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Lockdown 4.0: National restrictions over, firms now wait for state rules

Industry bodies welcomed the new guidelines

FM Nirmala Sitharaman's 'dramebaazi' jibe at Rahul Gandhi irks Congress

Gandhi had interacted with some migrant workers returning home at Delhi's Sukhdev Vihar on Saturday

Fiscal stimulus 2.0: Why cash support to migrant workers was aborted

The plan for cash relief changed as the ground realities altered rapidly in the past two months

No signs of Covid curve flattening, steeper rise in number of cases feared

Doubling rate calculation, according to experts, assumes that the growth rate is constant. It measures relative change than the absolute scale of the pandemic

Business interruption policy may not pay for losses made under lockdown

Compensation will, however, be paid if a director covered by a Keyman insurance policy loses his life to Covid-19

Stimulus package to boost growth, but need sector-wise bailout: CEO poll

Want cash dole for poor, I-T cut to create demand

Lucrative deals unlocked for the luxury customer during Covid-19 lockdown

Retailers have been reaching out to customers with compelling offers, contests and a humane touch to provide value to the discerning patron and keep sales ticking

Pharma traders protest govt's move to add e-pharmacy links to Aarogya Setu

The organisation today alleged that the NITI Aayog has added links to four e-pharmacy players

New challenges in Covid-19 times: Eased curbs, migrant testing & monsoon

States looking at community participation to ramp up testing, home treatment of patients

Wuhan's eerie precedent

Fang Fang captures the shock and panic at the start of the quarantine

Covid-19 lockdown could take away 135 million jobs in India, says report

120 million people might be pushed back into poverty in India

CII-IBA Financial Conditions Index below 50 amid Covid-19 pandemic

Also, organisations across the world are uncertain about the whereabouts of their cash flows and business prospects

Covid-19 has made the invisible visible

Today, these 'invisible' people have become visible

Centre highlights Aarogya Setu importance, but doesn't make it mandatory

The app was earlier mandatory in containment zones and for all public and private entity employees

No relief for telecom sector in economic package, disappointed: COAI

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the fifth and final tranche of economic stimulus package to deal with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic

States need resources

During pandemic, Centre must not constrain states

Some steps forward

Package focused on reforms, not to boost demand immediately

Retailers' body miffed at stimulus, says emergent issues not addressed

The retail industry, which contributes around 40 per cent to India's consumption and 10 per cent to India's gross domestic product, is severely stressed

Covid-19 trend, lockdown 4.0 details, Q4 earnings to decide market course

In addition, experts said, domestic bourses will take cues from global peers which have been reeling from fears of a second wave of Covid-19 in some countries

IBC suspended for a year, Covid-19 related debt exempted from default

The Corporate Affairs ministry will issue a special circular to define the time period which will cover "covid related debt" to be exempted from default, the finance minister said