Doctors fear India could be at the Covid tipping point

Paytn is planning to donate Rs 500 crore in PM-CARES Fund. The company said it will also contribute up to Rs 10 for every payment transaction using the Paytm app, and also give Rs 5 crore for innovators who are developing medical instruments or medicines to combat the virus.

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From virtual parties to food delivery, firms are going all out to fill the void left by water cooler conversations and cafeteria lunches.

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​​Fund-II, which has a target corpus of Rs 400 crore, has been backed by a number of family offices and investors from the firm’s maiden Rs 100 crore fund.

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E-grocers BigBasket and Grofers, ecommerce firms Amazon and Flipkart, as well as B2B platforms Jumbotail and Udaan cautioned consumers and kirana stores to expect delayed deliveries as they deal with operational upheaval caused by the restriction on manufacturing and movement of goods, and people.

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A person is considered to be at risk of having COVID-19 if they have travelled to an area with ongoing community transmission in the last 14 days or have had close contact with an infected person.

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Even before the outbreak of the coronavirus, overall consumer spending was muted owing to broader economic challenges. But the virus spreading at this pace brought online commerce to a screeching halt.

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Bird recently raised hundreds of millions of dollars from investors, but is slashing costs to ensure it has enough money to keep it running through next year, according to VanderZanden.

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Uber has lost about 20% of its market value since the end of trading on on Feb. 26, and Airbnb’s board considered revising its plan to go public at a recent meeting. But executives from both companies have focused on drivers and hosts when working the phones to secure some government relief.

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For instance, Bank of Baroda announced that it has reduced its repo-linked lending rate (BRLLR) by 75 bps with effect from March 28, 2020.

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Since NPS is a long-term retirement product, maintaining the asset allocation is the best strategy. However, it makes sense to add more equity (or going overweight on equities) in times like this.

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Arbitrage funds generate returns close to the returns generated by short term debt funds. These schemes offer investors the best of both worlds: the safety of principal and the tax advantage available to equity funds.

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The long-term returns from equity investments tend to beat inflation. The ability of equity to earn a higher return comes from the businesses being able to use borrowed funds, invest them in assets and earn a return that is higher.

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The decision is taken in view of lockdown across the country to fight COVID-19. The COVID-19 has been declared pandemic and therefore employees working in establishments and factories across entire India, who are members of the EPF Scheme, 1952 are eligible for the benefits of non-refundable advance.

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