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Maruti expands lead over rivals with 51% share, best ever sales in October
Shift towards petrol, entry-level vehicles and robust distribution in rural areas helps company to maintain pole position
 "Maruti expands lead over rivals with 51% share, best ever sales in October")
7-day festive sales set to break records amid order surge from small towns
With the one-week festive sales in the Covid-hit year set for grand finale on October 21
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India Coronavirus Dispatch: Delhi's task force works to stem rural spread
Durga Puja concerns in Bengal, Ahmedabad's private hospitals bear huge chunk of caseload, and herd immunity becomes highly politicised--news on how the country is coping with the pandemic
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38% engaged in employment, related activities in 2019: NSO time-use survey
The NSO, which is a wing of Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, has conducted the first Time Use Survey (TUS) in India during January to December 2019
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India Coronavirus Dispatch: Focus needs to shift to rural hinterlands
Made-in-India sanitiser pumps soon, work-life balance uprooted for women, and Delhi's testing method raise concerns--news on how the country is coping with the pandemic
 "India Coronavirus Dispatch: Focus needs to shift to rural hinterlands")
Covid-19 community spread has started, cases in rural areas a bad sign: IMA
According to the latest health ministry update, India at present has 1,038,716 coronavirus cases, of which 358,629 are active cases
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Maruti Suzuki's 3 reasons why rural mkts are doing better than urban areas
Buying sentiment in rural areas is also better due to good initial spell of rains in June which has led to a better sowing of the kharif crop
 "Maruti Suzuki's 3 reasons why rural mkts are doing better than urban areas")
The curious case of rising health, education inflation in rural areas
In rural areas, the inflation rate in health rose to 10.14% in December from in 4.7% January
 "The curious case of rising health, education inflation in rural areas")
Demand for better quality goods and services increases in rural areas: SBI
The report has also analysed the impact of PMUY on rural fuel and light retail inflation for 10 states
 "Demand for better quality goods and services increases in rural areas: SBI")
In rural India, rich people travel for education, poor for social reasons
In urban areas, 28% rich households travelled overnight during 2014-15
 "In rural India, rich people travel for education, poor for social reasons")
