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DCB Bank's profit before tax declines 37.6% to Rs 93.84 crore in Q4

Net profit for the financial year ended March 31, 2020 (FY20), stood at Rs 337.25 crore, up marginally from Rs 325.37 crore in FY19.

Debt and coronavirus push Hertz Global Holdings into bankruptcy protection

By the end of March, Hertz Global Holdings Inc had racked up $18.7 billion in debt with only $1 billion of available cash

Brazil overtakes Russia to become world no. 2 in Covid-19 cases, behind US

In Sao Paulo, the worst hit city, aerial video showed rows of open plots at the Formosa Cemetery as it rushed to keep up with demand

Continue hydroxychloroquine as preventive therapy against Covid-19: ICMR

So far, only high-risk individuals, including asymptomatic health care workers, were given the drug along with household contacts of Covid patients

The economic crisis and India's role in post-coronavirus multilateralism

The world gross domestic product is expected to contract by 3%, international trade may decline by up to 32%, and 49 million people could slip into extreme poverty

US plans massive Covid-19 vaccine testing effort to meet year-end deadline

To get there, leading vaccine makers have agreed to share data and lend the use of their clinical trial networks to competitors should their own candidate fail, the scientists said

Partnering govts to help people get reskilled: Coursera's Raghav Gupta

He talks about the latest trends, initiatives and the fallout of the pandemic

Connectivity provides a stronger foundation for exports: Harsh Shringla

He said, the pandemic has highlighted the global shortage of trained personnel in various sectors, especially in health care and the digital domain

Coronavirus crisis: New US visa Bill may spell trouble for IT firms

The high unemployment rate in the US because of the Covid-1l-19 crisis might make such a legislation a reality

JioMart goes live across India, offers range of products for home delivery

The app is not yet available on Apple or Google Play Store and has to be downloaded from jiomart.com

No community transmission of Covid-19 a falsehood: noted epidemiologist

In a Q&A, Jayaprakash Muliyil, former Principal, Christian Medical College, explains why the lockdown was of little help in containing the virus

Start-ups looking to tap into venture debt, avoid large funding rounds

Most start-ups are also not expecting to get the right valuation at this time, as the lockdown imposed to curb the virus' spread has severely disrupted business

A post-quarantine baby boom: Why reproductive health will be a concern

Public health researchers fear that the real impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown on India's demographics will become apparent only after nine months

Covid-19 lockdown: No proposal to impose calamity cess, say FinMin sources

The sources said any such proposal would prove to be counter-productive as sales are already at low volume at this time of lockdown.

April refinery output down 29%, natural gas falls 19% as consumption tapers

Industry experts say consumption of petroleum products in April was only 30-40% of what it had been prior to lockdown

Jaguar in talks with British govt for loan as Covid-19 takes toll: Report

Sky News, citing a spokesman, said about 20,000 of its employees had been furloughed under the government's emergency wage subsidy programme

TDP chief Naidu to hold annual conference with 10,000 members via Zoom

Not for nothing is Chandrababu Naidu known as the most tech-savvy politician in India.

Hopeful of starting international flights before August, says Hardeep Puri

All scheduled commercial passenger flights have been suspended in India since March 25 when the Modi government imposed a lockdown to contain the novel cornavirus pandemic

Existing APMC laws restrict trade, competition: Ramesh Chand of NITI Aayog

He says that the APMC system did not evolve with changes in time and requirement

'Treat citizens' wealth as national resource': Economists for tough steps in Covid-19 fight

Yogendra Yadav later clarified that the suggestion to treat all private assets as national resources had been wrongly interpreted as nationalisation of private property