Even after filling up reserves, govt would have secured only nine days of emergency supplies.As lockdown has crimped demand for fuel products, it has saddled refineries with unsold stocks

Inventory losses would be more for refineries located away from the coast because they have to stock crude oil for longer periods.Besides inventory losses, operating performance of refiners is expected to remain weak in the first quarter of fiscal 2021 due to lower volumes and weak GRMs

Most medicine factories are running at 50% of capacity or less because of the lack of manpower and also because local authorities are not giving permission for the units to function.Industry officials believe the situation could deteriorate for the industry if the nationwide lockdown continues

Nielsen says in the first quarter of 2020, share of modern trade stores in metro cities rises to 24.7% from 22.3% a year ago

Currently estimated at 574 million, the number of monthly active internet users has grown 24% over that of 2019, indicating an overall penetration of 41% last year

Sabyasachi Dutta, managing director, Vidatec India, tells us how he spent 40 days under lockdown.

Here's a traditional recipe you can make using kathal (tender jackfruit).

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'The challenge will be making sure its efficacy is high.'

'If the trial succeeds, it will become the success of Ayurveda.'