However, the data only reflect company payrolls through April 12 so the report does not reflect the full impact of COVID-19 on the overall employment situation.

Indian stocks slid on Thursday, with declines led by banks and Hindustan Unilever, as coronavirus cases in the country crossed 50,000 despite a strict weeks-long lockdown.

ONGC was the top loser in the Sensex pack, slumping over 4 per cent, followed by NTPC, Kotak Bank, Titan, Bharti Airtel and PowerGrid.

The minister also noted that the pendency of dues owed to MSME units by the central government, state governments, public sector undertakings and major industries was "very high".

Equity benchmark Sensex rallied over 600 points in opening session on Friday as strong gains in index-heavyweight Reliance Industries, massive foreign fund inflow and positive global cues boosted market sentiment.

Many MSMEs and corporates have also availed the three-month moratorium offered by banks as per the Reserve Bank of India

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

FINA announced that world championships were due to be held in Fukuoka next year from July 16-August 1 but will instead take place from May 13-29 in 2022

A total of 19,245 players registered for the CheckmateCovid Chess Tournament and GM Ankit Rajpara won it.

The 36th edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships is scheduled to take place from March 5 to 7 next year in Torun, Poland.

Sonakshi Sinha got in a live interaction with spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. As a part of her conversation, she talked about being trolled over the 'Ramayan' qeustion when she appeared on Kaun Banega Crorepati in September 2019.

Karisma Kapoor shared a slo-mo video from her trip to London to say how much she is missing the city while quarantined in Mumbai.

In the clip, we see Tiger on a remote highway using a football as a prop for his performance. He turns around and swings his legs in the air.

Here are some of the best budget laptops, some running Windows 10 and some Google Chromebook options, which you must add to your arsenal of work from home tools.

The company said it has also received over two lakh e-mails from customers for delivering the non-essential items with demand for mobile phones rising 200 percent.

With most of us now working from home, it has become important to find the best replacement of our regular office use software. He

The Call of Duty Season 6 is updated with version 1.0.12 is available on both Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

The production will take place at the start-of-the-art Samsung V1 facility located in Hwaseong, South Korea.

The MeitY deadline extension only applies to registration of startups, while the idea submission deadline remains the same.

Apple's COVID-19 app works by asking a set of questions in order to ascertain risk factors, recent exposure, and symptoms.

Services such as EnableX, Troop Messenger, VacYa and Say Namaste are just a few of the startups looking to cash in on the lucrative expansion opportunity.

Xiaomi's MIUI interface is flawed with a variety of issues that the company needs to get serious about.

Apple and Google said privacy and preventing governments from using the system to compile data on citizens was the primary goal

Slim laptops pretty much define themselves, whereas convertibles are those that have hinge mechanism that allows you to push the display all the way back into a tent, presentation mode or a tablet mode.

Dineout believes the contactless suite can expand to airports, hospitals, liquor shops and others to reduce waiting times and enforce social distancing.

Rohit spoke his mind in an Instagram live session with former India spinner Harbhajan Singh.

Tahir, who joined the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led team in 2018, said the day he put on the CSK cap was one of the special moments of his life.

Umar was recently handed a three-year ban by the Pakistan Cricket Board for not reporting corrupt approaches before the start of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).

Along with his best wishes, batsman KL Rahul sent a request asking Rohit to continue to make batting look easy. The vice-captain's reply read: "you are doing that right now. Thanks for the wishes."

The South Africa-born Labuschagne is probably best prepared for such a scenario, having been adjudged the busiest cricketer in an ESPNcricinfo analysis last October.

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President and former India captain Sourav Ganguly admitted that while he is enjoying the time he is getting to spend at home during the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, he feels sad about the number of lives that are being destroyed in this period.

Game Over has elements of a psychological thriller, and nods to films like Edge of Tomorrow in which characters get multiple lives to move up levels in stories that are structured like video games.

Unlike the previous seasons, the Duffer Brothers have made sure that the new season has more humour.

The film seems like a grim gangland saga that inadvertently becomes funny, and an attempted spoof of a gangland saga that is far from funny.

'Upstarts' is very contemporary and contemplative take on our times. Read our review of the new Netflix film below.

The simple storytelling is well aided by with an upbeat background score and competent production design that faithfully recreates the simple, village setting.

'Saand Ki Aankh' is based on the amazing true story of two of the oldest sharpshooter champions in the world-- Chandro and Prakashi Tomar. Read our full review of the latest Bollywood film below.

Taapsee Pannu and Anubhav Sinha's Thappad is a rousing soul search, raising the question again and again, till it forces an answer.

Thappad isn’t a film about a wife teaching her husband not to take her for granted. It’s about a woman rediscovering her sense of self, contemplating what is fair and what isn’t.

Indian women's hockey team defeated hosts Japan 2-1 as Gurjit Kaur scored a brace at the Olympic test event in Tokyo.

Mandeep Singh scored thrice while Nilakanta Sharma, Nilam Sanjeep Xess and Gurjant Singh registered one goal each as India beat Japan 6-3 in Olympic Test Event.

Hockey Olympic Qualifiers: Mandeep Singh scored twice while Harmanpreet Singh and SV Sunil found a goal each as India defeated Russia 4-2.

Graham Reid said he has spoken to Sports Authority of India for access to sports psychologists for the Indian men's hockey team.

FIH CEO Thiery Weil called the Kalinga stadium in Bhubaneswar the best hockey venue they have.

Hockey India had banned Punjab Armed Police, Jalandhar and J&K Police Hockey teams for three months for indiscipline and unruly behaviour.

Rani scored two goals as Sharmila and Namita Toppo added one each to help the Indian women's hockey team beat New Zeland in the first match of the tour.

Hockey India national championships were rescheduled to start on April 29 and continue till July 3 but have been suspended for now.

Hockey India has decided to restructure its domestic competitions by doing away with the categorisation as all teams will play in sub-junior, junior and senior national championships for both men and women.