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Delhi: The government of Thursday sought suggestions on methods of resource mobilisation from captains of the automobile industry. (PTI Photo)

Government seeks suggestions from auto industry leaders for resource mop-up

The industry captains also sought liquidity support to component makers and dealerships

01 May 2020 4:10 PM

Jewellery demand and gold investment demand also declined in the first quarter. (AFP Photo)

India's Jan-Mar gold demand falls 36% due to volatile prices, economic uncertainties

Jewellery demand and gold investment demand also declined in the first quarter and going ahead it could be a "challenging year"

30 Apr 2020 2:19 PM

A worker cover his face with a mask as he takes a nap outside a closed shop in a market in New Delhi. Thousands of workers in major Indian cities have lost their jobs due to the shutdown imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus. (DC Photo; Pritam Bandyopadhyay)Photograph......Pritam Bandyopadhyay

The shutdown is a device to shut out the Dalits

All those who have been nudged to the margins by the Covid-19 lockdown are invariably Dalit

29 Apr 2020 12:40 AM

AirAsia cuts staff salaries by up to 20 pc for April. (AFP Photo)

AirAsia cuts staff salaries by up to 20% for April amid lockdown

Those drawing Rs 50,000 per month or less have been spared from the wage cut

20 Apr 2020 2:31 PM

Oil climbs as Trump lays out reopening of virus-hit US. (AFP Photo)

Oil jumps after Trump lays out plan for reopening of virus-hit US

Oil markets tracked a rise in Asian stock markets and on Wall Street overnight

17 Apr 2020 9:03 AM

The closed-down Prince of Wales pub in southwest London displays a sign thanking the National Health Service. (AFP)

Atlas shrugged: All it takes is a zombie virus to stop our world

Just the other day we were watching the lockdown in Wuhan and were appalled that people could be quarantined in their own country

31 Mar 2020 2:42 PM

A vegetable vendor pushes his bicycle loaded with vegetables on an empty street during a complete lockdown amid growing concerns of coronavirus in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi on March 24, 2020. Authorities have gradually started to shutdown much of the country to contain the outbreak. (AP)

Lockdowns are overkill, and won’t tame the virus

The silence of economic graveyards can be very expensive for struggling economies like ours

24 Mar 2020 7:49 PM

Karnataka chief minister applauds medical personnel fighting the coronavirus on Sunday. (PTI)

Karnataka extends shutdown to entire state

Chief minister Yediyurappa appeals to people not to go to rural areas

23 Mar 2020 11:12 PM

Stray cyclists seen on the Fancy Bazaar road in Guwahati during the 'Vyapar Bandh' called by the Assam Chamber of Commerce on March 23, 2020. The Assam government has extended the shutdown until March 31. (PTI)

Assam has no corona+ cases, but has ordered a total shutdown until March 31

Food prices shoot up although groceries have been exempted from lockdown

23 Mar 2020 8:56 PM

Kia Motors India suspends operations over corona scare

Company's manufacturing facility in Andhra Pradesh and company office premises will stop functioning until further notice

23 Mar 2020 6:25 PM

TVS Motor temporarily suspends manufacturing operations for two days

In view of COVID-19, considering the safety and well being of employees, the company as an interim measure decided to shut operations

23 Mar 2020 12:20 PM

Trains stand parked at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus on Sunday during the nationwide shutdown called by prime minister Narendra Modi. The Railways announced that its passenger services will be shut down until March 31. (AP)

India reports another coronavirus death, railways suspend passenger services

Coronavirus toll put at 5, possibly 6, with deaths reported from Mumbai and Bihar

22 Mar 2020 2:52 PM

Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru. (DC Photo)

IISc Bengaluru shuts down for 15 days, students asked to go home

Campus-residing staff told to stay indoors and avoid social activity

14 Mar 2020 8:30 PM

The Assam unit of Rashtriya Bajrang Dal has called a 12-hour state-wide shutdown on Friday to press its demand for scrapping final NRC list published on August 31, its president Dinesh Kalita said. (Photo: File)

Rashtriya Bajrang Dal calls for 12-hour shutdown against final NRC list in Assam today

Rashtriya Bajrang Dal, he said, has chalked out a series of agitational programmes like an indefinite hunger strike.

06 Sep 2019 9:24 AM

Normal life was hit in parts of Karnataka's Ramanagara district today following a bandh or shutdown called to protest the arrest of senior Karnataka Congress leader D K Shivakumar by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case. (Photo: File)

Protest, shutdown after D K Shivakumar's arrest affects parts of Karnataka

Several top state leaders, including former chief ministers Siddaramaiah and H D Kumaraswamy, have condemned the arrest of Shivakumar.

05 Sep 2019 11:42 AM

The outdoor patient departments (OPD) at the government hospitals will be shut today from 9:00 am. to 9:00 pm because of the protest. (Photo: ANI)

Bengal doctors strike enters day 2, govt hospitals on shutdown

Emergency departments in government hospitals would be running but services likely to be affected because of poor attendance of doctors.

12 Jun 2019 1:20 PM

The spokesperson said total 149 flights were delayed on Saturday because of the software shutdown. (Representational Image)

Air India software shutdown effect: 137 flights to be delayed today as well

The average duration of delay -- on these 137 flights of Sunday -- would be of 197 minutes, the airline's spokesperson said.

28 Apr 2019 3:08 PM

If you had been a fan of Google+ and maintained it until its planned demise, then it is the right time to start downloading and saving your valuable content.

Google starts notifying users about Google+ shutdown

Google is now sending emails to users, intimating that their Google+ account and the Google+ pages will be shut down.

03 Feb 2019 12:09 PM

Employees who use PayPal Credit will be able to avail an advance of up to USD 500 each.

PayPal offers up to USD 500 credit

The partial shutdown, which hit the four-week mark on Friday, is the longest in US history.

20 Jan 2019 10:45 AM

The DMK and other opposition parties in Tamil Nadu called for a dawn-to-dusk bandh on May 25. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Anti-Sterlite protest: DMK, allies call for state-wide bandh on May 25

The bandh would be observed on May 25 to condemn police action, demand closure of Sterlite copper smelting plant in Tuticorin district.

24 May 2018 11:50 AM

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