Car companies are making ventilators, sugar mills and liquor producers are bottling hand sanitisers, apparel makers are diversifying into masks and protective clothing, drug and drone makers are witnessing a surge in demand. The war against Covid-19 is already a Rs 12,000 crore economy

By invoking the Disaster Management Act while announcing the nationwide lockdown, MHA brought out guidelines on the measures to be taken by different ministries and state governments to contain COVID-19, which it modified several times later

Share price of Lupin gained 7.72 percent to Rs 848.6 intraday against previous close of Rs 787.5 on BSE

This year, the World Health Day brought gloom all over, but it's time to take resolve and recalibrate the 'healthcare ecosystem' in India

All indices in Asia turned red, with Nikkei and Kospi dropping 2% after the OPEC+ decided to cut 20% global supply of oil to curb fall in price amid virus outbreak.

Coronavirus cases in india, lockdown news live updates: Telangana goernment has decided to extend the lockdown in view of novel coronavirus outbreak till Apil 30, announced Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar RaoDelhi

Coronavirus in India Live Updates: Number of 'containment zones in Delhi raised to 30 with addition of 6 new areas including Nabi Karim, E pocket GTB Enclave, Street No. 18 to 22 of Zakir Nagar and nearby area of Abu Bakar Masjid, Zakir Nagar

Meanwhile, the Pharma sector has gained 4.1% in Wednesday's trade. The stock has risen 12% in the last one week and declined almost 14% in one month and 3.85% year to date.

Last week Trump said that he has sought help from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow the sale of Hydroxychloroquine tablets ordered by the US to treat the growing number of coronavirus patients in his country

India COVID-19 news live: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare revealed that 4,312 coronavirus patients are currently under treatment, whereas 352 patients have been cured and discharged

The lockdowns in both the countries due to Covid-19 is expected to badly affect the bilateral trade which declined by three billion billion dollar last year to USD 92.68 billion from USD 95.7 billion in 2018

A large number of MSMEs expect to resize operations in the coming months

FMCG, online retail, telecom and pharma seem to be the obvious gainers of the Covid-19 pandemic

Chemical and specialty chemical companies are revising their sourcing strategies

Now all medical devices used to treat a patient - be it syringes, needles, cardiac stents, knee implant, digital thermometers, CT scan, MRIs, dialysis machines - will be regulated under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act

Coronavirus cases in India live updates: As per Health Ministry data, 123 patients have cured and discharged, whereas 1 patient migrated

FMCG companies such as Nestle, HUL, ITC, P&G, Godrej Consumer, Dabur, Amul and others are set to gain ground amid sudden rise in demand due to anxiety buying and hoarding of daily essentials

India coronavirus updates: Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic and corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of Infosys, has committed Rs 100 crore towards fighting coronavirus in India. Earlier, Reliance Industries donated Rs 500 crore to PM CARES Fund

Sensex, Nifty Live News: During the session, Sensex hit an intraday low of 25,880 and Nifty fell to 7,583. All Sensex and Nifty stocks closed in the red

Hospitality to lose Rs 30,000 crore revenue; aviation losses to add up to Rs 8,200 crore; auto sales down 70 per cent; restaurants fear 15 lakh job losses