Industry bodies such as CII, FICCI and ASSOCHAM suggested a slew of measures and sought relaxations such as increasing working hours to 12 hours per day from the existing 8 hours per day to help them revive operations, according to a release by the Labour Ministry.

Stressing that their lives were ruined completely, the protestors even put two dead bodies in front of the building.

Ola and Uber said they have resumed services in areas within orange and green zones, and have introduced requirements like wearing masks to ensure safety of riders and driver partners.

Work-from-home jobs doubled in the third week of April versus the first week of March, said a market analyst.The new normal of WFH has also led to a need for reskilling especially in digital skills, according to staffing firms

The worst hit among the top 20 companies was Cipla, whose sales fall by 28%, while that of Zydus Cadila, GSK Pharma and Dr Reddy’s down by 25%, each.There seemes to be less panic buying of medicines for chronic illnesses in the last two weeks of April

Xiaomi India MD Manu Jain expects losses in Q2 2020, but Q3 and Q4, along with Diwali sales to go fine.Realme is expecting 100% growth in 2020 despite effectively losing two months of the year