By Daniel Moss Asia has a new public emergency: breathing life into moribund economies. Months after severely curtailing social and commercial activity in a bid
Month: May 2020
Corporate borrowings hit amid lockdown
Mumbai: Borrowings by 1.7 million companies tracked by the ministry of corporate affairs have nearly dried up since the government imposed a nationwide lockdown on
Covid-19: To keep staff safe, companies reach out even to their neighbours
MUMBAI | NEW DELHI: When workers from nearby villages were leaving for the factories of Gurugram-based Matrix Clothing, which makes protective coveralls for frontline workers,
Focus to be on crucial surgeries: Other patients due to resume soon
NEW DELHI: The government is working on a plan to resume normal healthcare services including outpatient departments, which had to be suspended due to Covid-19
Coronavirus: There’s no free lunch, says CEA on demand for big-bang stimulus
New Delhi: Chief economic adviser KV Subramanian said India’s gross domestic product (GDP) will contract in the first quarter, but is likely to grow 2%
Aarogya Setu app has no vulnerability; no data, security breach has happened
The developers of the Aarogya Setu App said that there was no security vulnerability in the contact tracing application after a French security researcher Robert
Legal experts point out liability concerns with the Aarogya Setu App
MUMBAI | DELHI: A clause limiting the government’s liability to user data for its Aarogya Setu contact tracing app has made some legal experts question
Banks denying loans to MFIs, even for amounts sanctioned
KOLKATA: Several banks are declining loan demands by microfinance institutions (MFIs), even for those within the sanctioned limits, which may choke the credit flow in
COVID-19 crisis has accelerated importance of AI, hybrid cloud: IBM CEO Arvind Krishna
NEW DELHI: Digital transformation using artificial intelligence and hybrid cloud has accelerated amid the COVID-19 pandemic and these new technologies can play an important role
Rs 12,000 to Rs 1 lakh: How much money Indians will need to pay to fly back home
NEW DELHI: Flying back from the US and UK to India will cost Rs 1 lakh and Rs 50,000, respectively, on the special flights being