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Can states dilute Lockdown 4.0 guidelines? No, says Home Ministry

Inside the red and orange zones, containment and buffer zones will be identified by the district administration and local urban bodies

Lockdown 4.0 in pictures: Traffic jam in Delhi, migrants travel, and more

As the country enters another phase of lockdown, here's a look at how things are getting back to normal

Lockdown 4.0: Weekly economic indicators show activity inching upwards

There is more traffic on the roads, more power being generated, the internet shows lesser signs of strain and more people may be reporting to work

Covid-19: Lockdown 4.0, Qatar's tough penalties, Africa's rising cases

The extended version of Lockdown 3.0 will, however, come with some relaxations to pave the way for increased movement of people and facilitate more economic activity

Multiplex, hotel stocks hit 52-week lows on extension of lockdown

The government has extended the nationwide lockdown by another two weeks, until May 31, to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Need permanent changes, policy predictability and flexibility: Mukesh Aghi

President, CEO at US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, Mukesh Aghi says that India needs a transparent policy environment

Karnataka land reforms may trigger fresh look at land acquisition process

Experts suggest easier land use norms and digitisation of records

Lockdown 4.0: Govt lists parameters for states to mark Covid-19 zones

It also issued guidelines for delineation of containment and buffer zones and outlined actions that have to be implemented in those areas to break the chain of transmission of the disease

Covid-19: India backs nations seeking independent probe into WHO's response

European nations and Australia have been gathering support for an "impartial, independent and comprehensive evaluation" of "the WHO-coordinated international health response to Covid-19"

Govt should have acted like a driver to pull the economy out of the mess

The decriminalisation of Companies Act and ease of doing business are the small mercies bestowed on Corporate India.

Govt measures consist of reforms that need not have waited for Covid-19

Although the intent of these announcements was no doubt sincere and good, markets will get disappointed with them because the immediate spend out of the big fiscal stimulus is relatively small

Covid-19: Oppo suspends Noida factory operations, to screen 3,000 employees

The company had resumed the operations on Friday after it got permission from the UP government for it with around 30 per cent of employees

Govt will soon decide on OCI visa issue: Minister tells Indian diaspora

V Muraleedharan also invited members of the Indian diaspora to invest in the country in view of the recent economic reforms announced by the government

Lockdown extension was expected; stimulus measures are a disappointment

The government's recent stimulus measures, however, may disappoint the market because they were expecting huge fresh liquidity infusion into the system to improve the aggregate demand

Covid-19 lockdown: Who will prevent a hunger pandemic?

Both hunger and poverty are likely to increase acutely and may become chronic in the months to come

Best of BS Opinion: Economic freedom in agri, Covid-19 crisis, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day

Lockdown 4.0: Maruti Suzuki to restart operations at Gurugram plant today

With this, Maruti Suzuki will restart operations of its second plant in the fourth phase of the nationwide lockdown

Lockdown 4.0: Curbs eased to allow some movement, economic activity

States allowed to decide on Covid-19 zones

'Talk to experts to make self-reliant slogan work'

For manufactured products, the stated policy since the 1950s was to allow imports of only the goods that were not being made in India in sufficient quantities

Stimulus 2.0 good for markets in long run, hitches in short term: Experts

Markets may be disappointed in the short term, as not sufficient steps have been take to revive demand