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Covid-19: How to handle your credit card during these times

Always try to pay the full dues to avoid high interest charges




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Compliance with COVID-19 social-distancing measures in Italy [electronic resource] : the role of expectations and duration / Guglielmo Briscese, Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis, Mirco Tonin

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020




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[ASAP] Is the Collapse of the Respiratory Center in the Brain Responsible for Respiratory Breakdown in COVID-19 Patients?

ACS Chemical Neuroscience
DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00217




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Covid-19: Samsung, LG to provide preventive kits, other electronic products to hospitals in India

LG Electronics India will donate products like water purifiers, air conditioners, refrigerators and TVs to the hospitals. Samsung India, on the other hand, will provide preventive kits to hospitals, which includes a surgeon gown, face mask, gloves, preventive eye wear, hood cap and shoe cover.




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Fitch downgrades viability rating for four banks on Covid-19 impact

Affirms Issuer Default Ratings for seven banks including these four and Bank of India, Canara and PNB




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Covid-19: Average card spend falls 25% as shopping, travel take back seat

With malls and shops closed, spending avenues are practically non-existent.




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Covid-19 crisis: RBI may extend moratorium on bank loans by 90 more days

Suggestions from various quarters, including from Indian Banks' Association, have come for the further extension of moratorium and the RBI is actively considering them, according to sources.




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Covid-19 crisis: SBI's 10% term loan customers opt for moratorium on EMIs

Senior SBI executives said most of those seeking deferment are retail and micro and small enterprises and are hard-pressed for resources when earning and cash flows have almost dried up.




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Covid-19 impact: Motor, health segments see decline in March premiums

The motor and health segments led the decline in premiums for the industry as the month saw premium fall by 9 per cent.




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SBI to grant moratorium to NBFCs on case-by-case basis amid Covid-19 crisis

Considers 25 fresh credit proposals from shadow banks




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Covid-19: PNB opens emergency credit line for MSMEs to enhance liquidity

There is a facility of standby line of credit for MSMEs as well as PNB COVID-19 Emergency Credit Facility (PNB-CECF), the bank said




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SBI shuts Kolkata LHO wing after employee tests positive for COVID-19

The SBI official said the employee was not attending office for the last 8-10 days and was later found to have contracted the deadly virus.




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Covid-19 lockdown spells trouble for strawberry growers in UP's Sambhal

Earlier the strawberry growers here had to suffer losses following a hailstorm, now that the markets are shut, the strawberry produce is yet to be sold




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13 shops sealed, 40 people quarantined in Azadpur Mandi due to Covid-19

Supplies remained unaffected and no unusual spike in prices says Mandi Chairman; 15 confirmed cases registered so far




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Mumbai supplies to be hit as Vashi APMC shuts for a week to curb Covid-19

The need to close the mandi arose after confirmed Covid-19 cases surpassed 80 within the APMC itself and shot past 450 across Navi Mumbai, where this mandi situated




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Coke’s unit gives salary hike amid COVID-19 chaos

Beverages maker Coca-Cola’s company-owned bottling partner Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages has bucked the general trend of companies resorting to pay cuts and job cuts amid the Covid-19 pandemic, announcing 7-8% salary increment to its 7,000 direct employees with effect from April 1, 2020.




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Covid-19 clarity: Companies lose cool over misinformation on cool treats

Dairy major Amul has written to the central government requesting clarifications on claims made by local authorities, and even some factions of the Gujarat government, that consumption of chilled products like ice-cream spread coronavirus.




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Two COVID-19 positive persons shifted from home to hospital following alleged ostracism

It is shocking that educated people resort to such acts, says health official




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Ernakulam records one COVID-19 case in over a month

Renal patient tests positive for SARS-CoV-2




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Patients at COVID-19 care centres to get better quality food

Radhakrishnan inspects facilities in various parts of the city




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2 deaths, 338 new COVID-19 cases

Delhi govt. acquires 170 hotel rooms for infected officials, family members




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Gautam Buddha Nagar sees first COVID-19 death

Gautam Buddha Nagar recorded its first COVID-19 related death on Friday.A 60-year-old man who was first admitted to a private hospital and later trans




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BJP accuses govt. of failing to deal with COVID-19

Leaders worried about spike in cases




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Coronavirus | It’s like 2nd innings of Test match, says Kumble on fight against COVID-19

Anil Kumble thanked all the health care workers and others who are going on with their work so that everyone else can stay safe at home.




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This Bengaluru NGO sells handmade COVID-19 masks by women artisans

Sixty underprivileged women artisans from Bengaluru and Hyderabad make the masks sold by Craftizen Foundation



  • Life & Style

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The changing landscape of fashion photography in a COVID-19 world

An alternative photography technique using mobile technology is fast emerging as a trend among shutterbugs who have had to adapt to the changing landscape of photoshoots due to COVID-19




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COVID-19 deaths in Italy exceed 30,000

The country now has 217,185 confirmed coronavirus infections.




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Coronavirus India lockdown Day 46 live updates | Testing capacity for COVID-19 scaled up to 95,000 per day: Harsh Vardhan

India's recovery rate currently stands at 29.36%, according to the Union Health Ministry.




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China continues to hide, obfuscate COVID-19 data from world: Pompeo

By Friday, more than 78,000 Americans had died and 13 lakh tested positive for the coronavirus. Globally, more than 274,000 people have died and 39 lakh have tested positive for the disease, according to Johns Hopkins University data.




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Only those with severe COVID-19 illness need to be tested before discharge: Health Ministry

As per latest guideline, other categories of patients need not be tested before discharge




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COVID-19 | Five Bihar Military Police personnel test positive

Tally in State goes up to 580




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COVID-19 | Karnataka reports 36 new cases

State tally goes up to 789




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Private lab in Kolkata sealed for illegal COVID-19 tests

Government urges people to go only to approved centres.




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One more person tests COVID-19 positive in Puducherry

This takes the total number of active cases in the Union Territory to three




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COVID-19: Public art in Hyderabad to spread awareness

Md. Abdul Basith, with a team of 15 artists, spreads awareness on the lockdown through public art at various junctions in the city




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COVID-19 | Three more deaths, 43 fresh cases reported in AP

The State reported three more COVID-19 deaths and 43 fresh cases during the past 24 hours during which 8,388 samples were tested. The tally has reache




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Providing adequate ration to Rohingya refugees during COVID-19 lockdown: AAP govt to HC

The Bench was hearing a plea seeking immediate relief for the Rohingya families at settlements in Khajuri Khas in north east Delhi and Shram Vihar and Madanpur Khadar in south Delhi




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Adityanath reviews COVID-19 situation in Uttar Pradesh

The Chief Minister said an elaborate work plan should be formulated to make employment available to migrant labourers, and women self-help groups should be trained on a large scale




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Coronavirus | ‘Confusion’ within central government in fight against COVID-19, says Congress

Maken also came down heavily on the Arvind Kejriwal-led government and asked it to be more transparent in reporting cases of the novel coronavirus.




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Tamil Nadu to further relax COVID-19 lockdown restrictions from Monday

Timings for shops and fuel outlets have been extended, and tea shops will be able to offer parcel services




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Coronavirus | Testing capacity for COVID-19 scaled up to 95,000 per day, says Harsh Vardhan

Harsh Vardhan flagged the large prevalence of non-smoking tobacco usage in some of the States and the problem of spitting in public places.




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Covid-19: Toll now 100 in R'sthan; tally 3,453




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76 new Covid-19 cases in Rajasthan, tally 3,655

With 76 new Covid-19 cases reported on Saturday in Rajasthan, the state tally of people infected from the virus has surged to 3,655 out of which 1,526 are active cases.




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Covid-19 to push UK economy towards deepest recession: Bank of England

It would also be the sharpest annual contraction since 1706, according to reconstructed Bank of England data going back to the 18th Century




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IMF approves $18 bn emergency financing for 50 countries during Covid-19

In order to ensure full transparency and prevent any misuse of funds, the IMF asked member countries who apply for financing to commit that it is only used for urgent purposes related to Covid-19.




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Covid-19: US jobless rate spikes to 14.7%, highest since Great Depression

The figures are stark evidence of the damage the coronavirus has done to a now-shattered economy




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Indian envoy Sandhu, US Senator Feinstein discuss ways to tackle Covid-19

The United States is the worst affected country in the world from coronavirus with over 1.25 million cases in the country




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Hong Kong eases lockdown as no local Covid-19 transmission seen in 19 days

While gyms, beauty salons, bars, restaurants and other such public places have been reopened, saunas, karaoke lounges, party rooms and nightclubs would remain closed for at least another two weeks




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Covid-19: India tally close to 60K mark; Russia reports 10,000 new cases

Russia, which has emerged as a new Covid-19 hotspot in Europe, on Friday registered more than 10,000 new Covid-19 cases, for a sixth straight day




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Covid-19 impact: US unemployment rate surges to 14.7%, the worst since 1948

As the US lost over 20 million jobs in a pandemic-induced economic spiral during April, its unemployment rate zoomed to nearly 15 per cent