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No plan to bring in law to regulate Aarogya Setu at this point: Secy, MeitY

We have already brought out an exceptionally good privacy policy which is there in the app itself, says Ajay Prakash Sawhney

Centre sets up six-member panel to review production sharing contracts

Because of lower oil and gas price environment, there is a need to find ways of attracting investment in exploration and production of oil and gas

Early-bird results: 7-day Covid-19 lockdown in March affected India Inc

Combined profit before tax of 81 firms down 37.5% y-o-y, worst show in at least 3 years

Bipin Rawat defends lower spending, says military plays limited role

Army Chief Naravane says roll out of IBGs delayed due Covid-19

Mumbai scrambles to add critical care infrastructure amid Covid-19 spread

Projection says city may have 75,000 cases by May-end

Covid-19 lockdown: Passenger trains to be back on tracks from Tuesday

Initially 15 set of trains will be started and online bookings for these will begin from 4 pm on Monday

Won't cut flat price after lockdown is lifted: Godrej Properties MD

In a Q&A, Mohit Malhotra says his firm used technology to boost sales during lockdown and explains how consolidation in the industry will help the company once the curbs are lifted

Covid-19 impact: Pune labour office notice to Tech Mahindra on salary cuts

A similar notice was issued earlier this month to another IT firm, Wipro, on a complaint alleging that the firm was benching its employees

FDI shift from China? A joke

The orchestra is building up to a crescendo

Jewellers start opening stores, sales down 25% amid Covid-19 crisis

All India Gems and Jewellery Domestic Council Chairman Anantha Padmanabhan said jewellers have opened shops in few states after taking permission from local authorities in the last one week

Reform, don't trample

Workers can't be completely at the mercy of employers

Beyond borrowings

Govt must present a credible macroeconomic picture

Cadila to make India's first indigenous antibody test kit: Health Minister

The anti-SARS-Cov-2 human lgG ELISA kit has the advantage of testing 90 samples together in a single run of 2.5 hours

IT firms to continue hiring freshers despite coronavirus pandemic

The move is likely to help in containing costs by improving the employee pyramid; lateral hiring likely to be on need-basis

With economic activity in deep freeze, truckmakers wait for signs of thaw

Balance-sheet squeeze makes purchase of trucks impractical, they say

Lockdown 3.0: Re-starting production a task cut out for India Inc

Rusty machinery, lack of labour, confusion over rules bug corporate honchos

India needs large fiscal stimulus in face of slowdown risk: Kaushik Basu

The Centre must give states the freedom to spend more, respecting India's federal structure, Basu said

MP labour law changes: Relaxed licence norms for contract workers

Recognition of trade unions for collective bargaining no longer possible for key industrial sectors

Covid-19 to structurally change collection of data for official statistics

The National Statistics Office is exchanging ideas with international agencies about handling data and statistics amid the pandemic situation

Lockdown 3.0: Elders going big on e-commerce and use of digital wallet

The survey took feedback from 3,737 respondents in cities including Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Pune and Ahmedabad