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US will donate ventilators to India, stand with Modi during pandemic: Trump

India's tally of confirmed Covid-19 cases crossed 85,000 on Friday, surpassing China's count of 82,933 confirmed cases

China using trade sanctions as weapon to silence coronavirus criticism

The move is the first time Beijing has used access to its huge markets as leverage in its campaign to deflect blame for the outbreak.

Covid-19 impact: Non-Life insurance premiums fall more than 10% in April

Claims have also not risen sharply both in motor and health, giving some respite to insurance companies

Karan Johar to Rohit Shetty, big film producers say no to OTT release

Sources say the top four multiplex chains in the country - PVR, Inox, Cinepolis, and Carnival - are asking big producers to wait rather than rush to release their films on OTT platforms.

World Bank approves $1-bn loan to India amid coronavirus outbreak

This takes the total commitment from the World Bank towards emergency Covid-19 response in India to $2 billion.

Covid-19 crisis: States urge PM Modi to extend lockdown but relax norms

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier this week asked the states to send suggestions on their respective strategies for lockdown 4.0, which comes into force from Monday.

'Welfare done', FM Sitharaman to focus on specific sectors over next 2 days

Officials said that the announcements will again be a mix of fiscal and liquidity measures, with more heft through the latter

Four in a lift, facing the wall: Office etiquette in Covid-19 times

The second of a 3-part series discusses precautions taken by firms to keep employees safe

Made in India, for and by Indians, says Reliance Industries on rights issue

In a corporate presentation titled 'New Reliance for a New India', released on Friday, RIL termed itself as the best proxy for India's consumption-driven and tech-propelled growth story.

DMart owner hikes stake in India Cements to 19.9%, stock zooms 13%

Analysts say acquirer may have found the firm attractive at the valuation at which it was available at

Havells no more a cool stock as Covid-19 dents Q4 show, FY21 outlook

Analysts expect profits to reach FY19 levels only next fiscal

Covid-19 crisis: Donald Trump may tax firms manufacturing outside US

In an interview with Fox Business News, Trump said taxation was an incentive for companies to return manufacturing bases to the US.

Crosswords in lockdown

At a time when so many of us are confined to our homes, crosswords provide an intellectually challenging alternative to passive binge-watching

Exports fall at fastest pace in 25 yrs in April due to coronavirus lockdown

Exports shrank by 60% in April as the monthwide lockdown restricted outflow of goods

Hype and hypocrisy in the sale of liquor

Governments in India - both Central and state - must learn to separate alcohol related social issues from responsible consumption

The king's speech

What the Indian public got this week was another monologue - the fifth since March 19

Shekhar Gupta: White-collar, blue-collar, no-collar

The millions of poor going home are a wonderful new generation of aspirational, working class Indians. Modi and his government failed to account for their fate

Covid-19 big picture: Brace for a disaster much bigger than you expected

If the business of doubling rate continues as it is currently, be prepared for bad news not just from the perspective of the coming medical challenge but also for the economy, cautions T N Ninan

Recording our time in history

Writing requires experience, and the material to credibly insert into your text, and experience can only come with age

Covid-19's invisible victim - humanity

The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that whether any of us have the virus or not, what most of us don't have when confronted by it, is simple humanity