The relaxation came amid indications that the number of new COVID-19 cases in Mumbai is more or less stabilising since the last few days.
'It has been a phenomenal effort at all levels of the government.' 'People were working 15-16 hour shifts in the central government, in the state governments, in the districts....'
India Inc is gearing up for a slugfest this year and from tech to paints, new battlegrounds are emerging, observes Indrajit Gupta, co-founder, Founding Fuel.
The only real solution to the jobs crisis, whether in India or abroad, is to direct tech innovation towards job enhancing sectors, and disincentivising job-replacing ones, observes R Jagannathan.
E-commerce companies are seeing an increase in demand for products such as fresh fruits and vegetables, milk, flour, rice, and lentils, and personal hygiene items like sanitisers and soaps and household cleaning products. Other products include instant noodles, baby food and Ayurvedic items. "There is even a huge spike in pet food," said a person.
As regular promotional discounts and offers rolled out by well-funded apps determine the demand trend, online hospitality aggregators face growing discontent from restaurants and hotels over commissions and pricing power.
IPO-bound mobility platform Ola, said it has successfully raised $500 million via a Term Loan B (TLB) from marquee international institutional investors. This term loan has no impact on the valuation of Bhavish Aggarwal-led Ola. The Bengaluru-based firm recently raised $139 million. This is part of a $1 billion funding round for which the company is in talks with investors, increasing its valuation to about $7.5 billion, according to the sources.
The best possible way to deal with job uncertainty is accepting the fact that it could happen to anyone and if it does, then it is important to work on a multi-pronged strategy on how to get through it in the best possible manner, advises Sumit Sabharwal.
The Maharashtra government on Tuesday withdrew its lockdown relaxation norms for Mumbai and Pune regions, both coronavirus hotspots, and revised its last week's guidelines prohibiting door-to-door delivery of newspapers and magazines in the state.
In the past year, Harsh and Heena Mandavia risked their lives and provided 23,000 meals to the poor and needy during the lockdown. What made them do it?
This is particularly disturbing because these screenshots -- and videos of your activity on the screen -- could include usernames, passwords, credit card numbers, and other important personal information, researchers said.
Dr Aruna Kalra tells you why you must include almonds, grains and veggies in your diet.
They encouraged start-ups to pay for acquiring customers rather than focusing on the business fundamentals.
Noida SEZ has 400 units and around 100,000 workers, and was shut down on March 23.
"We took suo motu (on their own) action against Shukla," Superintendent of Police (SP) Amit Singh told PTI.
Due to onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent unprecedented lockdown, e-catering services were suspended on March 22, 2020.
Privatisation is still regarded as beyond the pale but public-private partnerships have gained in popularity.
States and Union Territories have been given the powers for delineation of Red, Green and Orange Zones as per COVID-19 situation, the MHA said. All shops, except those in containment zones and malls, will be allowed to open from Monday with staggered timings during lockdown 4.0, it said.
A shoddily drafted application for birth certificate was the loose string that led to the unravelling of the conspiracy to proclaim one of those accused in the 2018 gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old in Kathua as a juvenile.
People in the know said plans were afoot to begin the sale of all food grains through online, with a major quantity through auctions that would be later extended to other commodities.
India is currently home to 52 unicorn startups and one of the fastest-growing startup ecosystems.
The 21-day coronavirus lockdown in force since Wednesday has triggered a mass exodus of migrant workers across the country since the last few days.
Cakes, brownies and cookies -- you name it and this MasterChef India Season 6 contestant can make it, and make it healthy.
'In countries like Japan, one out of 11.7 tests turns out to be positive, which is among the highest in the world. Italy tests 6.7 persons for one positive test while the USA tests 5.3 persons and the United Kingdom 3.4'
Few of these highly sought-after socialising and networking hubs are seeing much activity as regulars are missing in action.
Sri Lankans were on the edge on Tuesday as they waited whether embattled Gotabaya Rajapaksa will honour his offer to resign as president, amid signs that key members of the erstwhile powerful ruling family were attempting to flee in the face of massive public anger against them for mishandling the economy that has bankrupt the country.
Flipkart Supermart is already live in Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Delhi
According to sources in the Bengaluru-headquartered space agency, under the Department of Space, delivery of hardware by the industry was hit due to the lockdown imposed in several States to contain the pandemic in recent months.
Through this collaboration, Foodpanda marks its entry into cloud kitchens and plans to launch its own brand of food products in different categories
Faulting previous governments for not taking adequate measures to economically empower women in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his government was constantly creating an environment in which women self-help groups can connect villages with prosperity as he released Rs 1,625 crore as capitalisation support fund to over four lakh such groups. In a virtual interaction with the women self-help groups (SHGs) under the "Aatmanirbhar Narishakti se Samvad" (dialogue with self-reliant women) initiative, Modi said in a changing India, opportunities are increasing for women to move forward. The movement of woman SHGs has intensified in the last 6-7 years with over 70 lakh of them working across the country, a figure over three times more than earlier, he said, adding over eight crore women are connected with these groups.
As part of the Mission Begin Again initiative in Maharashtra, malls and market complexes without theatres, food courts and restaurants will be operational between 9 am and 7 pm from August 5.
Of the amount, the home-grown private equity player founded by Renuka Ramnath plans to deploy $8 billion in various companies as part of its blueprint for growth.
'There is no need to do anything, let your SIPs get deducted every month, and stick to your allocation between equity, fixed income and emergency funds and your risk covers.'
From $10 billion deployed in Indian start-ups in 2017, $6 billion went to unicorns
We import from China not because we love China, but because they sell us these things at cheap prices, points out Rathin Roy.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
A virologist answers questions on the deadly virus presently haunting the world.
China reported 17,166 asymptomatic cases with a majority of them in Shanghai, China's business hub of 26 million.
It is not unlikely that ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP government comes up with more imaginative schemes aimed at constituency-building. The party under Modi's leadership has a more modern thinking in such matters unlike its rivals, which are still steeped only in ideology, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
In India, he has already made investments in both his personal capacity and through DST Global, his venture firm.
