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Covid-19: India to open its skies in phases after lockdown is lifted

The top 10 airports are likely to be made operational first; international travel to open up last

Coronavirus outbreak, recession cloud credit quality outlook, says CRISIL

Moody's, too, revises outlook on Indian banks to negative

Covid-19 impact: Air India suspends contract of around 200 employees

The national carrier has already cut the allowances of all employees, except cabin crew, by 10 per cent for the next three months

Covid-19: OYO CEO Ritesh Agarwal takes 100% pay cut for rest of the year

The company's entire executive leadership team has taken a voluntary pay cut starting at 25 per cent and going up to 50 per cent

Covid-19 lockdown: Uber, BigBasket partner for essential service delivery

A B2B alliance, Uber's drivers will initially help BigBasket with last-mile delivery in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chandigarh and Noida

Saving the rabi crop

The lockdown can severely affect harvesting and sale

Currency conundrum

RBI has done well to contain excess volatility

With witticisms, warnings & videos on lockdown, cops turn stars on Twitter

From being quick to quell rumours and call out fake news to using popular movie dialogues to tell people to stay in, the Mumbai Police Twitter handle has been moving at dizzying speed.

Letter to BS: Global interdependence of economies cannot be wished away

We will require the very best in global leadership to be better prepared for the next inevitable universal cataclysm, be it natural disasters or man-made pandemics

Letter to BS: A 50% pension cut is like adding insult to injury

A 50% cut on pensioners, as announced by the Te­lan­gana government, is insensitive

Coronavirus impact: Rating agencies see more pain for banks and NBFCs

'Spike in NPAs will be reflected over the next few quarters'

Number of cases in Delhi now 293, half of these linked to Tablighi meet

The number of positive cases also rose sharply to 293, the Delhi government on Thursday

Gambhir expresses displeasure over Dhoni getting unfairly limelight for WC

An irked Gambhir has been complaining that Dhoni unfairly hogged the limelight, sidelining the contribution of others

Has PR overridden governance?

One week into coronavirus lockdown, it is clear that thinking and planning began after PM Modi's momentous decision

Why Modi's PM CARES is more democratic than PM National Relief Fund

With a constitutionally sound trust in place, expectations would be that PM CARES becomes a war chest India can readily rely on in emergencies when the future of an entire country is at stake

Women Jan Dhan account holders to get cash benefits in a staggered manner

To ensure that social distancing is maintained at the bank branches, the department of financial services, under the finance ministry, has issued guidelines to all banks

Fear of the unknown

Covid-19's impact on mental health can be huge

Aarogya Setu: All you need to know about govt's Covid-19 tracker app

The app tracks through a Bluetooth and location-generated social graph

Rajasthan govt excludes paramedical, nursing staff from salary cut

The other states have not made any such distinction, which would mean that health sector employees will also be covered in the wage cuts

Coronavirus: UP provides cash relief to over a million daily wage workers

The relief amount has been directly credited into the bank accounts of over 1.06 million beneficiaries estimated at Rs 106 crore, of which Rs 4.85 crore was credited during the day