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Hand out temporary ration cards, money to the poor: Abhijit Banerjee

Economist and former RBI Governor, Raghuram Rajan had a similar interaction with Gandhi last week

India's road traffic data shows tentative signs of life after easing curbs

Mumbai seemed the most cautious of the three. New Delhi was second, while technology hub Bengaluru saw the highest rush hour congestion.

Mumbai's prime residential market may witness a price decline of 3%: Report

According to Knight Frank's Prime Global Residential Forecast, in 2021 Mumbai's prime residential market is expected to witness a price decline of 3 per cent.

Vashi APMC traders see supplies to Mumbai impacted over movement curbs

Bar on inter-city movement. Those coming from Mumbai to Navi Mumbai will have to find a place to stay in Navi Mumbai itself

Centre raises excise duty on petrol by Rs 10 per litre, diesel by Rs 13

No change in retail prices as oil marketing firms to absorb increase

Covid-19: Lockdown exit plans highlight divergence in emerging markets

China, S Korea stocks outperform as restrictions are rolled back

Covid-19 crisis: States tap liquor, fuel to fill coffers as revenues fall

The Delhi government has already imposed a Covid cess of 70 per cent on liquor and hiked petrol and diesel prices as the state got just Rs 300 crore in April

Hero MotoCorp to benefit from higher rural share; downtrading to help

Market leader's share in the economy segment improved by 600 basis points in FY20

Telangana extends lockdown till May 29, allows liquor with 15% price hike

The chief minister said he would hold a review meeting on the status of coronavirus infections on May 15

Parking lots become digital lifeline in US amid coronavirus outbreak

With cafes and libraries closed, Americans without internet access are sitting outside them to get free and fast connections

Indices slump 7% in two days amid concerns over health of economy

After dropping 6% a day earlier, the markets attempted to rebound with the Sensex gaining as much as 550 points intra-day amid gains in the global markets

Coronavirus has accelerated importance of AI, hybrid cloud: IBM CEO

Speaking during a keynote at the IBM's Think Digital 2020 conference, Krishna said the pace of adoption of transformation journeys by enterprises has been "compacted" into months

Slowdown blues: Incremental credit flow drops 64% to Rs 6.04 trn in FY20

Economic slowdown hits activity, adding fuel to the fire

Revenue bites: IT firms go aggressive on cost-cutting amid Covid-19 crisis

Travel expenses trimmed and salary hikes put on hold as industry fights slowdown and demand uncertainty

Long queues outside liquor shops pose a new challenge for Delhi Police

Some senior officers say that the government should review its decision to open liquor shops

Tata Sons to commercialise indigenously developed testing kit 'Feluda'

Paper Strip test can be useful tool for mass scale testing for ease of use and affordability

Israel defence minister claims breakthrough in developing Covid-19 antibody

To approach international firms to produce it on a commercial scale

24 people in Army's RR hospital in Delhi test positive for Covid-19

Separately, the Indian Navy quarantined around 150 officers and sailors at the INS Netaji Subhash, an administrative and logistics base in Kolkata

Who should bear the losses?

It may be better for governments to bear the losses upfront than after the damage is done

Govt suspends all visas given to foreigners, bans travel by OCI holders

In a separate order, the Union Home Ministry also said it has extended on 'gratis' basis the visas of foreigners,who are stranded in India due the lockdown.