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Covid-19 big picture: Brace for a disaster much bigger than you expected

If the business of doubling rate continues as it is currently, be prepared for bad news not just from the perspective of the coming medical challenge but also for the economy, cautions T N Ninan

Flying blind into Covid-19

Reports this week suggest that the government has sidestepped the criteria for lifting the lockdown of the Indian Council of Medical Research

Lockdown: 1.35 mn migrant labourers return to UP amid Covid-19 crisis

Now, the state government has arranged for trains from Delhi, apart from intrastate trains from Noida, Ghaziabad and Jhansi to expedite the shifting of stranded labourers

'How can we stop it?' SC on plea to stop migrant workers walking to homes

Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava, who had filed the plea, referred to recent incidents of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh where migrant workers were killed in accidents on highways

Best of BS Opinion: Fiscal Stimulus 2.0, Covid-19 outbreak, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day

Priyanka Gandhi urges UP CM to press 20,000 Roadways buses into service to bring back labourers

The Congress leader also appealed to the police that they should not use force against the labourers

Indian Railways to start issuing waiting list tickets in special trains

Earlier, the Railways said that no waiting list tickets will be booked and passengers with confirmed tickets will be allowed to board the train

Govt refashions 'One Nation One Ration Card' as relief measure for migrants

Critics said the measure was unlikely to have any impact on migrant workers as most don't have their ration cards with them.

India inches closer to China in Covid-19 cases, tally reaches 78,003

According to the health ministry data, India added 3,722 new cases in a day, taking the tally to 78,003 as of Thursday morning. As many as 26,235 patients have been cured.

Unable to pay rent amid lockdown? Here are steps to tide over woes

Negotiate or request your landlord to adjust rent against security deposit, if it is sizeable

14 home-bound migrant workers killed in two road accidents in MP

In one of the incidents, eight Uttar Pradesh-bound migrant workers were killed and nearly 55 injured when the truck they were travelling in collided with a bus

Liquidity focus continues

Govt provides immediate relief, but demand boosters missing

Govt's piecemeal steps of little use, migrants need immediate help: Experts

No announcement on guaranteed minimum basic income which is the need of the hour, no immediate gains from ration card portability, they say

All 9 Steps FM Nirmala Sitharaman announced in second tranche

Listen to the podcast to know about all the nine measures Finance Minister announced today

Highlights: Food, housing, jobs for poor in FM's new measures for lockdown

Migrant workers, small farmers and street vendors get attention in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's new announcements.

UP govt use Disaster Relief Fund to pay for migrants' rail tickets

The state is arranging for trains to evacuate workers from Delhi, will make advance payment to facilitate speedy homecoming

Guidelines issued for pool-testing of migrant workers, global travellers

Pool testing is a cost effective and time saving method of detecting the spread of Covid among the population

UP Governor gives nod to labour law changes; President to take a final call

Since labour is a concurrent subject under the Constitution of India, states can frame their own laws but need the approval of the Centre for making amendments to central laws

In pictures: It's a long walk home for migrant workers amid lockdown

While government announces Vande Bharat mission for Indians stranded abroad, migrant workers walk back to their native places

Surviving on biscuits and water, migrants walk back from Delhi to Jharkhand

The migrant labourers had started walking towards their homes in Godda district of Jharkhand ten days ago from Delhi