Daily News Monitor: 20 May 2020

HEADLINES:

1. India resumes purchases of Malaysian palm oil as relations improve: Report

2. E-commerce firms start taking orders of non-essentials in ‘red zone’ cities; deliveries to begin from today

3. Series I financing round: Swiggy gets a top-up of Rs 14 crore from Samsung Ventures

4. 200 non-AC timetabled trains to run daily from 1 June, online bookings soon

5. India, U.S. to collaborate on COVID-19 vaccine trials’, say U.S. health officials

6. Snapdeal resumes pan-India deliveries; engages law tech platform Legistify to help in logistics planning

7. Harsh Vardhan set to be WHO Executive Board chairman: Officials

8. Govt extends deadline to fulfill contractual obligations by up to 6 months

9. Foreign investors pull out $26 billion from Asian economies; $16 billion from India

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