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A year of hope and change

There are reasons to be optimistic about civil liberties amid the Covid crisis

MEA to support govt panel to facilitate firms interested in Covid vaccine

The purpose of the group is to keep India in the forefront of any ongoing effort worldwide to innovate, prepare, produce and launch candidate vaccines to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, for India and

The jobs gloom

Increasing informal labour could affect growth

29% Delhi residents exposed to Covid-19, have antibodies: Second serosurvey

First survey in June-July period had shown about 23% were exposed. Two more rounds of serosurvey are scheduled in first week of September and October

Covid-19 fear pushes up health care, insurance advertisement volumes

From April 1 to August 14, the personal health care sector ad volume grew 5%

CRISIL pegs loss for Commercial vehicle makers at Rs 6,000 cr this fiscal

It says a 30 per cent decline in sales volume, on an already weak base, would lead to a nearly six-fold increase in net loss this financial year

Russia to begin Covid-19 vaccine trials next week on 40,000 people

These were the first details on the shape and size of the upcoming late-stage trial of the vaccine given by its developers

WHO, UNICEF urge African countries to accelerate reopening of schools

African governments should accelerate the reopening of schools, the World Health Organisation has urged, saying that the continent's youths will suffer from prolonged closures due to the Covid-19

E-commerce recovered, witnessed 17% growth post-Covid-19, says report

After e-commerce resumed operations post Covid-19, the return rate has seen a dip of about 10-30 per cent depending on the category.

Russia eyeing partnership with India to produce Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V

Sputnik V has been developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, along with the RDIF

Over 1.12 mn Indians returned from abroad under Vande Bharat Mission: MEA

An air bubble is a bilateral arrangement with a set of regulations and restrictions in which the carriers of the two countries can operate international flights

Railway's largest infra project to be delayed by 6 months due to Covid-19

According to the latest data from the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation Limited (DFCCIL), the agency has completed 56 per cent of its contractual work on WDFC and 60 per cent on EDFC

Australian cricket will need to make sacrifices to keep game going: Langer

The Australian men's team is scheduled to leave for England on Sunday for its white-ball tour

Commercial vehicle makers may incur Rs 6000 cr net loss this fiscal: Crisil

According to Crisil, the CV makers were already hit by new overloading norms and a slowing economy when the Covid-19 pandemic arrived

IPL 2020: RCB to leave for Dubai on August 21 with health top of agenda

The team there will be undergoing six-day isolation in UAE and three Covid-19 tests again before entering a bio bubble

US jobless claims jump back above 1 mn as Covid-19 pulls down economy

Jobless claims had fallen last week below 1 million for the first time since March, to 971,000

IPL 2020: Don't you dare break Covid-19 protocols, BCCI warns players

Last month, England fast bowler Jofra Archer was dropped from the playing XI for the second Test against West Indies after it was learned that he had broken the team's bio-secure protocol

Boost for Ayurvedic food start-ups as demand for healthy diet surges

These firms are rolling out breakfast porridges, gummies, shakes and effervescents promising a daily dose of immunity to users

Punjab imposes daily night curfew from tomorrow as Covid-19 cases surge

Chief Minister bans all gatherings except weddings and funerals across the state till August 31

Mystery grows over Covid-19 spread in China via contaminated food packaging

China has repeatedly found traces of the pathogen on packaging and food, raising fears that imported items are linked to recent virus resurgences in Beijing