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Diamond processors told to curtail import of rough stones for one month
GJEPC says the move will help the industry clear inventory and ease the working capital situation
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3 cops injured in stone pelting by migrant workers at IIT Hyderabad
The workers who were protesting near a construction site demanded that they be paid wages and allowed to go back to their native places in view of the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown, police said
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Covid-19 fallout: Hotel industry revenue likely to slip by Rs 90,000 cr
Given the evolving scenario, the consultants said they have revised earlier estimates of the overall revenue loss that the industry would face in 2020
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India's domestic air passenger traffic fell by 11.8% in March, says IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), however, said global passenger traffic dived 52.9 per cent compared to the same period a year ago.
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Nearly half of world's workforce risks losing livelihoods in pandemic: ILO
Prolonged lockdowns and closures expected to lead to an 'even' worse fall in total working hours, says UN agency.
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Fight against Covid-19 seems to be show of 'one-upmanship': Moily
The imposition of lockdown is only a 'default measure', said the former Union Minister
 "Fight against Covid-19 seems to be show of 'one-upmanship': Moily")
Govt to discuss job creation, worker welfare with industry, labour unions
The government has given some relaxation to the industry in filing their returns under the labour laws by extending the last date during the lockdown period
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US GDP shrinks 4.8% in first quarter as pandemic decimates economy
It was the sharpest fall since the economy shrank at an 8.4 per centt annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2008 in the depths of the Great Recession
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India to increase testing capacity to 100,000 per day soon: Harsh Vardhan
As on Wednesday, India had conducted a total of 770,764 tests
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West Bengal to allow private buses after lockdown ends on May 4: CM
Operator unions suggested that more clarity is needed regarding the red and orange zones as a bus may have to cross such zones in its course of the permitted route
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Covid-19: Britannia launches WhatsApp store locator to meet consumer demand
The GPS-based chatbot publishes a list of stores near the consumer's current location, which have been recently serviced by the company
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Stranded people in lockdown can move to home: Centre tells states, UTs
Home ministry issues guidelines on how people should be taken home, medically tested.
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Has Covid-19 made a unified response to a national crisis the new normal?
While the Centre and the states have been nimble in launching joint action plans to contain the disease, there is sceptism that this is just a one-off
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Miners seek tax rationalisation as Covid mutes demand for minerals
The mining sector is rooting for a uniform tax subsuming all levies and capped at 40 per cent
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UK declines to use Apple-Google framework for Covid-19 contact tracing app
UK's health organisation, NHSX, in a blog over the weekend said that it has prioritised security and privacy in all stages of the app's development, starting with the initial design, and user testing
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Covid-19: UP moots ordinance to deal with cases of attacks on doctors, cops
Under the central ordinance to amend the Act, the attack on a health workers is a cognisable and non-bailable offence.
Can govt squeeze in a tax stimulus to quell Covid-induced economic crisis?
Falling direct and indirect tax revenues give it little elbow room to do so, even as industry clamours for relief
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Top headlines: UBS pegs FY21 growth at -0.4%, US death toll crosses 1 mn
Business Standard brings to you a snapshot of events which made it to the headlines today
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CBSE says will hold Class 10, 12 board exams, give 29 subjects priority
The clarification by the CBSE officials came amid uncertainty over when the exams will be conducted leading to speculations that the exams will be done away with in a one-time arrangement
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Flipkart, cab operator Meru join hands to deliver essential products
Meru to deliver essential goods to Flipkart customers in Ozone sanitized cabs across Delhi NCR, Bengaluru and Hyderabad
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