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Aviation Ministry: No domestic commercial flight will operate in India from Wednesday

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: March 23, 2020 17:12 IST

The Ministry of Civil Aviation Domestic announced that commercial airlines shall cease operations with effective from tomorrow midnight, that ...

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The Ministry of Civil Aviation Domestic announced that commercial airlines shall cease operations with effective from tomorrow midnight, that is 23.59 hours IST on 24/3/2020.

Airlines have to plan operations so as to land at their destinations before this time. These restrictions shall not apply to airlines carrying only cargo. 

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that the total number of positive cases of #COVID19 in India now stands at 415 and 7 deaths.

The government has declared complete lockdown  till March 31, 2020 in majority of the states as the number of virus cases are rising day by day. The health authorities have asked people to maintain social distancing and not step out of the house until very important. 

The Ministry of Labour & Employment, seeing the Coronavirus pandemic, an advisory has been issued to all the employers of Public/Private establishments to not cut salaries or resort to layoffs of their employees.

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