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Shivraj inducts five ministers in Cabinet expansion; MP gets a cabinet

The state was without a cabinet for the last two months owing to the COVID-19 pandemic after Chouhan was sworn in as CM on March 23

IOC says working full throttle to meet rising LPG demand in Tamil Nadu

Company says its 12 bottling plants in the state are running at full capacity without disruptions, many a times on Sundays and holidays as well.

Weak oil, global cues trigger 1,011-pt Sensex slide; financials worst hit

All that happened in the markets today

Covid-19 impact: NLC, TCS employees top EPF advance withdrawal list

The top firms which saw the highest amount of applications for EPF advance withdrawal were TCS (9,373 employees), HCL Technologies (6,938) and NLC (3,255)

Covid-19 crisis and India's ration story: Mounting stocks and hungry mouths

At the all-India level, applying the 67% ratio to a projected population of 1,372 million for 2020, PDS coverage today would be 922 million, instead of around 800 million

'Cleaning hands of rich': Rahul blasts govt for using rice in sanitisers

The decision was taken by a group of experts under the National Biofuel Coordination Committee (NBCC), chaired by Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

Covid-19 impact: Technology start-ups have multiple silver linings

The lockdown has severely crippled half the ecosystem, especially e-commerce and mobility services; but the other half - digital players in content, social media and so on - is having a field day

Six months after her appointment, first female SAP co-CEO resigns

Morgan, 48, became the first woman to head a company listed on Frankfurt's blue-chip DAX 30 index when she was appointed co-CEO alongside Christian Klein last October

YouTube sees surge in subscriber base, views due to Covid-19 lockdown

Covid-19 related content has seen a surge of 98 per cent in terms of views and 19 per cent in terms of engagement

Housekeeper with LS Secretariat tests Covid-19 positive, family quarantined

He had symptoms of fever, cough and breathing problems and was found to be COVID-19 positive

Trump's immigration ban: Will it affect Indian IT sector? The story so far

Trump talked about suspending immigration visas, and the H-1B visa, which is more popular among Indian IT professionals, is a non-immigrant visa

This small-cap company has found its watershed moment in Covid-19 pandemic

Kilpest India, one of the companies that have received ICMR's approval to produce RT-PCR kits for Covid-19 testing, has seen its share price more than double since April 1

Covid-19: Paytm Payments Bank crosses Rs 1,000 crore in savings deposits

PPBL has been witnessing an accelerated rise in the deposits, as more people are embracing digital banking during Covid-19.

Amazon employees to strike over 'unsafe' conditons amid Covid-19 pandemic

The protest by more than 300 warehouse workers comes three days before an online strike by Amazon coders and engineers

Like Mumbai, Delhi govt to conduct Covid-19 test on mediapersons

Responding to a tweet in which a person requested the CM to arrange mass COVID-19 test for media persons in Delhi on the lines of the one carried out in Mumbai, Kejriwal said, "Sure. We will do that."

Own a website? Use Google Optimize to keep users informed about Covid-19

Normally Optimize users are able to run 10 personalisation on their websites at the same time

Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra cases rise to 4,676; India total hits 18,658

Coronavirus latest update: Total number of coronavirus cases in India has reached 18,658 and the global tally stands at 2,482,272. Stay with Business Standard for Covid-19 LIVE updates

Bajaj Finance dips 8% after UBS downgrades it to 'Sell', cuts target price

The Covid-19 induced slowdown, UBS believes, could have worse impact on the auto finance segment than demonetissation or global financial crisis, casting shadow on the NBFC's loan segment

MNCs moving out of China, India must seize the opportunity: Panagariya

Covid-19 crisis has made it evident that India needs to create better paid, formal sector jobs that requires moving workers out of tiny enterprises into better-paying jobs, he said

Policy measures may not offset Covid-19 economic damage in APAC: Moody's

Though Asia's external & fiscal buffers are generally more robust than those in other regions, equipping governments with more policy space, their policy responses will only cushion some of the impact