The rule applies to every day of the year, for the next three years. The Karnataka government on Saturday allowed all stores and commercial establishments in the state that employ 10 or more people to remain open 24 hours a day. The rule change applies to every day of the …
Read More »Good news Mumbaikars! Thackeray sarkar lets metro trains run and state libraries reopen
Good news for thousands of commuters, the Maharashtra government has now decided to allow subway trains Mumbai to operate from October 15. The trains will run in a staggered fashion under their mission ‘start over’. The government move will come as a huge relief to city commuters, as local trains …
Read More »Delhi government tells Center to allow stores and malls to open oddly: report
[ad_1] The Delhi government on Thursday submitted a list of suggestions to the Center to relax in the national capital after May 17. The current phase, which is the third phase since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of the national blockade that began on March 25 to combat the new …
Read More »Coronavirus | What made Koyambedu, Chennai’s popular wholesale complex market, a COVID-19 access point?
[ad_1] The story so far: Koyambedu, Chennai’s popular wholesale market, is now the epicenter of the largest group of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Tamil Nadu. Keeping the large expanding market open in the midst of an epidemic, with little or no precautionary measures, has been costly for the …
Read More »Lounges from shops to cafes: small services look at the end of the road
[ad_1] Written by Aashish Aryan Pranav Mukul Sunny Verma , Prabha Raghavan The | New Delhi | Updated: May 4, 2020 7:17:01 am A grocery store at Mayur Vihar in Delhi (Express Photo by Gajendra Yadav) FROM a South Mumbai cafe that ended after 10 years in operations to a …
Read More »Coronavirus: India allows small shops to reopen
[ad_1] Image copyright AFP Image caption Millions of Indian households depend on neighborhood shops for essentials India has allowed small local stores to reopen more than a month after the country went into lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic. The interior ministry said only half of staff should work and …
Read More »Why do Mukesh Ambani and Mark Zuckerberg love kirana shops?
[ad_1] MUMBAI: The ubiquitous kirana shops in the Indian neighborhood are not only on consumers’ minds, given the closure, but have also caught the attention of billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Mark Zuckerberg. On Wednesday, the companies signed a trade pact to accelerate Reliance Retail’s JioMart platform by connecting nearby kirana …
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