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A great supply chains reshuffle?

Globalised supply chains have been designed to source components from where it is most efficient to deliver these components at the time required, at the cheapest possible cost

China has blown its historic opportunity

The Covid-19 pandemic offered China an opportunity to cement this strategy of remaking the world economic order on its terms

Oxford-Astra Covid-19 vaccine shows dual immune action, says researcher

Study shows the vaccine is safe, but it is still too soon to know if it can stop people from being infected

Air travel bubble takes flight even as demand tapers due to entry curbs

Air France and United have already commenced bookings for travel from Paris and Newark to India, while Lufthansa is yet to open inbound sales

Indian embassy in Dubai to stay open during weekends, holidays till Dec 31

Out of the 170,000, a total of 40,000 have flown out on the Vande Bharat Mission repatriation flights, and 130,000 have used chartered flights organised by private companies and community groups

ICC postpones T20 WC, paves way for BCCI to organise IPL 2020 in Sep-Nov

With India's case load also exceeding the 1 million mark, including more than 26,000 deaths, the IPL 2020 is likely to move to the UAE once the central government gives its go ahead

India seeks new preferential treatment from US on drugs, other goods

India accounts for 40 per cent of US generic drug imports, including the anti-malarial hydroxychloroquine, touted by US President Donald Trump in the fight against Covid-19.

Bengal announces 2-day lockdown every week; community transmission detected

All offices, transport services will be shut down on Thursdays and Saturdays

Worrying signals from the markets

Investors are getting increasingly concerned about the extent of capital issuance in the financial sector

Some local lessons

Testing and tracing have been critical in containing the pandemic

Covid-19 impact: Aviation, automobile sectors see worst tax outgo in Q1

Maruti Suzuki, Bajaj Auto, and Hero MotoCorp's tax collections were down 60-85 per cent.

SBI Cards posts 1% drop in Q1 PBT at Rs 528 cr, net profit rises 13.8%

Spend per card fell sharply to Rs 72,000 in QFY21

From TCS to Wipro, top IT firms' headcount drops first time in a decade

The data compiled by the BS Research Bureau shows that never before have all four firms seen a fall in staff count, at least not for a decade, despite several business cycles.

MSME margins to shrink on Covid-induced loss of demand: CRISIL SME Tracker

Long constrained for liquidity, MSMEs now also have to cope with loss of demand, labour shortage, and heightened risk aversion in the financial system due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Letter to BS: Online education can help maintain continuity in curriculum

Online classes are convenient, financially beneficial, bring education home, teach self-discipline and expose students to a global college

Letter to BS: Tough task ahead for HRs with WFH being the new normal

At the very top of the HR tree, there might be clarity on the way forward

FTAs have not served Indian economy well in capacity building: Jaishankar

He said post Covid-19, the world is heading towards a more protectionist economy

Letter to BS: Banks must redefine strategy amid Covid-19 pandemic

Pressure on profits, moderate growth in business, need for higher capital and reduced credit appetite will be some of the features common to all banks in the current fiscal year

Jubilant Generics gets DCGI nod to manufacture Covid-19 drug Remdesivir

On June 21, Hetero and Cipla and on July 2 Mylan were given permission to manufacture and market the drug on the same conditions

Theatre of the absurd

Some recent decisions taken by Air India's board are beyond comprehension