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CII For Greater Industrial Activities in Districts With High Economic Performance

The government has permitted industrial estates, SEZ and industrial townships with restricted entry within urban areas of 'red zones' to commence operations.




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Rupee Rises 15 Paise to 75.58 Against US Dollar in Early Trade Amid Covid-19 Concerns

Forex traders said a positive start of domestic stocks supported the local unit, while sustained foreign fund outflows and concerns over coronavirus outbreak weighed on the local unit.




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Commerce Ministry Recommends Continuation of Anti-dumping Duty on Chinese Chemical

Imposition of anti-dumping duty is permissible under the World Trade Organization (WTO) regime. India and China are members of this Geneva-based organisation, which deals with global trade norms.




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Cash Transfers, Food For All: How Govt May Balance Fiscal Concerns with Growing Hunger & Poverty

India has provided a stimulus which doesn’t even equal a percent of the country’s GDP when other countries have already pumped funds far in excess into their respective economies.




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Oil Prices Fall as Rising US Inventories Reassert Supply Concerns

US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell as much as 2.1 per cent to $24.05 a barrel and were down 14 cents at $24.41 a barrel at 0201 GMT. WTI has snapped a five-day winning streak.




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India's Services Activity Collapses as Coronavirus Paralyses Global Economy: PMI

The grim result for the industry, the engine of economic growth and jobs, underlined the pandemic's sweeping impact across India as authorities extended a nationwide lockdown.




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Sensex Drops Over 200 Points in Early Trade, Nifty Below 9,200 Amid Covid-19 Concerns

ITC was the top loser in the Sensex pack, tanking nearly 6 per cent, followed by Axis Bank, Titan, Bajaj Auto, Maruti, M&M, L&T and IndusInd Bank.




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Hopes of Gradual Economic Recovery Weigh on Gold

Gold prices ended higher in the previous three sessions, and have risen about 17% since mid-March, as uncertainty remained with the virus spreading and as U.S.-China trade tensions re-emerged.




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MSMEs Need Govt Push to Benefit from Comparative Advantage over China-made Consumer Goods: Report

It further said that although 2020 is a lost year, in terms of trade, India can think long-term and build relations so that it can occupy the space vacated by China.




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Govt Working on Financial Package for all Sectors of Economy, Says Official

Participating in the same meeting, Union Minister for MSME and Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari also said "a package is going to be declared".




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Government Should Now Let the Economy Function Post-lockdown: Kaushik Basu

The global market is fearing that India would slide into a 'controlled economy', which would be very damaging, Basu added.




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Rupee Rises 45 Paise to 75.27 Against US Dollar in Early Trade Amid Covid-19 Concerns

Forex traders said a positive start of domestic stocks and significant foreign fund inflows supported the local unit.




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Indian Economy May Contract 0.4% in FY21 on Coronavirus Pandemic, Say Two Foreign Brokerages

Japanese brokerage Nomura warned of a likely downgrade of the sovereign by global ratings agencies while American brokerage Goldman Sachs (GS) said RBI will cut rates by another 1 percentage point to arrest the economic slide.




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NFL Confirms League on Track for Full Season Starting September 10

National Football League said they are planning to announce the schedule for full regular season by late next week.




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Athletes Harassed in Spain While Practicing Amid Confinement

Athletes always must go out carrying the proper documentation showing that they are allowed to be out, otherwise they can be subjected to fines.




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Anti-doping Hearings to be Conducted Online Amid Covid-19 Lockdown: NADA Director General

NADA hearings have not been taking place due to the lockdown to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.




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India Suffers Two Defeats on Second Day of Online Nations Cup Chess

India, on the second day of the FIDE-Chess.com Online Nations Cup, lost its third and fourth round matches to Europe and China by similar 1.5-2.5 margins




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Hugs, Rugby on Agenda as New Zealand Continues to Ease Coronavirus Lockdown

Under New Zealand's four-tier alert system, social distancing protocols are enforced less stringently under level two, allowing contact sports including the national game of rugby union.




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'Heartbreaking, Disturbing, Painful': Sports Fraternity Offers Condolences After Vizag Gas Leak Tragedy

Sportspersons took to social media to offer condolences to the families of those affected in the Vizag gas leak tragedy and prayed for the recovery of those in the hospitals.




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Cobie Smulders Defends Controversial 'How I Met Your Mother' Ending

Cobie Smulders said that fans binge-watching the show on Netflix were more likely to find it frustrating than those who had seen when the show aired on TV.




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#BoysLockerRoom Controversy Leaves Bollywood Shocked and Concerned

Bollywood expressed shock and concern over the mindset of certain teenage boys in Delhi after the Boys Locker Room controversy exploded.




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Lara Dutta's Hundred to Get Second Season

Actor Makarand Deshpande has revealed that Laa Dutta and Rinku Rajguru's web-series debut Hundred will be back with another season.




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Bigg Boss 13 Contestant Shehnaaz Gill’s Grandmother Hospitalised

Bigg Boss 13 fame contestant Shehnaaz Gill's hgrandmother was rushed to the hospital due to liver issues on Wednesday.




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Bigg Boss 13's Himanshi Khurana Confirms She And Asim Riaz Approached For Nach Baliye 10

Earlier, there were reports about Himanshi and Asim being approached for Nach Baliye 10. Now, Himanshi has herself confirmed that they were indeed approached for the show.




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Irrfan Khan Represents Contemporary Indian Actors To The World, Says Neeraj Kabi

Actor-Director Neeraj Kabi says Irrfan Khan's death felt like a personal loss. The two worked together in the 2015 film Talvar.




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Second gaur moving towards its natural habitat: Forest department officials

The second gaur, that had taken refuge in a puddle on the banks of Phalguni river near Kulur bridge last evening, moved from there in the early hours on Thursday.




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Consider Dakshina Kannada, Udupi as contiguous unit for inter-district movement, urges Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry




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Covid-19: Karnataka govt should demand economic package of Rs 50,000 crore from centre, says Siddaramaiah

Former chief minister of Karnataka and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday asked the state government to demand a special economic package of at least Rs 50,000 crore from the centre to deal with the coronavirus crisis.




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DK Cong members want separate package for beedi factory workers




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12 test positive in Bhatkal, all primary contacts of 18-year-old woman




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Why relax norms for cloth stores, asks Cong MLA




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Apne Ghar Mein With Bigg Boss Contestants: Shefali Bagga | Showsha

Bigg Boss contestant, Shefali Bagga in a conversation with Shweta Rashmi, talks about her routine during the lockdown, her upcoming projects, and much more.




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Industry Dialogue: There is The Need For an Anonymous Yet Open Flow of Data For Contact Tracing

A fairly straightforward yet key process, contact tracing is attempting to determine every person that an infected individual has come into contact with. It is a crucial tool to help identify those people who are infected or might potentially be infected to ‘flatten the curve’.




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Apple & Google Are Testing COVID Exposure Notification API: This is How Contact Tracing Will Work

The proposed solution will work in two stages. The first are the APIs that are now available on iOS for iPhones and Android OS for Android phones. The second will be an integration of contact tracing tech within Android and iOS.




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Microsoft Teams Has 75 Million Active Users Daily, While Zoom Continues to Confuse Numbers

Zoom had earlier claimed that they had surpassed 300 million daily users globally. Now, they simply say “300 million daily Zoom meeting participants”. That is just not the same thing.




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HCARD, a Robot Built by Indian Scientists, to Offer Contactless Treatment in Hospitals

Alongside the HCARD robot, CSIR's labs have been further contributing with contactless hospital waste management systems, sanitisation services and more.




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Over 40 Million Fake COVID-19 Content on Facebook, Be Aware Before You Read

Facebook has introduced Covid-19 Information Center on the app in order to limit the spread of misinformation related to Covid-19.




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JioMeet Video Conferencing Service to be Officially Launched by Jio Platforms Soon

JioMeet can be used for both personal and enterprise purposes, and has apps for iOS, Android, Windows, Mac and a plugin for Outlook.




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NASA Picks Three Contracts Including Elon Musk's SpaceX to Build New Lunar Landers

The lunar landers will carry the astronauts from lunar orbit to the Moon’s surface and back again.




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MeitY Extends Registration Deadline for Indian Video Conferencing Apps to May 7

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




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Mobile Phone Manufacturing Resumes as Economy Slowly Reopens, ICEA Lauds Govt for Move

The government, on Friday, issued a directive to ease restrictions on manufacturing and sale of handsets across the country as the lockdown was extended for two more weeks.




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Battle Royale: Which of These Indian Video Conferencing Apps Would Win Govt Challenge?

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.




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A Company That Trades User Data Has Built Contact Tracing for Feature Phones

Aiisma is a company that specialises in dealing with user data, and may hence be well placed to highlight the aspect of privacy in contact tracing.




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Your Next Dinner Date is a Battleground For Dineout, Zomato & Paytm’s Contactless Dining Push

There might be some over-enthusiastic implementations of contactless dining which may or not work as well as they should but remember that there will be a learning curve for everyone. But is it sustainable for everyone involved? And what about user privacy?




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Coronavirus Has Enabled the Telecom Sector to Contribute 35% GDP in India

The leading industry experts said that many of the patterns and trends that have emerged during the pandemic situation are going to stay and the telecom sector needs to get prepared for that.




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Apple & Google Confirm Location Tracking to be Banned in COVID Contact Tracing Apps

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




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Xiaomi's Data Collection Antics Raise Serious Questions About Consumer Trust

This opens up the need for closer inspection of exactly what Xiaomi's host of pre-installed apps do.




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Google Once Considered Acquiring Zoom Owing to Its Popularity

Discussions, however, never got more serious, and instead, Google banned Zoom for its employees across offices to promote its own app - Meet.




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Zomato Wants to Take Over Your Office Cafeteria While Swiggy Wants to be Your Personal Concierge

The restaurant aggregator and food delivery apps are really growing up. But does that mean existing businesses will be impacted, because they'll have their jobs replaced by Zomato and Swiggy?




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Covid-19 Wreaks Havoc on Wind, Solar Energy Industry with Layoffs, Delayed Construction

While the wind industry is plagued by slowdowns in obtaining parts from overseas, solar businesses have been hit with door-to-door sales no longer feasible.