In order to ensure that visitors feel safe while eating out, hotels and restaurants are taking several measures to make them feel comfortable and at ease

Most executives said that stretching the lockdown beyond 21 days was not an option given the loss for businesses and earning opportunity for people

DCM Shriram Chairman & Senior Managing Director Ajay S Shriram cautioned that banks may get into trouble if they do not help the business enterprises

Apart from Reliance, a few other companies are also planning to import medical equipment from China and are discussing their plans with Civil Aviation Ministry

MSME sector representatives had last Saturday sought government help for payment of salaries saying they would not be able to disburse salaries and retain staff

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

MSMEs also seek government help in getting their outstanding dues from PSUs and other state agencies to pay salaries to their employees

Prime Minister Narendra Modi while announcing Janata Curfew on March 19, days before declaring a complete lockdown, had appealed companies to not cut salaries and wages of employees. He also advised them not to retrench staff

A senior bureaucrat said the outbreak of Coronavirus had been impacting trade and businesses since February and is likely to go much beyond the current 21-day lockdown

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a relief package of Rs 1.7 lakh crore under the Pradhan mantri Gareeb Kalyan Scheme

The exemption would also include distribution and sales channels servicing the food and beverages market, food delivery services and other related activities

Many start-ups could fold up sooner than later as B2B and B2C transactions plummet as a result of lockdown and shutdown across the country

Sandeep Upadhyay, MD (Infrastructure Advisory) Centrum Capital expects the disruption could be limited to two-three months and that investor sentiment in the sector from a longer term perspective would remain positive

Nirbhaya case:  Before the execution, Tihar jail was completely locked down. Paramilitary forces were deployed outside the jail to subdue the crowd

Four men Mukesh Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) convicted for 2012 'Nirbhaya' gang rape and murder case, were hanged at 5.30 am inside Tihar Jail

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Nirbhaya case:  Several people gathered outside the Tihar jail today, holding the national flag and shouting slogans like-'long live Nirbhaya' and 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'

Among people who gathered outside Tihar was social activist Yogita Bhayana. She held a poster which read 'Nirbhaya has got justice. The other daughters still await'

Nirbhaya case latest: She said people of the country had to take to streets for justice in the case

Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2019: Earlier today, Raghubar Das tendered his resignation from the post of CM to Governor Draupadi Murmu