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Personal healthcare and medical insurance ad volumes up amidst pandemic

Brands feel it is a good time to advertise anything and everything connected to well-being

DATA STORY: Biggest single-day spike in coronavirus deaths, recoveries

The states add UTs that have reported their biggest respective single-day jump in total cases today are West Bengal, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh

Japan museum portrays coronavirus pandemic life through everyday things

Takeout menus. Directions for attending a funeral. A leaflet from a local shrine, announcing the cancellation of summer festivals

OYO hotel rooms for paid isolation of Covid-19 patients in Bhubaneswar

Amid a spurt in COVID-19 cases, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has identified several OYO hotel rooms for paid isolation of asymptomatic patients.

OPEC+ presses for compliance with oil cuts amid fears of demand recovery

The group, known as OPEC+, met on Wednesday to review compliance and left oil cuts levels unchanged

USA coronavirus update: Case tally surpass 5.5 mn-mark; toll at 176,337

The total number of Covid-19 cases in the US surpassed 5.5 million on Wednesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University

North Korea to unveil new economic plans in January party meeting

Kim Jong Un will announce a new five-year plan to develop the country's dismal economy ravaged by US-led sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic

First-ever flight from Antananarivo to Mumbai to bring 61 stranded Indians

The first-ever flight from Antananarivo to Mumbai, Air Madagascar will be evacuating 61 Indians stranded due to Covid-19 pandemic and to bring back about 160 Malagasy citizens from India on Thursday

Donald Trump: Closing colleges amid outbreaks 'could cost lives'

President Donald Trump has blasted universities that have cancelled in-person classes amid coronavirus outbreaks, saying the move could ultimately cost lives rather than saving them

This top-performing Indian hedge fund says stocks have risen too fast

True Beacon, which invests only in large-cap stocks and is up about 21% this year, is adding shares of software exporters and pharmaceutical companies

Airbnb confidentially files for IPO as short-term rental market rebounds

The move underscores a rebound in parts of the travel industry, which was battered this year by restrictions and shutdowns due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra's highest single-day rise of 13,165 new cases

Coronavirus latest news: The total number of India cases now stands at 2,771,958, and 22,342,456 people have been infected by the virus globally. Stay tuned for coronavirus LIVE updates

Best of BS opinion: Transparency in PM CARES, coronavirus, and more

Business Standard opinion pieces for the day, among other things, talk about PM CARES

Covid-19 impact: Pandemic heat spreads to large restaurant chains

Industry body says Covid could end up eating a third of total market, Zomato says 40% dine-ins will shut

Remote working: What the 'tech exodus' means for the Silicon Valley

Apple and Alphabet have long been deeply office-oriented; Yahoo, Best Buy and Reddit ended up reversing course on their flexible work arrangements in the past decade.

CSB Bank reports profit before tax of Rs 30 crore in June quarter

The bank said it has made healthy Covid provisions

Economists agree on massive GDP contraction, differ widely on the extent

At the lower end of the estimate band is India Ratings' 13.6% and at the upper, Pronab Sen predicts a maximum shrink of 35%

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla meets Bangladeshi counterpart

Both Bangladesh foreign office and Indian high commission preferred to keep the visit as a low-key affair amid reports that this is Shringla's first overseas tour since the outbreak of the Covid-19

West Bengal govt may reduce 30 % tax on liquor amid declining sales

The West Bengal has levied 30 per cent tax on liquor when wine shops reopened after the nationwide lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Riding a positive wave, digital firms may see V-shaped ad recovery in H2

"It is significant that no other medium, barring digital, will achieve growth in 2020," says Sam Balsara, CMD, Madison World