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Badly hit by virus lockdown, MSMEs waiting to start businesses

Badly hit by virus lockdown, MSMEs waiting to start businesses

Confederation wants MSME within Industrial Estates to be allowed to operate with 50% labour

6 May 2020 9:52 AM IST

Mumbai on Tuesday reported 635 new Covid-19 cases and 26 deaths. (PTI Photo)

Mumbai Covid19 cases nearing 10,000 mark

A total of 406 new suspected cases were admitted in various hospitals in the city, 220 patients were discharged after...

6 May 2020 9:49 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Trump administration ignored COVID-19 warnings, alleges fired American...

Scientist in US turns whistleblower against government's decision to flood its market with malaria drug without proper...

6 May 2020 9:35 AM IST

An Egyptian doctor gives medical advice to girls about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) during an awareness campaign in Giza

Women hail victory as Sudan bans genital cutting

Nearly nine out of 10 girls in Sudan fall victim to what is known as FGM or genital cutting, according to the United...

6 May 2020 8:53 AM IST

Oil prices slipped back Wednesday after two days of gains, although Brent crude remained above $30 a barrel. (AFP Photo)

Oil prices slide as US-China tensions offset virus hope

Oil markets have been battered as the virus strangled demand due to business closures and travel restrictions

6 May 2020 8:42 AM IST

The Army Research and Referral Hospital near New Delhi. (Photo: Facebook)

24 corona positives detected at Indian Army hospital in Delhi

In all, 84 armed forces personnel being quarantined for coronavirus infection

6 May 2020 7:30 AM IST

People wear face masks as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus as they use a phone app to scan a code required to prove their health and travel status before being allowed to enter a shopping mall in Beijing on May 2, 2020, the second day of a five-day national holiday. The debate on privacy protection while using such apps is especially urgent in Europe, where academics and civil liberties activists are pushing for solutions that protect personal data. Eastern nations are less likely to adhere to privacy protection norms followed in the West. (Photo | AFP)

Location tracking not allowed on apps using Google, Apple APIs but...

Aarogya Setu, which runs on its own Application Program Interface or API, is not bound by international privacy...

5 May 2020 8:32 PM IST

Samsung and LG are extending incentives like no-cost EMIs and cashbacks apart from promising home delivery of products through their network of retail sales network.

Samsung, LG offer gifts, no-cost EMIs on pre-booking electronics...

Both consumer goods giants have opened bookings on their websites and are offering gifts of up to Rs 10,000 on...

5 May 2020 7:48 PM IST

Migrant workers arrive to board a special Maharashtra-bound train to reach their homes, amid ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, at Rayanapadu Railway station near Vijayawada. PTI Photo

AA Edit: Sonia's offer' stings Modi govt

The government, stung and taken aback by the Congress president's offer to pay for the travel of every needy worker and...

5 May 2020 7:11 PM IST

Over 1,200 workers from Jammu and Kashmir who had completed their 14-day quarantine period at various camps in Punjabs Pathankot district had gone on a hunger strike for three days, seeking to be sent to their home towns in the Union Territory. In this photograph, migrant labourers in Allahabad with their families rest at a temporary shelter after arriving from various districts while waiting to board specially arranged government buses to return to their homes on April 30, 2020. (Photo | AFP)

Shaheen Bagh, Jantar Mantar type protests impossible amid covid...

The new normal: Migrant workers and Kota students going on hunger strike to be sent home and online petitions circulated...

5 May 2020 7:10 PM IST

A Border Security Force (BSF) official notes details of Pakistani nationals crossing the Indo-Pak border, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, near Attari in Amritsar district. PTI Photo

AA edit: Defining new normal in life after Covid-19

No human life is expendable, and the governments at the Centre and in the states will have to negotiate a tough path to...

5 May 2020 6:52 PM IST