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Covid-19: Stranded migrants can work during lockdown, but conditions apply

No interstate movement allowed; registration with local authorities must

Over 400,000 samples tested, 17,615 Indians Covid-19 positive: ICMR

ICMR said that by the end of May it would achieve the testing capacity of 100,000 per day

India rejects Imran Khan's allegations of discrimination against Muslims

"Instead of concentrating on fighting Covid-19, they are making baseless allegations against their neighbours," the MEA spokesperson said while responding to media queries on Khan's remarks

Top 10 biz headlines: Stranded labour in lockdown, company results and more

Here are the top business headlines this Monday

India coronavirus dispatch: A constitutional duty towards our urban poor

From treating migrant workers justly and humanely, to flattening the state-level curves, and how epidemics change the course of nations - read these and more in today's dispatch

Covid-19 Factoid: After Kerala, now Tamil Nadu is showing signs of success

While the time taken for 100,000 confirmed cases globally to recover has declined to just three days from 48 earlier, the gap between new cases and recoveries in Germany has narrowed significantly

Best of BS Opinion: Global financial system, coronavirus outbreak, and more

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

Covid-19: UP govt to provide jobs to half a million migrant labourers

Jobs to be created under 'one district, one product' (ODOP) scheme

Coronavirus outbreak: Lok Sabha Secretariat to resume work from today

All officers of the joint secretary rank and above will join office

Covid-19: Irdai directs health insurers to settle claims within two hours

All the insurers shall decide health insurance claims expeditiously, it said in a circular

'Live free, or die': Hundreds protest against US lockdown restrictions

A similar rally outside Maryland's colonial-era statehouse in Annapolis drew around 200 protesters

PM Narendra Modi pushes for use of technology in the 'era of Covid-19'

He further spoke about how a "Digital First" approach has helped not just professionals, but also transformed the education sector and reduced corruption.

Coronavirus lockdown keeps companies' yearly, quarterly results in limbo

Till April 19, only 41 out of the 3,947 companies listed on the BSE have managed to finalise the dates for the declaration of their yearly financial results.

Centre forms a high-level task force on coronavirus vaccine, drug testing

The task force would also form clinical cohorts, which would focus on long-term follow up of the disease and its management

Covid-19 impact: IndiGo shuts bookings till May 31 after DGCA order

A formal ban on forward bookings from the aviation regulator came after a tweet from Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri

Lockdown easing, interrupted! Delhi, Telangana rule out relaxations

Karnataka rolled back its decision to relax the lockdown

Covid-19 lockdown: India Inc to begin work under curbs, some wait

This comes even as supply chain constraints and labour shortage remain

Pharma traders oppose Medlife-Uber partnership to deliver medicines

Uber, in a press release, had said that the partnership was aimed at ensuring that essential needs are fulfilled right in the safety of customers' homes

Covid-19 impact: Govt backtracks on non-essential items' sale by e-tailers

The norms earlier allowed them to operate without any restriction on their working hours from April 20, provided they ensured strict social distancing.

Covid-19: Pandemic success turns controversial in Kerala over a data deal

Opposition parties, led by the Congress, are crying foul because the state tied up with US-based Sprinklr, a citizen & customer experience management firm, to collate and manage the Covid-19 data