Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig maildirect.in. NS
Answer
maildirect.in. 5 NS ns1.qlc.co.in.
maildirect.in. 5 NS ns2.qlc.co.in.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns1.qlc.co.in. 5 A 103.19.136.4
ns2.qlc.co.in. 5 A 103.11.152.68
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0