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Kolkata malls focus on safety protocols to tackle increasing footfalls ahead of Durga Puja
By Press Trust of India| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi | Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON OCT 14, 2020 06:03 PM IST
Leading shopping malls such as Acropolis, South City and Quest are currently experiencing a surge in footfalls ahead of Durga puja and expecting that number of visitors will further rise with multiplexes reopening from Thursday.

India’s services activity shrinks for sixth month in August, job losses mount
By Reuters | Posted by: Shankhyaneel Sarkar | Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON SEP 03, 2020 11:12 AM IST
Thursday’s survey adds to the gloom in the service sector, an engine of economic growth and jobs, suggesting a long and painful road to recovery after the economy shrank nearly a quarter in April-June.

Shops, malls in Haryana open this weekend but closed on Monday, Tuesday
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON AUG 28, 2020 05:57 PM IST
State government says decision taken to contain spread of coronavirus; new order does not apply to shops dealing with essential goods and services

195 defaulters owe Panipat MC ₹151 crore as property tax, reveals RTI query
By Neeraj Mohan, Karnal
UPDATED ON AUG 25, 2020 12:02 AM IST

Gurugramwale: A life in everyday feminism
By Mayank Austen Soofi | Hindustan Times, Gurugram
PUBLISHED ON AUG 15, 2020 05:38 AM IST
Ms Kushwaha insists that her husband is a very helpful mate, respects her co-role as a family breadwinner and helps her partly with the household chores.

HT Readers’ Take: We would rather be safe than visit Sukhna Lake on weekends
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON AUG 14, 2020 11:52 PM IST
All measures to control the transmission of Covid 19 must be welcomed and followed by the citizens, even if it means no lake visits on weekends because normalcy needs to be restored at any cost, and quickly, say readers

Kerala coronavirus cases cross 10,000 mark
By HT Correspondent| Edited by Susmita Pakrasi | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON JUL 16, 2020 09:06 PM IST
In Thiruvananthapuram, at least 80 employees of a shopping mall were tested positive forcing authorities to take strict action against business establishments which flout social distancing and safety norms

Aarogya Setu, masks must as malls to reopen in Gurugram, Faridabad today
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Meenakshi Ray | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 01, 2020 11:23 AM IST
Mall authorities will have to ensure that every visitor is scanned for temperature via thermal scanners as well as to ensure that hand-sanitizers are placed at all entry points.

Malls to reopen in Gurugram and Faridabad from July 1 after more than 3 months
By Kartik Kumar | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi | Hindustan Times, Gurugram
UPDATED ON JUN 28, 2020 04:12 PM IST
Mall authorities will have to ensure that each visitor undergoes thermal scanning and hand-sanitisers are placed at all entry points.

Don’t take too many liberties with Covid guidance: UK PM Johnson
By Reuters | London
PUBLISHED ON JUN 26, 2020 06:37 PM IST
Asked if he would intervene after Intu Properties INTUP.L said it would go into administration, Johnson said: “There will be tough times ahead. And the retail sector, shopping malls, clearly have been feeling the squeeze on their business model for long time.

Malls to reopen in Gurugram next week, strict social distancing must
By Abhishek Behl | Edited by Ashutosh Tripathi | Hindustan Times, Gurugram
UPDATED ON JUN 26, 2020 07:08 PM IST
Only those visitors who wear a mask and have temperature under the limit will be allowed entry.

Ambience Mall braces up to open after lockdown
UPDATED ON JUN 26, 2020 05:39 PM IST
Delhi NCR’s prominent lifestyle destination is ready to open its doors to the city shoppers.

Govt issues pictorial guidelines for ‘Covid-appropriate behaviour’ in Unlock-1 phase
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JUN 12, 2020 10:51 PM IST
On June 4, the ministry had issued the standard operating procedures for public and semi-public environments but the ministry released the fresh guidelines repackaged in a colourful pictorial format to sensitise people in a better way.

Jama Masjid closed till June 30 due to ‘critical’ Covid-19 situation in Delhi: Shahi Imam
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JUN 11, 2020 06:40 PM IST
The mosque had opened on June 8 after a gap of over two months with the government allowing further relaxations as part of “Unlock-1”, the first phase of a calibrated exit from the novel coronavirus-induced nationwide lockdown.

BMC allows markets, shops to function for full working hours in Mumbai
By Mehul Thakkar | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON JUN 09, 2020 04:40 PM IST
All shops will remain closed on Sundays till June 30, but have been allowed to follow the revised working hours between Monday and Saturday.

No end to commuters’ woes in Bengal as limited number of buses hit streets
By Press Trust of India| posted by Susmita Pakrasi | Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON JUN 09, 2020 04:11 PM IST
Private bus operators claimed that the number of vehicles operated in Kolkata and its suburbs on Tuesday marginally increased compared to the day before, as 30 per cent of the fleet hit roads.

Delhi reopens restaurants, malls and interstate travel
By Abhishek Dey and Risha Chitlangia | Hindustan Times, New Delhi, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 08, 2020 02:02 AM IST
While a large number of religious places are likely to open on Monday, uncertainty surrounds malls and restaurants.

Liquor to be cheaper in Delhi as govt removes 70% corona fee
By Abhishek Dey | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 08, 2020 12:13 AM IST
VAT is applicable on all Indian manufactured foreign liquor and country liquor. Prices of imported liquor – on which several other duty fees are levied – are likely to witness no change in MRP after June 10.

Shopping malls, restaurants and hotels to reopen from June 8: List of dos and don’ts
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 07, 2020 09:19 AM IST
The Centre had issued a notification to phase-wise reopen some places and start activities from June 8. These things are being allowed in the first part. The second phase of relaxations till come in July.

Malls, restaurants draw up plans to restart businesses but with restrictions
By Ashish Mishra | Hindustan Times, New Delhi, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 07, 2020 04:05 AM IST
Restaurant owners said they are working on a set of plans such as opening with just 30% to 50% seating capacity, putting a cap on parking facility to ensure less crowding, and presenting patrons with e-copies of drinks and food menus to minimise contact with staff and ensure social distancing.

As coronavirus lockdown restrictions ease, Thailand’s reopening is ‘same-same but different’
By hindustantimes.com | Hindustan Times, Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 01, 2020 03:46 PM IST
As Thailand’s daily tally of new COVID-19 cases has fallen to single digits most days over the past two weeks, authorities continue to ease restrictions put in place to combat the pandemic.

Eating out in times of Covid-19: Hygiene, social distancing norms in focus as restaurants, retailers gear up to reopen in India
By Press Trust of India | Posted by: Alfea Jamal | New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 01, 2020 12:23 PM IST
Restaurant operators and retailers are now looking forward to resume business activities after the government on Saturday allowed them to re-open from June 8.

Fourth phase of lockdown accounts for nearly half of total Covid cases in India
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAY 31, 2020 02:02 PM IST
The lockdown, which was first clamped on March 25 and spanned for 21 days, had registered 10,877 cases, while the second phase of the curbs that began on April 15 and stretched for 19 days till May 3, saw 31,094 cases.

In lockdown 5.0, states ask for curbs only in containment zones
By Debabrata Mohanty/Ritesh Mishra/ Pawan Sharma | Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar/Raipur/Chandigarh
UPDATED ON MAY 29, 2020 08:45 AM IST
In the ongoing phase of the lockdown, the Centre gave authority to the states to demarcate zones based on the severity of cases, and within a set of broad guidelines, allowed states to frame their own rules on the extent of activity allowed.

Amid job crisis, youth queue up to volunteer at Covid-19 isolation centre
By Mohit Khanna, Ludhiana
UPDATED ON MAY 21, 2020 10:48 PM IST
The volunteers, mostly women, say their families are in dire need of money and the government is paying a good among to them for the job

Ramadan in times of Covid-19: Saudi prayers no longer disrupt shopping in time of coronavirus
By Bloomberg | Posted by: Alfea Jamal | Bloomberg
UPDATED ON MAY 21, 2020 12:10 PM IST
The monotone of the muezzin beckoning Muslims to worship five times a day is usually accompanied by a rush to close stores. But in the time of coronavirus and government curfews, another hallmark of Saudi life appears to have been dispensed with.

36 million have sought US unemployment aid since coronavirus hit
By Associated Press | Washington
PUBLISHED ON MAY 14, 2020 06:16 PM IST
Roughly 36 million people have now filed for jobless aid in the two months since the coronavirus first forced millions of businesses to close their doors and shrink their workforces, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Hong Kong police spray tear gas at protesters gathered in a shopping mall
By Press Trust of India | Hong Kong
UPDATED ON MAY 01, 2020 08:45 PM IST
As protesters gathered in the mall, riot police stopped and searched some and later told them to leave, saying they were violating social-distancing rules.

Coronavirus: Beijing parks and museums reopened to public, Germany to follow
By Associated Press | Associated Press
UPDATED ON MAY 01, 2020 08:29 PM IST
The Forbidden City, past home to China’s emperors, is permitting just 5,000 visitors daily, down from 80,000. And parks are allowing people to visit at 30% of the usual capacity.

Gyms, theatres, casinos, pools to remain shut in Goa: Official
By Press Trust of India | Panaji
UPDATED ON APR 25, 2020 05:07 PM IST
The order comes a day after the Centre allowed neighbourhood and standalone shops, including those located in residential complexes, in urban areas to open during the ongoing lockdown.