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With eight lakh COVID-19 cases being reported in the last eight days in India, restrictions and curbs have been reimposed across many Indian states. India reported 1,61,736 new coronavirus infections in a span of 24 hours, taking the overall caseload to 1,36,89,453 on Tuesday. While Delhi reported 13,468 fresh COVID cases and 81 deaths, witnessing the highest daily spike since the beginning of the pandemic, Maharashtra reported more than 60,000 cases on Tuesday. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray also hinted at a fresh lockdown in the state if the situation degrades further. Watch as Uday Kotak, President, CII, TV Narendran, MD, Tata Steel, Sanjiv Bajaj, CMD, Bajaj Finserv, C Banerjee, DG, CII, Dr N Trehan, Chairman and MD, Medanta, Dr R Guleria, Director, AIIMS, discuss ways to bring down the number of COVID infections in India.

The crippled IL&FS - which is under bankruptcy proceedings in NCLT - said the sale will reduce its overall debt by Rs 1,200 crore, which is the combined debt of entities under the group's environment businesses

Pvt offices to remain shut in Maharashtra due to COVID surge, banking, insurance sectors exempted. Government offices will function at 50 per cent of their capacity and the rest of the employees will work from home; Facebook's new feed filter bar will give users more control over their news feed. The new filter bar will limit comments of public on news feed; Uddhav Thackeray meets business leaders to discuss COVID-19 mitigation plan. The group of industrialists was led by banker Uday Kotak who heads CII; UK PM Boris Johnson to unveil measures to allow mass events. Watch this and more news on News Blast.

COVID-19 crisis: China reports 32 cases on April 4, highest since Jan 31 China reported its biggest daily jump in new Covid-19 cases in more than two months, as a city on the border with Myanmar in southwestern Yunnan province accounted for all new local cases. Ruili's local government put residents in its urban area under home quarantine, launched a massive testing drive and began restricting people from leaving and entering the city from last week after reporting Covid-19 patients. Dome...

In face of the rising infections the state had recorded over 49,000 new infections on Saturday, contributing more than half to the national tally - Thackeray had on Friday said that he will consult all the stakeholders and announce the mitigation strategy in a couple of days

Flipkart said that its employees can either choose to reimburse for the costs of the vaccinations or get free of charge at a partner hospital

As senior citizens across the country take part in the vaccination drive, here is all the information they need two know about the two vaccines - Covaxin and Covishield

Phase 2 of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from Monday for those over 60 years of age and for people aged 45 and above with specified co-morbid conditions

Drug maker Johnson & Johnson's single-shot COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective as per the data submitted from its ongoing multi-national Phase 3 trials; Top banker Uday Kotak has welcomed the Centre's decision to lift the embargo on grant of government businesses to private banks; Amid recent surge in demand for cryptocurrencies, the Reserve Bank of India has raised concerns that the digital currency may impact financial stability in India. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: RBI working on digital currency, wants to tap on blockchain technology: Das

Johnson & Johnson's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine effective, safe: FDA Drug maker Johnson & Johnson's single-shot COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective as per the data submitted from its ongoing multi-national Phase 3 randomised, double-blind and placebo-controlled trials. This is what a  briefing document published by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said. Johnson & Johnson had sought emergency use authorisation for its vaccine on February 4. FDA's advisory co...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Centre's policy is to either monetise or modernise public sector enterprises, with the intent that the government has \"no business to be in business\"

Uday Kotak believes that lifting the embargo will enable the banking sector to serve customers better. He added that public and private banks must work together for sustainable development in the country

Indian business tycoon and Wipro founder-chairman Azim Premji has suggested to the Centre to allow private sector participation in order to speed up the vaccination process against coronavirus. Premji added that with the involvement of the private firms and institutions in the COVID-19 vaccination drive, over 50 crore people can be inoculated within two months. Meanwhile, the Union Health Ministry has directed all states and union territories to enhance the pace of vaccination amid the recent surge in COVID-19 active cases, especially in five states. Watch the video for more.Also Read: 50 crore Indians can be vaccinated in two months with help from private sector: Azim Premji

How Chairman N Chandrasekaran is revamping the $106 billion group into a future ready, tech enabled conglomerate

Budget 2021: India Inc welcomes tax relief, infra spend fillip Finance Minister's third Budget speech managed to enthuse Indian corporate sector. Industry leaders praised the steps to provide tax relief to senior citizens, encourage expenditure for infrastructure development and emphasis on healthcare in Union Budget 2021-22. Uday Kotak, the Executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra Bank, hailed the focus on healthcare, infrastructure and financial sectors. Stainless...

Uday Kotak, the Executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra Bank, hailed the focus on healthcare, infrastructure and financial sectors

The Budget ticked all the right boxes which would strengthen the path of recovery of the economy. This is a budget catering to all aspects of lives, livelihoods and growth, said Kotak

Union Budget 2021 Highlights: Congress leader P. Chidambaram said that the government had only marginally raised health funding, which when adjusted to inflation becomes nil

India is gearing up for the most awaited budget,  the one which has also been named 'Once in a 100- year budget'.  From fighting the pandemic to dealing with military aggression at the Indo-China border to an economy which has seen an unprecedented downturn, to staggering revenue collection and government expenditure, these are just some of the challenges the government needs to tackle. Given different types of requirements, where should the Indian government and finance minister start from? How will Indian economy bounce back? Watch the video as top industry experts  likeUday Kotak, President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), MD and CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank, Pawan Goenka, Managing Director and CEO, Mahindra & Mahindra, Puneet Chhatwal, Managing Director and CEO, Indian Hotels Companies (IHCL)and Chandrajit Banerjee, Director general, Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) join Rahul Kanwal, News Director, India today at CII Roundtable 2021. Visit: Budget 2021