ia Did You Know? Selfie Obsession on Social Media May Increase Risk of Eating Disorder By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 06:05:34 +0530 The researchers from Florida State University revealed a consistent and direct link between posting edited photos on Instagram and risk factors for eating disorders. Full Article
ia Watch: Migrant Workers Throw Away Stale Food Served on Special Train at Asansol Station By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 07:36:34 +0530 The migrant workers were on their way from Ernakulam in Kerala to Bihar's Danapur when about a thousand of them were served the cooked meal along with water at Asansol station. Full Article
ia Steve Smith is Giving Batting Tutorials from Home and Cricket Fans Couldn't Have Asked for More By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 09:01:28 +0530 In the video, the former Australian skipper spoke about the importance of pointing the front foot in the direction where a batsman wants to hit the ball. Full Article
ia Milkman's Desi Jugaad to Deliver Milk While Maintaining Social Distancing is Winning Twitter By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 12:29:46 +0530 A photo of the milkman was posted on Twitter by IAS officer Nitin Sangwan who took the opportunity to praise the milkman's ingenious 'jugaad'. Full Article
ia A 38-Year-Old Brazilian Man Has Just Discovered He Has Three Kidneys By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 01:26:34 +0530 This person too did not need any special care for his extra kidney and was only given painkiller medicine for his backache. Full Article
ia Axl Rose Has US Treasury Secretary So Rattled That He Used Liberia's Flag in Twitter Feud By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 01:43:38 +0530 Rose’s vulgar comment rattled the Mnuchin, causing an altercation of sorts. Full Article
ia This is What Indians Have Googled the Most Since the First Day of Coronavirus Lockdown By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 02:37:40 +0530 Citizens of India haven't turned a blind eye to important personnel during the coronavirus lockdown. Full Article
ia Punjab CM Teams Up with 5-year-old Tiktok Star to Talk About Social Distancing By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 03:29:17 +0530 Noor, who is seen in the avatar of a young Sikh boy in the video, had earlier teamed up with the Moga police to spread the message of social distancing. Full Article
ia Over Sized Clothing and a Fan Moment: Brian Lara Trolls Suresh Raina With Throwback Picture By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 04:47:52 +0530 Raina also went on to have a successful international career. He played an integral role in India's win at the 2011 World Cup. Full Article
ia Google Reveals What Recipes Indians Searched the Most on Internet during Lockdown By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 04:56:17 +0530 The most searched recipes on Google were cake, samosa, jalebi, momos, dhokla, panipuri, dosa, paneer and chocolate cake. Full Article
ia Dutch Restaurant Installs 'Quarantine Greenhouses' for Diners to Eat Out While Social Distancing By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 12:46:22 +0530 A restaurant in Amsterdam has trialling glass booths for diners as Netherlands looks to lift lockdown restrictions in the coming week. Full Article
ia WATCH: This Cat Has an Open Letter to Humans on The Migrant Crisis in India By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 12:45:29 +0530 With a 'heavy heart', Billooji's open letter on the recent migrant crisis is actually a 2-minute long video. Full Article
ia Indian Gaur Showing off its Jumping Skills in Lockdown Has Stunned the Internet By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 02:00:19 +0530 While some users were awestruck by the Gaur’s jump, some believe that this is no mean feat for the animal. Full Article
ia How to Find if a WhatsApp Forward is True? This Team is Fighting Fake News in India By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 02:21:51 +0530 That's the thing about fake news - it appears believable. But how can you verify it? Full Article
ia Dutch School Installs Plastic Shields Around Students' Desks to Maintain Social Distancing By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 07:33:10 +0530 At the Springplank school in Netherlands, younger students will use one entrance and older students a different one. Parents will have to drop their children at the gate. Full Article
ia Industry Dialogue: It is Not True That Employees Working From Home Are Lazying Around By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 06:14:52 +0530 If you’re still unsure whether remote work can work for your business, you may not have had a choice, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now is the time to assure employees that you not only care about but also trust them—that you have their best interests at heart. Full Article
ia Citing Economic Cost of Covid-19 Shutdown, Moody's Slashes India Growth Forecast to 0.2% for 2020 By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:58:40 +0530 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. Full Article
ia India's Serum Institute to Make Millions of Potential Coronavirus Vaccine Doses By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 09:09:33 +0530 Serum, the world’s largest maker of vaccines by volume, is mass-producing the vaccine candidate developed by the University of Oxford. Full Article
ia Indians Venture into US Stocks as Markets Slump at Home By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 03:18:58 +0530 India's equity markets have lost more than a fifth of their value this year, while the S&P 500 has corrected by just over 11 per cent. The S&P 500 also has almost no correlation with India's markets, making it an ideal hedge for domestic investors. Full Article
ia Sensex Rallies 606 Points, Nifty Reclaims 9,500 as Banks, Financials Surge By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 04:06:35 +0530 Indian markets opened on positive note taking positive cues from its Asian peers and ahead of U S Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates amid ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
ia Partial Relief for Vodafone Idea as SC Asks Income Tax Department to Refund Rs 733 Crore By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 05:15:45 +0530 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. Full Article
ia Don't Need Budget 2.0, Post-Covid Reforms Can Be Through Stimulus: CEA K Subramanian By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 07:22:29 +0530 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. Full Article
ia Govt Should Allow Micro-finance Institutions to Resume Operations in Green Zones: Official By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 07:25:09 +0530 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. Full Article
ia Asian Stocks Set to Track US Gains as Virus Treatment Hopes Lift Confidence By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 07:41:17 +0530 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. Full Article
ia India's Scrap Gold Supplies Seen at Record High on Price Rally, Coronavirus, Says WGC By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:15:16 +0530 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. Full Article
ia Glenmark to Conduct Trials for Potential Covid-19 Drug, Shares Jump By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:26:01 +0530 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. Full Article
ia JustDial Board Gives Nod to Rs 220 Crore Buyback Proposal at Rs 700 Per Share By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 05:21:44 +0530 In its filing with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the company said that the board of directors of JustDial has given its nod to a buyback proposal worth maximum Rs 220 crore. Full Article
ia Lockdown Impact: India's March Infrastructure Output Contracts 6.5% Compared to Last Year By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 06:38:50 +0530 The infrastructure output growth for February was upwardly revised to 7.1% from an earlier estimate of 5.5%, the data showed. Full Article
ia Allow E-commerce Entities to Operate Without Passes in Green Zones: IAMAI By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:24:17 +0530 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. Full Article
ia RIL Q4 Results: Reliance Announces India's Biggest Rights Issue of Rs 53,125 Crore, Jio Profit Zooms 177% By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 07:05:45 +0530 Revenue from operations for the March quarter stood at Rs 136,000 crore, against Rs 152,939 crore in December quarter and Rs 138,659 crore in the year-ago period. Full Article
ia Asian Oil Sellers Add New 'Zero Price' Clause in Contracts: Report By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:04:39 +0530 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. Full Article
ia Reliance to Hive off $75 Billion O2C Business into Separate Unit for Sale to Aramco By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:56:39 +0530 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. Full Article
ia After Facebook, Reliance Jio Platforms in Talks with Other Global Investors for Similar Stake Sale By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 09:01:38 +0530 Without revealing the identity of the companies, RIL in its fourth-quarter earnings statement said the investment would be announced in the coming months. Full Article
ia Covid-19: Fitch Downgrades Viability Ratings of SBI, BoB, ICICI and Axis Bank By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:17:40 +0530 The agency affirmed the long-term issuer default ratings (IDR) of SBI and BOB at 'BBB-' and those of ICICI Bank and Axis Bank at 'BB+'. Full Article
ia Financial Markets to Remain Shut for Maharashtra Day By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 10:48:13 +0530 All major financial markets in India will remain closed on Friday on account of Maharashtra Day. Full Article
ia Covid-19: AP Govt to Clear All Industrial Incentives, Waive Power Charge for 3 Months to Boost MSMEs By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 04:07:15 +0530 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. Full Article
ia Lockdown Led to Subdued Economic Activity But Saved India From Lot of Agony: SBI chairman By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 04:50:04 +0530 Nationwide lockdown should only be lifted once the situation is fully under control, said State Bank of India Chairman Rajnish Kumar. Full Article
ia India Set to Cap Stimulus Package at $60 Billion to Protect Credit Rating: Report By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 09:13:58 +0530 On Tuesday, Fitch warned India's sovereign rating could come under pressure if its fiscal outlook deteriorates further as the government tries to steer the country through the coronavirus crisis. Full Article
ia CNBCTV18-CII Poll: What Heads of Top Institutions Said on India's Strategy to Revive Economy After Covid-19 By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 10:03:57 +0530 SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar said he is hopeful of more relaxations by May 31 and expects economic activity to return by the festive season. Full Article
ia Tata Steel Announces Plans Aimed at Creating World's First Zero Carbon Industrial Cluster in UK By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 2 May 2020 10:04:23 +0530 Phase one of the Tata Steel's European business project will create a plan for a series of local zero-carbon areas, create skilled jobs and enhance well-being across South Wales. Full Article
ia Difficult to Take Medium and Long-term Views of the Situation: SBI Official By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 2 May 2020 05:25:58 +0530 The bank is looking at the short term now - the next two or three quarters, a senior SBI official said on condition of anonymity. Full Article
ia In Meeting with Bank Chiefs, RBI Governor Reviews Execution of Measures to Reduce Financial Stress By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 2 May 2020 06:48:31 +0530 In his opening remarks, the governor appreciated the efforts of banks in ensuring normal to near normal operations during the lockdown period. Full Article
ia CII For Greater Industrial Activities in Districts With High Economic Performance By www.news18.com Published On :: Sun, 3 May 2020 04:17:51 +0530 The government has permitted industrial estates, SEZ and industrial townships with restricted entry within urban areas of 'red zones' to commence operations. Full Article
ia Foreign Investors Keen To De-risk China Businesses, India Should Seize Opportunity: BJP Leader By www.news18.com Published On :: Sun, 3 May 2020 05:54:40 +0530 Asked about the reluctance of lenders to extend advances to small and medium enterprises, Panda said banks are "afraid" of increasing their lending to businesses despite several policy rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of India. Full Article
ia Bad Debt of Indian Banks Could Double From Rs 9.35 Lakh Crore Due to Coronavirus Crisis: Report By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 08:07:00 +0530 Indian banks are already grappling with 9.35 lakh crore rupees ($123 billion) of soured loans, which was equivalent to about 9.1% of their total assets at the end of September 2019. Full Article
ia Reliance Jio-Silver Lake Deal: Here's All You Need to Know By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 09:50:01 +0530 This is the first sizable investment by SLP in India and reaffirms Jio’s technological capabilities and the potential of the business model, even in this Covid-19 world and beyond. Full Article
ia India Doubles Down on Solar, Gas at Coal's Expense as Electricity Use Falls By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 10:19:15 +0530 India's solar and gas-fired electricity generation rose in April even as overall power demand fell at the steepest monthly rate in at least thirteen years, a Reuters analysis of provisional government data showed. Full Article
ia Saudi Arabia Says Investment Plans in India 'On Track' Even as Aramco's Net Profit Falls 21% By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 10:45:57 +0530 On being asked about the effect of the decline in Aramco’s profits on its plans to invest in India, Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to India reiterated that investment plans were on track. Full Article
ia India's Factory Activity Fell to Record Low in April as Lockdown Hit Demand, Disrupted Supply Chains By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 11:23:47 +0530 With new orders and output shrinking at the steepest pace since at least early 2005 factories cut jobs at the fastest rate in the survey's history, signaling a high chance of recession. Full Article
ia Nifty Falls over 4 Percent; 'Marriage Call' Option Can Cushion Damage By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 11:49:44 +0530 As prices face the 50-day moving average, trading it on the higher side in one move is difficult and some retracement is very likely. Full Article