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Trump's handling of Covid-19 pandemic an 'absolute chaotic disaster': Obama

The United States is the worst affected country in the world from the coronavirus infection

USFDA authorises emergency use of antigen test to diagnose, treat Covid-19

According to Johns Hopkins University, the United States has over 1.3 million confirmed cases, with the death toll at 78,320

Covid-19: 25,000 Indians to be repatriated from US, says Ambassador Sandhu

The first flight will be from San Francisco to Mumbai and Hyderabad on Saturday with 200 passengers on board

World coronavirus dispatch: How safe is it to go to a coffee shop?

Germany gets a respite while Brazil emerges as a hotspot, and gyms open in Beijing

India coronavirus dispatch: States don't have enough money in this battle

From reviving a struggling financial sector, to a spike in cases in Odisha, to making India a Covid-19 testing superpower

Covid-19 Factoid: 80 per cent of cases in lockdown 3.0 from just 5 states

Five nations witness an upward trajectory in new Covid-19 cases while Iran might be seeing a second wave

Assam latest to go for labour reforms, plans raising work hours by 50%

Unlike other BJP-ruled states, it isn't doing away with most existing laws, but seeks to introduce fixed-term employment to facilitate direct hiring of contract labour by firms

Can coronavirus pandemic bring single screens back in the reckoning?

From over 12,000 single screens in 2000, India is down to 5,500 currently

The results are in for the sharing economy. They are ugly

Lyft, Uber and Airbnb depend on travel, vacations and gatherings. That's a problem when much of the world is staying home

Here are a few stories of how Ebola helped Africa prepare for coronavirus

Ebola prompted the World Health Organization to change its emergency response structure, rapid laboratory testing and changing the design of treatment centres

Oncofertility: Seeking to preserve fertility among cancer patients

The diagnosis of cancer is a shock in itself and then comes another - the risk of infertility

ICICI Bank pre-tax profit up 82% in Q4; provides heavily for Covid-19

Excluding covid-19 related provisions, the profit after tax of the bank would have been Rs 3,260 crore

China will recover faster than many countries: M Huotari of MERICS

He says, the first important question will be whether and under which conditions China will allow for debt relief to loan recipients and BRI clients across the world

Lockdown 3.0: Banks may need more regulatory support amid Covid-19 crisis

With credit cost expected to increase by 200-350 bps across banks, asset quality may deteriorate to FY18 levels

Tamil Nadu forms high level committee to assess Covid-19 impact on economy

The committee shall submit its final reports to the government within three months time and also submit an interim report

Export contraction in April could surpass March's steep 25-year decline

Major forex earning sectors cite lack of labour, funds and key supplies

Need a cost-effective sampling strategy to estimate Covid-19 cases

A simple random sampling provides each individual comprising the population the same probability of inclusion in the sample. Such a sampling technique has been adopted in some European countries

Bankruptcy court approves Neiman Marcus' plea to access financing

The Dallas-based retailer plans to cede control to creditors in exchange for eliminating $4 billion of debt. Its debt currently totals about $5 billion

Covid-19 impact: Indian firms look to fill in for US' Famotidine crunch

Some see this as an opportunity for Indian firms like Alembic, Aurobindo who make both the bulk drug and the formulation

Real estate firms bank on tech tools to generate sales amid lockdown

From Zoom calls to virtual experience centres, they are trying out everything possible to generate sales at a time when bookings have dried up.