Coronavirus
Coronavirus
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'Lockdown extension tested patience of migrant workers'
Subodh C Dixit, executive director, Shapoorji Pallonji Engineering & Construction, on the impending shortage of labour in the coming months and why construction companies are staring at huge financial losses
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Is FM Sitharaman's growth pill good enough?
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has addressed supply side issues with ₹20 lakh crore package, but there is little to boost demand. Experts say these are just support measures in the absence of direct cash infusions
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Lockdown 4: Things to know before opening up your office
Stagger shifts, social distance, sanitise—here's what you need to do before you can roll up your shutters
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Cambridge University will hold its lectures online next year
The 800-year-old institution is the first to manifest the far-reaching effects the pandemic will have on education, saying it expects social distancing guidelines to stay in place until 2021
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Exodus of the Far Away Brothers
Understanding the working life of a migrant worker, and why many are losing patience and heading home
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Indian real estate: A house of cards
The liquidity crisis of 2018 left the real estate sector floundering. Will Covid-19 be the last straw on the sector's back?
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Japan falls into recession, and worse lies ahead
That makes it the largest economy to officially enter a recession. Other major economies around the world are set to follow, joining Japan as well as Germany and France in recession, as efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak ripple around the globe
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Lockdown 4: What's new and what's still restricted
Some measures have been relaxed in inter and intra-state travel in the fourth phase of the Covid-19 lockdown that begins today, along with those in retail and e-commerce
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Jack Ma Leaves SoftBank board as record losses loom
The Chinese tycoon’s disclosure came just hours before the company was preparing to announce a major financial hit to its annual results from the coronavirus and a slump in the tech sector
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Sitharaman announces stalling of fresh insolvency proceedings for a year
Experts caution that this may lead to greater flux and unintended consequences; meanwhile, expenditure on public health has been hiked, MGNREGA allocation increased