The number of coronavirus cases in India rose to 35,365 , while the fatalities rose to 1,147. More than 3.13 million individuals have been accounted for to be infected by the novel coronavirus all around the world.

The lockdown has been extended till May 17 with certain relaxations bifurcated as per the Red, Orange and Green zones.

In Green Zones, all activities are permitted except the limited number of activities which are prohibited throughout the country. Public buses can operate but only at 50 per cent capacity each to ensure social distancing.

In Orange Zones, inter-district movement of individuals and vehicles will be allowed for permitted activities only. Four-wheeler will have a maximum of 2 passengers besides the driver and pillion riding will be allowed on two-wheelers.In Orange Zones, in addition to activities permitted in Red Zone, taxis and cab aggregators will be permitted with 1 driver and 1 passenger only.

A limited number of activities will remain prohibited across India, irrespective of the zone, including travel by air, rail, metro and inter-State movement by road; running of schools, colleges, and other educational & training/coaching institutions.Nobody is allowed to move around between 7 pm and 7 am. Senior citizens above the age of 65 must remain at home at all times and in all areas.

In red zones, outside containment zones, certain activities are prohibited in addition to those prohibited throughout India. These are: plying of cycle rickshaws and auto rickshaws; taxis and cab aggregators; intra-district and inter-district plying of buses and barber shops,spas and saloons.Activities allowed inside Red Zones include all industrial and construction activities in rural areas, including MNREGA works, food-processing units and brick-kilns, Home Ministry said in its guidelines.E-commerce operators can deliver only essential goods.

Standalone shops, neighborhood shops and shops in residential areas are permitted to remain open in urban areas, without any distinction of essential and non-essential.

Private offices can operate with upto 33 per cent strength as per requirement, with the rest of the staff working from home.

Special trains will be operated for migrant workers, tourists, students and other persons today from Lingampalli to Hatia, Aluva to Bhubaneswar, Nasik to Lucknow, Nasik to Bhopal, Jaipur to Patna and Kota to Hatia, informed Ministry of Railways.The government will also not allow social, political, cultural and other kinds of gatherings; and, religious places/ places of worship.

Home service startup UrbanClap has declared that now it’ll be known as Urban Company. Simultaneously, the organization will likewise be sub-marking seven verticals catching the organization’s aspiration to turn into a horizontal gig marketplace and extend its operations to Australia and Singapore.

The seven verticals comprise services such as beauty, spa, grooming, repairs, cleaning, painting, and fitness and yoga that are offered through its mobile app and website.

“We now have a bouquet of services so it was important to have a mother brand or an umbrella brand which can house all these sub-brands. Urban Company will be our brand forever for all markets and geographies now,” said Abhiraj Bhal, co-founder and CEO Urban Company.

Started in 2014 in Delhi by Abhiraj Bhal, Varun Khaitan and Raghav Chandra, Urban Company has its activities in 17 Indian urban communities and four universal markets – Dubai, Abi Dhabi, Sydney and Singapore. With in excess of 25,000 prepared experts over the four nations, Urban Company has served more than 5 million households up until now.

The Urban Company is working with government entities, for example, the national expertise advancement organization (NSDC) for the activation, preparing and affirmation of administration experts across India.

Within FY19, the company claimed to have completed around 3.3 million service orders, a rise from 1.2 million service orders in FY18. Gross transaction value (GTV) of all orders in the last financial year jumped to ₹400 crores from a GTV of ₹130 crores in FY18. GTV represents aggregate spends of a company’s customers in a particular financial period, according to a Mint report.