Business Standard - 2020-05-01

• RIL announces India’s largest rights offer
• In race to stop Covid-19, Indian drugmakers to conduct clinical trials
• Core sector output shrinks by 6.5%
• States face logistics nightmare to take migrants home
• HUL Q4 volumes decline 7%, more than in demonetisa­tion
• March-qtr PBT falls 33% to ~9,223 crore
• AUTO DEALERS MAKING FIRST MOVES TO RESUME BUSINESS
• ~65,000-CRORE PACKAGE NEEDED FOR POOR: RAJAN
• PM PUSHES REFORMS AT HIGH-LEVEL MEET
• Indices post biggest monthly gain in 11 yrs
• Card spending falls 25% amid lockdown
• TCS PIPS RIL TO BECOME MOST PROFITABLE FIRM
• FIRM HINTS AT NEW FACEBOOK-LIKE MEGA DEAL
• JIO POSTS 127% RISE IN PROFIT BEFORE TAX
• THE BRAT, THE LOVER BOY & THE CHARACTER
• For big electrical players, Covid lockdown only a blip
• RIL oil unit staff face big pay cuts
• Retail unit’s Ebitda up 33%
• FMCG growth seen slowest in 4 years
• Tech Mahindra Q4 net profit falls 29% to ~804 cr
• Softbank sees wider loss of $8.4 billion on Wework writedown
• State refiners fill up strategic reserves with spare crude oil
• Defence cost: High on personnel, low on modernisat­ion
• Sidbi, Nabard in race to fund top MFIS
• A different May Day for Indian workers
• Lockdown isn’t flattening India curve as in Italy or Spain
• Yields on AT1 bonds spike on MFS’ liquidatio­n move
• Vivad se Vishwas likely to be extended by 3 months
• Air traffic dips 33% in March, with zero flyers in last 6 days
• No prescripti­on? You may not get meds even for runny nose
• Giving teeth to bankruptcy code AKHIL GUPTA
• The Reliance game plan PRABAL BASU ROY
• Making WFH work
• Follow the prescripti­on
• Faith and freedom
• The lingering effect of Covid on services trade ANIRUDH SHINGAL
• Science off the wall
• Another looming threat
• Say no to banks
• Franklin’s wind-up move hits other debt schemes
• THE COMPASS HUL’S Q4 report a red flag for FMCG investors
• Tata Motors’ rally may hit a speed breaker
• Returns of rights issue subscriber­s a mixed bag since ’19
• Redrawing the customer engagement maps
• Upskilling amidst the lockdown
• ‘E-pass has use cases beyond Covid’
• A post-covid digital era KRANTI NATION
• Recovery rate rises from 13% to 25% in 14 days

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