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New report raises fresh concerns over govt's Aarogya Setu application

The Centre has made the downloading of the app mandatory vide an order dated May 1, 2020 in all public and private offices, as well as in containment zones.

How to Make in India 2.0

India will be served well by comprehensive capital and labour reforms but it is important to sift the necessary from the desirable

Keep calm- and panic

The book has been put together in a remarkably short period of time and the urgency is palpable

Centre pulls up West Bengal for suspending trade on Indo-Bangla border

Operations at Petrapole checkpost in the Bongaon area of North 24 Parganas district was closed as protests erupted after rumours of Bangladeshi labourers carrying the virus

The workplace will change forever

Workstation areas can no longer have the crowded cafe feel as proximity may no longer seem so tempting

The threat of enfeebled great powers

The United States' decline, meanwhile, is over-predicted and under-believed

States get short shrift

Central govt seeks to repair its finances

Letter to BS: Will Delhi follow Mumbai in shutting liquor shops?

As the Delhi Police is already bogged down with its disaster-management duties, the Arvind Kejriwal government should ur­gently review its decision to open liquor shops there

Letter to BS: Opening of liquor shops has thrown caution to the wind

In most places, social distancing norms were thro­wn out of the window, with serpentine queues of tippers patiently awaiting their turn to purchase their bottles

After Jyotiraditya Scindia, another Congress leader could soon join BJP

The BJP is also in need of articulate lawyers and politicians to put forth its case

Covid-19: PNB opens emergency credit line for MSMEs to enhance liquidity

There is a facility of standby line of credit for MSMEs as well as PNB COVID-19 Emergency Credit Facility (PNB-CECF), the bank said

Railways on the home run: How the transporter is ferrying 10 mn workers

Ferrying migrant workers back to their states would be the largest special service by any railway network in the world in one go. Here's how the transporter manages it

Air India opens bookings for special flights to US, London, Singapore

The home ministry has also made it mandatory for pilots and crew to undergo Covid-19 tests in order to operate evacuation flights

Fix the complexity in takeovers and delisting

If we do not make M&A execution simple and logical, capital - Indian and foreign - would seek out jurisdictions that do not entail such complication

Govt working on reforms in sunrise sectors to make India export hub: NITI

Amitabh Kant, NITI Aayog CEO, listed healthcare, education, mobility, genomics, AI, 5G network, fintech and manufacturing as high priority areas for rapid and radical structural reforms.

UP, Karnataka, TN hike duty on liquor as buffer for Covid-19 loss

UP govt also raises tax on petrol and diesel

Sebi eases compliance requirement for rights issues amid lockdown

It said the abridged letter of offer, application form and other issues material to shareholders can be undertaken by electronic transmission as already provided under the ICDR norms

Covid-19: WHO warns of new lockdowns if transition not managed carefully

"The risk of returning to lockdown remains very real if countries do not manage the transition extremely carefully and in a phased approach," WHO chief said at a virtual briefing in Geneva.

Chinese companies refute India's claim of faulty rapid testing kits

Livzon Diagnostics said it is very important to strictly follow the instructions for use in the package of our product and performed by trained professionals in qualified lab settings to ensure the te

Trai begins open house talks, dialogue on floor price tariffs unlikely

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) source said the regulator may soon come out with a consultation paper dealing with bill shocks in international mobile roaming