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Pandemic, lockdown to impact profitability of domestic logistics operators

Revenue seen declining by 6-8 per cent weak freight availability, fleet utilisation

Covid-19 crisis and the problem of plenty for India's fuel sector

The plummeting demand for energy across the board is causing a major headache for the sector will be how to balance its limited storage capacity

Covid-19 impact may drive firms to think 'workforce optimisation': Survey

57 per cent of organisations in India expect a "moderate-to-large" negative impact on their business in the next six months, says Wills Towers Watson survey

Covid-19 a wake-up call, says Ratan Tata in outreach to slum dwellers

Tata said while slums are blamed as the cause of current problem, slum-dwellers are not being properly taken care of

Centre forms a high-level task force on coronavirus vaccine, drug testing

The task force would also form clinical cohorts, which would focus on long-term follow up of the disease and its management

Reopening of services to depend on permission from local authorities: NBFCs

Although the government has allowed NBFCs, HFCs to start operations, they have not allowed resumption of operations in hotspots and have also not permitted field activities

Covid-19: Govt unlikely to exempt GST on masks, ventilators, and PPEs

GST exemption on such items would jeopardise the interest of the industry and would not result in any significant gains to consumer

Wuhan virology lab chief denies coronavirus originated from institute

Wuhan Institute of Virology director Yuan Zhiming said, 'there is no way that virus came from us, the virus cannot be man-made'

Genes2Me to deliver 3 mn rapid test kits in coming weeks: CEO Neeraj Gupta

The first phase of our collaboration with Livzon revolves around bringing these kits to India and delivering them to the government within the shortest span of time, he said

RBI assumes protective role, asks banks not to pay dividend for FY20

Experts say while the decision is positive, it may not make any significant contribution

Govt lifts curbs on exports of formulations made from Paracetamol

The government on March 3 had put export restrictions on 26 pharma ingredients and medicines, including paracetamol

Covid-19: India receives 500,000 antibody testing kits from China

Government has received two types of kits from Guangzhou Wondfo and Zhuhai Livzon to see antibodies in Covid patients

Early lockdowns in India may flatten Covid-19 curve: Nimhans virologist

In a Q&A, V Ravi says at some later stage two-thirds of the population will have gotten Covid-19 but that stage many would have recovered without even knowing they had been infected

Covid-19 lockdown: Indian Army to observe 'no movement' till April 19

Only personnel connected with provision of essential services will be allowed to move in this time period

650,000 medical kits to fight Covid-19 dispatched from China: Indian envoy

Two major consignments of the medical kits were reported to have been sent to India from China earlier as part of the efforts to step up testing especially in hotspots during the ongoing lockdown in t

Experts say up to 15% Covid-19 patients may also suffer kidney damage

Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) a term used for a collection of acute dialysis techniques can support these patients for 24 hours in a day

Lockdown: UP to restart work on key expressways, non-Covid emergency care

Construction agencies will follow social distancing and sanitisation norms working on expressways; healthcare staff at hospitals to be trained to protect themselves from coronavirus

ADB triples financial aid for members to $20 billion to fight virus

The Asian Development Bank said it has also approved measures to streamline its operations for quicker and more flexible delivery of assistance

Covid-19 factoid: Alarm bells ring as India adds 1,500 cases in a day

Country's death toll consistently rising too, taking just two days to add the last 50 fatalities to the total.

Covid-19 Factoid: Just 3 states account for half of new India cases in Apr

While North America and Europe account for the bulk of all coronavirus cases globally, half of new cases reported in India have come from Delhi, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu alone