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60% salary cuts for AI pilots and meagre ones for top management: Unions

While scheduled international flights have been suspended in the country since March 23, Air India has been operating international repatriation flights all around the world

Vasundhara Raje might have helped Ashok Gehlot's Congress govt survive

Rashtriya Loktantrik Party's Hanuman Beniwal alleged that former chief minister Vasundhara Raje (pictured) was trying to help the Ashok Gehlot-led "minority government" in Rajasthan survive.

Morgan Stanley posts record profit on trading boom amid Covid-19 crisis

Trading powerhouses Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs performed better than Main Street rivals JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup

Over 687,000 stranded Indians returned home under Vande Bharat mission: MEA

The fourth phase of the Vande Bharat mission, which is currently underway, has been augmented with the addition of around 120 flights between July 15-31

GoAir announces 'quarantine packages'; prices start at Rs 1,400 per night

The packages are available for passengers arriving into various cities in India from overseas or within India to ensure the passengers get quarantined easily at the selected hotels

Early to say if recovered patients can contract Covid-19 again: Scientists

Some special cells of the immune system may still offer protection against the disease, the scientists said as questions swirl on whether people who have recovered from Covid-19 can get it again

Revenue of cotton spinners to contract by 25-30% in FY21: Icra Ratings

This will further add to the woes of the sector which saw an estimated 5-7 per cent decline in revenue and 200-250 basis points (bps) correction in operating margins in FY20

World Coronavirus Dispatch: UK sheds 650,000 jobs under Covid lockdown

China first major economy to rebound, Texas readies morgue trucks, Australia expands wage subsidy scheme and other pandemic-related news across the globe

In India, gap between cured and active Covid-19 cases quadruples in a month

As per the data, a total of 63.25 per cent Covid-19 patients have recovered so far while the active cases are 34.18 per cent

Top headlines: Sale of residential units at 10-yr low, SGBs reach new high

Here are the top headlines of the day

IPL to FTP revamp: BCCI's Apex Council to discuss 11-point agenda on Friday

The blueprint to conduct the Indian Premier League (IPL) amidst rising cases of coronavirus will be topmost on the agenda of BCCI's Apex Council, which will meet virtually on Friday. Among the 11-point agenda, which is in possession of PTI, is a discussion on domestic cricket season, which is likely to be a curtailed one considering the rapidly rising COVID-19 case load in the country. The third point covers rejigging the Futures Tours & Programme (FTP) of the men's cricket team with three series (away white ball tours of Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe and home series vs England) already cancelled. The team last played in March. The Council will also discuss the way forward for the IPL, which stands indefinitely postponed due to the health crisis. The BCCI has zeroed in on a September-early November window for the league. "Obviously, all options need to be explored. First option is India but you don't how the situation will be. Obviously, there is UAE and Sri Lanka but taking out the IPL

MARKET WRAP: Sensex up 420 pts as Infosys rallies 10%, Nifty ends at 10,740

All that happened in the markets today

Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine raises hopes with strong trial results

Blood samples taken from a group of UK volunteers given a dose of the vaccine showed that it stimulated the body to produce both antibodies and killer T-cells

Here's how the state-wise tally has changed in the last 4 months

Maharashtra, the most affected state overall, has reported a net addition of 7,975 cases, its highest single-day jump. The state has added 69,021 cases in the past 10 days alone. Tamil Nadu, which has reported a single-day jump of 4,496 cases, has added more than 3,000 cases on each of the past 20 days. Delhi’s daily case additions has been less than 2,000 for a fifth straight day (at 1,647 on Thursday); its total tally now stands to 116,993. Karnataka, the fifth-most-affected state by total cases, has reported more than 2,000 cases for an eighth straight day (its highest single-day jump of 3,176 on Thursday) to take its total to 47,253. The state has added 39% of all its cases in the past 7 days alone.

Covid-19: Over 32k cases in India, Bolsonaro tests positive again and more

Top US infectious disease specialist, Anthony Fauci predicted that the country would meet its goal of a vaccine by year's end.

FTA or not, British firms will continue to invest in India: UKIBC CEO Heald

But transparency, predictability of policies and ease of doing business need to improve further at ground level, he says

Americans on Covid-19 jobless benefits spent more than when working: Study

The analysis highlighted how the additional unemployment benefits are helping to prop up the U.S. economy and consumer spending after the pandemic led to a surge in joblessness across the country

Amid pandemic, FIFA extends five-substitute option until August 2021

World football governing body FIFA has announced that the new five substitute rule will remain in place until the end of the 2020-21 season amid the Covid-19 pandemic

White House distances itself from adviser over anti-Anothny Fauci op-ed

The White House has distanced itself from presidential adviser Peter Navarro, who criticized the nation's top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci in a recent newspaper op-ed

India coronavirus daily update: Record single-day jump of 32,695 cases

Covid-19 cases in India crossed the 30,000 mark in a single day for the first time pushing its tally to 968,876, while the death toll climbed to 24,915 with 606 people succumbing to the disease