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Crude jumps 26% on MCX, bullion gains on hope of end to Saudi-Russia rift

The two nations are meeting next week to work out a possible output cut

Covid-19: CERC pares late payment surcharge by 0.5% on power discoms

Power ministry last week asked CERC to provide relief to discoms as they are unable to collect payments from consumers because of the 21-day lockdown

Tillotama Shome on 20 years in the charmed world of independent cinema

While the pandemic disrupts the India release of Sir, actor Tillotama Shome talks to Ranjita Ganesan about her twenty years in the charmed world of independent cinema

Nifty posts 6.7% weekly drop as investors continue to fret over Covid-19

Investors were left disappointed after Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his video message refrained from offering any measure to help repair the economy

Finding mask a daunting task amid coronavirus. Should you make your own?

While we don't have a lot of research on the effectiveness of homemade masks in preventing the spread of infection, scientists who study airborne diseases can offer some guidance.

Free-for-all vs copyright

Last week, Internet Archive, a nonprofit group, announced that it would drop the access restrictions for its scanned books to make them widely available to readers during the coronavirus outbreak.

West Bengal stayed one jump ahead of Centre on coronavirus detection

Officials say this early decision on the lockdown saved a degree of trouble for some migrants

Chronicles from the lockdown

Having help has left us free to work from home and offered the freedom to catch up with long-pending tasks

What will happen to Laddu Mahto?

Craftspeople have received a huge blow during this ongoing lockdown

Coronavirus impact: Indian expats with expired visas on sticky wicket

Senior government officials have confirmed that no evacuation flights to the US are on the radar, given the surge in cases to above 245,000 (as of Friday), in the country.

Fitch slashes India growth forecast to 30-year low of 2% for FY21

On March 20, Fitch had projected India's GDP growth for 2020-21 at 5.1 per cent, lower than 5.6 per cent estimated in December 2019

Coronavirus lockdown to hurt finances of generators, discoms: Study

The financial profile of the state distribution utilities or discoms has not seen an improvement in 2019-20

Residential bookings in Mumbai region fall 78% in February-March: Report

The report noted that RBI's three month moratorium on term loan instalments is expected to release some pressure off the developers.

Ideas on how to recalibrate celebrations in the time of isolation

The strangeness brought about by a work-from-home situation means the lines between the personal and professional blur too easily.

Amazon Pantry back online, resumes services in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune

Company building Alexa experience to check symptoms for Covid-19 at home

BigBasket, Grofers to hire warehouse, delivery staff to clear backlog

The hiring by BigBasket will be done across 26 cities where the company delivers

Microsoft powers IoT company Gaia in the fight against coronavirus

The Mumbai-based firm's technology has been successfully tested in Agra and Gaia plans to scale up the platform in other parts of the country as well.

Small, used cars may see surge in sale after 21-day coronavirus lockdown

Thanks to social distancing norms and rising hygiene awareness, daily commuters may ditch public transport and shared mobility solutions like Ola and Uber

Freefalling economies and a million cases lay bare coronavirus damage

In the space of just 24 hours, 6,095 infected people died - nearly twice the total number of deaths in China, where the virus and Covid-19, the disease it causes, originated.

Covid-19: Ending the tyranny of scale?

Scale became critical because of steadily increasing capital intensity that the new technologies engendered