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Worst yet to come: Fed official after US loses 20.5 mn jobs due to Covid-19

"We may be in an environment of gradual relaxing and then having to clamp back down again around the country as the virus continues to spread," he said.

Set up grievance cell to handle student's queries: UGC to universities

On April 29, the UGC had issued guidelines on Examination and Academic Calender in view of Covid-19 pandemic

Sharing pics of evacuation flights a violation of Covid-19 norms: Air India

Formal permission from Air India is required before sharing any details, pictures or videos with any production house or individual, a circular said.

US govt predicts more job losses, in talks with Congress on Covid-19 relief

While Democrats, who control the House of Representatives, are moving to unveil new legislation as early as this week, the White House signaled it is in no hurry to pass another relief bill

A Rejoinder: A tired pun of 'Vande Bharat versus Bharat ke bande'

Does a brave mission amid a global crisis appear small? If the government is trying to give risk-takers a sense of mission and pride, it is the right thing to do

Plasma therapy worked on my body in 3 days, says recovered Covid-19 patient

I had received plasma from a doctor named Dr Izhar Munshi who had recovered from coronavirus, said the patient

WHO denies report claiming China pressurised it to withhold Covid-19 info

German weekly Der Spiegel reported that Xi asked Tedros during the call to hold back information about human-to-human transmission of the virus and delay declaring a pandemic

Mike Pence limits social contact after press secy tests Covid-19 positive

The infected official named Katie Miller had been in recent contact with Pence but not with President Donald Trump and had tested negative a day earlier

Covid-19 lockdown: Railways ferried 450,000 Indians in 428 special trains

Western Railways has operated a total of 191 Shramik Special ferrying over 225,000 migrants

Vande Bharat Mission: First Air India flight brings 225 Indians from US

On day two of repatriation of stranded Indians from the US, Air India flight will take off from Newark to Mumbai and Ahmedabad on Sunday

Coronavirus: 3,277 new cases, 127 deaths in India in last 24 hours

Coronavirus India update: Stay tuned with Business Standard for latest news on Covid-19, world death toll, and cases across the world and in India

Statsguru: Migrant workers' exit to job crisis, victory over Covid-19 tough

Joblessness is rising, migrants are returning home in India, and macroeconomic fundamentals are deteriorating

Top 10 biz headlines: Weak corporate earnings, restarting economy and more

From coronavirus impact on various sectors to how electronics majors are looking for ways to revive sales, here are the top ten business headlines of the day

Coronavirus LIVE: Boris Johnson says UK will remain in lockdown till June 1

Coronavirus India update: Stay tuned with Business Standard for latest news on Covid-19, world death toll, and cases across the world and in India

Best of BS Opinion: Govt's borrowing plan, coronavirus outbreak, and more

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

Centre keen on testing Gilead's remdesivir to combat coronavirus

The USFDA has recently given an emergency approval to the drug for use on coronavirus patients

Bengal migrant workers denied Jan, Feb pays, while contractors go missing

Several migrant workers who are back in West Bengal have not been paid dues for close to two and half months, when they slogged for close to eight hours a day

Five Air India pilots, two AIESL staff test positive for coronavirus

The five pilots fly Boeing 787 planes, the second source said

Covid-19: On-site construction labourers turn weary of Mumbai's lockdown

Anxious, home-sick and with monsoons approaching, labourers want to return home

Eminent historian Hari Shankar Vasudevan dies of Covid-19 in Kolkata

He died at 1 am on Sunday, they said. Vasudevan is survived by his wife Tapati Guha Thakurta and a daughter