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China's actual Covid-19 death toll much higher, way ahead of the US: Trump

According to Trump, when highly-developed healthcare systems of the UK, France, Belgium, Italy and Spain had high fatality rates, it was 0.33 in China

Covid-19: Nitish under pressure after UP brings back students from Kota

Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav issued an open letter addressed to the chief minister, wherein he charged the state government with treating its own people like infiltrators

India coronavirus dispatch: A big blow to fuel consumption in the country

From food shortage for migrants, to farmers facing trouble in Haryana, and the economic impact of the lockdown

World coronavirus dispatch: When is the right time to ease the lockdown?

From people thronging cafes in Korea, to countries thinking of easing lockdowns, to the efficacy of antibody kits

Covid-19 factoid: South Korea stages a sharp recovery, Kerala does well too

While Michigan and New York have the highest fatality rate among states in the US, Kerala has brought things well under control

Lockdown impact: Imported raw material scarcity hits FMCG goods production

Industry officials say the crunch has not only affected manufacturing of edibles but even of items like nozzle pumps and other goods used in packaging

300,000 more Covid-19 test kits sent to India from China: Indian envoy

About three lakh Rapid Antibody Test kits were airlifted to Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu from Guangzhou, Indian Ambassador to China Vikram Misri said.

How a bunch of outfits are still getting organic produce to your doorstep

Ritwik Sharma on the outfits that are bringing organic farm produce to your doorstep during the lockdown

Walmart, Flipkart secure one million medical gowns in coronavirus fight

The companies have committed Rs 46 crore to support India's fight against the pandemic.

Farmers let rabi 30% veggies rot in fields, start ploughing for kharif

With normal monsoon forecast this year, they want to take advantage of pre-monsoon showers

Covid-19: 26 Navy sailors test positive; no cases on combat ships

India tally nears 15,000-mark

Hyundai plans to go ahead with new launches, doesn't see Covid-19 roadblock

Company says work-from-home has been useful; doesn't foresee any delay in launches as it awaits govt clarity on resuming operations

Covid-19 crisis: Each bank to decide on granting moratorium to NBFCs

However, there was no clarity on whether the finance companies that borrow from banks would get the option to delay payments to their lender banks.

Stock investing: Cull overleveraged companies from your portfolio

At a time when revenues have been disrupted, these are the ones that could go belly up first

Covid-19 will reboot world into virtual reality: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

This Covid-19 outbreak is a lesson that technology has many faces and being besotted with only one application of computational science is dangerous, Mazumdar-Shaw said

Covid-19 lockdown to further paralyse cash flow, coal supply of power units

Sector experts believe the double trouble is likely to stay for the next three quarters and could hurt the supply chain from coal to power despatch.

Little relief for tolling firms as collection may drop 60% post lockdown

Even though the non-political force majeure will be invoked it will not cover the decline in traffic volumes, say experts

Covid-19 exposes regulatory chinks, may force firms to replan work formats

Work-from-home model may go out once things stabilise; companies call for labour, social security, financial and education reforms

Fighting coronavirus crisis: Defence public sector firms divert production

Bengaluru-based Bharat Electronic Limited (BEL) has begun manufacturing 30,000 ventilators for intensive care units across the country

Meat retailers switch to online models, see sales double during lockdown

India is one of the countries with the lowest per capita meat consumption in the world