Business Standard - 2020-05-05

• Lockdown 3.0, global tension rattle markets
• Political slug fest breaks out on migrant workers’ rescue
• India limps back, but industry still in limbo
• Manufactur­ing PMI in April slumps to record low of 27.4
• SHUTTERS UP: LIQUOR STOCKS IN HIGH SPIRITS
• Indians stranded abroad to be brought home from May 7
• FIRMS LEAVING CHINA MAY GET LAND TWICE LUXEMBOURG’S SIZE
• MUMBAI TRIES BIOLOGICS ON CRITICAL COVID PATIENTS
• FIRMS MAY BE ALLOWED TO DELAY EPF PAYMENT
• Hospitals brace for new normal in Covid-19 fight
• Traffic on highways picks pace
• Uber on road, Covid drill in works
• WEST BENGAL HAS THE HIGHEST MORTALITY RATE: CENTRAL TEAM
• Silver Lake to invest ~5,656 cr in Jio Platforms for 1.1% stake
• KKR may pick 20% in Piramal for ~3,500 cr
• Fairfax India loss widens to $254 million
• ‘Debtors, creditors will be wary of IBC over the short term’ M S SAHOO Chairperso­n, IBBI
• Allow restructur­ing of loans: NBFCS to RBI
• Centre owes ~3 trn to states and industry
• ‘Payment must be made against accepted bill of exchange’
• The virus smelts copper manufactur­ers
• The jobs bloodbath of April 2020
• Covid an opportunit­y for agri reforms
• Social security for workers
• A better world after Covid?
• The Irrfan phenomenon
• The pandemic pivot to low-touch business
• Migrant mayhem
• The invisible package
• Moody’s: Rights issue credit positive for RIL
• Mavens miss annual pilgrimage as Berkshire’s meet goes online
• IND-AS increases provisioni­ng pain for NBFCS amid Covid-19 pandemic
• Diamond exports resume but $2-billion inventory lies idle
• Claiming advance Employee Provident Fund is simple
• ‘We’re prepared for asset quality contingenc­y’
• Tirupur garment factories likely to remain shut
• Private labels grab control, look to expand the niche

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