All Domestic Passenger Flights Suspended from Midnight Tomorrow

The operations of all domestic schedule commercial airlines will stop operations from 23.59pm on March 24, a government notification said on Monday. "Airlines have to plan operations so as to land at their destination before 11.59 pm hours on 24/3/2020. The restrictions shall not apply to solely cargo carrying flights," it said.

West Bengal today reported its first coronavirus death after a 55-year old patient from Dum Dum in North Kolkata, who was undergoing treatment at a private hospital, suffered a cardiac arrest and died at around 3.35pm. The patient was on ventilation support and suffered multiple organ failure. Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu became the 15th and latest state to go under lockdown as the number of coronavirus cases in the country touched 415. Both Houses of Parliament, meanwhile, will be adjourned sine die today after passage of the Finance Bill, sources said. The session was earlier scheduled to conclude on April 3. The session is likely to be concluded almost 12 days ahead of schedule due to the looming threat of COVID-19.