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After Covid-19, clients will look at WFH issues: HCL Tech's C Vijayakumar

C Vijayakumar, president and chief executive officer of HCL Tech, tells Neha Alawadhi that though demand has fallen in some sectors, others continue to be strong.

Beauty takes back seat as essential items become priority amid lockdown

Beauty products segment witnesses 0.8% decline in March, says Nielsen

Covid-19 impact: AMNS India's March operations take a hit due to lockdown

The company said that it had moved to match production with the evolving orderbook; steel shipments for 2Q 2020 were expected within the range of 13.5 million tonnes to 14.5 million tonnes

UP amends Mandi Act to facilitate direct procurement from farmers

Farmers allowed to sell 46 fruits and vegetables directly without bringing them to mandis

Tamil Nadu reports 580 more Covid-19 cases on Thursday, total reaches 5,409

Large number of cases linked to Koyambedu market; two more deaths in state, overall toll at 37

Industry in Ahmedabad face first day jitters of complete lockdown

The first day impact has been more on the pharma especially in the wake of 26 workers at Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd.'s facility in Ahmedabad testing positive for COVID-19

HCL provides protective equipment to healthcare workers in Coimbatore

HCL has provided 7,000 PPE kits complying to the SITRA and HLL specifications, 20,000 three-ply masks, 55 liters of sanitizer and two hands-free wash basins to the district administration.

Universities to go ahead with UGC guidelines for new academic year

UGC had stated that the session for 2020-21 could commence from August 1 for old or continuing students and from September 1 for fresh students in its latest guidelines

Petition filed in Kerala HC against mandatory download of Aarogya Setu

Plea said the order "takes away the right of a person to decide and control the use of information pertaining to him"

Experts fear massive 40% fall in April GDP, call for unlocking of economy

"There are some signals... the global markets are fearing that India is going to slide into a controlled economy which is very damaging," said former Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu

Air India flight from UAE carrying 177 Indian nationals takes off

The Air India Express flight IX452 took off from Abu Dhabi to Kochi, which will be followed by a Dubai-Kozhikode flight of the same airline

Number of confirmed cases in India close to 53,000, death toll hits 1,783

In Maharashtra, with the highest number of confirmed cases in the country at 16,758, the toll went up up by 68 in the last two days to 651 deaths as on Thursday.

Gadkari sets road construction target for next two years at Rs 15 trillion

Directs officers to finalise auto scrapping policy quickly

WHO deeply troubled by increasing reports of domestic violence in Europe

Although data is scarce, member states are reporting up to a 60% increase in emergency calls by women subjected to violence, said Kludge

Covid-19: NHAI's asset monetization to take a hit, InvITs face delays

NHAI invited bids for the fourth TOT contract in October 2019 and expected to raise over Rs 4,000 crore by offering a total of 7 road stretches, with a cumulative length of 400 km

Amazon offers special delivery of essentials in Mumbai's containment zones

Amazon will deliver orders to a designated delivery point in the vicinity of the containment zone, from where volunteers will take the packages to the customer's doorstep

UP govt plans daily evacuation of 45,000 stranded labourers amid lockdown

Yogi government urges Maharashtra to dispatch 10 trains a day

Can Ganga water treat Covid-19? ICMR says no to study, need more data

Evidence and data available at the moment is not strong enough to start the clinical studies, said Dr Y K Gupta

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