Dragged by extended lockdowns, FMCG sector to register flat growth in 2020: NielsenOn April 30, Nielsen had slashed the growth forecast for the FMCG sector by almost half to 5-6 per cent for 2020 citing adverse impact of t...
30 Jul, 2020, 05.49 PM IST
Tripura announces a week of complete lockdown along its borders with BangladeshManoj Kumar, chief secretary and chairman of the State Executive Committee stated that the district administration will demarcate the areas...
14 Jul, 2020, 08.42 PM IST
Lockdown in Bengaluru: Industries, construction & ecommerce allowed; shops open till noonThe state government announced a string of restrictions in Bengaluru Urban and Rural districts for a week from Tuesday evening. Unlike duri...
14 Jul, 2020, 11.01 AM IST
View: India rolls back a lockdown that put millions of its migrant workers under distressWithin days, millions of displaced migrant workers were coursing out of big Indian cities.
02 Jun, 2020, 08.28 PM IST
Pandemic opens door to ideas new and old for a better economyGovernments have cast aside dogmas to protect firms and jobs in the deepest peacetime recession in a century.
31 May, 2020, 02.15 PM IST
Is there a trade-off between life and privacy amid a pandemic?Though governments hold the considerable public authority to keep certain rights (such as freedom of movement) under control during an emer...
05 May, 2020, 09.06 PM IST
A lockdown is stringent and unusual; cannot last forever: Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, WHODr Swaminathan said mortality due to other diseases could go up significantly while also saying that the socio-economic impact of these loc...
03 May, 2020, 02.56 PM IST
View: A new economic order is afootWe will come out of this catastrophe with not only positive changes, but negative practices as well.
26 Apr, 2020, 06.15 AM IST
Covid-19 crisis: Sebi relaxes valuation criteria for MF debt securitiesThe announcement has come as much-needed relief for borrowers who may face liquidity issues.
23 Apr, 2020, 06.06 PM IST
Lockdown, Day 27: Infosys confused, Manipur cleanDespite 36 deaths being reported in the last 24 hours, the government had some positive data to share — the rate of doubling of cases has d...
20 Apr, 2020, 10.13 PM IST
COVID-19: Aviation min likely to come up with guidelines on refunds for cancelled flight ticketsSeveral people have been complaining on social media as domestic airlines have decided not to give refunds in cash for cancelled flights du...
16 Apr, 2020, 03.35 PM IST
Coronavirus impact on healthcare sectorBased on assessments made by different analysts and industry body Ficci, here is an impact analysis in healthcare sector.
14 Apr, 2020, 12.58 PM IST
CJI to review functioning of apex court every 3-4 days, says SCBA SecyThe top court on March 23 virtually went into the lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus and had suspended for indefinite period the...
10 Apr, 2020, 04.56 PM IST
Seed supply woes may hit vegetable availabilityWhile the seed industry is trying to take help of the postal department to dispatch high value low volume vegetable seeds from a handful of...
08 Apr, 2020, 07.56 AM IST
False positives from private covid testing labs put govt labs in a fixLoad on public labs have risen as fear of false positive results forces them to double-check pvt results.
30 Mar, 2020, 06.27 AM IST
Mann ki Baat: PM Modi asks for forgiveness of those who are facing hardship due to lockdown"I ask for forgiveness from my country men especialy the poor who have been asked to remain under lockdown and have to face difficulties. I...
29 Mar, 2020, 05.29 PM IST
Time for Modi to bring in the helicoptersIndia got its first glimpse of the covid-19 virus under a microscope. It's round like other coronaviruses, about 70 to 80 nanometre (a huma...
28 Mar, 2020, 06.56 PM IST