Lockdown side effects: Fear of job losses, salary cuts and delayed appraisals

• Experts said there is high stress that the current crisis has brought upon employees as well as organisations
• The emotional challenges employees are confronting have increased manifold

Share market could be volatile in holiday-shortened week ahead: Experts

• Markets would get a leg up if the lockdown is partially lifted in the country and economic activities resume
• Stocks had rallied last week amid reports that the Centre was readying a second stimulus package to boost growth

No tax on EPF withdrawals amid covid-19

• Typically, funds withdrawn from EPF account before the completion of five years of continuous service attract tax
• You can withdraw up to three months salary (basic pay and dearness allowance) or 75% of the total EPF balance in your account

Coronavirus update: Covid-19 cases in India jump to 8,356. State-wise numbers

• Maharashtra has seen the highest number of cases, followed by Delhi and Tamil Nadu
• The death toll in India from COVID-19 has risen to 273

Six employees of Mumbai's Taj Hotel test positive for coronavirus, hospitalised

The company has been hosting, at its hotels in the city, doctors and health workers from various state-run hospitals

LIC says death claims due to coronavirus under 16 policies settled so far

• The clause of force majeure will not apply in case of Covid-19 death claims, Life Insurance Council said earlier this month
• LIC has announced an extension of 30 days for payment of premium

PPF, Sukanya Samriddhi scheme deposit rules eased. Explained in 10 points

• Govt eases norms for PPF and Sukanya Samriddhi account holders due to coronavirus lockdown
• The government has also eased account extension rules for PPF accounts that matured on March 31, 2020

3 more Delhi areas under hard lockdown as coronavirus cases rise above 1,050

• The total coronavirus cases in Delhi has risen to 1,069
• The death toll has risen to 19

Canada passes $52 billion bill to help companies pay employee salaries

• The $52 billion program was passed in an emergency sitting of the House of Commons
• Eligible business in Canada can apply for aid to help pay workers’ wages

'Stay where you are': Ambassador Sandhu tells stranded Indian students in US

• Sandhu addressed the concerns of over 500 Indian students who attended the Instagram Live session
• There are an estimated 250,000 Indian students in the US, a significantly large numbers of whom are stranded due to the sudden closer of the universities

Hydroxychloroquine consignment from India arrives at US' Newark airport

• India at the request of President Donald Trump cleared the export of 35.82 lakh tablets of hydroxychloroquine
• Trump, during a phone call last week, asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lift the hold on American order of the anti-malarial drug

Grocery delivery services for housing societies spring up in major cities

• Volunteers from each apartment complex or society help these firms consolidate orders and ensure smooth delivery
• Grofers has partnered with RWAs of over 100 societies across leading metro cities in India and plans to expand this tie-up to other cities as well

British Airways to fly back 900 UK nationals from Ahmedabad

• Two aircraft will arrive at the Ahmedabad airport from the Heathrow Airport in London and leave for the UK capital on April 13 and 15
• The third aircraft will arrive in Ahmedabad from Hyderabad on April 17 and depart for London the same day

Odisha to have 2 new Covid-19 hospitals with total capacity of 300 beds

The hospitals, for treatment of COVID-19 patients only, will come up in association with National Aluminium Company and Paradip Port Trust

RBI should implement 'Helicopter Money' to counter economic crisis: Telangana CM

'Helicopter Money will facilitate the states and financial institutions to accrue funds. We can come out of the financial crisis. Release 5% of funds from GDP through Quantitative Easing Policy,' said K. Chandrashekar Rao

US Covid-19 cases cross 500,000; Trump faces 'biggest decision' on economy

• Trump, seeking re-election in November, has said he wants life to return to normal as soon as possible
• The stay-at-home orders imposed in recent weeks across 42 states have taken a huge toll on American commerce

Govt establishes 586 dedicated covid-19 facilities

• Facilities include 104, 613 isolation and 11, 836 ICU beds
• The government says the covid-19 containment measures it has implemented so far have reduced the rate of number of cases in India

False negatives raise doctors' doubts about coronavirus tests

A surprising number of patients have obvious symptoms but still test negative, say doctors

Without lockdown, India's Covid-19 cases would have been 8 lakh by 15 Apr: Govt

• One lakh isolation beds and 11,500 ICU beds reserved for Covid-19 patients across country, says Health Ministry
• Five lakh antibody testing kits ordered by ICMR have not been received yet, says Health Ministry

Drive-through COVID-19 testing facility launched in Haryana's Gurugram

Screening for patients can be conducted free of cost for all suspected patients at the drive-through sample collection centres without any hassles

'Next 4 weeks crucial to determine impact of steps taken till now to curb virus'

• PM says Aarogya Setu app essential tool in Covid-19 fight, possible to use it as an e-pass to facilitate travel from one place to another
• On exit plan from lockdown, PM Modi said there seems to be a consensus amongst states on extension of it by another two weeks

Azadpur mandi gets new timings: Vegetables in morning, fruits in evening

• Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Saturday visited Azadpur mandi after which a series of meetings were held
• Vegetables will now be sold from 6 am to 11 am while fruits will be sold from 2 pm to 6 pm

Joint Secy and above rank officers may resume work in ministries from Monday

• One-third of the essential staff members in every ministry need to be present, sources said
• They said the government is focusing on hotspots of COVID-19 to contain the spread of the disease

Covid-19: LIC announces 30-day extension for premiums due in March and April

• LIC's policyholders can pay premiums through LIC's digital payment options without any service charge
• Premiums can also be paid by downloading mobile app LIC Pay Direct

Aarogya Setu app can be used as e-pass to facilitate travel amid lockdown: Modi

• Govt's 'Aarogya Setu' tracking app is an essential tool in Covid-19 fight, said PM Modi during his meeting with state chief ministers via video conferencing
• The app helps track Covid-19 infection by using the smartphone's GPS system and Bluetooth

Centre will announce guidelines for 15-day lockdown in next 2 days: Karnataka CM

• 'PM told us that we must not compromise on lockdown,' Yediyurappa said about the video-conference on Covid-19 with Modi where all states' CMs were present
• There were indications that PMO is contemplating a graded lifting of lockdown measures, and marking the country into red, yellow and green zones

Extend H-1B visas of Indians amid coronavirus outbreak: India requests Trump

• There are over 300,000 Indians working in the US on H-1B visa
• Because of the lockdown in both the countries, it was also logistically impossible for anyone to return to India at this point

Extend lockdown, give more economic firepower to fight covid-19: States to Modi

• Chief ministers of West Bengal, Maharashtra, Punjab and Delhi made a case for the extension of lockdown
• Punjab and Odisha have already extended the lockdown

How Delhi’s Dilshad Garden became covid-19 free

• The area was Delhi’s first containment zone
• The national capital currently has approximately 30 containment zones which have been sealed off

People who test negative might also have coronavirus, warn scientists

• Coronavirus has only been spreading among humans for four months and therefore studies about test reliability are still considered preliminary
• The majority of tests around the world use a technology called PCR, which detects pieces of the coronavirus in mucus samples

WHO corrects report, says no community transmission in India

• Indian government has maintained that community transmission has not yet started in India
• WHO rectified the mistake in its latest situation report on COVID-19 published on Friday and said that India came under the 'cluster of cases' category