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 Rating agency Moody’s said that the the negative outlook of India reflects increasing risks that economic growth will remain significantly lower than

Vivek Sharma, MD at Panasonic Life Solutions India, said these stores will serve as experience centres for consumers and influencers, He said the stores will target customers as well as builders, contractors and architects. The company has opened the first such outlet in Hyderabad will be setting up these stores in a franchise owned and operated model.

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.

India’s manufacturing industry does rely heavily on imported components, including semiconductors, smartphone screens, LED screens, sensors and so on.

After 40 days of lockdown, certain business activities like opening of standalone stores and e-commerce delivery of non-essential items have been allowed in green and orange zones (locations with few or no COVID-19 cases).

The number of NPA accounts rose from 2,08,035 as of March 31, 2014, to 6,17,306 as of December 2019

Besides SBI, other members of the consortium that has been cheated are Canara Bank, Union Bank of India, IDBI, Central Bank of India and Corporation Bank

RBI had earlier announced a three-month moratorium on loans by banks to NBFCs.

The RBI has allowed banks to extend moratorium to borrowers of term loans of all kinds for three months -- March, April and May. "SBI has taken a decision to extend the moratorium allowed by RBI to the NBFC sector which is facing severe problem of cashflow," Khara said.

Union Bank of India announced reduction in its MCLR up to 15 basis points across all tenors, effective May 11. Overnight MCLR has been reduced by 15 bps to 7.15 per cent from 7.30 per cent and one-month MCLR by 10 bps to 7.25 per cent.

Move spurred by unprecedented decline in demand; WGC is also working with large institutions for a bullion exchange in India, and with assaying centres to build consumers' trust

Record high local prices, coupled with short-term pressure on household finances, could encourage people to sell gold

Global holdings of physically-backed gold ETFs and similar products jumped by 298 tonnes during the March quarter - the highest quarterly inflows for four years

Investment demand, though lower by 17%, was relatively better as sentiments towards equities turned negative and investors turned to gold's liquidity and safe haven status

The Pennsylvania-based firm, which sells drop shaped bite-sized chocolate candies 'Kisses' in India, is still a fringe player in the country’s chocolate market where Mondelez controls two-thirds of the market, followed by Ferrero and Nestle.

Coca-Cola said its financial contribution will be utilised for various purposes, which include activation of over 50 locations across 10 states in partnership with its bottlers to support the hydration needs of the underserved communities through distribution of beverages during the lockdown period.

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The territory of Afghanistan must not be used against the United States, our allies and in fact the world

The most important improvements concern its national security structures and their work, and flexibility in thinking

The first flight that was to land around 8 p.m. on Friday was delayed by five hours and has been scheduled to land at 1.30 a.m. on Saturday, while the other flight is expected to land at 12.30 a.m.

Packed settlements and common toilets make physical distancing an impossibility in Dharavi. Jyoti Shelar and Ajeet Mahale report on the efforts to stop COVID-19 from spreading in a 2.5-sq km area that has recorded more than 800 cases and 25 deaths

Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand will lead India's charge at the online Nations Cup beginning on Tuesday, where some of the world's best players will face off amid the coronavirus pandemic which has thrown the sporting calendars out of gear. The six-team event, touted to the richest online team tournament, features all the big names in the game with World champion Magnus Carlsen being the only big gun missing from the line-up.

India suffered a double blow, losing its third and fourth round matches to Europe and top-seeded China by similar 1.5-2.5 margins, on the second day of the FIDE-Chess.com Online Nations Cup on Wednesday. Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand came up against a strong opponent in Ding Liren and the two agreed to sign peace in 54 moves. P Harikrishna held higher-rated Yu Yangyi to a draw while long-time rivals Koneru Humpy and Hou Yifan drew their game.

The seasoned Anand beat Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in just 17 moves in a fifth round match. But India were held to a 2-2 draw by Russia in the ongoing Online Nations Cup.

India played out a 2-2 draw against Europe in Online Nations Cup chess tournament in the eighth round, a setback after their first win in the event notched up against the Rest of the World. Vidith Gujrathi ended his barren spell with a win over Levon Aronian of Europe with white pieces while Jan-Krystozf Duda beat P Harikrishna to level the scores in the match on Friday.

The 63-year-old former Kingfisher Airlines boss, an avid cricket fan, is wanted in India on fraud and money laundering charges amounting to an alleged Rs 9,000 crores.

The ancient Pompeii ruins house several evidences of long-standing trade ties between the two countries

Abhinav Chandrachud explores how India went from secularism under the British to a soft-colonial version after Independence to the present-day constitutional model

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

A 29-year-old woman with the mortal remains of her husband was one of the passengers

Presence documented by Sanjay Gubbi of Nature Conservation Foundation and his team

Book gives minute details of the five weeks that preceded the Maharashtra government formation.

The post-mortem report into the death of an Indian Gaur which had strayed into Mangaluru city on May 5 has said that it died due to “shock with cardia

It's already May, and parts of the country hit 40 degrees Celsius a few days ago, making situations worse for people living in cramped quarters to stay indoors

Four states that have reported their highest single-day jump in cases are Assam, Delhi, Odisha and Tripura

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

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

'Pink a movie that's assembled especially for that section of prejudice-free Indians who are all on this side of the screen.' 'Look...there's virtuosity staring at you, 24 Frames per Second.''Soak it in; more power to the revolution, more wax to the candlelight vigils,' says Sreehari Nair.

Vanita Kohli-Khandekar on why Indian media and entertainment quality will remain a national gripe and why we, the viewers, are not blame free.

'Are we seeing the beginning of the communalising of one of the most iconic film industries in the world?' asks Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.

The term binge-watching was the runner up in Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year in 2013. Indians may have come late to the party a little later, but we're making up for lost time, says Shuma Raha.

Chaitanya Tamhane's National Award-winning film seems more relevant today than when it released, says Sreehari Nair.

Over the last decade the Indian film industry has reinvented itself. Do film critics need to do that too?

'Despite the pornographic quality of its name, Lust Stories is something of an event in Indian popular culture,' says Shuma Raha.

'Mulk questions the very principle, of good-Muslim exceptionalism.''That, of course, we adore Abdul Hamid, A P J Abdul Kalam and Bismillah Khan and if only more Muslims were like them.''Anubhav Sinha sticks his neck out to say that these are no exceptions.''Most Muslims are like them. It is the terrorists who are exceptions,' says Shekhar Gupta.

'Visibility is very important, but visibility is also very expensive.'Swapnil Joglekar explores the Parasite phenomenon.