coronavirus
Air India slashes employee monthly allowances by up to 50%
The Air India order said 11 types of allowances for pilots would stand reduced by 40 percent
Kim Jong Un visits chicken farm, calls for improvements
He described the facility as a model for modernizing chicken farms in the rest of the country, which he described as 'backward'
78% Indian consumers cut spending amid COVID-19 crisis: KPMG
Consumers in tier-III cities were 1.4 times more inclined towards spending on apparel than tier-I cities, it said
UN annual meet to go virtual for first time in 75 years of history
World leaders will instead submit pre-recorded video statements for this year's landmark 75th session of UNGA
Pfizer, BioNTech reach $1.95 billion COVID-19 vaccine deal with US
The contract for 100 million doses of the vaccine amounts to a $39 price tag for what is likely to be a two-dose course of treatment
India lockdown dents CocaCola sales in June quarter
Unit case volume declined 36 per cent driven by India and South Africa due to the impact of the coronavirus, said CocaCola
Maharashtra minister Aslam Shaikh tests coronavirus positive
Shaikh, the Congress MLA from Malad-West seat in Mumbai, also said he will continue to work from home
Jubilant Generics gets DCGI nod to manufacture COVID-19 drug Remdesivir
On June 21, Hetero and Cipla and on July 2 Mylan were given permission to manufacture and market the drug on the same conditions
IndiGo to cut 10% staff, says CEO Ronojoy Dutta
IndiGo, which had 23,531 employees on its rolls as of March 2019, said it was flying only a small percentage of full fleet of 250 airplanes
Home learning, reopening schools especially hard in Africa
The schooling crisis is more acute in Africa, where up to 80% of students don’t have access to internet and even electricity is unreliable