Sectors such as healthcare, pharmaceuticals, grocery and warehouses would call for additional talent with new skill-sets.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has allowed resuming operations in the gardens of Darjeeling, Doars and Terai with a workforce of 25%.

Startups must maintain their financial health by conserving cash, cutting down on costs and renegotiating their existing contracts.

Easing financial burden, preventing project failures and protecting jobs are a must if sector’s to preserve its health.

The official also said as the social distancing norms will remain in effect in near future, it has to start conducting its discussions and other work online.

With the rising smartphone and tablet penetration, the mobile gaming industry is expected to touch Rs 2,620 crore by 2019, with a year-on-year growth of 20 per cent...

Investors in ACC have reason to cheer as volume posted double digit growth in Q2CY17, up 10% y-o-y, after a gap of >5 years and is set for ~10% jump in CY17, on low base of ~9% dip in H2CY16.

CAI’s current estimates for the North Zone, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are lower by 1 lakh bales each compared to its previous month estimate.

Total imports of shrimp by US for the first six months of 2019 remained flat at 300,683 tonne compared to 302,495 tonne imported during the same period of 2018. Overall, US imported 695,332 tonne of shrimps last year.

Growth was already slowing before the corona outbreak; forcing industry to pay full wages imperils MSMEs’ survival

Global and multilateral institutions and national governments need to come together to make sure that the loss of income is offset through cash-and-kind support.

Risk has a known probability distribution. For uncertainty, the probability distribution is unknown. Covid-19 makes us confront uncertainty, not risk

Transfer amounts should also be linked to CPI. While PM-KISAN covers only farmers and is much more expensive and exclusive, such a transfer would avoid narrow coverage, also avoiding inclusion/exclusion errors

The impression was reinforced when Rajnath Singh, and not Shah, was appointed last month to head the 15- member high-power ministerial committee coordinating with states on ensuring movement of essential supplies during the lockdown.

The lockdown has achieved its purpose. Extending it may not be worth the cost.

WHO’s Solidarity and Oxford’s RECOVERY trials can give a clearer picture on some drugs that showed early promise.

Covid-19 could benefit the dairy industry as consumers could shift from meat-based to dairy-based protein. The govt may consider reducing GST on ghee and milk fat from 12% to 5% .

Even a 25% fall in their incomes due to the lockdown will make 354 mn more people poor. fixing this with cash transfers will cost the govt Rs 19,500 cr per month.

The country’s NGOs and trade unions were critical in monitoring the situation, and reaching vulnerable groups.

Globally, experts are looking at “excess mortality” or mortality gaps as another measure of the coronavirus death toll. This approach compares the number of deaths during a certain period to the historical average.

Coronavirus is ensuring the trade-off, especially for developing economies is significant, notwithstanding efforts to strike a balance

A case could be made out for including chief ministers' relief funds in the list of entities eligible for corporate CSR funding

The industry is the most apt for creating livelihoods. Govt should consider supporting SMEs in the sector through tariffs to prevent their collapse due to the pandemic

Before tertiary infections take root, it could perhaps be a good to plan to decongest the slums by arranging travel of migrants to their home in orderly manner without losing time

The Covid 19 crisis is an opportunity to redefine tax policy and law. A calibrated approach to balance welfare economics with a vision to pioneer economic activity and national growth is needed.

Today, when the US, China, UK, France, etc, which spend much more on healthcare than other nations are facing a crisis, one can very well understand how bad the situation could have been if the outbreak was in the third world, where a majority of global poor live with very little or no access to public health care. The situation would have been much worse.

The world must use this opportunity to fund global public goods and rebuild global systems to fight the right battles.

In India, which is the biggest democracy in the world with over 1.3 billion people, the question of public health has never been debated in public.

The Covid 19 crisis is an opportunity to redefine tax policy and law. A calibrated approach to balance welfare economics with a vision to pioneer economic activity and national growth is needed.

The lockdown is an opportunity to mainstream sustainability in economic policy as it has made citizens amenable to decisions that have a high discount rate.

We should continue to implement all the needed public health measures instead of projecting testing rates as the sole path to salvation

Lack of PPE & shortage of testing kits is a real issue.

Containment zones must be marked ‘red’, not the entire district; also, will activity be curtailed if areas turn ‘red’?

The pandemic and its economic consequences have given every state economy the unprecedented opportunity to take bold decisions and accelerate decadal growth.

Liquor-store crowds show the masses still don’t understand the importance of social distancing in fighting Covid-19

Covid-19 presents an opportunity for UGC to push for US SAT-style common entrance exam

Israel has just reported a potent monoclonal antibody (mAb) against SARS CoV-2. Firms in South Korea, the US are leading mAb trials.

In an unprecedented crisis, you would expect them to take full responsibility for lakhs of poor; as they did in ancient times.

States should be allowed to issue ‘pandemic relief’ bonds, with the central bank being allowed to buy these bonds by printing money and monetising their debt.

The Katoch committee, in 2015, had proposed several measures like setting up parks for API, providing capex, and subsidised loans to boost domestic production of APIs.

With more than 49,000 positive Coronavirus cases in India, rolling out a vaccine has become a key focus for Indian scientists and researchers.

The scientists tested their vaccine on mice. The mice developed antibodies immediately after a single injection, which prevented the virus from infecting human cells. Researchers selected 2 of the five candidates for the vaccine after studying them with the best results.

Coronavirus COVID 19 vaccine news, latest update, human trials: Sanofi's Pasteur division has an established track record in influenza vaccines. Last month it had teamed with its British rival GSK to produce a vaccine candidate hoping that it will be ready in 2021.

In the age of social media, digital technology, IoT and 3D printers, it is difficult for a lot of people to understand the delays in creation of a vaccine for the new disease.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has time and again sought to drive home the point that complacency cannot be afforded despite a seemingly better show.

In another release, the ministry said the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB) and Tata Sons have signed a licensing agreement for a paper strip-based test called Feluda for Covid 19's rapid diagnosis.

According to an official source, it has not been ascertained from where these doctors, nurses and paramedic staff have acquired the infection.

The study said that the increase in frequency of this strain is happening at an alarming rate, which indicates that this strain has an advantage over the original strain from Wuhan in terms of fitness.

Three children, including a five-year-old boy, have died of a mysterious inflammatory syndrome resembling Kawasaki disease or a toxic shock, Governor Andrew Cuomo said, as the state authorities began an inquiry into the cases.
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