coronavirus
General
Small businesses struggle to pay wages amid coronavirus lockdown
Hundreds of thousands of cash-starved Indian small businesses have either deferred or cut their workers’ wages this month,...
Consumer
Virus slowdown threatens India's restaurants with bitter aftertaste
After growing tenfold in the last decade, India’s restaurant sector fears for the future when a nationwide lockdown is eventually...
Finance
State govts scramble for funds as virus takes toll on coffers
A three-week nationwide lockdown is testing the resilience of India’s state governments, with analysts warning that essential...
General
Indian leaders hesitate to end world's biggest lockdown
India’s 21-day lockdown is set to end next week but several state leaders have called for an extension or only ......
TMT
WhatsApp limits message forwarding to check coronavirus ‘infodemic'
Facebook Inc's WhatsApp tightened message forwarding limits on Tuesday, restricting users to sharing forwarded content one...
Infrastructure
For housing developers, it's either a govt bailout or a Darwinian shakeout
The coronavirus pandemic will likely accelerate a Darwinian culling of small and mid-sized residential real estate developers...
TMT
Scammers try selling Sardar Patel statue as pandemic boosts India's cyber crime
Police in India lodged a case this week against an unknown online fraudster who tried selling the world’s largest statue...
Consumer
As coronavirus dampens demand, which companies have the biggest inventories?
The coronavirus pandemic has brought the world’s second-most populous country to a virtual standstill, infecting more than...
Markets
Sensex, Nifty rise on signs of slowing virus spread in hot spots; pharma shares jump
Indian shares rose on Tuesday, tracking broader Asian markets, on hopes of the coronavirus spread having peaked in key global...
General
Grapevine: TPG, KKR front runners for Piramal pharma stake; IndusInd in funding talks
US-based private equity giants TPG Capital and KKR & Co. Inc. are running ahead in the race to acquire a ......