NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday, held a meeting to discuss on the issues and reforms required in agriculture sector. He emphasised on reforms in agriculture marketing, management of marketable surplus, access of farmers to institutional credit and freeing agriculture sector of various restrictions with appropriate backing of […]
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NEW DELHI: India’s core sector output contracted 6.5% in March, marking the worst performance by the key infrastructure areas going back to 2005, as the nationwide lockdown to combat the spread of Covid-19 stalled the economy. The contraction is a sharp reversal from 7.2% growth in February, an 11-month high, […]
Mumbai: Zydus Cadila on Monday said it could soon start a trial to see the effectiveness of pegylated interferon alpha-2b as a treatment for Covid-19, joining the global effort to find a way to stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease. Ahmedabad-based Zydus has initiated talks […]
Bengaluru: All seemed well on the Covid battlefront in Karnataka till last week. But the series of deaths and a sudden spike in positive cases during the past week has caused some anxious moments in government circles. The state’s average compounded daily growth rate in deaths over five days reached […]
NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday reviewed the prevailing situation in the country during the ongoing lockdown and took stock of the supply of essential commodities, officials said. During the meeting, he was apprised about the steps taken by the home ministry to provide support to migrant […]
Mumbai: UK- based industry baron, Sanjeev Gupta heads Liberty Steel’s newly appointed board of directors and a global leadership team to oversee strategy and investment with a focus on combating the economic impacts created due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The board will also oversee the group’s strategy and investments, […]
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India’s famed war-room, operational from March 19 as part of the Business Contingency Plan (BCP), made a series of quick decisions to protect the economy from the ripples caused by the coronavirus pandemic. This included reducing the repo rate by 75 basis points to 4.4%, […]
LONDON: The British government took over the railways on Monday in a bid to ensure services keep running for key workers during the coronavirus outbreak. The transport ministry said it was suspending normal franchise agreements with private operators, taking over “all revenue and cost risk” for at least six months. […]
BENGALURU: As the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 continues to rise in India, telemedicine or online consultation has become the first point of contact for many who suspect they’ve contracted the disease. Companies such as Practo, 1mg, Medlife, mFine and a few others are reporting a several-fold increase in […]