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Coronavirus impact: RIL's stock pricing in a worst-case scenario

Higher telecom earnings can help amid fears of weak refining & petrochemical margins

Sensex, Nifty fall over 4% amid global oil rout, coronavirus spread

The Sensex dropped 1,375 points, or 4.6 per cent, to end at 28,440, while the Nifty 50 index declined 379 points, or 4.4 per cent, to end at 8,281.

JPMorgan says the market rout is probably past its worst now

Coronavirus infection rates remain a 'wild card' as they remain high even if they're 'slowing' in the US and Europe

Coronavirus spread: 6 Telangana deaths linked to prayer meet in Nizamuddin

Police and paramilitary personnel have cordoned off the area near Markaz and evacuated hundreds of people suspected to have contracted coronavirus.

Coronavirus outbreak: India reports 227 cases in a day, death toll at 32

Biggest single-day jump in cases; total at 1,251

Covid-19: 93 migrants held for defying orders, cops fire teargas shells

Situation became tense in Ganesh Nagar and Tirupati Nagar localities late Sunday night after nearly 500 migrant workers residing there came on roads, demanding transportation facility

G20 ministers agree to keep markets open amid coronavirus outbreak

G20 leaders pledged last week to inject over $5 trillion into the global economy to limit job and income losses caused by border closures and sweeping shutdowns

IndusInd Bank updates analysts on coronavirus impact, bad loans scenario

The bank said credit costs likely to rise by 200-210 bps, targeting 60% provision cover, deposits down by 10-11% in March quarter

Coronavirus impact: Nomura lowers 2020 GDP growth forecast to -0.5%

"We expect growth to slide from 4.7 per cent YoY in Q4CY19 to 3.1 per cent in Q1CY20 and fall to -6.1 per cent in Q2CY20," said Sonal Varma, MD and chief India economist at Nomura.

Sebi defers key market reforms due to disruption caused by pandemic

The regulation was aimed at increasing voting participation and improving corporate governance standards

Sebi eases norms for rating agencies amid disruptions caused by Covid-19

The relaxation is being given for three months, in line with the RBI's moratorium

Coronavirus spread: Govt's U-turn on 'limited community transmission'

Health ministry says it's still local transmission; use of term on its website on Sunday was to highlight govt's 'action on field'

Coronavirus outbreak: Traders seek Army help to distribute medicines

With chemists on the brink of running dry, Centre gets on a war footing

Nizamuddin congregation: Arvind Kejriwal orders FIR against maulana

After attending the congregation, several people who attended it showed symptoms of coronavirus

Mistry group seeks to raise up to $1 billion pledging Tata Sons stake

Mistry, whose son Cyrus was ousted as chairman of Tata Sons in 2016, is the biggest single shareholder in India's largest conglomerate

Revival, not survival

Going ahead, the government's policy actions for the aviation sector needs to be less myopic

Letter to BS: States should help Centre to pull the country out of crisis

States should suspend their political animosity with the Centre for the time being

Letter to BS: Lockdown should not mean robbing Peter to pay Paul

How will the small-scale in­dustries/contractors, whose businesses have shut down, make the payments to the workers?

Toward a coherent strategy for Covid-19

Having a strategy is essential. But equally important is that the strategy accurately describe the economic problem at hand

Letter to BS: Help migrant workers survive the coronavirus crisis

Local authorities should persuade them to break their journey