Lockdown in india latest updates: The task force, comprising of doctors from both private and government hospitals, will guide doctors who are treating COVID-19 patients and help them handle the issue better

Travel and aviation will have to wait longer for a respite as coronavirus lockdown extension restricts public movement till May 3; and although granted some leeway, it's still not business as usual for manufacturing and agriculture

Government has already issued the first set of clarifications for Air India bidders on the 'confidentiality undertaking' listed out in the Preliminary Information Memorandum (PIM) issued on January 27

Centre will likely set aside about 98 crore shares under ESOP; detailed terms and conditions of ESOP will be provided at the request for proposal stage

Air India Divestment: As a part of disinvestment, 100% equity stake in Air India with its 100% equity stake in AIXL and AI's 50% equity stake in AISATS is being sold by the Centre

Share Market Update: During Thursday's trade, Sensex climbed to a fresh all-time high of 42,059 and Nifty too has hit a new lifetime high of 12,389 from 12,374.25 earlier.

TCIL was previously contracted to pay an annual brand licence fee of Rs 2 crore to Thomas Cook UK until 2024 for usage of the brand

As part of efforts to clean up the balance sheet of Air India, which has a debt burden of more than Rs 58,000 crore, little over half of the amount is to be repaid by way of proceeds from the issuance of bonds by Air India Assets Holdings

The funds will be raised by sale of Air India subsidiaries Air Transport Services Limited, Air India Engineering Services Limited and Airline Allied Services Limited

The government attempted to sell the debt-laden carrier in May last year but failed. In June, a committee led by Finance minister Arun Jaitley decided to scrap the stake-sale plan for the time being.

Such CPSEs will have an option to either hive-off non-core assets to a Special Purpose Vehicle or transfer sale proceeds of non-core assets to an escrow account

The government will provide a total of Rs 3,900 crore for servicing Air India's loans transferred to the SPV, according to interim Budget presented on February 1.