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How smaller exchanges are surviving the lockdown

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How smaller exchanges are surviving the lockdown
The ICEX is no match for larger commodity exchanges such as the MCX (daily turnover of Rs 39,000 crore) that specialises in metal derivatives or even the NCDEX (daily turnover of Rs 1,600 crore) that rules the agri-futures market.
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Crime rate plunges amid Covid lockdown, cybercrime goes up
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India's changed media consumption habits may remain post lockdown
The cacophonous physical world has been replaced by a virtual life — streaming via cable, broadband and 4G.
We are mulling to increase work hours to 10-12 hours: Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
It is time to convert the crisis into an opportunity. We need to change labour laws and fix minimum wages. We are mulling increasing the work day from 8 hours now to 10 or 12 hours; wages will be paid accordingly. Labourers' income and factory output will both increase this way, asserted Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
There is a 14% rise in cybercrime in Andhra Pradesh during lockdown: DGP
"Cybercrimes, including online frauds such as procuring OTPs and ATM passcodes, have increased by 14% in Andhra Pradesh. But the growth is partly due to our stepped-up enforcement too. We have booked a number of cases for misusing social media handles and spreading fake news," the DGP said.
Developing Covid vaccine is like flying a plane while trying to build it: University of Georgia's Ted Ross
Ted M Ross, director of the Center for Vaccines and Immunology at the University of Georgia says his life is now "one long Zoom call", as he is in constant communication with his peers around the world on the advances in their research. Ross is working on a universal respiratory vaccine that offers protection against the flu and illnesses caused by different strains of coronavirus.
It's time to get over the obsession with tur and rajma
It's high time we started savouring locally grown pulses like lobia and horse gram. ​​
Artisans and weavers around the country face economic catastrophe
Lakhs of artisans across the country are having to deal with massive order cancellation and also a pile up of raw material.
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