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Covid-19 updates: MSMEs stare at huge job losses, Bolsonaro tests negative

A survey on micro, small, and medium enterprises showed that estimated 25-30 million people have lost their jobs by the end of June

UP rapidly ramping up Covid-19 tests; from 72 in a day to 100,000: Govt

More than 100,000 COVID-19 tests were done in Uttar Pradesh on July 26 as against just 72 on March 23, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said after the launch of a high-tech testing facility in Noida

Covid-19 relief: Auto industry organises 7.5 mn face masks, 90,000 PPE kits

The industry has set up production capacities to arrange 60,000-plus ventilators and over 1,700 beds

Covid masks thwarting facial recognition tech, will investigate: US agency

Even the best commercial facial recognition systems have error rates as high as 50% when trying to identify masked faces, says study

Tablighi Jamaat: Foreigners not deported due to seven more pending FIRs

At least 70 foreign Tablighi Jamaat members were ordered to be deported on payment of fine by a Delhi court after they accepted mild charges related to various violations during the COVID-19 lockdown

Supply of medical equipment to India reciprocation of earlier help: Israel

Pitching for further strengthening of relations, Israel said supply of advanced medical equipment to India was reciprocation of help extended to it by South Asian country to tackle coronavirus crisis

Nature Conservation Day: How man vs wild conflict gives birth to pandemics

A look at what nature has to do with the spread of diseases and how human exploitation has led to the mess our planet is in currently

Market Ahead, July 28: All you need to know before the opening bell

A total of 132 companies, including UltraTech Cement, Nestle India, and IDBI Bank, are scheduled to announce their results today

Testing in US identifies high asymptomatic, presymptomatic Covid-19 cases

Testing among quarantined contacts of patients with Covid-19 in a correctional and detention facility in the US identified a high proportion of asymptomatic and presymptomatic cases

40% of coronavirus cases in US asymptomatic: Central Disease Control

Around 40 per cent of the confirmed coronavirus cases in the US were asymptomatic, according to the country's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Telangana to launch app for asymptomatic Covid-19 patients in home isolation

The Telangana govt is set to introduce an app for monitoring the health of asymptomatic Covid-19 patients in home isolation

UP govt to allow home isolation to asymptomatic Covid-19 patients

The guidelines for the home isolation are being prepared and will be announced soon

World Coronavirus Dispatch: WHO stops trials of HCQ, HIV cocktail

Glaxo, Sanofi near $624 mn vaccine deal, Mexico deaths top 30,000, uneven recovery for Arab world and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Covid-19 Factoid: India is now adding nearly 100,000 cases every two days

The country had taken 110 days to add its first 100,000 cases. The rate of growth has increased phenomenally since then

Cash-rich Indian IT services companies go aggressive in M&A space

As capital allocation is altered, dividend payout to dip in the ongoing financial year

25-30 million lost jobs in MSMEs during March-June, says survey

Another 10-15 million jobs may be lost by the end of August

Fiscal response to the Covid crisis

Tax deferrals by extending filing deadlines and reduction in interest for late payments provide minor relief

Tech Mahindra beats Street estimates, pre-tax profit up 33% to Rs 1,283 cr

Mahindra group firm beat estimates for the June 2020 quarter (Q1FY21) thanks to lower operating costs

Moderna Covid-19 vaccine could be ready for use by end of year, says US

The trial is the first such late-stage study under the Trump administration's program to speed development of measures against the novel coronavirus

Mood turns dark

India must brace for renewed global uncertainties