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Life Insurers bleed in April as Covid-19 shrinks new biz premium by 33%

Market leader LIC's new business premium down 32% to Rs 3,582 cr from Rs 5,268 cr a year ago; HDFC Life, ICICI Pru among top losers in private space

Punjab drops hike in minimum wage, says situation 'not appropriate'

The Punjab government had hiked the dearness allowance component of the minimum wage by over four per cent on May 1

Human nature to want to go home: Modi tells CMs in meeting

Chief ministers are likely to push for allowing economic activities to resume slowly, as the centre weighs a graded exit from the 54-day lockdown

Chhattisgarh asks Centre for its share of coal money to fight Covid-19

State CM sent reminder to coal minister Prahlad Joshi seeking release of Rs 4,140 cr

Aarogya Setu 'privacy-first by design', highly encrypted: NITI Aayog CEO

Concerns over the Aarogya Setu App were raised when a French 'ethical hacker' claimed to have access of the users' data and had highlighted security bugs within the app

Check applicable charges while joining online conference platforms: TRAI

The regulatory body urged the people to carefully check the terms and conditions before using dial-in service provided by online conferencing platforms

Coronavirus in India: Revised guidelines for home isolation of mild cases

India's coronavirus case count has reached 67,152, and death toll 2,206, according to data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)

Former Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi suffers cardiac arrest, slips into coma

Jogi's neurological activity is "almost nil" and he is on ventilator support, said doctors

No plan to bring in law to regulate Aarogya Setu at this point: Secy, MeitY

We have already brought out an exceptionally good privacy policy which is there in the app itself, says Ajay Prakash Sawhney

Railways to gradually restart passenger train operations from May 12

Booking for reservation in these 15 pair of trains will start at 4 pm on May 11

Calls for debt monetisation gain traction as Covid-19 cripples economy

Coronavirus has snuffed out lives of more than 2,100 people and infected nearly 63,000 in India

Roll out of Integrated Battle Groups delayed due to Covid-19: Army Chief

The Army Chief also said that there could be some disruptions in defence production and procurement in the wake of the pandemic, but it will be a "temporary phase"

Covid-19: Govt working on many initiatives to attract potential investors

The government has taken steps like promoting ease of doing business and liberalisation of the foreign direct investment norms to attract overseas investors

Covid-19: 5 Air India pilots test positive, had flown cargo planes to China

The pre-flight Covid-19 test is carried out 72 hours before the pilots are rostered for flight duties

Covid-19 impact: Demand for personal hygiene, homecare products set to rise

While hand hygiene is critical, the relevance and importance of surface disinfection is also increasingly being accepted now and will be more frequently used in days to come

Adani Gas Q4 PBT up 30% at Rs 156 cr, CNG volumes dip due to Covid-19

With demand from industrial, commercial and transportation down, the hit on volumes is expected to be higher for the June quarter

Only 13% of industrial units resume ops after Odisha eases lockdown

Micro units in the state have not been able to resume operations to catch up with their larger peers

States should consider selling liquor online or home delivering it: SC

The top court observed that it is not feasible to pass orders

Universities to go ahead with UGC guidelines for new academic year

UGC had stated that the session for 2020-21 could commence from August 1 for old or continuing students and from September 1 for fresh students in its latest guidelines

Can Ganga water treat Covid-19? ICMR says no to study, need more data

Evidence and data available at the moment is not strong enough to start the clinical studies, said Dr Y K Gupta