As the ministry of home affairs (MHA) made way for lifting curbs on certain sectors to get economic activity restarted, construction activity is still crawling, though it has started across various districts.

"The government is looking if NHAI can plan a township along the highway (Delhi-Mumbai Expressway) ... a Cabinet note has been floated for this," Road Transport, Highways and MSME Minister Gadkari said during an interaction with real estate body NAREDCO via a video conference.

The Central Public Works Department has been entrusted with the job of construction of secretariats which would be developed as a high security office on the lines of Delhi’s CGO Complex. It would have public dealing offices for central ministries and even accommodate ministries which have been looking for office space in states.

Food processing industries minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Thursday said that one section of the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway would pass through Amritsar after being split into two at Kartarpur even as the other section would go through Gurdaspur to Katra.

Infra development will especially be critical for the success of the Make in India programme as manufacturing competitiveness critically depends on infrastructure, the final report of the task force submitted to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.

The green signal to the mega project in the national capital- given with the usual caveats on minimised tree cutting, environmental responsibility and so on- comes even as a Special Leave Petition related to land use change for the new complex is pending before the Supreme Court.

The minister said he has suggested providing low-cost capital to MSMEs through NBFCs and called for speedy payment of their outstanding dues.

Ebix Software India (ESIPL) will pay upfront Rs 75 crore to acquire the company. The company owed over Rs 1,918 crore to its lenders, including about Rs 1,700 crore to financial creditors.

Road Transport and Highways Secretary Giridhar Aramane on Thursday had said: "Government of India, Prime Minister's Office and the Department of Economic Affairs are already working on a package, which includes not only the MSME but also the entire industry.

Much has been written about that afternoon, and the Brazilian's career and epic rivalry with Frenchman Alain Prost, with questions still asked about what caused the crash. What is certain is that it changed Formula One, triggering a major safety review and altering the course of sporting history.

'We do believe that staging the event behind closed doors, which our fans can still watch on television, is preferable to not having a race at all.'

Silverstone managing director, Stuart Pringle made clear that everything had to be done so as not to put stress on policing or divert medical resources away from the fight against the coronavirus.

The Thai's victory over his Ferrari rival gave Red Bull something to celebrate on a day that should have seen the return of Max Verstappen's home Dutch Grand Prix after a 35-year absence.

'If we want to go to Asia, or America, I think it's going to be when we get on planes and have to fly overseas where I think the risk will start to potentially get greater.'

Formula One managing director Ross Brawn this week outlined plans for going back to racing, with health checks and isolation in the paddock, and believed the sport could provide a safe environment.

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