Chairing a meeting to assess the impact of COVID 19 on Assam Power Distribution Company Limited, Assam Power Generation Corporation Limited and Assam Electricity Grid Corporation Limited, Sonowal said that though the state has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, the endeavour of the government’s power companies has yielded into a power surplus.

Rajan says ‘monetisation’ is a good option in the short-term and within reasonable limits.

Labour laws in India are part of the façade of democracy that middle-class India confuses for the real thing. In reality, nine out of ten of India’s 500 million workers are in the informal sector, which does not admit labour laws, minimum wages, social security and such other symbols of civilised existence even as figments of the imagination.

ET examines the labour reforms template of three states, which also seems to be part of efforts to lure companies looking to move out of China.

Mediamatic ETEN, a restaurant in Amsterdam, is offering a four-course vegetarian menu for diners -- served to guests while they sit in their own personal quarantine greenhouses.

The Tamil Nadu voter may not be in the mood to test new talent, not when the state and the people are going through unprecedented and unanticipated crises, of which coronavirus is only the first. All of it boils down to an election between the ruling AIADMK and the Opposition DMK next year, with small-timers, had-been parties and promised parties left on the sidelines, says N Sathiya Moorthy.

The state broadcasters have started the practice, but private news channels may follow suit, a ministry source said.

Uttam Ghosh pays homage to these martrys for India.

'All the animals -- buffaloes and dogs -- in the proximity of the factory are dead.' 'The situation is so serious that almost one lakh people from nearby localities have moved to safer places fearing the after-effects of the gas leak.' 'There is lot of panic.'

Official figures say 1.8 lakh workers have returned home to Bihar. Unofficially, however, that figure is said to have crossed 3 lakhs. Can Bihar cope?

Sukanya Verma raises a toast (he'd like that very much) to the magnificent Rishi Kapoor and his 25 essential performances.

'It will take me a while to process the meaning of the loss of a man who meant so much to me through my entire life,' says Aseem Chhabra.

'He was in form right to the very end.'

'Irrfan was known in his friend circles as a Sufi-esque man who was never detached from any incident, person or situation,' remembers Rajesh Abhay, a friend of the actor since their days at NSD.

The proceeds from the concert will go to the India COVID Response Fund.

Stars have been posting about people and experiences they have been missing during the six weeks-and-counting lockdown.

'I go live on Instagram and weave a motivational talk from the Gita.' 'It's fun, casual, modern and relevant to today's times and everyone can understand as I use simple language.'

What happened on the sets of Saagar. The role Irrfan desperately wanted to play. What Sayani Gupta is up to.

Ranbir Kapoor and his father -- the late Rishi Kapoor -- shared a turbulent relationship.

'I can sense that because we have shared a room for 20 years of our lives.'

They were married for 40 years till Rishi Kapoor's death did them apart.