Shipping ministry has advised ports they may consider Covid-19 as grounds for invoking force majeure, absolving companies from meeting contractual commitments.
Strict movement curbs being enforced by state govts are hampering supplies of medical devices & those trying to meet the growing demands for health workers.
Netflix has seen a spike in downloads for its app in regions that have been hit hard by Covid-19 outbreak, a trend that could point to higher international demand.
Easing restrictions and letting people get back to work won't simply restore the economy to its former health as the disease would come roaring right back.
Tight restrictions on visitors, even for those giving birth, are one of many dramatic measures New York hospitals have taken to prepare for the crush of incoming Covid-19 patients.
By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.
It will be tough for Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra to get right. Rupee is the worst-performing Asian currency this year against the dollar.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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