COVID-19 hits Karnataka’s floriculture business

Floriculturists in the cities of Karnataka are facing losses due to Coronavirus followed by the nationwide lockdown; dumping the flowers instead of selling them. By Apoorva GS Shimoga: Tejesh, a florist in Shimoga, has resorted to going from door to door, giving away his expensive harvest of flowers for free. He said he loves what […]

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Crippled Industries leave the manufacturers cribbing

As the country battles against COVID-19, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Bhopal  struggle to meet their fixed costs. Rhythima Agrawal The lockdown in the country has paralyzed the operations of the medium and small scale industries. This has made it difficult for the manufacturers because they have to meet their fixed costs such […]

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MSMEs bear the brunt of COVID-19 lockdown

Due to the lockdown in the entire country, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) are facing severe losses. Reported by Shreyas Vange Wednesday, April 15, 2020 Pune: The MSME sector is reeling under the financial stress due to the lockdown imposed across the country. MSMEs are facing huge losses in their business and are unable […]

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Allow us to reopen service centers, says auto industry

Sales of passenger vehicles have dropped by 51% after lockdown was imposed By Aman Bhardwaj The sale of passenger vehicles dropped by 51% in March 2020 due to the lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus, according to a Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) report. Passenger vehicle sales in March 2020 dropped to […]

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Flight operations take another hit: passengers feel the pain

Passengers ask for refund as plan to restart domestic airline services crash. As India continues its journey of lockdown till May 3, the domestic flights also keeps down its wheels and remain suspended, tweeted the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) official, the customers are in a rush to cancel their bookings and claim back […]

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Automobile Industries on The Brink of Collapse

The automobile industry is facing a huge amount of loss amid lockdown. The automobile industry has been badly affected amid the lockdown imposed over COVID-19 in the country. The lockdown has made the entrepreneurs lay stiff. The industry body of Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) has predicted a 20 percent fall in revenues. In […]

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Informal workers hoping for the lockdown to end early

Lack of wages, drained savings put the informal sector at risk. By Arghyadeep Dutta Kolkata, April 14, 2020 As India fights against the deadly coronavirus, the informal workers, with no wages in hand and half drained savings accounts, are hoping for the lockdown to end soon. “As the lockdown started on March 24, we did not […]

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No Free Milk For Agrahara Dasarahalli Slum Dwellers

Government efforts to help urban poor in Bengaluru during the lockdown have gone in vain as the citizens have not received the benefits. Anil Kumar Tiwari April 13, 2020 Bengaluru: Slum-dwellers of Agrahara Dasarahalli are not getting free milk from the authorities despite the Karnataka government’s effort to supply free milk in urban slums. Nizamuddin […]

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