At the corporate level, Indian Oil Corporation has implemented work-from-home at non-critical locations with staggered duty hours and working on alternative days.
Coronavirus Outbreak Live Updates: India registered a steep rise in the number of positive cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, taking the total to 391 in the country. Number of deaths went up to 7.
Janata Curfew today: Following Prime Minister's appeal, India will observe a 'Janata Curfew' today, on March 22, against the spread of novel coronavirus. People, other than those working for essential services will remain indoors today from 7 am to 9 pm. Nearly all states across the country have ordered the suspension of their transportation in view of the adherence to the Janata Curfew.
Amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said a lockdown in the future might be possible
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has yet again urged the countrymen to take precautions to prevent any risk to their lives via Coronavirus. The prime minister has also given a call for a 'Janata Curfew' from 7 am to 9 pm on Sunday in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
As COVID-19 cases in India continue to rise, third coronavirus positive case has been found in Bengal. The man who has been tested positive has returned from Scotland and undergone test in Habra, North 24 Pargana. The infected person has now been sent to isolation in Beleghata.
Coronavirus Pandemic: India coronavirus positive cases have surged to 236 after the nation witnessed the highest single-day rise in the confirmed cases while 5 people have died due to deadly disease. Meanwhile, globally over 2.5 lakh people have been infected with COVID-19 and more than 10,000 have died. Track all the updates on coronavirus here.
Pakistan coronavirus confirmed cases is nearing 500 while three people have already died in the country after getting infected with COVID-19.
Coronavirus cases in India have surged to 271 after the country witnessed a steep rise in COVID-19 infected people on Friday, according to the Health Ministry. At least 50 people were detected with coronavirus from different part of the country.
Amid the coronavirus crisis, the Indian Railways catering arm IRCTC on Friday said that food plazas, refreshment rooms, Jan Aahars and cell kitchens and the on board catering services in mail and express trains will remain closed until further notice.
Two major unions in the banking sector - All India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA) and All India Bank Officers Association (AIBOA) have called off their March 27 strike, a union leader said. The two unions had given an all India strike call to protest against the mega bank mergers and the privatisation of IDBI Bank.
The Kerala government on Friday decided not to allow pilgrims to the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala in Pathanamthitta district for the annual festival beginning on March 29 to check the coronavirus spread.
In an advisory, the Delhi Traffic police said people may visit traffic circles or offices only in case they have urgent and unavoidable reasons to get their documents back.
Two more persons tested positive for coronavirus infection in Gujarat on Friday evening, taking the number of such cases in the state to seven, officials said. Gujarat recorded its first coronavirus cases on Thursday.
IndiGo has been forced to ground 30 planes in its fleet of 258 aircraft following the government's decision to bar international flights for a week as part of measures to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, a source said on Friday.
Markets regulator Sebi has extended the deadline for applying for the post of 147 senior-level executives by more than a month amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Coronavirus in Delhi: Amid the spread of COVID-19 across the country, Arvind Kejriwal on Friday announced a lockdown in the national capital and said all malls in the city have been closed.
Amid the continuing spread of the COVID-19, a Jalgaon-based doctor with high-grade fever and breathlessness was turned away from four private hospitals. New imported coronavirus infections cases have climbed to 52 in Maharashtra and inches 200 in India, according to the data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Coronavirus outbreak: The JNU administration said all evaluation/examination/class presentation activities had been postponed till March 31. The deadlines of thesis submissions of all research scholars will be extended appropriately.
NASA's ambitious 2024 return-to-moon mission has been delayed due to the global coronavirus outbreak. According to a Reuters report, NASA's Administrator Jim Bridenstine said the National Aeronautics Space Agency (NASA) was shutting down the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans and the Stennis Space Center in nearby Hancock County, Mississippi, due to a rise in coronavirus cases in the region. NASA chief on Thursday ordered the temporary closure of two rocket production facilities after an employee tested positive for the respiratory illness, Reuters reported.
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