›››› Stock Analysis, IPO, Mutual Funds, Bonds & More ReutersLast Updated: May 29, 2020, 09.20 AM ISTCommentsTikTok's poaching of Disney's to be its CEO was just the most visible part of a broader strategy by its Chinese owner to shift its centre of power away from China at a time of rising global tensions, several people familiar with the plans said.The short app's parent company has quietly made a series of moves in recent months to transfer global decision-making and research capabilities out of its home country, the sources told Reuters.The strategy is aimed not only at , which is not...…›››› Stock Analysis, IPO, Mutual Funds, Bonds & More ReutersLast Updated: May 29, 2020, 09.20 AM ISTCommentsTikTok's poaching of Disney's to be its CEO was just the most visible part of a broader strategy by its Chinese owner to shift its centre of power away from China at a time of rising global tensions, several people familiar with the plans said.The short app's parent company has quietly made a series of moves in recent months to transfer global decision-making and research capabilities out of its home country, the sources told Reuters.The strategy is aimed not only at , which is not...WW…

TNN | Updated: May 28, 2020, 11:15 ISTJAIPUR: In a first, the state agriculture department is using a drone to clear locusts in the state. The first batch of tailor-made drones given by the Union ministry of agriculture was handed over to the state agriculture department on Tuesday. Its operation started on Wednesday morning at Samod village in Chomu tehsil of Jaipur to clear a big swarm of locusts which arrived in the area a day ago. These are designed to spray 10-litre of chemicals, along with creating a sound that would disperse the locusts into different areas. “It has successfully...…TNN | Updated: May 28, 2020, 11:15 ISTJAIPUR: In a first, the state agriculture department is using a drone to clear locusts in the state. The first batch of tailor-made drones given by the Union ministry of agriculture was handed over to the state agriculture department on Tuesday. Its operation started on Wednesday morning at Samod village in Chomu tehsil of Jaipur to clear a big swarm of locusts which arrived in the area a day ago. These are designed to spray 10-litre of chemicals, along with creating a sound that would disperse the locusts into different areas. “It has successfully...WW…

The 7/12 extracts and other land records, which are issued by Aaple Sarkar centres, will no longer be considered authentic documents for government-related work, says the latest order issued by the state government.This clearly means those who want these records will have to once again get it from Talathi offices, which are considered to be dens of corruption. Talathi is the lowest revenue department official, functioning at the village level.The previous government had given priority to digitisation of land records and made them available online in order to reduce human interface in these...…The 7/12 extracts and other land records, which are issued by Aaple Sarkar centres, will no longer be considered authentic documents for government-related work, says the latest order issued by the state government.This clearly means those who want these records will have to once again get it from Talathi offices, which are considered to be dens of corruption. Talathi is the lowest revenue department official, functioning at the village level.The previous government had given priority to digitisation of land records and made them available online in order to reduce human interface in these...WW…

+/ / /For a small amount of perspective at this moment, imagine you were born in 1900. When you are 14, World War I starts and ends on your 18th birthday with 22 million people killed. Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until you are 20. Fifty million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million. When you’re 29, the Great Depression begins. Unemployment hits 25%, global GDP drops 27%. That runs until you are 33. The country nearly collapses along with the world economy. When you turn 39, World War II starts. You aren’t even over the hill yet. When...…+/ / /For a small amount of perspective at this moment, imagine you were born in 1900. When you are 14, World War I starts and ends on your 18th birthday with 22 million people killed. Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until you are 20. Fifty million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million. When you’re 29, the Great Depression begins. Unemployment hits 25%, global GDP drops 27%. That runs until you are 33. The country nearly collapses along with the world economy. When you turn 39, World War II starts. You aren’t even over the hill yet. When...WW…

›››› Stock Analysis, IPO, Mutual Funds, Bonds & MorePTILast Updated: May 26, 2020, 06.52 PM ISTCommentsNEW DELHI: The nationwide coronavirus-induced lockdown has impacted business operations of 67 per cent of the 92 farmer-producer organisations () spread across 48 districts of the country, according to a survey. An , formed by a group of farm producers, is a registered body with producers as shareholders in the organisation. It deals with business activities related to the farm produce and it works for the benefit of the member producers.According to the survey unveiled at the webinar...…›››› Stock Analysis, IPO, Mutual Funds, Bonds & MorePTILast Updated: May 26, 2020, 06.52 PM ISTCommentsNEW DELHI: The nationwide coronavirus-induced lockdown has impacted business operations of 67 per cent of the 92 farmer-producer organisations () spread across 48 districts of the country, according to a survey. An , formed by a group of farm producers, is a registered body with producers as shareholders in the organisation. It deals with business activities related to the farm produce and it works for the benefit of the member producers.According to the survey unveiled at the webinar...WW…

| TNN | May 25, 2020, 23:17 ISTJAMMU: Locals living close to the international border (IB) in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir have captured a pigeon with a coded ring tagged to its foot. The pigeon, painted pink, was caught on Sunday evening near Manyari village. It is alleged that the bird flew from across the border. “We don’t know where the bird has come from. Locals on our side captured it near our fence. We have found a ring tagged to it its foot on which some numbers are written,” Kathua SSP Shailendra Kumar Misra said, adding that an investigation is underway. “The pigeon,...…| TNN | May 25, 2020, 23:17 ISTJAMMU: Locals living close to the international border (IB) in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir have captured a pigeon with a coded ring tagged to its foot. The pigeon, painted pink, was caught on Sunday evening near Manyari village. It is alleged that the bird flew from across the border. “We don’t know where the bird has come from. Locals on our side captured it near our fence. We have found a ring tagged to it its foot on which some numbers are written,” Kathua SSP Shailendra Kumar Misra said, adding that an investigation is underway. “The pigeon,...WW…

›››› Stock Analysis, IPO, Mutual Funds, Bonds & More PTILast Updated: May 26, 2020, 05.53 PM ISTCommentsNEW DELHI: India's fourth since independence, the first since liberalisation and perhaps the worst to date, is here, said on Tuesday as it predicted the economy to shrink by 5 per cent in the current fiscal because of ."The first quarter (April to June 2020) will suffer a staggering 25 per cent contraction," it said in its assessment of India's GDP."About 10% of (GDP) in real terms could be permanently lost. So going back to the growth rates seen before the pandemic is unlikely in the...…›››› Stock Analysis, IPO, Mutual Funds, Bonds & More PTILast Updated: May 26, 2020, 05.53 PM ISTCommentsNEW DELHI: India's fourth since independence, the first since liberalisation and perhaps the worst to date, is here, said on Tuesday as it predicted the economy to shrink by 5 per cent in the current fiscal because of ."The first quarter (April to June 2020) will suffer a staggering 25 per cent contraction," it said in its assessment of India's GDP."About 10% of (GDP) in real terms could be permanently lost. So going back to the growth rates seen before the pandemic is unlikely in the...WW…

Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)After much back and forth, the Maharashtra government on Monday made Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) a part of its Covid-19 treatment protocol. Hydroxychloroquine is widely used around the world to prevent and treat malaria, but its role in the current pandemic is that of a prophylactic as it builds immunity against viral infections.While many frontline health workers, including top doctors, have been taking HCQ and prescribing it too, the medication, also used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, will now be given to all asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic patients who...…Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)After much back and forth, the Maharashtra government on Monday made Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) a part of its Covid-19 treatment protocol. Hydroxychloroquine is widely used around the world to prevent and treat malaria, but its role in the current pandemic is that of a prophylactic as it builds immunity against viral infections.While many frontline health workers, including top doctors, have been taking HCQ and prescribing it too, the medication, also used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, will now be given to all asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic patients who...WW…

China decides to evacuate citizens from India amid rise in coronavirus casesPTI / +Text SizeNEW DELHI: China has decided to evacuate its citizens, including students, tourists and businessmen, from India who are facing "difficulties" in the country and want to return home in the wake of the pandemic. The Chinese embassy put out a notice on its website on Monday, asking those wanting to return home to book tickets in special flights. The move to evacuate its citizens comes in the wake of India emerging as the 10th worst-hit country by the deadly virus, which has infected nearly 1.40 lakh...…China decides to evacuate citizens from India amid rise in coronavirus casesPTI / +Text SizeNEW DELHI: China has decided to evacuate its citizens, including students, tourists and businessmen, from India who are facing "difficulties" in the country and want to return home in the wake of the pandemic. The Chinese embassy put out a notice on its website on Monday, asking those wanting to return home to book tickets in special flights. The move to evacuate its citizens comes in the wake of India emerging as the 10th worst-hit country by the deadly virus, which has infected nearly 1.40 lakh...WW…

››› Stock Analysis, IPO, Mutual Funds, Bonds & MoreET CONTRIBUTORSLast Updated: May 25, 2020, 10.23 AM ISTCommentsBy Uma ShashikantAs we switch from fear to a gradual state of restart, the questions about family finances after Covid-19 are stark. The going is too tough for some families, and easy for the fortunate. But the recast view of , , and is tough to miss. Those four pillars of household have changed drastically.Risks to income are the most significant. The migrants struggling to get home have lost their livelihood. It is unclear if they will find work in their villages; it is...…››› Stock Analysis, IPO, Mutual Funds, Bonds & MoreET CONTRIBUTORSLast Updated: May 25, 2020, 10.23 AM ISTCommentsBy Uma ShashikantAs we switch from fear to a gradual state of restart, the questions about family finances after Covid-19 are stark. The going is too tough for some families, and easy for the fortunate. But the recast view of , , and is tough to miss. Those four pillars of household have changed drastically.Risks to income are the most significant. The migrants struggling to get home have lost their livelihood. It is unclear if they will find work in their villages; it is...WW…

AP | Updated: May 24, 2020, 15:45 ISTBEIJING: on Sunday said any lawsuits brought against China over the Covid-19 have “zero in law or international precedence”. Wang told reporters at a that China was a victim of the global pandemic alongside other countries and had reached out to assist other governments in need. "To our regret, in addition to the raging of the new , a political virus is also spreading in the US which is to take every chance to attack and discredit China," Wang said. “Some US politicians, heedless of basic facts, have fabricated too many lies and plotted too many...…AP | Updated: May 24, 2020, 15:45 ISTBEIJING: on Sunday said any lawsuits brought against China over the Covid-19 have “zero in law or international precedence”. Wang told reporters at a that China was a victim of the global pandemic alongside other countries and had reached out to assist other governments in need. "To our regret, in addition to the raging of the new , a political virus is also spreading in the US which is to take every chance to attack and discredit China," Wang said. “Some US politicians, heedless of basic facts, have fabricated too many lies and plotted too many...WW…

| TNN | Updated: May 22, 2020, 14:05 ISTRAJKOT: Though this may read like a rip-off from a jungle folklore, but strange things did happen in Gir Somnath forests on Wednesday night. Picture this: A 108 emergency services ambulance carrying a woman screaming with labour pain is on way to the hospital, finding its way with just headlights on the narrow kaccha village road. But six km short of the hospital, the driver abruptly halts the vehicle seeing four adult lions squatted right in the middle of the road around 10:30pm. And the lions seemed in no hurry to move at all. “The situation was...…| TNN | Updated: May 22, 2020, 14:05 ISTRAJKOT: Though this may read like a rip-off from a jungle folklore, but strange things did happen in Gir Somnath forests on Wednesday night. Picture this: A 108 emergency services ambulance carrying a woman screaming with labour pain is on way to the hospital, finding its way with just headlights on the narrow kaccha village road. But six km short of the hospital, the driver abruptly halts the vehicle seeing four adult lions squatted right in the middle of the road around 10:30pm. And the lions seemed in no hurry to move at all. “The situation was...WW…

›››› Stock Analysis, IPO, Mutual Funds, Bonds & MorePTILast Updated: May 24, 2020, 01.26 PM ISTCommentsCOLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has requested India to provide a special USD 1.1 billion to boost the country's draining in view of the economic slowdown due to the .Rajapaksa's office said that the new request is in addition to the USD 400 million amount Sri Lanka has sought from the Indian government under the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation () framework.The Sri Lankan President made the request during his telephonic conversation with Prime Minister on...…›››› Stock Analysis, IPO, Mutual Funds, Bonds & MorePTILast Updated: May 24, 2020, 01.26 PM ISTCommentsCOLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has requested India to provide a special USD 1.1 billion to boost the country's draining in view of the economic slowdown due to the .Rajapaksa's office said that the new request is in addition to the USD 400 million amount Sri Lanka has sought from the Indian government under the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation () framework.The Sri Lankan President made the request during his telephonic conversation with Prime Minister on...WW…

Tension mounts in Ladakh as China brings in more troops; India maintains aggressive posturingPTI / +Text SizeFile photo used for representation (Reuters)NEW DELHI: Chinese military is fast increasing its troops in areas around Pangong Tso lake and Galwan Valley along the Line of Actual Control in , sending a clear signal that it was not ready to end its confrontation with the Indian Army anytime soon, people familiar with the situation in the disputed region said. The Chinese side has particularly bolstered its presence in the Galwan Valley, erecting around 100 tents in the last two weeks...…Tension mounts in Ladakh as China brings in more troops; India maintains aggressive posturingPTI / +Text SizeFile photo used for representation (Reuters)NEW DELHI: Chinese military is fast increasing its troops in areas around Pangong Tso lake and Galwan Valley along the Line of Actual Control in , sending a clear signal that it was not ready to end its confrontation with the Indian Army anytime soon, people familiar with the situation in the disputed region said. The Chinese side has particularly bolstered its presence in the Galwan Valley, erecting around 100 tents in the last two weeks...WW…

| TNN | May 23, 2020, 17:43 ISTBHOPAL: Burglars targeted four locked shops including a caterer’s office located at Gurukripa Tower complex in Kolar area and decamped with cash and valuables worth lakhs. A victim, who runs catering business from the complex, checked CCTV camera recordings on Friday night and was shocked to find that a burglar trimmed his pubic hair in his office and even masturbated while lying on the sofa-set in front of his counter. The burglars had came to the spot five days back too and had then disconnected a wire mistaking it for CCTV wire. However, six out of eight...…| TNN | May 23, 2020, 17:43 ISTBHOPAL: Burglars targeted four locked shops including a caterer’s office located at Gurukripa Tower complex in Kolar area and decamped with cash and valuables worth lakhs. A victim, who runs catering business from the complex, checked CCTV camera recordings on Friday night and was shocked to find that a burglar trimmed his pubic hair in his office and even masturbated while lying on the sofa-set in front of his counter. The burglars had came to the spot five days back too and had then disconnected a wire mistaking it for CCTV wire. However, six out of eight...WW…

NASA.NASA is seeking US citizens for an eight-month study on social isolation in preparation for missions to Mars and the moon.The international space agency is preparing for its next spaceflight simulation study and is seeking healthy participants to live together with a small crew in isolation for eight months in Moscow, Russia.Participants will be staying in a lab located in Moscow, and they will experience environmental aspects similar to those astronauts are expected to experience on future missions to Mars that will have crew members from different nations.NASA is looking for highly...…NASA.NASA is seeking US citizens for an eight-month study on social isolation in preparation for missions to Mars and the moon.The international space agency is preparing for its next spaceflight simulation study and is seeking healthy participants to live together with a small crew in isolation for eight months in Moscow, Russia.Participants will be staying in a lab located in Moscow, and they will experience environmental aspects similar to those astronauts are expected to experience on future missions to Mars that will have crew members from different nations.NASA is looking for highly...WW…

››› Stock Analysis, IPO, Mutual Funds, Bonds & More, ET BureauLast Updated: May 23, 2020, 12.11 AM ISTCommentsNEW DELHI: The possible construction of a Chinese bunker in the finger area along and three reported transgressions in the have raised concern as the standoff between troops continues at the Line of Actual Control (LAC).The security establishment is also closely monitoring developments along with Pakistan and possible links with the developing situation on the and Islamabad’s recent moves in .Persons tracking developments say that the synchronised incidents can hardly be treated as...…››› Stock Analysis, IPO, Mutual Funds, Bonds & More, ET BureauLast Updated: May 23, 2020, 12.11 AM ISTCommentsNEW DELHI: The possible construction of a Chinese bunker in the finger area along and three reported transgressions in the have raised concern as the standoff between troops continues at the Line of Actual Control (LAC).The security establishment is also closely monitoring developments along with Pakistan and possible links with the developing situation on the and Islamabad’s recent moves in .Persons tracking developments say that the synchronised incidents can hardly be treated as...WW…

›››› Stock Analysis, IPO, Mutual Funds, Bonds & More ET BureauLast Updated: May 23, 2020, 07.59 AM ISTCommentsConfirmed118,447Deaths3,583Confirmed5,102,424Deaths332,924NEW DELHI: India is considering additional checks on foreign portfolio investments from China and after making prior government clearance mandatory for any (FDI) from seven countries it shares land borders with, including China.The finance ministry is in talks with the commerce and industry ministry, and RBI on the proposed framework after concerns about such inflows were raised when China's central bank increased its stake...…›››› Stock Analysis, IPO, Mutual Funds, Bonds & More ET BureauLast Updated: May 23, 2020, 07.59 AM ISTCommentsConfirmed118,447Deaths3,583Confirmed5,102,424Deaths332,924NEW DELHI: India is considering additional checks on foreign portfolio investments from China and after making prior government clearance mandatory for any (FDI) from seven countries it shares land borders with, including China.The finance ministry is in talks with the commerce and industry ministry, and RBI on the proposed framework after concerns about such inflows were raised when China's central bank increased its stake...WW…

›››› Stock Analysis, IPO, Mutual Funds, Bonds & More, ET BureauLast Updated: May 22, 2020, 10.31 AM ISTCommentsNew Delhi: Major agri-processing companies , Mahindra Agri Solution, Shriram and German wholesale retailer expect significant gains in supply-chain efficiency from the government’s decision to enable farmers undertake .It will help increase income for farmers, particularly the small and marginal ones, as they will get better access to good quality inputs and better farm practices, executives said. Farmers with less than two hectares of land account for 86.2% of all farmers in...…›››› Stock Analysis, IPO, Mutual Funds, Bonds & More, ET BureauLast Updated: May 22, 2020, 10.31 AM ISTCommentsNew Delhi: Major agri-processing companies , Mahindra Agri Solution, Shriram and German wholesale retailer expect significant gains in supply-chain efficiency from the government’s decision to enable farmers undertake .It will help increase income for farmers, particularly the small and marginal ones, as they will get better access to good quality inputs and better farm practices, executives said. Farmers with less than two hectares of land account for 86.2% of all farmers in...WW…

| TNN | Updated: May 22, 2020, 07:13 ISTNAGAPATTINAM: Will Google Maps lie? A man in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu believes so. The man has lodged a police complaint against Google as Google Maps timeline suggested that he had visited certain places which he had not visited. What forced him to file the complaint was that his wife used to check Google Maps on his phone to find out the places he had visited. Apparently, he had to give lots of explanations to his better half after Google Maps placed him in certain spots where, as he claimed, he had not gone. In his complaint, R...…| TNN | Updated: May 22, 2020, 07:13 ISTNAGAPATTINAM: Will Google Maps lie? A man in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu believes so. The man has lodged a police complaint against Google as Google Maps timeline suggested that he had visited certain places which he had not visited. What forced him to file the complaint was that his wife used to check Google Maps on his phone to find out the places he had visited. Apparently, he had to give lots of explanations to his better half after Google Maps placed him in certain spots where, as he claimed, he had not gone. In his complaint, R...WW…

›››› Stock Analysis, IPO, Mutual Funds, Bonds & MoreReutersLast Updated: May 21, 2020, 10.55 AM ISTCommentsKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia voiced its commitment to further strengthen diplomatic and trade ties with , after the world's largest edible oil buyer renewed purchases of , in a sign of improving relations between the two countries.Indian buyers contracted up to 200,000 tonnes of Malaysian crude palm oil for June and July, after a four-month gap following a diplomatic row.Malaysia's exports to India in January to April fell to 96,145 tonnes, down 94% from the same period in 2019, and Minister...…›››› Stock Analysis, IPO, Mutual Funds, Bonds & MoreReutersLast Updated: May 21, 2020, 10.55 AM ISTCommentsKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia voiced its commitment to further strengthen diplomatic and trade ties with , after the world's largest edible oil buyer renewed purchases of , in a sign of improving relations between the two countries.Indian buyers contracted up to 200,000 tonnes of Malaysian crude palm oil for June and July, after a four-month gap following a diplomatic row.Malaysia's exports to India in January to April fell to 96,145 tonnes, down 94% from the same period in 2019, and Minister...WW…

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›››› Stock Analysis, IPO, Mutual Funds, Bonds & More, ET BureauLast Updated: May 21, 2020, 12.16 PM ISTCommentsConfirmed112,359Deaths3,435Confirmed4,996,472Deaths328,115The () further extended the expiration of names reserved for company incorporation by 20 days from May 31 for those reserved names that were expiring between May 15-31.Similarly, the expiration of names reserved for change of name by existing companies was extended by another 60 days from May 31, said the notification released on Thursday.The move was necessitated as the previous extension of the same granted by the MCA was...…›››› Stock Analysis, IPO, Mutual Funds, Bonds & More, ET BureauLast Updated: May 21, 2020, 12.16 PM ISTCommentsConfirmed112,359Deaths3,435Confirmed4,996,472Deaths328,115The () further extended the expiration of names reserved for company incorporation by 20 days from May 31 for those reserved names that were expiring between May 15-31.Similarly, the expiration of names reserved for change of name by existing companies was extended by another 60 days from May 31, said the notification released on Thursday.The move was necessitated as the previous extension of the same granted by the MCA was...WW…

Bloomberg | Updated: May 20, 2020, 19:25 ISTBEIJING: Chinese doctors are seeing the manifest differently among patients in its new cluster of cases in the northeast region compared to the original outbreak in Wuhan, suggesting that the pathogen may be changing in unknown ways and complicating efforts to stamp it out. Patients found in the of Jilin and Heilongjiang appear to carry the virus for a longer period of time and take longer to recover, as defined by a negative nucleic acid test, Qiu Haibo, one of China’s top critical care doctors, told state television on Tuesday. Cases in the...…Bloomberg | Updated: May 20, 2020, 19:25 ISTBEIJING: Chinese doctors are seeing the manifest differently among patients in its new cluster of cases in the northeast region compared to the original outbreak in Wuhan, suggesting that the pathogen may be changing in unknown ways and complicating efforts to stamp it out. Patients found in the of Jilin and Heilongjiang appear to carry the virus for a longer period of time and take longer to recover, as defined by a negative nucleic acid test, Qiu Haibo, one of China’s top critical care doctors, told state television on Tuesday. Cases in the...WW…

TNN | Updated: May 20, 2020, 11:58 ISTBENGALURU: What started as an argument between two influencers earlier this month on video application YouTube and TikTok has now snowballed into a controversy. Internet users across India called for the ban of TikTok, bringing down its rating on Google’s Play Store from 4.6 stars to 2. The Chinese short video application is owned by ByteDance, which — at $100 billion — is the world’s most valued private technology company. TikTok Lite, a version that works on lower-end smartphones, has seen ratings crash to 1.1 stars. India is the fastest-growing and...…TNN | Updated: May 20, 2020, 11:58 ISTBENGALURU: What started as an argument between two influencers earlier this month on video application YouTube and TikTok has now snowballed into a controversy. Internet users across India called for the ban of TikTok, bringing down its rating on Google’s Play Store from 4.6 stars to 2. The Chinese short video application is owned by ByteDance, which — at $100 billion — is the world’s most valued private technology company. TikTok Lite, a version that works on lower-end smartphones, has seen ratings crash to 1.1 stars. India is the fastest-growing and...WW…