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Letter to BS: Tourism industry stares at thousands of crores in losses

For the industry, which provides jobs to lakhs of people directly and indirectly, the loss is terrible and appears insurmountable at the moment

Mumbai-based KPO builds global coronavirus platform for researchers

The research available on the website,​ which went live two days ago, is directed at researchers across the world across different disciplines in healthcare

Letter to BS: Spare a thought for daily wage earners and migrant workers

The government of India must announce some help urgently

Akhilesh again slams UP govt for 'failing to manage coronavirus crisis'

He even claimed that the state had adopted a discriminatory attitude in resolving the crisis of UP-origin labourers stuck in other states

Beyond the Covid-19 red zones

Risk assessment of communities and areas is essential before full movement of people starts

Rising costs, political unrest, Covid-19: Triple whammy for tea industry

The tea industry, hit by rising costs, falling prices and political unrest in the North Bengal plantations, is especially vulnerable to the Covid-19 lockdown

Media's problem of plenty

More people than ever are watching TV and OTT channels but nobody wants to reach them

Covid-19: Quirky campaigns to bring lasting change in people's behaviour

How can governments and health agencies drive lasting lifestyle changes to combat Covid-19?

A month on, MP expands Cabinet amid criticism over Covid-19 crisis handling

The expansion came amid Opposition's criticism that Madhya Pradesh doesn't have a health minister at a time when the state has reported 76 Covid-19 deaths.

ICMR begins trials on Covid-19 patients to test plasma therapy's efficacy

Plan is to have 20-25 such trials across India under the apex health research institute

Rupee slides 30 paise to 76.83 against US Dollar amid oil price slump

Investors rushed to safe-haven bet US dollar due to market uncertainty after oil prices slumped into negative territory in US markets

AIIMS deploys robots to help medical staff in the war against Coronavirus

The applications range from sanitising the floors without human intervention to enabling doctors to monitor and interact with contagious Covid-19 patients remotely

States asked not to use Chinese coronavirus test kits for two days

India had nearly 19,000 coronavirus cases and 603 deaths from the disease, according to health ministry data on Tuesday.

Lockdown 2.0: Malls, eateries press reset button amidst Covid crisis

Single shifts, contactless shopping on cards

SC disposes plea seeking immediate relief to poor, homeless in lockdown

Referring to prevailing circumstances, the bench said, this is a situation where we cannot say whether some task has to be done one way or another

Air India sale to be delayed as govt mulls extending last date for EOI

Bidders, who are communicating with the Indian government, say the bankruptcies announced by several airlines globally due to the travel ban to control the coronavirus pandemic have hit investor senti

Transporters demand reduction in fuel prices amid Covid-19 lockdown

AIMTC said Covid-19 and the lockdown have hit the transport sector adversely, and exerting acute pressure on the sector.

70% firms expect degrowth amid coronavirus outbreak, says survey

The survey, which covered 380 firms across sectors, portrayed that most of the respondents want tax relief, demand creation and ease of compliance from the government.

ICo-Vent: A new cost-effective ventilator developed by former Telangana MP

Reddy, managing director of Stephan Design and Egineering Ltd and AVV Turbines Ltd, said that the ICo-Vent, the new product, priced at between Rs 40,000 to Rs 1,40,000

Oil firms float finished fuel products on Arabian Sea as demand slumps

They're running out of storage space on land and their refineries are running only at 50% of capacity; US Oil futures touch an unprecedented negative pricing