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BT BUZZ: MHA order to make Aarogya Setu mandatory weak on legal ground
Legal experts say Home Ministry's decision to make the app mandatory lacks legislative backing to impose criminal or civil liability on employers over non-compliance
BT BUZZ: How WhatsApp Pay may throw a spanner in Reliance-Facebook deal
The essential form of this commerce partnership would be that businesses buy ads inside Facebook or Instagram that send people to chat threads and tools that would be built around the threads to make it more valuable
BT BUZZ: Don't be naive! Reliance Jio-Facebook deal is a partnership of unequals
What's playing out is a game of Sumo wrestling! Two heavy-weights with big ambition are on the mat. They're sizing up one another. One is at an obvious disadvantage
BT Buzz: What's ailing coronavirus rapid test kit imports
While the legality of the issue will get sorted out in the coming days, one thing is certain that the scramble for a share in the thriving business of rapid diagnostic kit supplies for COVID-19 is leaving several grey areas for potential legal tussles
Coronavirus impact: Foreign tourist arrivals plunge 65% in March
A month earlier, in February, arrivals registered a year-on-year de-growth of 6.6 per cent and month-on-month decline of 9.2 per cent
Franklin Templeton Debt Fund crisis: When and how much money will investors get back
Franklin Templeton: The fund house has not given any clear indication about the possible timeline within which it will liquidate all its investments and return investors' money
BT Buzz: Debt fund closure by Franklin Templeton; should you be worried?
As per the fund house, 'there has been a dramatic and sustained fall in liquidity in certain segments of the corporate bonds market on account of the COVID-19 crisis and the resultant lockdown of the Indian economy which was necessary to contain the pandemic'
BT Buzz: Mukesh Ambani, Mark Zuckerberg and the $700 billion kirana puzzle
The newly-formed Jio Platform houses all of Reliance's digital businesses, such as telecom arm Jio (mobile and broadband), Jio's suite of apps, digital investments (KAI-OS, Haptik), and tech capabilities like big data, AI and IoT
BT Buzz: How to keep cash-burning hospitals alive in coronavirus times
Although big players are expecting 50 per cent cut in earnings, they are still in a better position than smaller ones to raise bank loans. However, the uncertainty around how long the corona crisis will last will add to their problems
Coronavirus impact: SEBI extends measures to curb market volatility, short selling till May 28
Curbs on short selling, a steep increase in margins, a 10-fold increase in penalties, and lowering the outstanding positions available for derivatives trading were a few measures the capital markets regulator had announced on March 20.