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No link between lockdown relaxation and spike in new cases in Karnataka: Suresh Kumar

State sees single day highest spike in cases with 48 cases on Friday




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Commerce Ministry working on package to bail out exporters

PMO asks Ministries to suggest measures to support respective sectors




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New 10 year benchmark G-Sec receives robust bidding

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday received robust bidding amounting to 4.8 times the notified amount of Rs 10,000 crore at the auction of the



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Carlyle Group to acquire majority stake in SeQuent Scientific

The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm, has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake of up to 74 per cent in Mumbai-based pure-play




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Covid-19: Commerce Ministry working on export package

PMO asks ministries to suggest measures to support respective sectors




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Karnataka gets nod from 6 States to operate Shramik trains

Asks pubs, clubs and hotels to clear existing liquor stock by May 17




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Pandemic deepens Indo-Pak fault lines

Even though the recent e-meeting of SAARC nations was on Covid, it didn’t stop Pakistan from raising the Kashmir and CAA issues




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Covid-19: BJP asks Rahul to study facts before criticising Modi

Reacting to former Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s statement urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold more discussions with State Chief Minister




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Govt borrowing in FY21 to jump to Rs 12 lakh crore from Rs 7.80 lakh crore projected earlier

The Government’s estimated gross market borrowing in the financial year 2020-21 will jump to ₹12 lakh crore against ₹7.80 lakh crore estimated in the



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Karnataka Opposition demands Centre to announce special economic package

Opposition parties in Karnataka demanded that Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa should push for a ₹50,000 crore special economic package from the Centre.S




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Now, even small grocers can take to e-comm platform

Why only big e-commerce companies have the luxury of having very expensive IT solution to run their businesses? A Hyderbad-based startup, ONGO Framew




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For victims of the Delhi riots in Feb, lockdown is a double whammy

Arvind Kejriwal is perceived to have betrayed them in North East Delhi where communal violence and Covid-19 has pushed residents into poverty and hunger




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Home appliance retailers in TN seek government permission to reopen shops

Top retailers have sought Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami’s intervention to allow them to restart operations.“We request you to allo




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Centre to borrow ₹4.20-lakh crore more; fiscal deficit may widen to 5.4%

The government on Friday announced raising its borrowing by over 50 per cent of Budget Estimate during the current fiscal. Additional borrowing means




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Telangana sees reverse flow of migrant workers from Bihar

Hiring labourers from Bihar for paddy milling work




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SECI tender gets bids to supply round the clock renewable power at ₹ 2.90 a unit

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) Limited has received bids from project developers to supply round the clock power from renewable energy (RE)




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Tax relief to stranded NRIs, prolonged stay in India due to lockdown to be discounted

The Finance Ministry on Friday allowed discounting of prolonged stay period in India for the purpose of determining residency status from the taxation




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Milaap crowdsources Rs 90 cr to help migrant workers

Milaap, considered as South Asia’s largest online crowdfunding platform, has collected nearly Rs 90 crore which will be used to help stranded migrant




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Google will soon let users make group calls in Google Duo on Chrome

Google will soon enable group calls for the web version of its chat app, Google Duo, the search giant said on Friday. “In the coming weeks, you'll be




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Facebook to roll out revamped website for all desktop users in coming weeks

Social media site Facebook announced on Friday that it is set to roll out its redesigned desktop website to all its users over the next few weeks. It




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May ask for Central `manpower’ to give rest to police personnel: Uddhav

Maharashtra Chief Minister, Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said that State Government could ask the Centre for additional manpower for policing as the Mah




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Windows 10 May 2020 update likely to release between May 26-28

Microsoft has revealed that it plans to deliver a feature update (May 2020 Update) between May 26 and May 28, said a report in Windows Latest.Microsof




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Wuhan market had a role to play in coronavirus outbreak, more research required: WHO

The World Health Organization on Friday said that a wholesale market in Wuhan, China had played a role in the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in 201




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Japan asks India to allow Japanese companies to resume work

Japan has asked India to allow Japanese companies to resume their work in India. This comes as India witnessed a surge in the number of coronavirus pa




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Here’s all you need to know about the Zoom app’s new update releasing today

Video-conferencing tool Zoom is releasing an update for its app today as part of its 90-day plan to enhance the tool’s security.In this new update, th




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Spykar Lifestyles plans ‘forward’ for the period after the lockdown as spending has been hit

Homegrown denim-wear brand, Spykar, will look to conserve cash; while temporarily putting on hold expansion plans as it looks at the business re-boot




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ICICI Bank’s mobile ATM services at doorstep of Coimbatore residents

Mobile ATM stationed at Perianaickenpalayam and Vadavalli



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Hacker ‘bombed’ child sexual abuse images on Zoom app

At least sixty children were subjected to footage of child sexual abuse streamed into their fitness session on the Zoom video conference app. The clas




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Karnataka AAR ruling: While head tonsuring attracts GST, temple prasadam out of its ambit

Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) of Karnataka in its recent ruling mentioned that services for fees collection for tonsuring the heads of devotees,




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LG Polymers says vapour leak caused accident at Vizag plant

LG Polymers India Ltd on Saturday blamed leaking vapour from a storage tank at its Visakhapatnam plant that killed at least 11 people and forced th




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WHO to develop coronavirus app for self-assessment; likely to add contact tracing features

The World Health Organization (WHO) is planning to launch a new coronavirus app to enable people from under-resourced countries to self-assess their s




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Trump administration working to temporarily ban work-based visas: Report

The US is working to temporarily ban the issuance of some work-based visas like H-1B, popular among highly-skilled Indian IT professionals, as well




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Concor re-starts direct service linking Hyderabad terminal with PSA’s Chennai

Rail rises to the occasion as trucks were off roads due to lockdown




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Congress asks Telangana to bring back migrant labourers stranded in Gulf

The Congress Party has asked the Telangana Government to bring back the migrant labourers stranded in the Gulf countries.Addressing a press conference




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Q4 results: ICICI Bank net profit up 26% to ₹1,221.36 crore

The net interest margin was the highest ever at 3.87 per cent in the fourth quarter



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‘Europe needs a break’: EU plans to restart travel and tourism despite coronavirus threat

EU states should guarantee vouchers for travel cancelled during the coronavirus pandemic and start lifting internal border restrictions in a bid to s




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How R&D spends make Alembic Pharmaceuticals a good buy

Aggressive capex, manufacturing capabilities for US and a change in domestic strategy make the stock attractive




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Rs 18,253 crore transferred to farmers under PM-KISAN scheme during lockdown




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DDoS attacks surge on educational, civic bodies websites

As people confine themselves to their homes in the lockdown, hackers have increased focus on the targets that they can profit on.Cyber security expert




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Flipkart group CFO Emily McNeal quits

Sources in the company said, McNeal’s role will now be divided between Sriram Venkataraman, who is expected to take over as the CFO of Flipkart as well as the fashion etailer Myntra, and Adarsh Nahata who is currently PhonePe’s CFO.




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E-commerce firms seek clarity on equalisation levy

They also suggested that the levy should not be imposed on services or goods that are executed online but delivered offline – for instance, online hotel bookings, air ticketing and even heavily regulated financial services – besides seeking a clear definition of what comprises online sale of goods, services and the digital or electronic platform.




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Lockdown 3.0: People turn to e-commerce for non-essential items; staff crunch may delay deliveries

From laptops to apparels, people are logging on to e-commerce platforms like Amazon, Paytm Mall and Snapdeal to place orders for non-essential items, but lack of adequate manpower amid the lockdown could delay deliveries.




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Retail sector loss reaches Rs 5.50 lakh cr in lockdown: CAIT

Following these challenging times, CAIT has urged the government to award a substantial package to traders to ensure their survival. COVID-19 has caused a huge dent in retail trade which will have a devastating effect on the whole country, CAIT Secretary-General Praveen Khandelwal said.




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FMCG to apparel, discounts to make a comeback soon

Deals on grocery and FMCG had evaporated days before lockdown in March last week when panic buying had started.




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Kishore Biyani may sell big Future Retail stake to Amazon

Kishore Biyani is planning to sell a massive stake to Amazon in an attempt to keep its crown jewel afloat.




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CAIT flags traders' inability to pay full salary for April, seeks Goyal's intervention

"If such payments are made, the business of the traders will fall like anything and in absence of any inflow of money, such payments will be disastrous for the retail trade of the country and in turn will badly affect the economy," CAIT Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal said in the letter to Goyal.




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Migrant workers’ protest resurfaces on KKNPP premises

The workers at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project are demanding that they be sent back to their hometowns in other States; stone pelting injured two police personnel




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Beekeeper in Wewahitchka




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Cracker horses and cattle