In reduced trade, with China, Japan and South Korea on holiday, Australia's ASX 200 rose 1.26% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 0.66%.

The expectation of revival of economies after the lockdown and selling of gold by the central bank created pressure on the yellow metal

For subscriptions to liquid and overnight schemes, the regulator has revised the time to 12.30 pm, while the same for other schemes is 1 pm.

NIIT Technologies share price surged 15% on the stock market after the company posted a strong January-March quarter result on Tuesday.

Most of the sectoral indices were trading in deep sea of red. Nifty FMCG index dropped 1.33 per cent weighed by Godrej Consumer Properties, Britannia, Dabur India and Marico.

Among one of the companies that ended up in Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s shopping cart during the January-March quarter was another Tata Group company -- Rallis India.

HCL Technologies posted strong March quarter numbers with revenue increasing by 16% on-year basis and PAT jumping 22.7% in the same time period. The stock has surged 27% from recent lows and is now down just 10% year-to-date.

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The department of telecommunications (DoT) is understood to have turned down the offer of Vodafone Idea to furnish a corporate guarantee instead of a bank guarantee to cover its deferred spectrum installment for the current fiscal.

Despite the Gujarat government’s order to pay salaries to workers during lockdown period, lakhs of diamond artisans in Surat have not been paid their wages by their employers, said Diamond Workers Union – Gujarat.

Consumer demand for non-essential products with e-commerce firms has increased manifold after the government last Friday lifted the ban on sale of such products by e-tailers.

And in this age of AL, ML and blockchain that are network-based technologies, networking has gained a lot of importance, says Siddarth Bharwani, VP, Brand & Marketing, Jetking Infotrain.

Digital technologies have the potential to create $1 trillion economic value, says EY

Threat trends show political and economic intentions of cybercriminals.

By expanding the scope of equalisation levy to cover foreign e-commerce platforms, India has rushed to incrementally cast its net wide insofar as the digital service user-base is concerned.

OTT platforms see a surge in consumption and subscriber count, as viewers seek fresh content.

IIL is already working with Griffith University for conducting R&D of Zika virus vaccine which is currently at pre-clinical toxicology testing stage.

The PXC 550-II Wireless features a triple microphone array that makes it easy to stay connected while on the move.

As per the tender, a bidder should have a minimum turnover of Rs 8,000 crore each in the last two years (2017-18 and 2018-19 in case of financial year and 2017 and 2018 in case of calendar year.

E-commerce firms have been urging the government to allow sale of non-essentials like smartphones, electronic and stationary items on the premise that access to the items have become necessary as Corporate India shifted to work from home while students moved to online classes.

"Students say that they believe in giving exams without cheating" Sharma said.

Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) recently announced a set of guidelines that will help celebrities to perform due diligence on a product or brand they wish to endorse.

It has been proven that portfolio allocation leads to long-term optimum results on investments. Awareness among investors is gradually increasing on the imperative of allocation.

Sugarcane arrears in Maharashtra have now mounted to Rs 5,000 crore and industry sources claim the position is likely to worsen.

Fino Payments Bank aims to break even in the next 18-24 months, executive vice president and head-products & alliances Ashish Ahuja tells Mitali Salian.

Last year’s cotton sowing was estimated at 126.44 lakh hectare. Scientists say that early cotton sowing may be responsible for pink bollworm attack.

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Parliamentary panel’s recommendations aren’t bold enough, and in some areas, they are even regressive.

Idealist notions of the State overtaking the Market as the one in charge are unfounded.

To bounce back from the pandemic quickly, India needs a stimulus package of at least 5% of GDP that focuses on broad-based development in laggard eastern states.

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In the long term, the govt will have to deepen its procurement operations, expanding from the wheat-paddy complex.

However, the High Court rejected this invocation of Rule 165, ruling that the it specified only the payability conditions of fees, and not the chargeability of it.

An RT-PCR test takes several hours for the result to be available. We cannot make a patient who comes with a non-Covid-19 problem wait till that result is available.

Globally, experts are looking at “excess mortality” or mortality gaps as another measure of the coronavirus death toll. This approach compares the number of deaths during a certain period to the historical average.

The trend of low power demand, now furthered in the post-Covid economy, and increased RE generation, will continue to put a ceiling on the PLF of the thermal fleet.

Even supporting the poor—whose numbers will double—can cost Rs 65,000-130,000 crore per month

Government orders on waiver of rents impinge on contractual rights.

The need is for a temporary unemployment benefit scheme for up to 100 days a year similar to the MNREGS so that urban workers do not suffer during short periods of unemployment.

We should continue to implement all the needed public health measures instead of projecting testing rates as the sole path to salvation

Lack of PPE & shortage of testing kits is a real issue.

Liquor-store crowds show the masses still don’t understand the importance of social distancing in fighting Covid-19

The lockdown has added significant impetus, however, to e-sports or online sports, which are fast becoming a mainstream activity.

Centre and states must work together to ensure migrant workers are not left in the lurch during crises. Social security infrastructure must be strengthened and registration processes made more accessible for them.

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