Two special relief flights have been arranged from Delhi and one from Mumbai for rendering humanitarian assistance to all the passengers and the family members, Air India Express, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the national carrier, said.

NCAER's Business Confidence Index stood at 46.4 in the first quarter of 2020-21, a drop of 40.1 percent from its level of 77.4 in the previous quarter.

When the COVID-19 pandemic was just beginning to spread in India, large corporations started advising their employees to work from home.

The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed down the construction sector considerably. From constructing 28 km per day last fiscal, the national highway construction slowed down to 21 km per day in the present fiscal in data available till the end of July. However, Nitin Gadkari, the road and transport minister, has now planned to step on the gas to make up for the loss due to the lockdown.