On day 2 of BTMindRush2021, Suresh Narayanan, CMD, Nestle, Ravinder Takkar, MD & CEO, Vodafone Idea and Patu Keswani, CMD, Lemon Tree Hotels discussed how their industries had been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and how businesses could get back on their feet. Watch the video for more.Also Read: BT MindRush 2021: How AI will change work, workplace and workers

Active cases remain below 3 lakh, fatality rate stands at 1.44%

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,02,28,753, pushing the national COVID-19 recovery rate to 96.66 per cent

The pandemic-led crisis has accelerated an overdue transition to digitalisation in business processes and enhanced efforts to address slow-burning issues such as liquidity management, cash, diversification, and capital

People adopting a \"wait and watch\" approach, lack of communication and glitches in CoWin app are the major reasons why only 53 per cent people got the COVID-19 shots on the first day in Delhi, experts said on Sunday

Scientists say the new South African variant has multiple mutations in the important \"spike\" protein that the virus uses to infect human cells

Dr. Julia Grace Patterson, Founder and Chief Executive of EveryDoctorUK, a campaigning organisation run by doctors, tweeted that the Royal London Hospital managers had warned the employees in an email of the \"disaster mode\" the hospital had entered

PM Narendra Modi says number of new cases of COVID-19 infection is decreasing now. \"We are preparing to run the world's largest vaccination programme in the next year,\" he adds

In almost a week long suspension, thirty-seven single-trip flights to the UK across carriers of Air India, Vistara, British Airways, and Virgin Atlantic have been cancelled

Indian retailers across electronics, fashion, and grocery sectors are optimistic about realising around 85 per cent of pre-pandemic level in terms of business over the course of the next six months; The Government of India on Monday lifted the ban on the exports of onions of all varieties, starting January 1 next year; Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and the Minister of MSMEs Nitin Gadkari on Monday said that the Elon Musk-owned clean energy and electric vehicle company - Tesla is expected to \"start operations\" in India early next year. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: Centre proposes to make dual front airbags mandatory for new cars from April 1

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued the new order, justifying the need for surveillance despite a decline in the rate of positive COVID-19 cases owing to the new mutation of the virus found in the UK

New COVID-19 strain: Of the 1,206 individuals who landed in Mumbai, at least 788 have been quarantined in Mumbai, while the rest have been sent to other states, says BMC official

All the passengers travelling from or transiting through airports in the UK and disembarking in India would be subjected to RT-PCR test on arrival

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Global equities were bearish today as coronavirus infections increased in parts of North Asia, such as Japan and South Korea, and weighed on investor sentiment. European countries have banned flights from the UK as the British government began emergency lockdown on Sunday, over fear of new virus strain.

Despite the rise in cases, India's Covid-19 recoveries have witnessed a steep exponential rise -- from 50,000 in May to over 95 lakh in December. Recoveries are more than 30 times active cases, says  HealthMin

During her interaction with the press, Dover suddenly started feeling uneasy and said, \"Sorry, I'm feeling really dizzy\"

Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine: 20 million doses will be delivered by the end of December 2020; total 200 million doses have been ordered by the US government to date, says the company

Top members of the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives and Republican-led Senate sounded more positive than they have in months on a fresh response to a crisis that has killed more than 304,000 Americans and thrown millions out of work

Two possible scenarios are likely to play out in the Indian mobility landscape of the country - one where normalcy returns by January 2021 and the other where normalcy is restored after June 2021

With decades of scientific research and development of management science, it's time that corporate India adopts neuroscience-based learning initiatives to help teams perform better. And no other better time than the COVID crisis to be used to build efficiency in organisations