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Sunday, May 31, 2020

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs meeting today at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg

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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) meeting will be held on Monday at the Prime Minister's residence at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg in New Delhi. This meeting assumes significance as the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued new guidelines for phased re-opening of "all activities outside containment zones for the next one month beginning June 1".

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India registers biggest single-day spike of 8,392 COVID-19 cases; total rises to 1,90,535

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The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 5,394 and the number of cases climbed to 1,90,535 in the country, which registered biggest single-day spikes of 230 deaths and 8,392 cases till Monday 8 am, according to the Union Health Ministry. India is the seventh worst-hit nation by the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Australia PM Scott Morrison makes samosa, mango chutney; wishes to share with PM Modi

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Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday took to Twitter to share an image of 'ScoMosas'—samosas made by him—and tagged PM Modi in the social media post expressing his desire to share with him the popular Indian snack and the mango chutney Morrison made to go with it. The two leaders are scheduled to hold their first virtual bilateral summit on June 4.

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India's eastern region has potential to become growth engine of country, need to develop it: PM Modi

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PM Modi said that manpower of the eastern region has the capability to take India to new heights. "The country's sustainable development is possible with the development of this region,'" he added. The PM said that the world has never experienced anything like this Covid-19 crisis before.

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Saturday, May 30, 2020

Pain of the poor and labourers hit hard by coronavirus crisis cannot be explained in words: PM Modi

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In his monthly 'Mann ki Baat' broadcast, Modi said all classes of people have suffered during the pandemic but it is the poor who have suffered the worst. Everyone is working to help them, he said, and highlighted the railways' exercise to transport huge numbers of migrant workers to their home.

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Tamil Nadu extends coronavirus lockdown till June 30, allows partial resumption of public transport

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The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday announced the extension of the ongoing lockdown till June 30, albeit with more relaxations that included partially opening up public transport and allowing more employees at the workplace. Chief Minister K Palaniswami said the curbs on religious places, inter-state bus transport, and Metro and suburban rails would continue.

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Covid-19: 8,000+ fresh cases in a day, toll crosses 5,000

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India’s Covid-19 caseload went past 1.75 lakh on Saturday, three days after crossing the 1.5 lakh milestone, as the number of new infections touched another new peak, going past 8,000 for the first time in a single day. Fresh cases have risen to new highs in seven of the last 10 days. The countrywide coronavirus-related death toll crossed the 5,000 mark, as 200 fatalities were reported on Saturday.

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28% of Covid patients asymptomatic: ICMR Study

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At least 28% of 40,184 people who tested positive for Covid-19 between January 22 and April 30 in India were asymptomatic, a study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) shows, underlining that a large proportion of those tested and found positive were family contacts who did not display symptoms.

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Ailing passengers among 81 dead on Shramik Specials

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A total of 80 people died on board Shramik Special trains between May 9 and May 27, among them cancer patien​ts, those suffering from heart ailments, a few with paralysis and many who were too ill to travel. Data accessed by TOI showed that among those who lost their lives were a 63-year-old cancer patient, Indu Devi, who died on way from Mumbai to Bihar on May 12.

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BJP set to technology-driven political activities ahead of Bihar polls

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Speaking at a media interaction, party chief J P Nadda made it clear that the ruling BJP plans to use new technology in a big way, in the time of social distancing, to campaign and reach out to people essentially on how the Modi government tackled the situation on the ground, arising out of the spread of the deadly virus, to provide health and economic security to save the lives people in the country.

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One year of NDA 2.0: JP Nadda slams Congress for 'politicising' coronavirus

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"The BJP hasn't politicised coronavirus crisis but Congress' approach hasn't been responsible which led to allegations and counter-allegations, and it is unfortunate. Our party believes in serving people, all our workers were out on the streets to help labourers," the BJP President said in an address to the media.

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Friday, May 29, 2020

2 terrorists killed in Kulgam encounter

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Two unidentified terrorists were killed in an encounter with the security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. A cordon and search operation was launched following information about the presence of terrorists in Wanpora area of the south Kashmir district, according to a police official. The identity and group affiliation of the slain terrorists were being ascertained.​

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'West Bengal shifting to Sweden model to contain coronavirus'

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"I feel that they are shifting the model, they were till now going by the hammer and the tongs model which is a lockdown," he said. Referring to the 72-day lockdown in Wuhan, he said that a lockdown of 60 to 70 days brings down the number of cases of infection. "The Sweden model or that in Taiwan or South Korea, where instead of lockdown they stressed on testing and segregating high-risk population, they have got equal success," Sarkar said.

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PM Modi lists Article 370 abrogation, CAA, Ram temple settlement among key achievements of 2nd term

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday listed abrogation of Article 370, settlement of the Ram Temple issue, criminalisation of Triple Talaq and the amendment to the Citizenship Act among the key achievements during his second term, asserting that his government's decisions in the last one year were aimed at fulfilling the dream of making India a global leader.

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Thursday, May 28, 2020

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