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Kuwait: 800,000 Indians may have to leave as country approves expat bill

According to the bill, Indians should not exceed 15% of the population

Sobha Ltd shares gain 5% after Company issues operational update for Q1FY21

The company said the demand has remained consistent in all the cities where it operates in spite of uncertainties of the Covid-19 pandemic

Covid-19 impact: 10,000 IT professionals may have lost jobs in Q1

Top 10 IT firms of India reduced total headcount by around one percentage point in the last quarter, says industry resource.

WHO to end anti-malaria drug hydroxycholorquine trial for coronavirus cure

WHO said Saturday it has 'accepted the recommendation' from the committee overseeing the trial to discontinue testing of hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir

August 15 deadline for Covaxin impossible to achieve, say trial sites

This, even after India clubs phase 1 & 2 of vaccine trials: Experts

Covid-19 impact: Mass lay-offs, cost-cutting among start-ups, says survey

Start-ups are now resorting to mass lay-offs and cost-cutting, as only a small number of them is funded to sustain till end-2020

Brakes on spending: Consumers begin value hunting in FMCG, automobiles

The emphasis, as most FMCG chief executive officers admit, is on essentials and away from discretionary categories

239 scientists have made one claim: Coronavirus is airborne

WHO says the virus is spread by large respiratory droplets. However, these scientists have outlined the evidence showing that smaller particles can infect people

Irrational target

Search for vaccine must not compromise on trials

Scientists say Covid-19 is airborne, ask WHO to revise recommendations

The WHO has said the coronavirus disease spreads primarily from person to person through small droplets from the nose or mouth

Nation wants to know

Why don't the government, its ministers and doctors working with the government answer tough questions on Covid numbers?

Amazon, Flipkart help small businesses get ready for post-Covid-19 world

Experts said consumers are getting a majority of their essential and non-essential supplies home delivered via e-commerce platforms to minimise exposure to others and for convenience.

An unselective approach to investing

Buying a random selection, you will pick up some multi-baggers. But there will be considerable suffering for others

106-year-old Delhi man who survived Spanish Flu recovers from Covid-19

The patient was discharged from the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) recently after recovering

Covid-19 recoveries around the world exceed 6 mn: Johns Hopkins University

The number of Covid-19 fatalities worldwide totaled 530,898, while the total number of infections stood at 11,272,342, according to the data

Ganesh idol makers face demand scarcity as Covid-19 rises in Maharashtra

With the lockdown being in place, there has also been a shortage of raw materials as well. Most of the raw materials come from Gujarat and Kerala, said an idol maker

Covid-19: UP reports massive dip in revenues in first quarter of 2020-21

However, green shoots began to appear in the latter half of the quarter with the staggered lifting of lockdown in non-containment zones

Scientists find new protein which may reduce inflammation due to Covid-19

When the two peptides are combined, they work together to penetrate a cell's membrane and dampen an acute inflammatory response, said the researchers

More homebuyers want budget-friendly apartments due to Covid-19: Realtors

The younger generation was moving towards urban locations and giving up the 'paying guest' concept of sharing living space with others

More than 4,000 coronavirus tests on F1 personnel prove negative

F1 has its first race in Austria, four months after the opening race in Australia was cancelled and the season postponed