At least two leading private diagnostic chains on Sunday said that they got the final go-ahead from the government to start Covid-19 testing. They would start collecting samples for testing from today. For starters, this would happen in Mumbai. Thyrocare and Metropolis Healthcare both got the final clearance from the government to go ahead with the testing. Read more...
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Vedanta Ltd has set up a Rs 100 crore fund as part of its endeavour to join hands with the Government of India to combat the widespread outbreak of Covid-19. The fund will cater to three specific areas – livelyhood of daily wage workers, employees and contract workers and preventive health care providing timely help to communities in and around various plant locations of the company. Read more...
Parthasarathi Mukherjee, a former banker with Lakshmi Vilas Bank and Axis Bank, along with former colleagues has bought 5 percent of micro lending firm Uttrayan Financial Services as rural India and small businesses become the new frontiers for lenders, reported Economic Times.
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