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Govt extends Bharat Petroleum privatisation bid deadline to July 31

Any private company having a net worth of $ 10 billion is eligible for bidding and consortium of not more than four firms will be allowed to bid

Do borrowers have any rights?

Can the bank take shelter under the omnibus problems caused by the Covid-19 crisis to indiscriminately cut down on the sanctioned credit limits

SC asks Centre to identify private hospitals for free Covid-19 treatment

Three-judge bench led by CJI says there are private hospitals that have been given land either free of cost or at nominal rates, so they should treat coronavirus-infected patients for free

Covid-19 crisis: Govt wants PSUs to ramp up dividends, share buybacks

With Covid-19 set to hit FY21 revenue mop-up, Centre looks for options

Algos find relief as volumes that had fallen due to Covid-19 bounce back

The number of shares traded, or volume, in the stock market had fallen 28 per cent for the month of April

High risk aversion of most lenders is astounding, says Bajaj Finserv CMD

Instead of extending the moratorium by another three months, it would have been better to allow lenders to offer a one-time restructuring only to those who need it, says Sanjiv Bajaj

Many unhappy returns

For states that account for the bulk of the migrants, this unprecedented reverse migration imposes extraordinary challenges of absorbing them without causing social disruptions

More welfare failures

Even Jan Dhan accounts have not worked as hoped

How Covid-19 will change playbook for brands with shift in consumer habits

With a fundamentally transformed consumer, brands need to go hyper-local and reimagine the purchase funnel among other changes: Facebook-BCG

'Why Savarkar?': Naming of flyover in Bengaluru sparks political row

Siddaramaiah, former chief minister and leader of the Opposition, said the move to name the flyover after Savarkar was an insult to the freedom fighters

Govt to use five hubs to bring back Indians on Vande Bharat flights

Over 275 Indians stranded in Mexico, Peru, Portugal and Netherlands returned via Amsterdam in first such flight on Wednesday

India's (im)possible road ahead

Better implementation of policy measures and reaching out to those left behind are needed next

Confusing signals on lockdown

With many, contradictory and sudden announcements there is little to look forward to as June 1 looms

Telangana govt to pay 50% salary to staff for third consecutive month

The government noted that the relaxations extended to sectors like the transport and the stamps and registrations from the lockdown restrictions had not made any substantial difference

Coronavirus pushes global credit rating downgrade threat to record high

A total of 1,287 of S&P's ratings are now on a downgrade warning

Labour pains: Thane's MSMEs operating at 10-15% capacity amid lockdown

The third of a five-part series looks at how lack of manpower and cash flow issues have put small units in dire straits despite govt announcing a Rs 3-trn package

No uniform policy a big hurdle for production: AMNS India CEO Dilip Oommen

Infrastructure steel consumption has not picked up yet. Some steel consuming segments like auto have started their production. Full revival will take some time, says Dilip Oommen

Renault, Nissan rule out merger, unveil plan to save troubled alliance

Renault and Nissan were among the weakest global automakers going into the coronavirus crisis

Biocon gets DCGI nod for CytoSorb device to treat Covid-19 patients

CytoSorb therapy reduces cytokine storm and the inflammatory response in Covid-19 patients through blood purification so that injury to organs may be mitigated or prevented

India may need to pump Rs 1.5 trn into coronavirus-hit state banks: Report

"The situation is very grim," the source said, adding that banks would require fresh funds soon