with public admin de-growing by 10.3 per cent

First economic contraction in 4 decades: India's GDP shrinks 23.9% in Q1, FY21

The first economic contraction since 1980, and maiden quarterly GDP fall on record, follows limited activity during the June quarter amid lockdowns to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic

IIT Madras-backed start-up develops textiles that can zap Corona in 5 mins

Up go 99.00 per cent of the pathogen can be deactivated using textiles coated with nano particles

India's fiscal deficit crosses full-year budgeted target in four months

Net tax receipts were Rs 2.03 trillion, while total expenditure was Rs 10.5 trillion

Sensex tumbles 839 pts on broad-based sell-off; Nifty Bank declines over 3%

All that happened in the markets today

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Signs that the pandemic spread may be slowing

Hong Kong schools to start face-to-face classes, Brazil's new cases decline, Why spending is rising during Covid, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Are politicians potential super-spreaders?

Younger caseload, older fatalities in Punjab, Bihar polls may be held on schedule, informal schools become centres of learning--news on how the country is coping with the pandemic