The Federation of Indian Export Organisations said all manufacturing companies involved in the export business should be allowed to operate with 50 per cent of the workforce with full sanitation and social distancing norms.

A large number of MSMEs expect to resize operations in the coming months

Coronavirus India latest updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the nationwide lockdown will be in effect from midnight to save every Indian. The 21-day lockdown period is to prevent the further spread of COVID-19

Hospitality to lose Rs 30,000 crore revenue; aviation losses to add up to Rs 8,200 crore; auto sales down 70 per cent; restaurants fear 15 lakh job losses

Akshay Kumar-starrer \"Sooryavanshi\" has been pushed indefinitely and Tillotama Shome's film \"Sir\" has been postponed

Coronavirus outbreak: The deceased 69-year-old woman contracted the deadly virus from her son, who has travel history to Switzerland and Italy

Coronavirus update: A Paytm employee in Gurugram, who returned from Italy, has been tested positive for novel coronavirus, the company said in a statement on Wednesday

Major cities where Friday is a holiday include Mumbai, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Srinagar, Ranchi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Hyderabad and Dehradun; Banks in other major cities including Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Patna will remain functional

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Unions are demanding a 20 per cent hike on payslip components with adequate loading; in the latest round, IBA improved offer to 12.5 per cent but this was not acceptable to unions

LIC IPO news: The unions, which staged agitations on Monday during lunch break, held an hour-long protest strike on Tuesday as well

LIC IPO: Following Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's announcement in her Budget 2020 speech, three major trade unions of LIC will demonstrate before all offices of the life insurance behemoth across the country

Several banks, including State Bank of India and IDBI, have informed Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE) about industry-wide bank trade unions' strike

The SBI said that it has made all the arrangements to ensure the smooth functioning in its branches and offices

Bank strike today: State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Syndicate Bank are some of the banks that are likely to be impacted

Bharat Bandh 2020 Updates: Banking services across Telangana severely hit by the nationwide strike called by various trade unions protesting the central government's 'anti-people' policies

Ten central trade unions along with various sectoral independent federations and associations, to go on a nationwide strike tomorrow, against government's disinvestment, privatisation and labour reform policies

The RBI staff intends to draw national attention to the issues related to the central bank, including dilution of its autonomy and independence

Bank strike: The State Bank of India (SBI) has said that it expects a minimal impact of the bank strike on its operations, whereas Bank of Baroda fears the strike will affect its functioning

Banks have been informed by Indian Banks' Association that bank unions including AIBEA, AIBOA, BEFI, INBEF, INBOC, BKSM, will go on a pan-India general strike on January 8