17 migrant laborers tried to cycle to their hometowns in Odisha, Kerala Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said, but were sent back to their camps by state police. “They have been assured that as soon as trains start running again [to Odisha], they will be sent back,” said the Chief Minister. Odisha has so far taken […]
Kerala has published new rules under lockdown 4.0, bringing the overall regulations more in line with the new regulations published by the central government. However, the state continues to prohibit certain activities that are allowed by the center in its guidelines yesterday. Most notably, these include restrictions on travel. While the center had allowed by-road […]
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today criticized the economic support package announced by the central government to deal with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Vijayan’s biggest grouse was that out of the Rs 20 lakh cr (Rs 2 trillion) included in the package, only about 5% was allocated for programs that […]
Karnataka has announced rules for Lockdown 4 under which public transport will be allowed to ply. There will be restrictions on the entry of people from Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. Almost all the relaxations allowed by the central government will be implemented in Karnataka. Parks will be opened twice a day. Trains running within […]
Reliance Jio, which earlier this month removed its sole data-only plan, has reintroduced such pure data offerings. The telco had, at the beginning of this month, removed its ‘Cricket Data Pack’, its only pure data offering that yielded 2GB of data per day at a cost of around Rs 5 per day. With the removal […]
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to railway minister Piyush Goyal requesting the Indian Railways not to bypass the state’s COVID-19 containment and control plan. The state, one of the few places in the world to nearly eliminate Coronavirus through social distancing, has an elaborate system to monitor, control and contain the influx of […]
The central government has started giving out the details of its 20 lakh crore ($250 bln) stimulus-cum-rehabilitation package announced in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the program yesterday, and said that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will announce the details in coming days. Sitharaman said she would announce plans […]
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vjayan today said that the state was not in favor of restarting regular services of inter-state trains yet, and warned that any railway passenger who arrives without pre-registering on the state COVID portal will be put in institutional quarantine for 14 days. At the same time, Vijayan said he was not […]
Hero MotoCorp said it has sold 10,000 motorcycles and two-wheelers since its dealerships and showrooms opened after a 41-day lockdown earlier this month. As of today, said the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters, it has opened more than 1,500 outlets and service centers which account for around 30% of the company’s total retail […]
At least one passenger on each of the two flights operated on Day 1 of Vande Bharat rescue mission have tested positive on arrival, raising some concern about the safety of the passengers on these flights. Day 1 of the operation had seen around 340 passengers touch down in two separate flights at Kochi and […]
India has transported a total 2.5 lakh internal migrant workers via 222 special trains to their home towns in the last 5 days, even as 604 Indians have been brought back from foreign countries by air, the ministry of home affairs said at 4 PM today. The spokesperson also said five more flights will land […]
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today termed as risky and unfortunate the centre’s decision to not screen for Coronavirus infection before allowing passengers to board rescue flights that have started from today. Vijayan said the decision to potentially mix asymptomatic COVID-19 patients with healthy passengers in these flights from abroads would have serious consequences for […]
Indian Civil Aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri today revealed more details, including the number of flights, their routes as well as ticket prices, related to the air evacuation of Indians stranded abroad in the aftermath of the worldwide Coronavirus lock-down. National carrier Air India will conduct 64 flights between May 7 and May 13 to […]
Kerala government today announced that the total number of Coronavirus patients in the state has fallen to just 34, after 61 people recovered today and no new cases have come to light. With this, the state has reported no new COVID-19 cases in three out of the last four days. The state still has 372 […]
The Bihar state government has, at the last moment, refused permission to Indian Railways to transport an estimated 4,500 laborers staying at relief camps in Kerala. These workers are among the tens of thousands of migrant laborers staying at special relief camps set up by the Kerala government for the last 40 days. Besides those […]
TVS Motor Co, one of India’s top three two-wheeler makers, said it is getting ready to restart manufacturing operations after registering zero sales for the month of April due to the pan-India Coronavirus lockdown. “TVS Motor Company is gearing up to restart operations as per state guidelines and is undertaking strong measures to safeguard the […]
For the first time in 45 days, Kerala reported no new Coronavirus cases today, even as 9 more people recovered fully from the infection. The last time Kerala was able to report no new Coronavirus case was on March 17. With this, the total number of COVID-19 patients in Kerala has fallen to 102. The […]
VE Commercial Vehicles, a joint venture between Sweden’s Volvo Group and India’s Eicher Motors, said it has received permission from the government to restart manufacturing operations at its commercial vehicle manufacturing plant in Madhya Pradesh. Considering the wider lock-down in place, it said, it is not planning on any immediate ramp-up in manufacturing operations. “The […]
At a time when companies are hoarding cash, Indian online classifieds pioneer JustDial Ltd has announced plans to return up to Rs 220 cr to its shareholders via a stock buy back. A stock buyback is one of the two key ways to give excess cash generated by a company back to shareholders, with the […]
Hexaware, the Mumbai-based mid-size IT services company, reported a rare instance of a slip in its quarterly growth rate amid the Coronavirus lockdown, and said 99% of its IT-related work is now being done by employees from their homes. The quantum of work being done from home is remarkably high for Hexaware, as, in most […]
