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Black Mirror Creator Won't Come up With Another Season Because the World is Living in One

2020 is too hard even for Charlie Brooker.




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Google Reveals What Recipes Indians Searched the Most on Internet during Lockdown

The most searched recipes on Google were cake, samosa, jalebi, momos, dhokla, panipuri, dosa, paneer and chocolate cake.




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Oreo Ice Cream with Samosa? Bizarre Food Combination Leaves Twitter in Two Minds

As soon as the post went viral, people couldn't keep their calm and Twitter wanted the person to be 'banned from the kitchen'.




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Gollum is Going to Read You 'The Hobbit' To Raise Money For Charity

Serkis says he won't go hungry throughout the event.




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MDH Chacha's Parody Account Knows Why Elon Musk Gave His Son a Bizarre Name: Marijuana Masala

Taking to his parody account on Facebook, <em>Chachaji</em> narrated a fictional incident, trying to justify why Elon had come up with such a name. Or what is the unavoidable future consequence of this.




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Æ b 8 Home: 'Mumbai Police Puts Covid-19 Spin on Elon Musk's Son's Name X Æ A-12

The cryptic tweet has since gone viral with many commenting on Mumbai Police's determination to turn every single popular meme into a public safety advisory.




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Human Urine Could Be Used to Make 'Lunar Concrete' to Lay Foundations on the Moon

The main ingredient in “lunar concrete” would be a powdery soil found on the moon’s surface known as lunar regolith.




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Mumbai Police's Lockdown Meme on Chemistry Will Take You Back to Your School Days

Adopting a rather creative way to urge people to stay home, Mumbai’s Commissioner of Police took to Twitter to share the periodic table and asked netizens to solve it.




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'It's a Hoax': Twitter Mocks Donald Trump after Ivanka's Assistant Tests Positive for Covid-19

Ivanka Trump's secretary became the third White House employee to test negative for coronavirus on Friday following Donald Trump's valet and Mike Pence's aide.




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WATCH: This Cat Has an Open Letter to Humans on The Migrant Crisis in India

With a 'heavy heart', Billooji's open letter on the recent migrant crisis is actually a 2-minute long video.




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WATCH: David Warner Grooves to Thala Ajith’s Tunes With Wife Candice and daughter Indi on TikTok

The Aussie cricketer is spending the lockdown time with his family – wife Candice and daughters Ivy Mae, Indi Rae and Isla Rose.




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'Rowdy' is Loved, Hated, But not Ignored: Fans Celebrate Vijay Deverakonda's Birthday on Twitter

The Tollywood star, who has been a part of the industry for almost a decade now, is known for playing versatile roles.




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The Secret to Becoming a Desi TikTok Star During Coronavirus Lockdown

On average, a TikTok star spends 5 hours on a video, and thinks of new concepts for the videos, while doing everyday activities.




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This Video of a Cheetah, a Vulture and a Lion will Teach you an Important Life Lesson

The video has left a lot of Twitter users amazed, while some others expressed their perceptions about attitude in this situation.




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Airbus Sensor Cameras Used to Detect Explosives Can Prove Vital in 'Sniffing' Coronavirus

These camera sensors use microprocessors, which are made of biological cells. These processors help in identifying different chemicals and microbes floating in the air but invisible to human eyes.




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BP Announces $4.4 Billion Quarterly Loss as Oil Prices Crash Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

BP said it planned to reduce cash costs by $2.5 billion by the end of 2021 relative to 2019. "Some of these cost savings may have associated restructuring charges," the company added.




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Citing Economic Cost of Covid-19 Shutdown, Moody's Slashes India Growth Forecast to 0.2% for 2020

In its report titled Global Macro Outlook 2020-21 (April 2020 update), Moody's lowered G-20 advanced economies as a group to contract by 5.8 per cent in 2020.




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WTO Members Eliminate Duties on Over 84% of Medical Products for 2020 under Various Agreements

India is a member of the WTO since 1995. There are a total of 164 members of this organisation, which deals with global trade-related issues.




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India's Serum Institute to Make Millions of Potential Coronavirus Vaccine Doses

Serum, the world’s largest maker of vaccines by volume, is mass-producing the vaccine candidate developed by the University of Oxford.




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Salary Cuts Imminent: Deloitte Says 27 of the Top 100 Firms on NSE Can't Sustain Wage Bill

A study by Deloitte found that 27 companies of the 100 listed on the NSE, won't be able to sustain current wage bill from cash profits, if their revenue dips by 30 per cent or more.




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RBI Extends Curbs on Mumbai-based Co-operative Bank For 6 More Months

The Reserve Bank in October 2018 had barred the bank from granting or renewing any loan for six months and later extended the curbs twice. The bank was allowed to continue to undertake banking business with restrictions till "its financial position improves".




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Partial Relief for Vodafone Idea as SC Asks Income Tax Department to Refund Rs 733 Crore

Vodafone Idea, formerly known as Vodafone Mobile Services Ltd, had however sought Rs 4,759.07 crore in tax refund from for AYs - 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18.




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Don't Need Budget 2.0, Post-Covid Reforms Can Be Through Stimulus: CEA K Subramanian

Chief Economic Adviser K Subramanian said policy making in India happens throughout the year, coming up with a separate budget may only be a legal way to go about it.




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Govt Should Allow Micro-finance Institutions to Resume Operations in Green Zones: Official

MFIs have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many finding it difficult to meet the operating costs and pay salaries during the ongoing lockdown.




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ILO Estimates 305 Million Full-time Jobs Could be Lost Due to Coronavirus Pandemic

The ILO also projects that 1.6 billion workers in the 'informal economy,' stand in immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed.




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Government Looking into Possibility of Building Smart Cities along Delhi-Mumbai Expressway: Nitin Gadkari

The Rs 1 lakh crore flagship Delhi-Mumbai Expressway project is scheduled to be completed within three years and and expected to cut down the travel time between Delhi and Mumbai to just 12 hours.




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Coronavirus Crisis: With Rock-bottom Prices, Will The Oil Industry Recover?

The Energy Information Administration expects jet fuel use to fall 34% in the second quarter. In addition, the agency expects gasoline use to drop by 25% from April to June.




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Asian Stocks Set to Track US Gains as Virus Treatment Hopes Lift Confidence

A top US health official said Gilead Sciences Inc's antiviral drug remdesivir is likely to become the standard of care for Covid-19 after early results from a clinical trial showed it helped certain patients recover more quickly.




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Oil Prices Extend Rally as Coronavirus Worries Ease

Oil prices have plunged to historic lows in recent weeks as collapsing demand due to worldwide lockdowns prompted a massive glut and led to storage capacity filling up.




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Nifty, Sensex Soar on Covid-19 Drug Hopes, Set for Best Month Since 2009

The NSE Nifty 50 index advanced 3.11 per cent to 9,850.3 by 0455 GMT, while the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex was up 3.1 per cent at 33,734.26. Both indexes were on course for their fourth straight session of gains in a holiday shortened week.




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India's Scrap Gold Supplies Seen at Record High on Price Rally, Coronavirus, Says WGC

Rising scrap supplies amid a fall in demand could dent the world's second-biggest bullion consumer's imports and cap a rally in global prices, which hit a more than seven-year high earlier this month.




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Glenmark to Conduct Trials for Potential Covid-19 Drug, Shares Jump

On Wednesday, another Indian pharmaceutical company, Strides Pharma Science Ltd, said it had developed and commercialised favipiravir antiviral tablets, and had applied to Indian drug authorities to start trials.




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Tamil Nadu Sets Up Crack Team to Net Companies Fleeing China, Other Covid-Hit Nations

A committee headed by the state’s chief secretary that also includes representatives from South Korea and Japan will submit a report within one month.




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Mukesh Ambani to Forego Salary, RIL Board Members to Take Pay Cut amid Coronavirus Pandemic

In a letter to employees dated April 29, Reliance Industries' executive director Hital R. Meswani stated that Ambani will forego his entire compensation.




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Don't Let Telcos Charge Offices, Businesses for Unused Internet during Lockdown: PIL in Delhi HC

The petitioner contended that telephone operators and ISPs ought not to charge citizens for services not used by them while following the government's directions.




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Infrastructure Development Critical for Achieving $5 Trillion Economy by 2025: Report

The report further said that the supply additions through infrastructure development boost short-term as well as the potential rate of GDP growth.




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Lockdown Impact: India's March Infrastructure Output Contracts 6.5% Compared to Last Year

The infrastructure output growth for February was upwardly revised to 7.1% from an earlier estimate of 5.5%, the data showed.




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Allow E-commerce Entities to Operate Without Passes in Green Zones: IAMAI

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has submitted a blueprint suggesting a road map for opening up e-commerce based on the current containment model of zoning.




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Reckitt Benckiser's Sales Hit Record On Coronavirus Disinfectant Boom

Reckitt Benckiser recorded a 13.3% rise in first quarter like-for-like sales, that was its best performance since the company was formed in 1999.




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Asian Oil Sellers Add New 'Zero Price' Clause in Contracts: Report

The new clause comes as sellers in Asia seek to protect their interests, as prices of some physical crude grades sold in the region have fallen to close to $10 a barrel due to heavy discounts.




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Reliance to Hive off $75 Billion O2C Business into Separate Unit for Sale to Aramco

O2C undertaking of the company comprises entire oil-to-chemicals business of the company consisting of refining, petrochemicals, fuel retail and aviation fuel (majority interest only) and bulk wholesale marketing businesses together with its assets and liabilities.




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March GST Collection Sinks to Rs 28,309 Crore, Down From Rs 1.13 Lakh Crore Last Year

Government officials said that collection numbers present a worrying trend, given that normal business activities were underway till March 24 when a nationwide lockdown was announced.




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Gold Gains on Bleak US Data, But En Route for 2% Weekly Fall

Millions more Americans filed claims for unemployment benefits last week, lifting the number of applications to 30.3 million since March 21, data showed.




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Amazon Sees Possible Second-quarter Loss as it Forecasts $4 Billion in Covid-19-Related Costs

The coronavirus has infected workers at dozens of locations, igniting small protests and prompting labour organisers to demand site closures




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Lockdown Period, Global Recession & Changes in Consumer Behaviour to Shape Economic Activity: Report

According to Dun & Bradstreet's latest report, changes in consumer behaviour will determine the segments that are likely to flourish after the pandemic comes under control.




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Sebi Exempts Four Family Trusts Linked to Lux Industries' Promoters From Open Offer Obligation

The proposed acquisition involves settlement or contribution of equity shares of the company to the four trusts by Ashok Todi, Bimla Todi, Pradip Todi and Shobha Todi.




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Non-subsidised Cooking Gas Price Cut by a Record Rs 162.50 per Cylinder

The outbreak of coronavirus and the lockdowns imposed by nations to curb its spread has evaporated demand for oil, sending international oil prices crashing.




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Covid-19: AP Govt to Clear All Industrial Incentives, Waive Power Charge for 3 Months to Boost MSMEs

The state government has also decided to provide working capital loans to MSMEs at lower interest rates. A fund to the tune of Rs 200 crore would be created to lend loans between Rs 2-10 lakh.




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London Court Dismisses ArcelorMittal Appeal against Essar

The high court order of March 30 came as steelmaker ArcelorMittal looked to enforce a $1.5 billion arbitral award stemming from a soured supply agreement.




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Lockdown Led to Subdued Economic Activity But Saved India From Lot of Agony: SBI chairman

Nationwide lockdown should only be lifted once the situation is fully under control, said State Bank of India Chairman Rajnish Kumar.