The nationwide tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases crossed 85,000 on Friday with more people testing positive for the deadly virus infection from Kashmir to Kerala and from Karnataka to Bihar, even as indications emerged about greater relaxations in the fourth phase of the lockdown beginning Monday to contain economic costs of the pandemic.
Author: PTI
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today announced setting up of a Rs 1 lakh crore agri infrastructure fund for farm-gate infrastructure.
The southwest monsoon is likely to hit Kerala on 5 June, a delay of four days as compared to its normal onset date, the India Meteorological Department said on Friday.
Trapeze performers flying high, jugglers throwing swords in the air, acrobats jumping through hoops of fire and clowns, dressed to the hilt, hamming it up… artistry under the big top is set for a permanent fadeout with circus owners writing epitaphs for their industry.
Asserting that Central government employees may have to work with staggered attendance and variable working hours, the Personnel Ministry has come out with a draft framework for ‘work from home’ for the staff post-lockdown.
The doubling time of coronavirus infection cases has slowed down to 13.9 days in the last three days, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said, as the COVID-19 death toll rose to 2,549 and the number of cases to 78,003.
The Delhi government has submitted a proposal to the Centre on lockdown relaxations post 17 May and suggested opening of markets, shopping complexes and operation of buses and metro services with strict social distancing norms.
As many as 167 passengers of a special train bringing migrants to Haridwar from Gujarat’s Surat have gone missing, causing concern among officials.
The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 2,649 and the number of cases climbed to 81,970 today, registering an increase of 100 deaths and 3,967 cases in the last 24 hours since Thursday 8 am, according to the Union Health Ministry.