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Nitin Gadkari asks states and UTs to speed up road construction

During a videoconferencing meeting with states and UTs, Gadkari called for urgent action to unblock inter-state truck and lorry traffic for smooth movement of essential goods

India's electronics manufacturing can gain from China's loss, says Prasad

IT and BPO firms to get work from home exemption for staff till July 31, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Icra to review rating methodology, factor in 3-month Covid-19 disruption

The rater will now redraw its projections assuming that a business-as-usual operating environment may not return soon

Govt's second stimulus likely this week, may keep industry waiting

Small businesses, farmers, women, poor, migrant workers to benefit from latest measures for political messaging.

Beating the pandemic of recession

Money should not be a consideration in protecting jobs, people and industry as the economy nosedives

Back to the future

Privileging physical retail over e-commerce is risky

North India to see fresh tea sales post lockdown, first auction on May 3

Brokers are of the view that opening prices of the season's fresh teas will be higher by Rs 30-50 a kg

Promoter, PE stake may go up in private banks; IndusInd, HDFC Bank to gain

Lenders are staring at unexpected asset quality losses due to the slowdown in economic activity after the countrywide lockdown.

Medlife set to launch at-home coronavirus testing in select cities

The price of a test is set at Rs 4,500 and will be conducted by labs authorised by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Medlife said in a statement.

Change picks up speed in auto industry to survive post-Covid challenges

Components makers are reinventing their business to transform and survive in a post-Covid world

Looking beyond numbers

Deciphering Covid-19 data and why Kerala stands out

Covid-19 impact: Tourism industry to incur Rs 1.25 trn revenue loss in 2020

During April-June, the Indian tourism industry is expected to book a revenue loss of Rs 69,400 crore, denoting a year-on-year (y-o-y) loss of 30 per cent

Covid-19 lockdown: Domestic pharma growth takes hit as stock piles up

Inventory days have gone up from 31 days as on March 22 to 41 days as on April 22

WTO members eliminate duties on over 84% of medical products for 2020

Several medical devices like ventilators and masks are in huge demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Catching up in the cyberworld

A tiny virus has forced judiciary to shake off its digital inertia

Letter to BS: Bhagwat's remarks may cool down ire against Tablighis

Recently, some sections blamed the Tablighi Jamaat for the spread of Covid-19 in India

Letter to BS: Home quarantine is far better than hospitalisation

I appreciate West Bengal govt's decision because home quarantine is far better than hospitalisation

Tamil Nadu adds 121 new Covid-19 cases, total number of cases crosses 2,000

CM K Palaniswami said that crowding at vegetable shops in major cities like Chennai, Coimbatore and others is a major issue and people had failed to understand the gravity of the situation.

A curious case of coronavirus positives and negatives for Mumbai journos

Mumbai's municipal authority tested 171 journalists for Covid-19 who were on field. Of the 171 tested, 53 journalists were told they tested positive on April 20

Business travel may resume within 6 months of lockdown lifting: Survey

A third of the respondents say they will not move employees to lower-tier hotels to save expenses, the rest say they might