Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori has lauded manager Frank Lampard for giving him the confidence to emerge as one the club's breakthrough stars this season.

Business Standard opinion pieces for the day talk about the fiscal and other aspects of the pandemic.

Uddalok Bhattacharya sums up the views

Though people welcomed these initially, many now opine that some of these are unscientific and rather than helping the public

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces of the day

It has recommended reforms in labour and tax policies to make these two sectors globally competitive

It will amend Drugs & Cosmetics Rules to ensure availability of low-cost drugs & promote generics

It proposes zero customs and excise duties on certain items related to cashless transaction devices

For passenger safety, a fund to be created with a corpus of Rs 1 lakh cr over a period of 5 years

Government aims to take strategic crude oil reserve capacity to 15.33 MMT with two new facilities

Assistance of up to Rs 75 lakhs to be provided to every e-NAM (National Agricultural Market)

Focus on infrastructure is bound to channel lot of growth opportunities for downstream industries

More spends on the infrastructure & agriculture will put India on the growth path in the future

However, this will require investments in grid management and digitisation of the grid

However, there are certain reductions in duties of components to promote domestic manufacturing

Lagging behind in biosciences is not good for social security and strategic national security

Move to reduce corporate tax for MSME will boost exports & manufacturing at large

Budget's proposal to reduce basic customs duty on LNG to provide respite to petrochemicals sector

Reduction in corporate tax rates for MSME to give a boost to medium and small companies

Budget's proposal to frame new rules for regulating medical devices is reassuring, says Viral Gandhi

Budget's fiscal consolidation efforts will lead to stable economic growth of the country

However, plans to improve 'Lifeline' will offer better future for logistics sector, says Areef Patel

Hike of 20.62% shows that government expects several large acquisitions to be initiated in FY18

It lays out some ambitious targets, but falls short on long term vision, says Dr Dharminder Nagar

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The BJP could get zero to three seats while one to four seats may go to others

Kozhikode recorded the highest voting percentage at 81.89%

He wrested Nemom from sitting MLA and vibrant CPI(M)-LDF leader V Sivankutty defeating him by 8,671 votes

30 injured people have been hospitalised

Discussions have also begun on finalising ministers in the party, said Vijayan

Pinarayi Vijayan meets VS in a bid for peace, swearing-in ceremony would be held at the Central stadium on May 25 at 5 pm

Hideaways are hardly new to British homes. Sutton Place, the grand Surrey home of oil magnate John Paul Getty, featured secret passageways disguised as wooden panelling.

Buy into a housing development with shared gardens and you never again have to face the horror of a jungle to be cleared when you return from holiday, says Fred Redwood.

A leading buy-to-let expert has given his views on how to improve the rental market.

Certainly, Mary Duggan, a judge for the RIBA House Of The Year award, believes that the rise of technology is contributing to a waning open-plan trend.

Property website Zoopla has revealed where buyers in England and Wales are getting the biggest discounts on initial asking prices - and the locations where sellers achieve 100%.

Llwynddu House is in Ystradowen, just outside Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan and was the property that the singer bought in South Wales in the 1990s.

The new homeowners will be able to enjoy one of the best views of the London fireworks held annually on New Year's Eve.

Most of us will, at some point, have found a new purpose for a household item, revamped a piece of furniture to extend its life, or at least appreciated the idea from afar.

The new film of Downton Abbey opened this week and will likely fuel interest in a niche sector of the property market - apartments in grand country houses.

How much do our favourite winter warmers cost to install, will they be effective, and do they damage the environment? We look at four ways of raising the temperature this winter.

Views across rolling hills, swanky kitchens, converted garden sheds, now a new status symbol seems to be elbowing its way into our affections: a private stretch of woodland.

Renting out a property as a short-term let or holiday home can be profitable, and a combination of changes to buy-to-let tax and the rise of Airbnb and rivals has made it increasingly popular.

First-time buyers can escape stamp duty, but whether they can squeeze under the £300,000 tax-free threshold depends on where they want to live, Zoopla research highlights.

Forget kerb appeal and marble work surfaces in the kitchen. New research shows that the single most important factor for home buyers in 2019 is having fast broadband speeds.

Dick and Angel exclusively reveal their approach to buying a property that needs renovating, and turning it into a successful home and business.

What makes this huddle of around 100 houses and flats in Goldsmith Street, Norwich, so special - and why might it have implications for the rest of us?