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Covid-19: Sun Pharma gets DCGI nod for nafamostat clinical trial in patients

NEW DELHI: The Drug Controller General of India has approved Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd’s clinical trial with nafamostat mesilate in covid-19 patients.

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ITC Hotels partners with Swiggy for home delivery of food

NEW DELHI : As part of its responsible dining initiative, ITC Hotels on Friday announced a partnership with on-demand delivery platform Swiggy so that people can continue to enjoy their favourite dishes from popular restaurants of the hotel chain while staying at home.

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NCS ties up with TCS iON for providing free online skill training for jobs

NEW DELHI : National Career Service (NCS), a labour and employment ministry project, has joined hands with TCS iON to provide free-of-cost online skill training to registered job seekers. TCS iON is a strategic unit of Tata Consultancy Services focused on manufacturing industries, educational institutions and examination boards. It provides technology through the IT-as-a-service model, offering end-to-end business solutions.

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Delhi encourages home quarantine, Kejriwal's video message today

NEW DELHI : The Delhi government is pushing for home quarantine for coronavirus positive patients who have mild symptoms, even as cases continue to rise in the state.

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GST Council may find it difficult to raise GST rates

NEW DELHI : The GST Council is unlikely to make major changes in the indirect tax structure at its next meeting slated mid June. A top government source said that the Centre is not in favour of increasing tax rates on any goods or service as it could further impact consumption and demand that is already suppressed due the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown.

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State-backed cyberattackers target 50-100 Indians in April, finds Google

NEW DELHI: Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) which has been on tracks of over 270 government-backed cyberattacker groups from more than 50 countries detected phishing and hacking attempts on Google accounts of 50 to 100 individuals in India in April. The individuals have been informed by Google about the attacks.

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Lockdown extension: Will Metro, malls, restaurants be allowed in some areas?

NEW DELHI : Three days ahead of completing 68-day countrywide lockdown, the Centre is learnt to have come up with a roadmap of an exit plan from the crisis in its fourth extension of the restrictions '5.0' which may allow malls and restaurants to reopen and limit restrictions only in containment zones.

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Covid-19: HUL's Mehta sees demand revival by 2020-end or early 2021, says report

NEW DELHI: Hindustan Unilever Ltd's chief executive and managing director India, Sanjiv Mehta, is hopeful that economic activity will pick up and demand revive by the end of 2020 or early next year.

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Finance ministry not in favour of raising GST rates on non-essential items

NEW DELHI: The finance ministry is not in favour of raising Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates even on non-essential items at a time its revenue collections are expected to be badly hit by the ongoing nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of covid-19.

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Covid-19: ITC launches vegetable, fruit cleaning product Nimwash

NEW DELHI: Packaged goods firm ITC Ltd on Friday announced the launch of Nimwash, a vegetable and fruit wash which helps disinfect fresh produce.

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Devastated by covid-19 lockdown, radio industry sends out SOS

NEW DELHI: Under tremendous pressure due to a fall in advertising spends across sectors because of subdued business activity amid the covid-19 pandemic, the FM radio industry is staring at a major financial crisis.

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Mini-grid services continue to drive rural India’s need for power supply: Survey

New Delhi: Smart Power India (SPI), a subsidiary of the Rockefeller Foundation today released the second edition of its survey titled ‘Impact of Post COVID-19 Lockdown’. The survey was conducted in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar with a sample size of 358 consisting of households (29%), shops (43%) and rural enterprises (28%) from 15 April 2020 to 20 May 2020. The survey analyzes the impact of post COVID-19 lockdown in the mini-grid villages and takes into consideration the overall perception around the stimulus package, availability of livelihood options, and the economic fallout of the lockdown on various mini-grid consumer segments.

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India’s farmers told to beat drums, utensils to scare locusts away

The northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is on alert and various districts, including Gautam Buddha Nagar adjoining the nation’s capital New Delhi, have warned citizens to take preventive measures.

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UGC asks varsities not to insist on immediate fee payment but mull other options

NEW DELHI: Keeping financial constraints of millions of students in mind, the government has asked colleges and universities not to insist on immediate payment of annual or semester fees.

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India's crude oil import bill fell by 10% in FY20

NEW DELHI : As the crude oil market fell into a bear mode following the global spread of coronavirus, India's oil import bill also fell by about 10% in FY20. According to provisional data from Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the petroleum ministry, India's oil import bill went down to $101.4 billion in FY20 as against $111.9 billion in previous fiscal FY19.

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Doctors in India go online to treat patients amid coronavirus outbreak

As India's health system grapples with the coronavirus, doctors are increasingly going online to consult with patients suffering less critical or chronic diseases, while the south Asian economy prepares to emerge from a nationwide lockdown.

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AP Explains: What's behind latest India-China border tension

NEW DELHI – Tensions along the China-India border high in the Himalayas have flared again in recent weeks.

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Don't plan a baby till coronavirus is contained: Expert

NEW DELHI : If you have been planning to get pregnant, now is certainly not the time to do so as pregnant women and infant children are at a high risk of contracting COVID-19, says a doctor specialising in gynaecology and obstetrics.

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Railways asks people with serious health issues to take trains only if necessary

NEW DELHI: Railway minister Piyush Goyal on Friday urged passengers with serious health issues, senior citizens, pregnant women and children below 10 years of age to board Shramik Special trains only for essential travel.

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Lupin posts 35% jump in Jan-Mar consolidated profit on one-time gain

NEW DELHI: Lupin Ltd reported a 35% year-on-year jump in its January-March (Q4) consolidated net profit to ₹389.6 crore on account of a one-time gain accrued from the divestment of its stake in Japanese firm Kyowa Pharmaceuticals even as the company’s operational performance was hit by a fall in sales in US and Asia Pacific markets.

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Guard at Delhi Covid hospital dies of corona infection

The death of the guard came as several health workers have tested positive for the infection since the outbreak

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Covid-19 impact: India set for deepest recession yet in FY21, warn economists

New Delhi: Professional forecasters veered towards a consensus that India’s economy will face its worst recession in 40 years, contracting by at least 5% this fiscal, a day before the statistics department releases the March quarter GDP print, which will partially reflect the unfolding impact of the pandemic on the economy.

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30 Indian groups working to develop vaccine for covid

NEW DELHI : About 20 groups in India are making quick progress in their efforts to develop a vaccine for covid-19, the government’s principal scientific adviser, Dr K. Vijayraghavan said on Thursday. These groups are among the 30 in India who are aggressively trying to develop a vaccine.

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Passenger vehicle sales to decline by 24-26% in FY21: Crisil

NEW DELHI : India’s automobile industry is headed for another year of double-digit sales decline this fiscal, given the extended lockdowns and sharp fall in customer affordability in an economy forecast to contract due to the coronavirus outbreak.

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Returnee migrants, their skill mapping could rewire state politics

The first big test of the strategy of states to provide jobs to migrants would be the next elections in Bihar in five months

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0