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Home ministry issues SOP to streamline change of crew at Indian ports

Sign-on/sign-off procedures specified for merchant shipping vessels; seafarers to intimate travel and contact history for last 28 days to ship owner or RPS agency

Prices remain muted despite decline in crop arrivals across mandis: CRISIL

Report points to the possibility of grains being hoarded by farmers and traders to be sold at a later date when mandi operations and logistics normalise

Fundraising via corporate bonds shrinks 1.1% in FY20 as firms favour ECBs

The dip was also due to low demand for investment, as capacity utilisation remained stagnant in the Indian economy

India to airlift 220 tonnes of medical cargo from China over 3 days: Puri

India has been under a lockdown since March 25 to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus

YES Bank scam: DHFL promoters seek protection from arrest amid lockdown

The court has asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to file its reply on Thursday and directed the agency not to take any coercive action until then, the lawyer added

GST rates and the medical devices industry

Let us use the GST rate regime to build up a strong domestic industry in sectors like pharmaceuticals and medical devices that can play to our strengths in labour-intensive production

Coronavirus outbreak: Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine cleared for human tests

The trial, only the fourth worldwide of a vaccine targeting the virus, will be initially conducted on 200 healthy people aged 18 to 55 years in first stage

Coronavirus outbreak: UP, Assam ease curbs on movement of the stranded

The movement of people will be allowed based on the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Sarma said at a press conference

Covid-19: India told airlines to stop selling tickets, but they wouldn't

Four of the country's top six airlines, which together control 80 per cent of the local market, are selling domestic flight tickets for as soon as the third week of May

Coronavirus outbreak: Trump halts issue new green cards for 60 days

Says move for benefit of American workers

Best of BS Opinion: War with the virus, Jio-Facebook deal, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day

Calibrated monetary, fiscal stimulus on anvil: Principal Economic Advisor

International passenger travel would remain shut for a long time, not for weeks but for months, he said citing examples of sectors which will continue to be non-functional

Up to Rs 5 lakh fine, 7-yr jail term for attacking Covid-19 health workers

The move comes in the wake of reports of assaults on healthcare workers at some places in the country, including in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka.

Only negligent employers to be charged for Covid-19 cases, clarifies govt

Home ministry clarified that penal measures will not be across the board after India Inc raised concerns

Brent claws its way back from 20-year low; US crude up 20% in wild trade

Since the start of the year, Brent has fallen about 65 per cent , while WTI has dropped around 75 per cent

Ashok Leyland to resume operations at Alwar, Bhandara, Pantnagar plants

Company will restart production in line with demand after preparing supply chain.

NBFCs may fall by the wayside without a major forbearance package

Even after the Reserve Bank of India 'permitted' banks to offer a three-month moratorium to borrowers (of all hues), NBFCs continue to run from regulatory pillar to post to avail of it

Wall Street rises as crude oil bounces back; Dow Jones, S&P 500 jump 2%

US crude and benchmark Brent prices climbed after a collapse in the past two days, sending the S&P 500 energy index up 3.6 per cent

Coronavirus lockdown: SAIL rings alarm bells over financial position

Impacted by customers in various sectors shutting operations

Arrears' collection will be tricky

We need to understand the nature of the astronomical tax arrears' figure of Rs 9 trillion