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Lockdown: 1.35 mn migrant labourers return to UP amid Covid-19 crisis

Now, the state government has arranged for trains from Delhi, apart from intrastate trains from Noida, Ghaziabad and Jhansi to expedite the shifting of stranded labourers

Poor Chinese testing kits delay India's survey data, blur Covid-19 picture

Hundreds of thousands of PPE kits had to be returned to China after inconsistent results, and the govt does not have all the data it should have to decide on how and when to loosen the lockdown

UP constitutes panel to reboot real estate sector amid coronavirus crisis

A large number of housing and commercial projects are lying stuck in UP. Besides, the ongoing projects are also witnessing cancellations by investors and buyers because of the dip in earnings

MARKET WRAP: Indices end flat, Sensex slips 25 pts; financials, autos fall

All that happened in the markets today

SC stays Madras HC order asking Tamil Nadu to close liquor shops in state

Lawyer Yogesh Kanna, appearing for the state government, said the top court issued notices to those who had filed the pleas in the high court seeking closure of the liquor outlets in the state

Vivo arm sends memo on 50% pay cut

It's an internal letter, no final decision yet, says the firm

IPL would be a big revenue loss, but no pay cut for players: BCCI treasurer

The BCCI will cut down the expenses of its employees, as one of the measures, to overcome the revenue loss

UN exploring options for General Assembly session due to Covid-19: Official

New York is the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic in the US. A total of 343,051 Covid-19 cases and more than 27,000 deaths have been reported in the state

'How can we stop it?' SC on plea to stop migrant workers walking to homes

Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava, who had filed the plea, referred to recent incidents of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh where migrant workers were killed in accidents on highways

China's factory output posts first increase in 2020, consumption still weak

After months of lockdowns, China is slowly reopening its economy as the coronavirus outbreak on the mainland has come under control

India must gear up to face Covid-19 community transmission: Health expert

There is not only risk and but actually the threat of community transmission, said Dr Reddy, who presently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard University

Kolkata's yellow taxis likely to ply from May 18 with 30% fare hike

Since the beginning of the lockdown, only a few taxis were being allowed to travel in the city for emergencies only

Covid-19: US permits doctors on H-1B work visa to practice telemedicine

The US has nearly 1.45 million cases of confirmed Covid-19 cases and over 86,000 people have died due to the highly contagious disease

50 days of lockdown: Indian markets are among the biggest losers globally

For instance, auto sales were almost zero for the month of April, and companies are still limping back to produce vehicles

Coronavirus updates and highlights of last 24 hours: All you should know

In view of the surge in daily new cases in Maharashtra, the state government is likely to extend lockdown in major coronavirus hotspots, including Mumbai, Pune, Aurangabad, Malegaon and Solapur

Covid-19 could cause economic loss up to $8.8 trn, 9.7% of global GDP: ADB

Nearly 300,000 people worldwide have died from complications from the virus, which has infected more than 4.3 million people

Covid-19 lockdown: Farmers gather record wheat crop, but cannot move it

The country-wide lockdown has led to a labour shortage across rural India, crimping the harvest and preventing the bagging and movement of it

With Rs 20-trn package, fiscal deficit to balloon to 7.9% in FY21: Report

"We estimate a 4.5% direct impact on fiscal deficit purely because of revenue shortfall / automatic fiscal stabilizer and a 0.9% indirect effect because of GDP change," the SBI report says

'Not happy with China': Donald Trump rules out renegotiating trade deal

The US President also intends to prepare the country for future pandemics by restocking the national stockpile and bringing critical manufacturing back to the country

India's 'new deal' moment

The Covid crisis provides an opportunity to craft a historic renewal programme