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Odisha CM urges PM Modi for national SOP to reboot economy
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 11 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring a national standard operating procedure (SOP) to reboot the economic activities in the country post-COVID-19 lockdown.
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'One size fits all' economic solutions like globalisation not viable: S Gu
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The Editor of Thughlak magazine Swaminathan Gurumurthy on Monday said that the COVID-19 crisis has confirmed that economically "one size fits all" models like globalisation will not offer solutions for the changing real-world situations.
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Republicans fear of losing Senate over Trump's handling of pandemic
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 11 (ANI): Republicans are worried that they could lose control of the US Senate this fall as a potent combination of a cratering economy, President Donald Trump's handling of the COVID-19 response, and rising enthusiasm among Democratic voters dims their electoral
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National Technology Day to be celebrated with focus on economy
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): A high-level digital conference on 'Rebooting the Economy through Science, Technology and Research Translations' (RESTART) will be organised by Technology Development Board (TDB), a statutory body of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), and the C
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Tamil Nadu govt forms high-level committee, headed by former RBI Guv, to a
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 9 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu government has constituted a high-Level Committee, headed by Dr C Rangarajan, former Reserve Bank of India Governor, to assess the overall immediate and medium-term impact of COVID-19 on the state's economy, including the impact of th
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Lockdown measures worsening poverty and vulnerabilities among informal eco
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 9 (ANI): The Covid-19 lockdown and containment measures threaten to increase relative poverty levels among the world's informal economy workers by as much as 56 percentage points in low-income countries, according to a new briefing paper issued by the International
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Immediate stimulus package of Rs 15 lakh crore needed to overcome Covid-19
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has called for an immediate economic stimulus package of Rs 15 lakh crore -- or 7.5 per cent of the GDP -- to tide over the impact of Covid-19 led countrywide lockdown.
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Punjab mulls changes in excise policy, labour laws
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 8 (ANI): The Punjab government is mulling changes in its excise policy and labour laws in the light of the impact of COVID-19, amid efforts to revive the state's economy and industry that have taken a massive hit.
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Scott Morrison eases COVID-19 restrictions on restaurants, cafes under Sta
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], May 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday afternoon announced a three-stage plan to lift Australia's coronavirus restrictions.
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Haryana gives automated approvals to industries
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Haryana government is steadfast in providing employment and boost to the economy of the State for which automated approvals are being given at the portal https://saralharyana.gov.in/ and so far 19,626 units have been approved and 11,21,287 workers have been al
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ADB approves $500 million for Bangladesh's COVID-19 response
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], May 7 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday approved an additional 500 million dollar loan to bolster the efforts of Bangladesh government to manage the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the country's economy and public health.
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China's threats to economic collusion over Aussies' demand for pandemic in
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Australia's demands for an investigation into the origins of coronavirus as well as a review of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has drawn daggers between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Chinese President Xi Jinping, raising threats to further squeeze the
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