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'In the lockdown, we want to support firms of all sizes': Microsoft India COO
The software giant has seen the use of its collaborative software tools zoom through the Covid-19 lockdown, and has a clear priority in case of any capacity constraints—health care clients, Rajiv Sodhi says
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'Sanitiser sales have zoomed, but profit is far': Scott Edil
The issue, the pharma company says, is that the government has capped the price on sanitisers but not on raw materials
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IMF predicts worst downturn since the Great Depression
With countries already hoarding medical supplies and international travel curtailed, the IMF warned that the crisis threatened to reverse decades of gains from globalisation
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Criticised, Trump tries shifting the blame to the WHO
US President Donald Trump has ordered his administration to halt funding for the World Health Organization, claiming it made a series of devastating mistakes as it sought to battle the virus
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The global Covid-19 crisis is poised to get much, much worse
It is dismaying that a danger that confronts the entire world, that is likely to hurt the entire global economy, has led to so little global cooperation
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SoftBank's troubles deepen with warning of $16.7 bn writedown
The Japanese conglomerate, which bet big on tech start-ups with its $100 billion Vision Fund, also expects its first annual loss in 15 years
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GIF: India's Covid-19 case curve and major hotspots
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the naitonal lockdown until May 3 to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the country, saying hotspots will be closely monitored
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VIDEO: We need scale, but we need it as an ecosystem: Tata Motors' Guenter Butschek
We do need to scale up, but we want it as an ecosystem, says Tata Motors' Guenter Butschek
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CavinKare: Sanitiser salvation, in a sachet
CavinKare started selling hand sanitisers in the last week of March at Re1 for a 2 ml sachet. But at every step, they have had to fight challenges, they say
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Covid-19 has pushed India's auto sector to its brink
Hit first by an economic slowdown and now facing a double whammy from the fallout of the pandemic, the struggling industry is estimated to be losing Rs 2,300 crore in production turnover for every day of closure
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Is hand sanitiser production in safe hands?
Hand sanitiser makers—old and new, big and small—have seen demand go through the roof. The flip side: Access to raw material and labour has proved a challenge