The state retailers' petrol and diesel sales in first half of April declined by 61% and 64%, respectively, as a nation-wide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus brought economic activity to a standstill.

Antibody testing is an important step to tell if someone has been previously infected. It will provide more understanding of the virus.

Remdesivir is authorised for the treatment of hospitalised patients with severe Covid-19 disease though the optimal duration of treatment is still being studied in ongoing clinical trials.

Professional indemnity policy offers protection to professionals against potential claims for injury or loss resulting from their advice action for failure to fulfil their duties.

The PM’s Office, Niti Aayog and the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade are firming up a plan to offer incentives in order to attract companies looking to shift manufacturing units out of China.

An ISA official also confirmed Narendran's resignation but said the reason for his sudden resignation is not known yet.

An American financial organisation has agreed to sanction USD 15 million loan to an Indian education start-up to expand the access to quality education by providing critical financing to schools that serve low-income students in India.

The report said the increase in non-performing assets by 2-4 percentage points will need a government recapitalisation requirement by $7-15 billion.

Slumping over 810 points from the day's high, the 30-share BSE index settled 261.84 points or 0.83 per cent lower at 31,453.51.

In March, the government announced a Rs 1.7 lakh crore relief package focusing on providing food security to the poor and providing money in their hands to fight COVID-19.

The SC said cooperative banks cannot carry on any activity without compliance of the provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and any other legislation applicable to such banks relatable to 'Banking'.

The grim result for the industry, the engine of economic growth and jobs, underlined the pandemic's sweeping impact across India as authorities extended a nationwide lockdown.

India's April gasoil exports closed at a four-month high of 2.73 million tonnes, compared with 2.53 million tonnes in March, according to Refinitiv oil research assessments.

Currently, authorised persons of employers have to go to the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) offices to get their digital signatures registered.

Remdesivir is an investigational antiviral drug that may be found effective against the virus that causes Covid-19

The company also had to reduce production due to reduced demand.

India is prioritizing medical equipment suppliers, food processing units, textiles, leather and auto part makers among more than 550 products covered in the discussions.

Under this new product, an additional 30 basis points premium will be payable for senior citizen's retail term deposits with "5 Years & above" tenor only.

Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi had earlier written to state chief ministers asking them not to import dry-fuel and take the domestic supply of fuel from Coal India Ltd.

Participating in the same meeting, Union Minister for MSME and Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari also said "a package is going to be declared".

With five months still left for 2019-20 marketing year to end, the association feels the mills have the potential to fulfil their exports commitments.

This is the third high profile-investment in Reliance Jio in as many weeks.

The upbeat sentiment follows gains of over 1% in main U.S. and European stock indexes on Thursday.

Moody's Investors Service on Friday said the negative outlook on India's rating reflects increasing risks that GDP growth will remain significantly lower than in the past and partly hints at weaker policy effectiveness to address economic and institutional issues.

The ratings agency said it expected India to see no growth in financial year 2021 and bounce back to a 6.6% GDP growth in FY22.

After rallying 645.13 points during the day, the 30-share index surrendered most gains to settle 199.32 points or 0.63 per cent higher at 31,642.70.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget for 2020-21 had pegged gross borrowing in the new financial year at Rs 7.8 lakh crore, higher than Rs 7.1 lakh crore estimated for 2019-20.

Confederation of Indian Industry said a substantive stimulus is required from the government in the form of support to the poor and to the industry.

Japanese brokerage Nomura warned of a likely downgrade of the sovereign by global ratings agencies while American brokerage Goldman Sachs (GS) said RBI will cut rates by another 1 percentage point to arrest the economic slide.

Consumption of fuel, a proxy for oil demand, totalled 9.93 million tonnes - its lowest since 2007, government data showed on Saturday.

The deal could be completed as soon as this month, though no agreement has been finalised and plans may change.

Tennis is one of several social-distancing-compatible sports the Austrian government has allowed to resume as they ease the Covid-19 lockdown.

India will be represented by Viswanathan Anand, Vidit Gujrathi, P. Hari Krishna and Koneru Humpy at the online Nations Cup.

Egypt's Youssef Hossam received life ban for match-fixing and his brother has got the same two years ago for corruption.

Money though the Player Relief Programme, run by ATP, WTA, Grand Slam organisers and ITF, will be divided equally among men and women.

World Archery executive board had suspended all its events till August 31, resulting in a huge losses to the federation.

India lost to Rest of the World in the second round of the FIDE-Chess.com Online Nations Cup after against USA.

Maria Sharapova recalled how Novak Djokovic earned himself a dinner with her by winning a match.

Sania Mirza said she is proud apart from cricket, the biggest sports stars in India are women athletes

Sania Mirza said that coaches need to be sensitive of the hormonal changes that girls go through while working with them.

Bianca Andreescu's bid to return to competitive tennis suffered a further jolt when the season was halted in March due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

India, on the second day of the FIDE-Chess.com Online Nations Cup, lost its third and fourth round matches to Europe and China by similar 1.5-2.5 margins

Tennis Australia spoke about the uncertainty around restrictions around coronavirus and said they will have to plan for all possible scenarios.

WWE Money in the Bank 2020 will see the corporate ladder match at the rooftop of the Titan Towers, WWE Headquarters.

Dmitrii Baskov had come to India in January to visit a tennis academy and got stuck due to Covid-19 lockdown but is helping feel Ahmedabad's poor.

India defeated Rest of the World 2.5-1.5 in the seventh round, their first win in the Online Nations Cup.

A video of Ranbir Kapoor talking about Katrina Kaif has surfaced, Elon Musk's girlfriend, singer Grimes, has given birth to their first child together. More details in today's entertainment recap.

Cobie Smulders said that fans binge-watching the show on Netflix were more likely to find it frustrating than those who had seen when the show aired on TV.

Giorgia Andriani and Arbaaz Khan have been dating for sometime now and there is a lot of speculation around their marriage.

An old picture of Tamannaah Bhatia with former Pakistani cricketer Abdul Razzaq has resurfaced on social media.