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Letter to BS: Covid-19 has brought focus on sanitation, health and hygiene

Health and hygiene were ignored and all that mattered was optimum utilisation of economic resources for maximum gains at minimum cost

Letter to BS: Textbook publishers face bleak future as classes go online

Like filmmakers, the publishers have no industry status and they do not get finance

Carry forward structural economic reforms

Tackling Covid-19 should open the door for urgent economy-wide reforms

UP allows 9 industries to operate at 50% capacity amid Covid-19 lockdown

These industries include cement, steel, chemical, textile barring garments, foundries and a few others

Income tax staff in a fix over 'informal' reporting orders amid lockdown

While some are stuck in towns other than their place of work, others are finding it difficult to commute as they have to rely on public transport

Covid-19: Some state govts allow e-commerce firms to sell non-essentials

Products related to electronics such as phones, laptops and televisions are among the first ones to be allowed by various governments of states such as Rajasthan and Maharastra.

Modi's 4th address on lockdown most watched among all Covid-19 broadcasts

Non-prime time viewership also remains high in Hindi-speaking markets, growing 97 per cent in the week under review.

Coronavirus: Govt seeks industry views on how to bring workforce back

According to sources, Labour and Employment Secretary Heeralal Samariya reached out to industry executives, a day after the Home Ministry's revised lockdown guidelines

Race for vaccine against coronavirus heats up in India; 6 firms in the fray

With vaccines of some firms already in the animal trial phase, developers say that if all goes well, India can have a vaccine by next year, ahead of the earlier timelines

2,700 km in 3 days: Woman drives across 6 states to meet her ailing son

The family was informed by a Malayali doctor at AIIMS in Jodhpur about Arun Kumar's condition following which they decided to undertake the journey

Zomato denies viral rumours its rider tested positive for Covid-19

The person who tested positive worked with a restaurant and some of the orders delivered by the restaurant staff were placed on Zomato, a spokesperson said

Covid-19 impact: BMW India sales fall 17% to 2,482 units in January-March

BMW Motorrad motorcycle sales, however, rose 71.52 per cent to 1,024 units during the first quarter of the year as compared with 597 units in January-March period last year.

India Inc grapples with rising rating downgrades, revisions in outlook

Domestic rating agency CARE revised outlook on rating for Tata group-owned Indian Hotels Company Ltd from "stable" to 'negative'

Hit by Covid-19 lockdown, Grasim puts capital expenditure for FY21 on hold

Top company executives said the firm had earlier planned to invest about Rs 3,880 crore in the present financial year.

Five million more Americans seek unemployment benefits amid Covid-19 crisis

The Labor Department said 5.2 million new unemployment claims were filed last week, down from a slightly revised 6.6 million the week before

Gold prices rises 1% as global recession fears trigger flight to safety

US retail sales plunged 8.7% last month, the biggest decline since the government started tracking the series in 1992, while manufacturing output fell by the most in 74 years

Covid19: Food delivery business to dip as pizza delivery boy tests positive

A total of 89 people have been put under quarantine after a 19-year-old delivery agent from a restaurant in Malviya Nagar tested positive for the virus on April 14

Mumbai coronavirus cases cross 2,000 mark, 202 patients cured so far

Mumbai reported 1,000 new cases in just six days.

Sanitation, aerial alerts make drones new soldiers in war against Covid-19

They are being used throughout the country to spray disinfectants, manage crowds, spread awareness through public announcements and for geo-mapping to chalk out containment zones

Bedi has no authority to differ from govt's resolve: Pondy CM apprises PM

The CM said he had apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah of the "negative stand" the Lt Governor was constantly taking