The SOPs, issued against the backdrop of the government's plans to open up the economy, say an entire office building need not be closed if one or two cases of COVID-19 are reported there and work can resume after disinfection as per the laid down protocols. However, if there is a larger outbreak, the entire building will have to be closed for 48 hours and all the staff will work from home till the building is adequately disinfected and is declared fit for re-occupation, the ministry said in its 'SOPs on preventive measures to contain spread of COVID-19 in offices'.
His father is a former finance minister. His brother is a minister in the Modi government. But Sumant Sinha wants nothing to do with politics and tells Shreya Jai why he is bullish on the renewable energy sector.
'Predictions are that numbers will continue to rise till May end and maybe in the first half of June will be our peak.'
The election campaign finally ended on Friday, May 17. Arindam Majumder reveals what he discovered on the election front on a long rail journey.
The court allowed tips to performers but disallowed showering of currency on them.
Swargathekkaal Sundaram is one more addition to the heap of films that leave hardly anything to be remembered,
10 photos that show it's an odd, weird world out there
There was a 50% chance that Karan Sidhu would lose his vision!
An A-Z of Bachchanalia, the letters expanding into unforgettable bits of his filmography.
Rediff reader Ashok Paskalraj writes about the steaming hot uppuma served at Villupuram railway station.
'If you want proof, visit any bank in Mumbai and you will find the poor standing in bank queues.' 'They are queuing up from midnight outside the banks.'
A factor which would be key to Scotch consumers is the new currency an independent Scotland would go for .
Over the years India's governments have turned several public goods into private ones, says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
What began as a challenge ended up a way of life for 'Paalam' Kalyanasundaram, whom the United Nations adjudged one of the most outstanding people of the 20th century.
But for the PM's decision, my teenage daughter, a child of the post-economic reforms generation, could never have imagined the Socialist India that remains so much a part of my growing up years, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'We like to tell the rest of the world that we did it better, that we were stronger, that we had larger cities, that we taught them science,' Naman Ahuja tells Anjali Puri. 'This exhibition is an antidote to insularity -- it is saying we have learnt as much from the world as we have given it.'
Arikil Oraal had a lot of potential but fizzles out by the end.
'As a great democracy, we must be responsible and uphold the rights of those who come to us seeking shelter.' 'Everything in the Hindu faith tells us that this is obligatory on us,' says Aakar Patel.
'Power is always transitory, and you should be the same person whether you have it or not,' the head of the number one law firm in India tells Pavan Lall.
'I am hopeful that you will see more focused attention on this relationship,' former US assistant secretary of state Nisha Desai Biswal tells Alokananda Chakraborty.
The guidelines, which have made service charge "totally voluntary and not mandatory", will be sent to states for necessary action
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Anjali helped Sachin Tendulkar deal with the debacles during his reign as captain and carry on.
'Only he can bring change in India that all of us have been dreaming of since we saw America for the first time when our plane touched down at JFK airport.' Narendra Modi's friends in New York and New Jersey travel down memory lane and remember a simple man with great ambition. Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com tracks down the Modi bhakts, who knew since his first visit in 1993 that he was destined for bigger things.
Headed to this dreamy hill station in Maharashtra? Here's what you can do there, says Anita Aikara.
Bobby Jasoos works only because of Vidya Balan and the strong supporting cast, says Paloma Sharma.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay details HDFC Bank's digital journey.
'Do we not all exhibit a sense of entitlement every day,' asks Savera R Someshwar.
A new restaurant in Connaught Place serves platefuls of nostalgia and drama for Dharmendra fans.
Around 80 million rural households are estimated to have no access to grid power.
Two worthies were overheard mulling recent political developments
Bangladeshis say it is easier in Portugal to get Residency papers, which give them access to all EU countries, reports Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
Did you know that 3.2 million children worldwide are living with HIV?
This week's collection of stories that prove we live in a truly mad, mad world.
R K Studios is not just another piece of real estate; it is part of India's movie history.
From her thoughts on a black woman becoming First Lady to marital struggles with her husband Barack, Michelle Obama hasn't held back in her memoir, which is being praised as honest and telling, Becoming.
'I'm a rascal, I'm going to play a paramahansa?!'
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