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India may soon ease some drug export curbs under US pressure: Report

Imports from India accounted for 24% of medicines and 31% of medicine ingredients to the United States in 2018, according to the US Food and Drug Administration

No extra spectrum needed to maintain network stability, quality: COAI

Recent series of measures, including streaming services switching content to SD and traffic redistribution has led to reduced pressure on networks

Covid-19: Apparel exporters seeks stimulus package covering wages, credit

Wants wages to be paid out of ESI funds, govt to make employer's PF contribution; seek minimum 25% hike in working capital limits, without additional collateral

HUL, Dabur: Analysts bet on rural-focused FMCG stks amid Covid-19 lockdown

In the past month, HUL shares have gained 5 per cent, while Nestle (India) has risen 1 per cent in a falling market

Interest rate cut on small savings heartless, must be rolled back: Congress

Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill said the reduction in interest rates on small savings is irrational, illogical and ill-timed

Delhi cancer hospital shut after doctor tests positive for coronavirus

The doctor, who tested positive for coronavirus, worked at the institute

Hurdles in fighting coronavirus are lack of funds, healthcare infra: Fitch

Fitch Solutions noted that more than 80 per cent of the population still does not have any significant health insurance coverage

Coronavirus politics at UN as Russia resolution calls for ending trade war

One resolution, which has more than 135 co-sponsors, calls for intensified international cooperation to contain, mitigate and defeat the pandemic

Coronavirus: India death toll rises to 38, 1,637 positive cases so far

132 people were either cured or discharged and one had migrated to another country, shows the Health Ministry data

Russia's top coronavirus doctor who shook hands with Putin tests positive

Last Tuesday Denis Protsenko met with the Russian leader who inspected the Kommunarka hospital while wearing a bright yellow hazmat suit

Little back-up to keep power plants running in the battle against Covid-19

Assured electricity supply is critical to keep life-saving machines running, but it is difficult to ensure steady flow through the lines to semi-rural hospitals

Migrant disaster in Covid-19 lockdown: Silencing NGOs has proved costly

With the State's civil society link broken beyond repair, the country is ill equipped to handle the consequences of possibly the largest post-Partition migration within India

Covid-19: Trains, thousands under lens over travel to Tablighi Jamaat

State officials said that the railways is providing lists of passengers to the district authorities which are being compared to the list of participants of the event to ensure contact tracing

Covid-19: How Indian Railways is transforming coaches into isolation wards

"Each cabin of a coach has been converted into an independent isolation ward which will accommodate one patient

Asia's factory activity in March contracts sharply on coronavirus fallout

Japan's factory activity contracted at the fastest pace in about a decade in March, adding to views that the world's third-largest economy is likely already in recession

Farm exports take a dip due to Covid-19 scare, may take months to recover

Non-availabilty of labour and transport takes a toll on shipments; bottlenecks at customs exacerbate problem despite round-the-clock clearance by govt

Coronavirus: Inventors, designers launch gadgets to fight off the contagion

From furniture makers to AI software developers, companies around the world are adapting existing products or inventing new ones to help fight the pandemic.

Covid-19: 300 from Karnataka attended NIzamuddin meet, says health minister

In a tweet, the Minister also said COVID-19 test reports of 12 of them have come out as negative.

IIT Guwahati develops robots to deliver food, medicines to Covid-19 wards

The team from IIT Guwahati's Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering departments believes the move will reduce human intervention in isolation wards.

Tough mitigation measures the way forward to contain Covid-19: US expert

President Donald Trump on Tuesday extended the social distancing measures for another 30 days till April 30 as the country is expected to face the peak in coronavirus cases around the middle of April.