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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Gilead Sciences’ anti-viral remdesivir, making it the first treatment for Covid-19 to get the final go-ahead from the regulator. Veklury was approved for use in adult and pediatric patients aged 12 and higher, says USFDA.

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The US State Department in a federal notification on Wednesday proposed to make changes to its existing visa regulations under which foreign professionals, which would fall under H-1B, would not be issued temporary visa for business, as has been widely prevalent currently.

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In the second episode of the new Portfolio Podcasts series, BusinessLine's Keerthi Sanagasetti tells us more about the term 'Tax Deducted at Source' or TDS. Listen to the podcast.

In this podcast, Here's all you need to know about index funds, ETFs and thematic funds with Radhika Gupta, MD & CEO, Edelweiss AMC.

India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the likely impact from the storm would be felt over the coastal districts of Odisha, West Bengal and Tripura on Thursday; and Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura on Friday and Saturday.

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“The government has now decided to make a graded relaxation in visa and travel restrictions for more categories of foreign nationals and Indian nationals who wish to enter or leave India. Therefore, it has been decided to permit all OCI and PIO card-holders and all other foreign nationals intending to visit India for any purpose, except on a tourist visa to enter by air or water routes through authorised airports and seaport immigration check posts,” according to an official release of the Home Ministry.

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The Audi Q2 is priced between ₹35 lakh and ₹48.89 lakh (ex-showroom, India), while the prices of BMW 2-Series Gran Coupé are kept at between ₹39.30 lakh and ₹41.40 lakh (ex-showroom). But at such steep prices, would entry-level luxury cars such as these attract first-time buyers?

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The Kerala State government, in its Cabinet meet on Wednesday, approved the implementation of 10 per cent reservation in government jobs for the financially backward section in the general category, without affecting the existing ones. Currently, 50 per cent reservation is set aside for scheduled castes/scheduled tribes and backward communities. The State government said the new 10 per cent reservation would not affect the existing categories, but was for those who are economically backward in the general category.

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A serosurvey conducted in Chennai has revealed that nearly one-third of the city's population has been exposed to the covid-19 pathogen. The Greater Chennai Corporation, in the report Chennai Serosurvey-II, said that they tested 6,389 samples, and that there was an overall positivity rate of 32.3 per cent.  This is higher than the numbers from the first survey, which was conducted in July.

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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs is believed to have approved waiver of interest on interest for the Covid-stress moratorium period for certain categories of borrowers with loan amounts up to ₹2 crore. Since the matter is pending in the Supreme Court, the government is expected to first inform the apex court and then make the matter public, according to sources. The court will hear this matter on November 2.

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