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Realme postpones Narzo-series launch due to Covid-19 lockdown: Details here

The announcement to postpone the launch came after the MHA changes its stance on relaxations provided to e-commerce platforms on the deliveries of good other than essential items

How Mumbai admin is battling coronavirus as cases continue to spike

The city administration is trying to ramp up the isolation and treatment center capacities here as cases continue to spike

Credit profile of Indian power utilities likely to remain steady: Fitch

This is despite cash collection delays amid Covid-19 pandemic, as favourable regulatory frameworks ensure stable operating profits, rating agency says

Coronavirus LIVE: 80% Covid-19 cases asymptomatic in India; tally at 17,615

Coronavirus latest update: Total number of coronavirus cases in India are 17,615 and the death toll stands at 559. Stay tuned with Business Standard for Covid-19 LIVE updates

World coronavirus dispatch: The geopolitical consequences of the pandemic

From Trump warning China, to Spain promising to ease the confinement of children, and comparing six healthcare systems in a pandemic - read these and more in today's world dispatch

In pics: Agriculture activity picks up amid coronavirus lockdown crisis

Farming operations are exempted from the lockdown restrictions

Business optimism index falls to record low, worse than 2009 crisis: Report

The index has dropped 7 per cent more than it did during the 2009 financial crisis

Covid-19: Post paycuts, young salaried look up to P2P platforms for loans

With no upper limit, the interest rates in the platform can go as high as 35 per cent, on a reducing balance

Mumbai, Pune, Indore: 11 places where the situation is 'especially serious'

The central government has constituted six Inter-Ministerial Central Teams to make on-spot assessment of the Covid-19 situation in these places

Coronavirus: All you need to know about new relaxation rules in your state

Coronavirus updates: The death toll due to Covid-19 infection has jumped to 556 so far

Donald Trump wants to send US experts inside China to probe coronavirus

Trump said he is not happy with China where the pandemic emerged in December last year in the central Chinese city of Wuhan

Covid-19 lockdown relaxation: NHAI resumes toll collection from today

NHAI had suspended toll collection on all national highways after the 21-day nationwide lockdown was announced on March 24 to ease emergency services in view of the coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus: What is convalescent plasma therapy? Things you should know

Convalescent plasma is an experimental procedure for coronavirus patients

IndiGo, SpiceJet tank over 5% as govt prohibits them from booking tickets

Aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri said in a tweet on Sunday that airline services shall remain suspended even after the lockdown is lifted on May 3.

Covid-19: As govt offices reopen, here are guidelines by MoHFW for safety

It advised the authorities to ensure proper cleaning, sanitisation of the workplace, particularly the frequently touched surfaces

Our health systems vulnerable to pandemics: G20 countries on Covid-19

The health ministers from the group of 20 major economies discussed weaknesses in health systems that made the world vulnerable to the coronavirus outbreak

Covid-19: Situation improves in New York, Europe; keep trade open, says IMF

Europe remains the most severely affected continent by the outbreak, with more than 1.1 million cases of the disease

Goa now first Indian state with zero Covid-19 case; all patients discharged

Goa CM Sawant said that all the agencies, including the health department and police, worked in tandem for the results

Market Ahead, April 20: Top factors that could guide markets this week

Today, IT giant Infosys is scheduled to come out with its Q4 numbers and analysts are penciling in a 1 per cent QoQ hit in its revenue growth in constant currency terms for the quarter

Covid-19 hinterland digest: 5 new hotspots emerge in Rajasthan in 2 days

Jodhpur, Kota, Tonk, Bharatpur, and Nagaur have emerged as new hotspots of coronavirus in the state. 25 out of 33 cities in Rajasthan have been hit by the pandemic till now