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Ladakh tourism, markets suffer due to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Leh (Ladakh) [India], May 26 (ANI): Tourism, which is the backbone of economic activity in Ladakh, has been severely affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Shopkeepers are also incurring losses in their business due to the lockdown.
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AAPA calls for standardised health measures to facilitate air travel
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], May 11 (ANI): Healthcare measures to be adopted for future air travel should be practical and based on accepted medical standards as part of a robust risk management framework, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) said on Monday.
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Centre should start road, air transport as well: P Chidambaram
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Congress welcomes Centre's decision to restart operations of inter-state passenger trains, same "modest opening" should be started with road transport and air transport, said Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram.
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Citing financial constraints, Delhi govt urges its Departments to keep pro
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): The Delhi government has urged all its departments to keep any proposal for spending not related to the COVID-19 outbreak in abeyance till June 30, in view of the financial constraints owing to the halt of economic activity during the lockdown.
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ACI, IATA call for urgent financial assistance to protect jobs and operati
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Montreal [Canada], May 1 (ANI): The Airports Council International (ACI) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have come together to call for governments to quickly grant financial relief to assist airport operators and airlines during the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis and s
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Govt should expand the scope of essential home-facilitated services by e-c
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 1 (ANI/NewsVoir): The decision to lockdown India till May 3rd was a decisive step in halting the spread of COVID-19 and flattening the curve. This has helped the country limit the number of cases and prepare medical & other infrastructure for the peak when it comes
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Chief Ministers favour continuation of lockdown after May 3 but economic a
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], April 27 (ANI): Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Monday sought an economic package from the centre while saying that majority of the chief ministers who interacted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conference wanted the continuation of the lockdown af
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Equities close lower, Nifty realty tumbles by 4.2 pc
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 24 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices closed the week in negative zone amid weak global cues as investors opted for safer assets while awaiting another government stimulus package to revive economic activity in the wake of COVID-19 lockdown.
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Equity indices in the red, banking and financial stocks bleed
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 24 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices were in the negative zone during early hours on Friday tracking trends in Asian markets as investors awaited government efforts on another stimulus package to shore up economic activity in the wake of COVID-19 lockdown.
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Unemployment likely to rise, imperative to provide Rs 7,500 to each family
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Asserting that 12 crore people have lost their jobs in the first phase of the lockdown, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said that it is imperative for the government to provide them with immediate financial assistance to each family t
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Unprecedented collapse in economic activity due to COVID-19: FICCI-Dhruva
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 21 (ANI): The magnitude and speed of collapse in economic activity that India has seen over the last few weeks due to COVID-19 pandemic are unprecedented and there is tremendous uncertainty about what the future holds for businesses and enterprises, according to a rece
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GoM meeting chaired by Rajnath Singh reviews lockdown extension, resumptio
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday chaired a meeting of a Group of Ministers (GoM) to assess the impact of lockdown extension and allowing partial economic activity in non-hotspot zones amid COVID-19 outbreak.
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