India gets $1 billion for its Covid fight

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World Bank approves $1 billion aid to India to fight Covid-19 This is the largest ever health sector support from the Bank to India.... Loan moratorium: Most pvt banks go for "opt-in" option The RBI had announced a 3-month moratorium on loan repayments in the wake of COVID-19 crisis for dues to be paid between March-May 2020 and left it... How do we keep paying wages, wonders stricken industry Severe cash flow issues making it tough to follow govt directive to pay workers; more lockdown will worsen it....

Bengaluru-based Bione launches India's first at-home testing kit for Covid-19 The easy-to-use kit, approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research, displays accurate results within minutes. ... How immune are humans to this strand of coronavirus? Here's what we know so far While no one in any community seems to be immune to the Covid virus, people over the age of 60, particularly the ones with other medical conditions...

Global companies extend a hand with 1 million Covid-19 test kits The US-based Thermo Fisher Scientific, Germany's Siemens and Altona, and South Korea's Seegene are all expected to start supplying Covid-19 test ki... ICMR approves antibody tests in hotspots ICMR said in an interim advisory that antibody tests can be carried out in hotspots – zones suspected to have widespread prevalence of the disease....

H1B workers seek 180 instead of 60-day stay in US post-unemployment period Fearing massive layoffs in America due to the Covid-19 crisis that is hitting businesses around the globe, foreign technology professionals on H-1B... Immunity certificates: The passport to a new life after coronavirus? The UK is planning to roll out 'immunity passports' to Britons who have already contracted and recovered from the Covid-19 disease to allow them to... Air India stops bookings till end of April The airline has closed bookings for both domestic and international routes till the end of this month. ...

US scientists link BCG vaccination with fewer coronavirus cases, Indian scientists hopeful but cautious

Deferring credit card, personal loan payments may cost more PPF to fetch 7.1%, NSC 6.8% as govt slashes small savings schemes interest rates

RBI cuts trading hours for forex, bond and money markets

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