coronavirus
Economy
Coronavirus lockdown to shrink global economy by 3% in 2020, warns IMF
The global economy is expected to shrink by 3.0% during 2020 in a stunning coronavirus-driven collapse of activity that will ......
Finance
Dash for cash as most investors expect drawn-out recovery: BofA survey
Investors have been hoarding cash at a rate not seen since the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks of 2001, ......
Finance
Pandemic shows investment fund vulnerabilities, says G20 watchdog
Non-bank financial firms such as investment funds have exhibited vulnerabilities during the coronavirus crisis that may need fixing to help ......
Finance
India's $28-bn microfinance sector braces for turmoil as third crisis hits in a decade
Gagan Kumar, who runs a small hair salon in Mumbai’s Borivali suburb, is a worried man these days. Kumar had ......
General
PM Modi extends lockdown to May 3 as coronavirus cases cross 10,000
India on Tuesday extended until May 3 a nationwide lockdown for its 1.3 billion people as the number of coronavirus ......
Healthcare
PE-backed pathology chains get a shot in the arm as SC tweaks virus testing order
The Supreme Court on Monday modified its recent order that had made it mandatory for private-sector pathology chains like Dr ......
Economy
Retail inflation drops in March as coronavirus hits demand
India’s retail inflation dropped to a four-month low in March, increasing the chances that the RBI will ease interest rates ......
General
India's 2019-20 fuel demand growth worst in over two decades
India's annual fuel demand grew 0.2% in 2019/20, its worst growth rate in over two decades, dragged down by a ......
Markets
Sensex, Nifty slide on lockdown extension worries
Indian shares fell on Monday, dragged down by financial stocks, as Asia's third-biggest economy looked set to extend a lockdown ......
Markets
Foreign outflows from India bonds jump to 18-year high in March on virus fears
Asian bonds recorded their biggest foreign outflows in at least seven years in March, as investors turned risk averse on ......
