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Coronavirus in Goa Latest Update
Seven Mumbai-Goa train passengers tested positive
Three more passengers - a total of seven people - who travelled in Mumbai-Goa train on Sunday tested positive for COVID-19 during TrueNat testing. The total number of active cases in Goa has reached 29.
08:13 (IST)
Coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh Latest Update
95 new cases in Madhya Pradesh's Indore
Indore reported 95 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, taking the total number of positive cases in the district to 2,565.
08:12 (IST)
Coronavirus Outbreak Latest Update
Dont' criticise, hold talks with Opposition: Ashok Gehlot to Centre
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot responded to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's statement urging the Congress to work with the Centre and in a humane manner towards solving the migrant issue. "Instead of criticising Rahul Gandhi, Centre should have held talks with opposition on what help they need for arranging facilities for migrant workers. It'll take six to eight months for them to reach home if migrants travel by train. We should arrange vehicles for them," Gehlot said.
07:56 (IST)
Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Update
9 deaths, 223 new cases in Pune district
Nine new deaths and 223 confirmed coronavirus cases were reported in Pune district over 24 hours, as of Sunday night. The total positive cases in the district are 4,018, including 206 deaths and 2,014 cured patients.
07:44 (IST)
Coronavirus Outbreak Latest Update
Lockdown 4.0 begins today: Activities that are allowed
Hospitality services meant for housing health/police/government officials/healthcare workers/stranded persons shall be operational.
Canteens at the bus depots, railway stations and airports will also be operational.
Restaurants will be permitted to operate kitchens for home delivery of food items.
Sports complexes and stadia will be permitted to open; however, spectators will not be allowed.
Online distance learning shall continue to be permitted and shall be encouraged.
Inter-state movement of passenger vehicles and buses, with mutual consent of State(s) and UT(s) involved, except in containment zones.
All States/UTs shall allow inter-state and intra-state movement of medical professionals, nurses and para-medical staff, sanitation personnel and ambulances.
All States/UTs shall allow inter-state movement of all types of goods/cargos, including empty trucks.
All shop owners must also ensure that customers maintain 'do gaz doori' (minimum six feet distance) and that not more than five people are allowed inside at any given time.
Persons below 10 years and above 65 years of age, those with co-morbidities, and pregnant women shall stay at home except for essential and health purposes.
07:39 (IST)
Coronavirus Outbreak Latest Update
Lockdown 4.0 begins today: Prohibited activities
All domestic and international air travel of passengers.
The movement of individuals will remain strictly prohibited between 7 pm and 7 am, except for essential activities.
All metro rail services will remain suspended.
School, colleges, educational/training/coaching institutions etc, will continue to remain shut.
Hotels, restaurants and other hospitality services shall remain suspended.
All cinema halls, shopping malls, gymnasiums, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theatres, bars and auditoriums, assembly halls will remain closed.
All social/political/sports/entertainment/academic/cultural/religious functions/other gatherings and large congregations will not be allowed.
All religious places/places of worship shall be closed for public, and religious congregations are strictly prohibited.
07:36 (IST)
Coronavirus in Goa Latest Update
4 test positive in Goa, taking state's total to 26
Declared a green zone last week after it reported no new coronavirus cases and all patients were discharged, Goa now is witnessing a resurgence of infections. The state reported 19 new infections, taking the state's total to 26.
The new cases including four persons who had travelled in the Mumbai-Goa train on Sunday and TrueNat tests had given a positive result for them. The samples have been sent for confirmatory tests and 100 passengers who had travelled in the train were tested. On the same day, another train passenger had tested positive for coronavirus.
At the time that Goa was declared a green zone, seven patients undergoing treatment were discharged. Ever since then, 19 new cases have been reported.
07:33 (IST)
Coronavirus Outbreak Latest Update
Confirmed cases climb to 90,927
According to figures released by the health ministry, the number of coronavirus cases in India stood at 90,927, including 2,872 deaths as of Monday morning.
India had seen the highest spike in cases between Saturday and Sunday over 24 hours, even as the nationwide lockdown was extended till 31 May.
Coronavirus Outbreak LATEST Updates: Three more passengers - a total of seven people - who travelled in Mumbai-Goa train on Sunday tested positive for COVID-19 during TrueNat testing. The total number of active cases in Goa has reached 29.
The country is set to enter the fourth phase of the lockdown due to the novel coronavirus on Monday, as the National Disaster Management Authority issued an order to continue the lockdown measures till 31 May.
Subsequently, the home ministry issued a set of guidelines for the fourth phase, in which it directed that air travel, hotels, restaurants and public gatherings will remain prohibited throughout the country.
Earlier in the day, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the fifth and final tranche of the government's stimulus package to revive the coronavirus-hit economy. She said the stimulus package includes the Rs 8.01 lakh crore of liquidity being made available by the RBI.
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 2,872 and the number of total positive cases climbed to 90,927 Sunday morning, registering an increase of 120 fatalities and a record jump of 4,987 new cases in 24 hours, since 8 AM Saturday, according to the Union Health Ministry.
The number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 53,946, while 34,108 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.
Lockdown guidelines
The Union home ministry issued guidelines listing the dos and don''ts during the lockdown 4.0 that has been clamped in the country to cut the chain of coronavirus infection.
The guidelines said all domestic, international air travel of passengers, except domestic air ambulance, will remain prohibited.
Metro rail services, schools, colleges will remain closed till May end, the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said.
Hotels, restaurants, cinema halls, malls, swimming pools, gyms will also remain shut even as all social, political, religious functions, and places of worship will be closed till May 31, it said.
The MHA said inter-state movement of passenger vehicles, buses will be allowed with mutual consent of states involved during the COVID-19 lockdown 4.0.
States and Union Territories have been given the powers for delineation of Red, Green and Orange Zones as per COVID-19 situation, the MHA said.
All shops, except those in containment zones and malls, will be allowed to open from Monday with staggered timings during lockdown 4.0, it said.
Further, state governments and Union Territories have been asked to decide on the demarcation of red, orange and green zones based on the parameters set by the Centre.
Also significantly, the new guidelines permit inter-state movement of passenger vehicles and buses with the mutual consent of the states or Union Territories.
State-wise cases and deaths
Of the 120 new deaths reported since Saturday morning, 67 were in Maharashtra, 19 in Gujarat, nine in Uttar Pradesh, seven in West Bengal, six in Delhi, four in Madhya Pradesh, three in Tamil Nadu and two in Haryana and one each from Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Rajasthan
Of the total 2,872 fatalities, Maharashtra tops the tally with 1,135 fatalities, Gujarat comes second with 625 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 243, West Bengal at 232, Delhi at 129, Rajasthan at 126, Uttar Pradesh at 104,Tamil Nadu at 74 and Andhra Pradesh at 49
The death toll reached 36 in Karnataka, 34 Telangana and 32 in Punjab
Haryana has reported 13 fatalities due to the disease, Jammu and Kashmir has 12 deaths while Bihar has registered seven and Kerala has reported four deaths
Jharkhand, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Odisha have recorded three COVID-19 fatalities each, while Assam has reported two deaths
Meghalaya, Uttarakhand and Puducherry have reported one fatality each, according to the ministry data.
The ministry's website says more than 70 per cent of the deaths are due to comorbidities
According to the health ministry data updated in the morning, the highest number of confirmed cases in the country are from Maharashtra at 30,706, followed by Gujarat at 10,988, Tamil Nadu at 10,585, Delhi at 9,333, Rajasthan at 4,960, Madhya Pradesh at 4,789 and Uttar Pradesh at 4,258
The number of COVID-19 cases has gone up to 2,576 in West Bengal, 2,355 in Andhra Pradesh and 1,946 in Punjab
It has risen to 1,509 in Telangana, 1,179 in Bihar, 1,121 in Jammu and Kashmir, 1,092 in Karnataka and 887 in Haryana
Odisha has reported 737 coronavirus infection cases so far, while Kerala has 587 cases. A total of 217 people have been infected with the virus in Jharkhand and 191 in Chandigarh
Tripura has reported 167 cases, Assam has 92 cases, Uttarakhand has 88, Himachal Pradesh has 78 cases, Chhattisgarh has 67 and Ladakh has registered 43 cases, so far
Thirty-three COVID-19 cases have been reported from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Goa have reported 17 COVID-19 cases, while Meghalaya and Puducherry have registered 13 cases each
Manipur has seven cases. Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Dadar and Nagar Haveli have reported a case each till now.
Sitharaman announces final tranche of economic stimulus
The Centre has announced suspension of new bankruptcy filings on loan defaults for one year and raised the threshold for insolvency as it moved to ease COVID-19 pain for the industry.
It also announced a new policy for companies under state control saying public sector undertakings under the non-strategic sector will be privatised while those in the identified strategic sector would be capped by not more than four by merging some of them.
In the fifth and final tranche of the economic stimulus package, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman raised allocation for employment guarantee scheme by Rs 40,000 crore over and above the Rs 61,000 crore budgeted earlier for MGNREGS, to provide employment to migrant workers moving back to their states.
This, she said, will help generate nearly 300 crore person-days in total.
For industries, she said the minimum threshold to initiate insolvency proceedings will be raised to Rs 1 crore from Rs 1 lakh, which largely insulates micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from bankruptcy on defaulting on loans.
Also, a special insolvency resolution framework for MSMEs under Section 240A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) will be notified soon, she said adding that fresh initiation of insolvency proceedings will be suspended up to one year depending upon the pandemic situation.
Coronavirus-related debt will be excluded from the definition of "default" under the IBC for the purpose of triggering insolvency proceedings, she said adding that the changes will be effected by promulgating an ordinance.
Additionally, minor technical and procedural defaults under the Companies Act such as shortcomings in CSR reporting, inadequacies in board report, filing defaults, and delay in holding AGM will be decriminalised.
Last week, the government pledged a Rs 20 lakh crore (nearly 10 per cent of gross domestic product) package to support the economy headed for its first full-year contraction in more than four decades.
With inputs from PTI
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Microfinance loan waiver talks in Assam, West Bengal may impact MFIs
Microfinance loan waiver talks in Assam, West Bengal may impact MFIs
Microfinance loan waiver talks in Assam and West Bengal have the potential to damage long-term prospects of the sector and affect repayment discipline of microfinance borrowers, says a report.
The Assam Assembly recently passed the Micro Finance Institutions (MFI) Bill, 2020.
“While political movements in Assam in FY20 have been limited to a few districts, any clamour for microfinance loan…
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Haryana: National Institute of Technology-Kurukshetra implements ERP ‘SAMARTH’
NIT Kurukshetra has implemented Enterprises Resource Planning (ERP), SAMARTH to enhance productivity through better information management and automating the process in the institute.
About:
SAMARTH, an e-Governance platform, is an Open Standard Open Source Architecture Automation Engine for Universities and Higher Educational Institutions. It caters to faculty, students and staff at a University/Higher Educational Institutions.
It has been developed under National Mission of Education in Information and Communication Technology Scheme (NMEICT) of Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD).
This initiative will enhance the productivity through better information management in the institutes by seamless access to information, and its utilization for various purposes.
Source : PIB ( Education )
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Govt introduces Interest subvention on Working Capital Loans for Dairy sector
Union Government has introduced a new scheme of Interest Subvention on Working Capital Loans for Dairy sector for supporting Dairy Cooperatives and Farmer Producer Organizations engaged in dairy activities for implementation during 2020-21.
About:
Interest subvention will be given to Cooperatives and Farmer owned milk producer companies on working capital loan taken from banks and financial institutions between 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021 for conversion of milk into conserved commodities and other milk products.
The scheme has made provisions for providing interest subvention of 2% per annum, with an additional incentive of 2% per annum interest subvention to be given in case of prompt and timely repayment/interest servicing.
The modified scheme envisages a budgetary provision of 100 crore rupees earmarked for the component Interest Subvention on Working Capital Loans for Dairy sector during 2020-21.
The scheme will be implemented by this Department of Animal Husbandry through National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Anand.
Benefits: The scheme will help in providing stable market access to milk producers. This will help to ease out the working capital crisis for handling surplus milk and enable timely payment to the farmers.
Source : All India Radio ( Economy )
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Patent filed for low cost Personal Protective Equipment by Navy
In a major step towards rapid mass production of the Medical Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) developed by the Indian Navy, a patent has been successfully filed by the Intellectual Property Facilitation Cell (IPFC) of Ministry of Defence, in association with National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), of Ministry of Science & Technology.
About:
The low cost PPE has been developed by a Doctor of Indian Navy, posted at the recently created Innovation Cell at Institute of Naval Medicine (INM), Mumbai.
The PPE developed by the Navy is made of a special fabric which affords high level of protection along with high ‘breathability’ as against other PPEs.
The team of Innovators from Navy is working in close coordination with IPFC which was set up under Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti (which was launched in 2018).
Source : DD News ( Science & Technology )
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FM Nirmala Sitharaman announces second tranche of economic stimulus for farmers, migrant workers, traders under Aatma-Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan
Union Finance Minister announced short-term and long-term measures under Aatmanirbhar Bharat (Self-Reliant India Movement) for supporting the poor, including migrants, farmers, tiny businesses and street vendors.
Measures announced:
Free food grains will be supplied to all Migrant labourers for 2 months i.e. May and June, 2020.
Technology system to be used enable Migrants to access PDS (Ration) from any Fair Price Shops in India so as to achieve 100% National portability by March, 2021 under One Nation one Ration Card scheme.
Central Government will launch a scheme for migrant workers and urban poor to provide ease of living at affordable rent.
Government of India will provide Interest subvention of 2% for prompt payees for a period of 12 months to MUDRA Shishu loanees, who have loans below Rs 50,000.The current portfolio of MUDRA Shishu loans is around Rs 1.62 Lakh crore.
A special scheme will be launched within a month to facilitate easy access to credit to Street vendors. 50 lakh street vendors will be benefitted under this scheme and credit of Rs. 5,000 crore would flow to them.
Rs 70,000 crore boost is given to housing sector and middle income group (MIG) through extension of Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme for MIG under PMAY(Urban) up to March 2021.
6,000 crore of funds under Compensatory Afforestation Management & Planning Authority (CAMPA) will be used for Afforestation and Plantation works, including in urban areas. This will create job opportunities.
NABARD will extend additional re-finance support of Rs 30,000 crore for meeting crop loan requirement of Rural Cooperative Banks and RRBs. This refinance will be front-loaded and available on tap.
A special drive to be conducted to provide concessional credit to PM-KISAN beneficiaries through Kisan Credit Cards. Fisherman and Animal Husbandry Farmers will also be included. This will inject additional liquidity of Rs 2 lakh crore in the farm sector.
Source : LiveMint ( Economy )
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COBAS 6800
Union Health Minister dedicated the COBAS 6800 testing machine to the nation.
About:
COBAS 6800 is for performing real time PCR testing COVID-19. COBAS 6800 can also detect other pathogens like Viral Hepatitis B & C, HIV, MTb (both rifampicin and isoniazide resistance), Papilloma, CMV, Chlamydia, Neiserreia etc.
COBAS 6800 will provide quality, high-volume testing with a high throughput of test around 1200 samples in 24 hours. It will largely increase the testing capacity with reduction in pendency.
This is the first such testing machine that has been procured by the Government for testing of COVID-19 cases and is installed at the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Delhi. As the machine requires a minimum BSL2+ containment level for testing, it cannot be placed at just any facility.
Source : PIB ( Health )
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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FAMILIES 2020
The International Day of Families 2020 is being observed on 15th of May with the theme “Families in Development: Copenhagen & Beijing+25.”
About:
Objective of the day: To promote awareness of issues relating to families and to increase knowledge of the social, economic and demographic processes affecting them.
Day of observance: 15th of May every year.
History: The Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993.
Important Info :
This year is the 25th anniversary of Copenhagen Declaration and Beijing Platform for Action.At the World Summit for Social Development held at Copenhagen in 1995, Governments reached a new consensus on the need to put people at the centre of development and adopted the Copenhagen Declaration.The Beijing Declaration was a resolution adopted by the UN at the end of the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing. The resolution adopted to promulgate a set of principles concerning the equality of men and women.
Source : United Nations ( Social Issues )
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‘Integrated Battle Groups will soon be operational’
Army chief Gen. Manoj Naravane announced that the Army’s new concept of agile Integrated Battle Groups (IBG) as part of the overall force transformation will be operationalised very soon.
About:
The IBGs are brigade sized agile self-sufficient combat formations which, can swiftly launch strikes against adversary. They will be able to mobilise within 12-48 hours based on the location.
Each IBG would be tailor made based on Threat, Terrain and Task and resources will be allotted based on the three Ts.
The Army has extensively “test bedded” the IBGs to fine-tune the concept.
Source : The Hindu ( Defence & Security )
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Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) canteens to sell only indigenous products
Union Home Ministry has decided that all the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) canteens will now sell only indigenous products. This will be applicable to all CAPF canteens across the country from 1st June 2020. With this decision, 50 lakh family members of about 10 lakh CAPF personnel will use indigenous products.
About:
Article 355 of the Constitution of India assigns the Central Government the responsibility of protecting every part of India from external aggression and internal disturbances.
Under items 1 to 2A of List I (Union List) of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution, the deployment of naval, military & air forces; and any other armed forces of Union are vested in the Central Government.
To fulfil its constitutional responsibilities, the Central Government has raised seven Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs). These areFour Border Guarding Forces (BFGs): Assam Rifles (AR), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Border Security Force (BSF).
Three Non-Border Guarding CAPFs used for internal security: Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and National Security Guard (NSG).
Source : All India Radio ( Defence & Security )
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NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY (NDMA)
In the wake of the gas leak at a factory in Visakhapatnam, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued detailed guidelines for restarting industries after the lockdown and the precautions to be taken for the safety of the plants as well as the workers.
About NDMA:
Parent body: Ministry of Home Affairs.
Primary Objective: To coordinate response to natural or man-made disasters and for capacity-building in disaster resiliency and crisis response.
Origin: NDMA was established through the Disaster Management Act enacted in 2005.
HQ: Delhi.
Organisation setup: The Prime Minister is the ex-officio chairperson of the NDMA, who chairs a 9-member board. The day-to-day management of the agency is overseen by the office of the Vice Chair.
Important Info :
Functions:
It is responsible for framing policies, laying down guidelines and best-practices and coordinating with the State Disaster Management Authorities (SDMAs) to ensure a holistic and distributed approach to disaster management.It collaborates with the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy to impart training to administration and police officers in planning and incident response.It monitors and develops guidelines for the local Firefighting Services across the country.It collaborates with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in developing emergency health and ambulance services.
Source : Economic Times ( Disaster Management )
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DIBANG MULTIPURPOSE PROJECT
The Forest Advisory Committee, the apex body of the Environment Ministry tasked with deciding whether forest land can be diverted for industrial projects, has once again deferred its decision on Dibang project in Arunachal Pradesh. The project has been delayed for over six years because it required diverting 1,165 hectares of forest in a region of rich biodiversity.
About:
Location: The Project is located on river Dibang, in Lower Dibang Valley District of Arunachal Pradesh.
Power Generation: The project shall generate 2880MW (12x240MW) power to produce 11223MU of energy in a 90% dependable year. This is the largest ever Hydro Electric Project to be constructed in India.
Type of dam: The project envisages construction of a Concrete Gravity Dam.
Height: The dam is 278 metres high and will be the highest dam in India once completed.
Source : The Hindu ( Geography )
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After a 6-hour video conference with chief ministers (CMs), Prime Minister Narendra ModiModi promised resumption of more economic activities in the weeks to come and asked states to take the lead in deciding the contours of the next phase of lockdown and share their strategies with him by May 15.
“Slowly but surely, economic activities have begun to pick up in several parts of the country. In coming days, this process will gather steam. We must realise that the fight against Covid-19 has to be more focused now,” Modi said, suggesting a more granular planning beyond May 17, when the current phase of lockdown ends.
“We now have reasonably clear indication as to the geographical spread of the pandemic in India, including the worst-affected areas. Over the past few weeks, officials have understood operating procedures in a time such as this, right up to the district level,” he said, indicating a more decentralised approach to fighting the virus. “I want states to make a blueprint on how to deal with various nuances during and after the gradual easing of the lockdown.”
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The Centre indicated that an economic package for the states was on the anvil, and the PM expressed the need to strengthen health infrastructure with onset of monsoon round the corner.
chartHe acknowledged that the next challenge was to prevent the virus from “spreading to rural areas”. The fear of spread with the return of Indians stranded abroad was also flagged.
A government statement issued after the meeting acknowledged the CMs suggested support to MSMEs, infrastructure projects like power, easing of interest rates on loans, and assured market access to agricultural produce.
Sources said the Centre will only issue broad guidelines, devolving decision making — on identifying zones and economic activities that could be allowed — to state governments and district administrations.
“Even as we look at the gradual withdrawal of the lockdown, we should remember that till we do not find a vaccine or a solution, the biggest weapon with us to the fight the virus is social distancing.”
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The PM said the World will be “pre-Corona, post-Corona just like the case of the World Wars.” Suggesting that people needed to learn to live with the virus, Modi said the new way of life would be on the principle of “jan se lekar jag tak”, from an individual to the whole of humanity.
chartThis was the fifth such interaction between Modi and the CMs since the lockdown was enforced on March 25, but it was different as the PM said he would first listen to everyone.
On a day that saw the highest one-day spike in Covid-19 cases, at least six CMs opposed resumption of train services.
However, Modi told them it was only human to want to be with families in moments of crisis and they would have to be given the option of going home if they wanted to. He, however, said all routes will not be resumed. The Indian Railways has started a special passenger train service from May 12 and has said it would ramp up the service gradually.
Tamil Nadu’s EK Palaniswami said air and train services should not be resumed to his state before May 31, pointing to the increase in coronavirus positive cases in Chennai. Haryana, Assam, and Chhattisgarh CMs also opposed resumption of train services.
ALSO READ: Govt changes tack with plans for bigger stimulus rivaling G-20 peers
Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao also opposed resumption of rail services, pointing out that Covid-19 infections are concentrated in cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Hyderabad. “It is also difficult to put all those who travelled by trains under quarantine,” he said.
Maharashtra’s Uddhav Thackeray, Tripura’s Biplab Deb, and Andhra Pradesh’s Y S Jaganmohan Reddy said they wanted some public transport to start. Kerala’s Pinarayi Vijayan wanted states to take a call on allowing public transport and movement of people.
If Punjab’s Amarinder Singh said states should be allowed to do “microplanning”, Delhi’s Arvind Kejriwal asked for all areas in the capital, barring containment zones, to be opened up for normal activities.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee accused the Centre of playing politics, eroding federalism and bulldozing states. She also said that though she had flagged the state’s requirements at many meetings, the Centre had not helped Bengal. In a marked departure from others, Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani denied it had asked the Centre to extend the lockdown and said the state would be guided by the Centre.
ALSO READ: Economy in 'very bad' state, expect financial package in 2-3 days: Gadkari
The states spoke in one voice about their desperate need for funds, including pending goods and services tax compensation.
Maharashtra, Thackery said, had a unique problem: because of the imposition of the code of conduct, crop loans and the state’s loan waiver scheme had not reached all farmers. A directive from the RBI was needed in this regard, he said.
Odisha’s Naveen Patnaik suggested that for rebooting economic activities, the Centre could come up with a national standard operating procedure. “As the fight is going to be long, it is important that we involve Panchayats for a system-based response,” he said.
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C.A Dated On 06-07-2019
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National Register of Citizens (NRC)
Why in News?
UN experts on Wednesday warned that the National Register of Citizens (NRC)
in Assam could render millions of citizens stateless and create instability in
India. A panel of three experts said the exercise has increased hate speech
against minorities in social media and built a climate of racial hatred.
About NRC:
l The National Register of Citizens (NRC) a register containing names of
all genuine Indian citizens. The register was first prepared after the 1951
Census of India. Census of India.
l The NRC is now being updated in Assam to include the names of those
persons (or their descendants) who appear in the NRC, 1951, or in any of
the Electoral Rolls up to the midnight of 24th March, 1971 or in any one of
the other admissible documents issued up to mid-night of 24th March, 1971,
which would prove their presence in Assam or in any part of India on or
before 24th March, 1971.
Background:
l The update process of NRC started in the year 2013, when the Supreme
Court of India passed orders for its update.
l Since then, the Supreme Court (bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan
Gogoi and Rohintan Fali Nariman) have been monitoring it continuously.
l The entire project is headed by the State Coordinator of National
Registration, Assam, Mr Prateek Hajela under the strict monitoring of
Supreme Court of India.
Purpose of NRC
l The purpose of NRC update is to identify Indian citizens from amongst all
the residents of Assam thereby leading to identification of illegal migrants
residing in Assam, who entered Indian territories after the midnight of 24th
March 1971 and to determine the citizenship of the applicants who have
applied for inclusion of their names in the updated NRC.
C.A Dated On 06-07-2019
Childrens and Substance Use:
Why in News?
Nearly 26 lakh children in the country are addicted to “sedatives and inhalants,”
Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot informed the
Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
Details:
l Alcohol was the most common psychoactive substance used by Indians
followed by cannabis and opioids.
l Over 16 crore people in the country consume alcohol, around 3.1 crore use
Cannabis and about 77 lakh people take opioids.
l “More than 5.7 crore alcohol users, 72 lakh cannabis users and about 77
lakh opioid users are addicted and need help.
National survey
l The findings were part of a national household survey conducted by the
Ministry in 2018.
l The survey also indicates that around 1.18 crore people between the age
group of 10 and 75 are taking sedatives and 77 lakh are using inhalents.
l Children and adolescents were found to be using inhalents more than
others.
l During the survey, over two lakh households were visited in 186 districts of
the country and a total of 4,73,569 individuals were interviewed, he added.
l The government was also conducting a survey in 10 cities across the
country to assess the pattern and profile of substance use among school
and college students. The report was expected by November this year.
The Baloch Liberation Army :
C.A Dated On 06-07-2019
Why in News?
The U.S. on July 2 designated the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) as a terror
organisation. “The BLA is an armed separatist group that targets security forces
and civilians, mainly in ethnic Baloch areas of Pakistan,” said the U.S. State
Department in a statement.
History:
l In the seven decades of the Baloch movement, the BLA has survived the
longest.
l It is borne out of the tradition of armed militants who were earlier indirectly
supported by the Marri, Bugti, Mengal and other clans or sardars.
l The Baloch movement was influenced by the Soviet Union and radical
Marxist ideology in the past and some of their leaders were trained by
Moscow.
l The BLA continues to draw from the same revolutionary spirit but has
added that to the younger generation of fighters.
Who are their leaders?
l While it is well-known that several overground Baloch leaders are
sympathetic to the organisation, the overground tribal leaders do not flaunt
ties with the organisation as it has been banned by Pakistan since 2006.
The BLA has maintained a fluid leadership pattern.
What’s its ideology?
l BLA rebels claim that Pakistan has been exploiting the resources of the
Province without giving the due share to the locals and the indigenous
Baloch tribes.
l In recent years, the BLA has emerged as a movement with a network of
supporters in both urban and rural areas of Balochistan, and has created a
space for itself away from the traditional hold of the sardars of tribes.
l BLA rebels have claimed that they are aiming for both freedom from
Pakistan and internal reform of the Baloch society.
l They are opposed to the traditional sardar or Kawailey system at home.
l As a result of its non-traditional approach, BLA has become more popular
among young and educated Balochis.
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What are India’s ties with Baloch rebels?
l It is established that BLA commanders, in the past, had sought medical
treatment in India’s hospitals, often under disguise or with fake identity.
l In one such case, a militant commander in charge of Khuzdar city was
based in Delhi for at least six months in 2017 when he underwent extensive
treatment for kidney-related ailments.
l Pakistan has blamed India for supporting the Baloch rebels.
l It is known that the Baloch sardars like the late Akbar Bugti and Ghaus
Bukhsh Bizenjo maintained warm personal ties with various Indian political
figures. However, visits by militants are often under assumed identities
unlike those by prominent well known leaders.
What does the U.S. ban mean?
l Pakistan is expected to make it difficult for commanders and module chiefs
of the BLA to travel in the region.
l The fighters are also likely to find fund-raising more difficult.
l In a communication to The Hindu, Baloch rebels, however, have indicated
that they are planning to intensify the struggle against Pakistan as they
remain “the most popular” militant organisation in Balochistan despite
Pakistan military’s crackdown.
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Highlights of the Union Budget:
1. PAN and Aadhaar will become interchangeable. You can use your
Aadhaar number to file your I-T Returns soon.
2. ₹5 lakh minimum limit announced for taxpayers. In view of rising income
levels, those in the ₹2-5 crore and ₹5 crore-and-above brackets will see
increase in effective tax rate by 3% and 7%, respectively.
3. GST rate on electric vehicles proposed to be lowered to 5%. Additional
income tax deduction of ₹1.5 lakh on interest on loans taken to purchase
electric vehicles.
4. Additional deduction of ₹1.5 lakh on loans up to March 31 2020 for
buying affordable houses, giving ₹ 7 lakh benefit to home buyers.
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5. Proposal to provide Aadhaar cards for NRIs with Indian passports, after
their arrival in India, with no waiting period.
6. ₹20 coin coming up.
7. Excise duty on fuel hiked by ₹1.
8. To resolve the angel tax issue, startups will not be subject to any
scrutiny in respect to valuation. Funds raised by startups will not require
any scrutiny by the I-T department.
9. TDS of 2% on cash withdrawals exceeding ₹1 crore in a year from bank
accounts, to discourage business payments in cash.
10.Period of exemption for capital gains arising from sale of house for
investment in startups to be extended to March 31, 2021.
11.₹70,000 crore in recapitalisation for public sector banks.
12.₹1.05 lakh crore disinvestment target for the year.
13.TV channel to be launched for promoting startups and to help
matchmaking for funds.
14.New national educational policy hopes to transform Indian education
into one of the best in the world, with focus on bringing in foreign
students.
15.₹50 lakh crores proposed for Railway infrastructure.
16.By 2022, the 75th year of Independence, every single rural family,
except those who are unwilling to take the connection, will have
electricity and clean cooking facility.
17.Stress on zero-budget farming, which is a form of gardening as a
self-sustainable practice, with minimum external intervention.
18.The pension benefit will be extended to 3 crore retail traders under PM
Karam Yogi Maan Dhan Scheme. It requires only Aadhaar numbers and
bank accounts.
19.₹1 crore worth of loans proposed to MSMEs.
20.Investment by FIIs and FDIs in debt securities in infrastructure debt
funds to be allowed. Minimum public shareholding in listed companies
can be increased from 25% to 35%.
21.Global Investors Meet to happen in India.
Arctic Research:
Context:
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In a couple of months, the German icebreaker RV Polarstern, a hulking ship will
set out for the Arctic packed with supplies and scientific equipment for a
year-long mission to explore the planet’s frigid far north.
About the Mission:
l The icebreaker will be the base for scientists from 17 nations studying the
impact of climate change on the Arctic and how it could affect the rest of
the world.
l The mission’s aim to understand global warming means there’s no time for
national rivalry, said Rex.
l By combining measurements on the ice with data collected from satellites,
scientists hope to improve the increasingly sophisticated computer models
for weather and climate predictions. “
Financing of the Mission:
The mission has received funding from U.S. institutions such as the National
Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, and NASA.
Background:
l The MOSAiC mission, which stands for Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory
for the Study of Arctic Climate, comes about 125 years after Norwegian
explorer Fridtjof Nansen first managed to seal his wooden expedition ship,
Fram, into the ice during a three-year expedition to the North Pole.
l Scientists now believe that the cold cap that forms each year is key to
regulating weather patterns across the Northern Hemisphere.
l Mr. Rex cited the polar vortices that blasted cold air as far as Florida last
winter and the early summer heat wave in Europe as prime examples of the
impact.
l “The dramatic warming of the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic.
Salt Adulteration:
Why in News?
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Citing a report from U.S.-based West American Analytical Laboratories, Shiv
Shankar Gupta, chairman of Godhum Grains and Food Products, accused some
salt manufacturers in India of selling food-grade salt that contained high levels
of potassium ferrocyanide. This caused a panic, which was aggravated by
widespread sharing of the news item on social media.
Indeed, potassium ferrocyanide is being used in salt to give it anti-caking
properties. But the answer to whether it is toxic is no!
Is it really dangerous?
l Firstly, while potassium cyanide is a toxic substance and releases the
cyanide anion when consumed by a person, potassium ferrocyanide is not.
l In potassium ferrocyanide, the cyanide anion is strongly bonded to ferrous
ion and hence does not get hydrolysed.
l Secondly, there is the factor known as the LD50 value. This is expanded as
“Lethal Dose 50%”.
l LD50 is the amount of any chemical that can cause death in 50% of the
group of animals that it enters by consumption or absorption through the
skin.
l According to inorganic chemist Dr. Sayam Sengupta of IISER Kolkata, the
LD50 value for common salt — sodium chloride — for rats is greater than 3
gram per kilogram body weight of the animal. He points out that for
potassium Ferrocyanide, LD 50 value is 3.6 gram per kilogram weight of the
animal, when taken orally.
l As this indicates, the LD50 value of potassium ferrocyanide is almost the
same as common salt.
l Thirdly, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has
prescribed the levels of potassium ferrocyanide that can be used in salt.
l The allowed levels of potassium ferrocyanide in salt is 10 mg/kg. whereas
the level in the Tata salt was found to be 1.90 mg/kg and that of Sambhar
salt was found to be about 4.71 mg/kg, both within allowed levels.
Some countries such as the European Union have banned the use of potassium
ferrocyanide as anti-caking agent. However, the analysis indicates that there is
no reason to fear toxicity due to this chemical being used.
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Hima Das Appointed Sports Ambassador Of Assam
India’s ace sprinter Hima Das was appointed as Sports Ambassador of Assam to inspire budding players of northeastern state to aim big and young generation to take up sports seriously.
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has earlier confirmed that Indian Athlete Hima Das will be named as the first sports ambassador of the state.
The announcement came after Hima Das recently became the first Indian woman to win gold at IAAF World U-20 Athletics Championships.
Om Prakash to be new Nepal Chief Justice
Justice Om Prakash Mishra has been sworn in as new Chief Justice of Nepal.
The President Vidya Devi Bhandari administered oath of office and secrecy to Justice Mishra in Kathmandu.
Nepal’s Parliamentary Hearing Committee (PHC) unanimously endorsed his name for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Justice Mishra was appointed as a justice of the Nepal’s Supreme Court in 2014.
RBI intervenes as rupee hit 72.5 against US dollar
The rupee breached 72.5 a dollar mark and touched an all-time low of 72.67 intraday trade.
The current account deficit widened to a five-year high in the first quarter of the current financial year to $15.8 billion or 2.4% of the GDP.
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the movement in rupee is because of global factors.
He also said that except the dollar, the rupee has strengthened or remained in a range against all other currencies. Reserve Bank of India has intervened as rupee depreciation continued unabated.
Aadhar not mandatory for International Parcel
According to the Department of Posts, Aadhaar is not mandatory for booking international parcel but is one of the optional identity documents.
It is mandatory to produce an acceptable identity proof for transactions like booking an International Parcel or International EMS (Merchandise) for safety and security reasons.
All such documents are only required for office record.
SpiceJet launches air cargo arm
Spicejet introduced air cargo services on local and international routes.
The airline will operate cargo services under the brand name ‘SpiceXpress’.
SpiceXpress will begin operations on September 2018 with the first flight scheduled from Delhi to Bengaluru.
Initially, SpiceXpress will cover Delhi, Bengaluru, Guwahati, Hong Kong, Kabul and Amritsar.
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Exercise Nomadic Elephant-2018 inaugurated
Indo-Mongolia joint exercise ‘Nomadic Elephant-2018′, commenced at Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF) Five Hills Training Area, Mongolia on 10th September 2018.
Exercise Nomadic Elephant is an annual, bilateral exercise which is designed to strengthen the partnership between Indian Army and Mongolian Armed Forces.
The Indian contingent is represented by a contingent of ‘17 PUNJAB Regiment’.
Indo-US joint military drill in Uttarakhand
A joint military training exercise between India and USA named as “Yudh Abhyas 2018” will be conducted in Uttarakhand from 16 to 29 September.
This is the 14th edition of the joint military exercise hosted alternately by both the countries.
The two-week exercise will see the participation of about 350 personnel of the US Army and ‘Garud Division’ of the Indian Armed Forces.
Balzan Prize awarded to NGO in Switzerland
An international children rights charity based in Switzerland has been awarded the 2018 ‘Balzan Prize’ for humanitarian achievement.
The Balzan Foundation announced that ‘Terre des Hommes‘ will receive 1 million Swiss francs (USD 1 million) for a project in the African nation of Mali.
In 2018, prizes were awarded for social anthropology, global history, chemical ecology and fluid dynamics.
NRTI, India's 1st Railway Varsity Starts Operations In Vadodara
The first of its kind university in the country in the transport sector, the National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI), started operations.
Currently, it is functioning out of the National Academy of Indian Railways, Vadodara.
Funded by ministry of railways, with University of California, Berkeley and Cornell University as its international partners, the university started with two undergraduate courses - BSc Transportation Technology and BBA Transportation Managements- with 50 students each.
CPEC to focus on social service sectors of Pakistan
To support Prime Minister Imran Khan’s focus on the development of social infrastructure China and Pakistan are now looking for projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said that the two sides will enhance the building of CPEC, and decide the future development path and the course for cooperation through negotiations in light of Pakistan’s next-stage socio-economic development priorities and the needs of its people.
Mr.Geng’s focus on developing social infrastructure in Pakistan chimes with Prime Minister Imran Khan’s emphasis on pursuing a people-oriented approach.
Odisha plans to set up 17 digital dispensaries
Seventeen digital dispensaries are going to be established in remote and inaccessible areas of Odisha’s Ganjam district to provide primary medical support.
The digital dispensaries will provide outpatient department services through online video consultation with doctors.
The units will also serve as basic pathological testing laboratories and generic medicine-dispensing centres.
India steps up partnership with Afghanistan
India and Afghanistan agreed to enhance cooperation under the ‘New Development Partnership’.
India had announced taking up 116 “high impact community developmental projects” in Afghanistan.
The decision was taken at the 3rd meeting of the ‘Joint Working Group on Political and Security Cooperation’ between India and Afghanistan in Kabul.
Yes Bank raises $400 million
Yes Bank has raised $400 million through syndicated loan facility, borrowed out of its IFSC Banking Unit (IBU) in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT).
The bank said this amount will be utilized to support the IBU’s growing business.
According to Rana Kapoor (MD and CEO, Yes Bank) Yes Bank’s IBU has crossed $3 billion balance sheet within 3 years of starting operations at GIFT City.
Haryana signs MoU with Indian Oil
The Haryana government on September 10, 2018, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to set up an ethanol plant in Panipat.
The plant with a proposed capacity of 100 kilolitres of ethanol per day will manage crop residue and prevent straw burning before the upcoming paddy season.
The pact will be valid for one year.
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Health Ministry Implements HIV AIDS Act 2017
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has announced the implementation of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017.
According to the law, every HIV infected or affected person below the age of 18 has the right to live in a shared household and enjoy its facilities.
The act criminalises any kind of discrimination against people suffering from AIDS in terms of treatment, employment and workplace.
Those violating the act could be jailed for up to two years or fined up to Rs1 lakh or both.
It also prohibits an individual from publishing information or advocating feelings of hatred against them and those living with them.
Andhra Pradesh announces Rs 2 cut in VAT on petrol, diesel
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced the reduction in Value Added Tax in the state assembly The state would have to forego a revenue of 1,120 crore rupees due to the measure.
World Summit on Accreditation in New Delhi
The 4th edition of World Summit on Accreditation pertaining to educational institutes took place in New Delhi.
The Summit is a biennial event organized by the National Board of Accreditation which provides a platform to its stakeholders to share their knowledge and information on accreditation.
The theme for 2018 is ‘Challenges and Opportunities in Outcome-Based Accreditation’.
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Florence intensifies to ‘major hurricane’
Hurricane Florence threatening the southeastern coast of the United States strengthened into a Category 3 “major” hurricane.
Hurricane Florence is a powerful tropical cyclone over the Atlantic Ocean.
The hurricane’s maximum sustained winds have increased to nearly 115 miles per hour (185 kilometres per hour).
Florence is the first major hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season.
MEA-TCIL sign pact to initiate e-Network
The Ministry of External Affairs signed an agreement with the Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL) for the implementation of e-Network Project between India and Africa.
The two projects namely e-VidyaBharati and e-AarogyaBharati (e-VBAB) will work in the field of tele-education and tele-medicine.
The projects will be completely funded by the Government of India .
India-Mongolia Joint Exercise 'Nomadic Elephant 2018' Starts In Mongolia
The 12 days long Indo-Mongolia joint exercise Nomadic Elephant-2018, commenced at Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF) Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia with a brief opening ceremony.
Exercise Nomadic Elephant is an annual, bilateral exercise since 2006 which is designed to strengthen the partnership between Indian Army and Mongolian Armed Forces.
The exercise will see them improve their tactical and technical skills in joint counter-insurgency and counter-terrorist operations in the rural and urban scenario under United Nations mandate.
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Guwahati Metro | Assam Govt. not hopeful of starting metro project soon
Guwahati: The Assam government said it was not hopeful of starting the ambitious Guwahati Metro Rail project in the near future.
Informing the current status of the project on May 8, 2017 in the Assam Assembly, Guwahati Development Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the state government has decided to trim the network proposed in the Detailed Project Report.
The DPR, was prepared by the state under the previous Congress government but was not sent to the Centre for approval. The Congress governmment had laid the foundation stone of the project.
"I'm not hopeful of the project. It will not happen soon. We do not even have the traffic movement study. In third or fourth year of our tenure, we may go to approval stage," Sarma told the House.
Replying to the issue raised by Asom Gana Parishad's Ramendra Narayan Kalita during Zero Hour, Sarma said the earlier government had awarded a Rs 6 crore contact to PSU firm RITES to prepare a DPR, which was approved by only the state cabinet.
"For any metro rail project, we have to get Centre's approval with traffic movement study. But in this case it was not done and the state went ahead with laying the foundation stone," he added.
Sarma also said that the DPR proposed to construct a metro rail network in the state capital at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore, of which Rs 4,000 crore would be spent by the local government.
"We discussed in the recent Cabinet meeting that we cannot spend that amount. So we decided to trim the network to have only the Dharapur-Narengi route and to study the possibility to have another track from the proposed AIIMS site to Jalukbari," he added.
He also charged the previous Congress government of going ahead with the project by spending Rs 70-80 lakh on the foundation stone laying function without even having the loan sanctioned by the Centre or making alternate financial arrangements.
On 29 February 2016, former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi had laid the foundation stone of the project, which was proposed to be implemented by the Special Purpose Vehicle Guwahati Metro Rail Corporation Limited.
The total cost of the project was estimated to be Rs 18,020 crore and it was supposed to be implemented in different phases across the city.
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Coronavirus Outbreak LIVE Updates: Eight labourers dead, over 50 injured in bus-truck collision in Madhya Pradesh's Guna
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Coronavirus Outbreak in Uttar Pradesh Latest Updates
28 more test COVID-19 positive in Lucknow
Twenty eight COVID-19 samples of the total 982 have tested positive on Wednesday, King George's Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow was quoted by news agency ANI.
"Out of the 982 samples tested on Wednesday for COVID-19, results of 28 came positive," 'read the statement from King George's Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow.
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Coronavirus Outbreak in Karnataka Latest Updates
Passenger train arrives in Karnataka from Delhi
The first batch of passengers arrive at KSR Bengaluru railway station in a special superfast train from New Delhi on Thursday. The passengers were now being taken in buses to a place of their choice for institutional quarantine.
First batch of passengers arrive at KSR Bengaluru railway station as first special superfast train from #NewDelhi arrive in #Bengaluru. They are now being taken in buses to a place of their choice for institutional quarantine. @IndianExpress @KARailway @SWRRLY @WeAreBangalore pic.twitter.com/WYr1a76Iw2
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Coronavirus Outbreak in Madhya Pradesh Latest Updates
Eight labourers dead, 50 injured after truck they were travelling in collides with bus in MP
Eight labourers were killed and around 50 were injured after the truck they were travelling in collided with a bus in Madhya Pradesh's Guna on Wednesday night, ANI reported.
The injured labourers have been shifted to a district hospital. They were going to their home towns in Uttar Pradesh from Maharashtra.
Madhya Pradesh: 8 labourers dead & around 50 injured after the truck they were travelling in, collided with a bus in Cantt PS area in Guna last night. Injured persons shifted to district hospital.All the 8 killed labourers were going to their native places in UP from Maharashtra. pic.twitter.com/OaB9SCLpjY
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Six migrant workers mowed down by state bus in Muzaffarnagar, two injured
Six migrant workers were killed and two were injured after being mowed down by a state transport bus while they were walking towards Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar late Wednesday night.
The labourers, who were headed home in Bihar on foot, were killed in the Muzaffarnagar-Saharanpur highway after a speeding bus ran over them late last night, near Ghalauli check-post.
A case of negligence will be filed against the driver, Indian Express quoted Anil Kaparvan, SHO Kotwali police station as saying.
👉6 migrant workers killed, mowed down by a bus in UP's Muzaffarnagar
👉Initial input suggests they were heading to their homes in Bihar on foot, cops verifying
👉Death toll of migrants by accidents during lockdowns rises to 70.
👉Details of the remaining 64 in my #THREAD 👇
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Coronavirus Outbreak in Assam Latest Updates
51 people put in quarantine in Guwahati after arriving from Delhi
Fifty one of the total 130 people who arrived from Delhi to Dibrugarh have been put in quarantine after being brought to Sarusajai Stadium, Guwahati, for mandatory screening, said Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
"The remaining have been sent back to their respective districts. After their swabs are taken, these 51 would be put in quarantine," said Sarma.
Out of the 130 people who deboarded the train from Delhi to Dibrugarh, in Guwahati, 51 were brought to Sarusajai Stadium for mandatory screening, while remaining have been sent back to their respective districts. After their swabs are taken, these 51 would be put in quarantine. pic.twitter.com/qq9rAoRYDA
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Like HIV, coronavirus unlikely to go away: WHO
The novel coronavirus could become endemic in the same way like the HIV and the populations around the world will have to learn to live with it, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday.
Speaking at a briefing on Wednesday, WHO emergencies director Dr Mike Ryan said the coronavirus "may never go away" and warned against trying to predict when the virus would disappear.
"It is important to put this on the table: this virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities, and this virus may never go away," Ryan told the virtual press conference from Geneva.
"HIV has not gone away - but we have come to terms with the virus," he said.
Coronavirus Outbreak LATEST Updates: Eight labourers were killed and around 50 were injured after the truck they were travelling in collided with a bus in Madhya Pradesh's Guna on Wednesday night, ANI reported.
The injured labourers have been shifted to a district hospital. They were going to their home towns in Uttar Pradesh from Maharashtra.
Six migrant workers were killed and two were injured after being mowed down by a state transport bus while they were walking towards Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar late Wednesday night.
The labourers, who were headed home in Bihar on foot, were killed in the Muzaffarnagar-Saharanpur highway after a speeding bus ran over them late last night, near Ghalauli check-post.
A case of negligence will be filed against the driver, Indian Express quoted Anil Kaparvan, SHO Kotwali police station as saying.
The nationwide tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases inched towards 75,000 on Wednesday with several large urban clusters reporting a further spread of the novel coronavirus, while the government unveiled measures amounting to about Rs 6 lakh crore in easy loans, additional liquidity and other incentives to help businesses fight the crisis.
The first installment of the Rs 20-lakh-crore economic package, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, came on the 50th day of the coronavirus lockdown and merely four days before the end of its third phase on 17 May.
A decision on the future course of action on the lockdown is expected in the next few days, though Modi has said that the 'fourth' phase will be an 'improved' version of third phase, in which some relaxations were already given.
On Wednesday evening, the Centre also said that the PM-CARES Fund Trust has decided to allocate Rs 3,100 crore for the fight against COVID-19, out of which nearly Rs 2,000 crore will be earmarked for purchasing ventilators and Rs 1,000 crore for migrant labourers.
Another Rs 100 crore will be given to support coronavirus vaccine development, the PMO statement said.
The trust formed on 27 March is headed by the prime minister. The other ex-officio members of the trust are the defence minister, the home minister and the finance minister.
Centre unveils first dose of Rs 20-lakh-crore economic package
On Wednesday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the first part of the economic package, which is aimed at making India 'self-reliant' and also promote 'local' businesses.
Sitharaman said that no global tenders will be issued for government contracts worth up to Rs 200 crore to promote Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
Taking forward the new 'Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan' (Self-Reliant India Mission), Home Minister Amit Shah separately announced that all canteens of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) like the CRPF and the BSF will sell only indigenous products from 1 June.
These canteens cater to nearly 50 lakh family members of about 10 lakh personnel. In a series of tweets in Hindi, Shah said that the decision has been taken after Modi's appeal for being self-reliant and opting for local products.
There are expectations that many more steps might be announced soon to promote indigenous products, though Sitharaman said being self-reliant does not mean that India would look only inwards and become an "isolationist" country.
Modi said the measures announced by the finance minister will enhance liquidity, empower entrepreneurs and strengthen their competitive spirit, while addressing various issues faced by businesses, especially MSMEs.
The measures included Rs 3 lakh crore collateral-free automatic loan for businesses including MSMEs, which Sitharaman said would benefit 45 lakh small businesses.
Consultancy major KPMG India's Chairman and CEO Arun Kumar said MSMEs are critical for employment preservation and growth and helping them is the surest way to accelerate job creation. He also welcomed measures for improving liquidity for lenders and businesses, including by helping non-banking finance companies.
Congress leader P Chidambaram, however, said that the Centre's COVID-19 economic stimulus package had nothing for lakhs of poor and hungry migrant workers who have been walking to their homes.
India's MSME sector employs nearly 11 crore people and accounts for about 45 percent of the country's total manufacturing output, 40 percent of exports and almost 30 percent of the GDP. However, the sector has been hit hard by the lockdown, with millions of units staring at the prospect of closure and the threat of job losses.
Lakhs of migrant workers were also left jobless and homeless due to the pandemic, especially after the lockdown came into effect on 25 March.
While special trains and buses have been arranged for them in the recent weeks and continue to operate to help them reach their native places, thousands of them had to walk or even hide in trucks and containers to reach their destinations.
In the past few days, the large scale migrant movement has raised another worry of the virus getting spread further. Also, some cases have come to the light, including in Kerala, of people testing positive after being airlifted from abroad under a massive evacuation scheme of the Centre which is currently underway to bring back Indians and expatriates stranded in different countries.
COVID-19 cases in India cross 75,000-mark, toll rises to 2,415
In its morning update, the Health Ministry said the toll due to COVID-19 has risen to 2,415 and the number of cases has climbed to 74,281, registering an increase of 122 deaths and 3,525 cases since Tuesday morning. This included over 47,000 active cases and more than 24,000 people who have recovered from the infection.
However, a PTI tally of numbers disclosed by states and UTs, as of 6.45 pm, showed at least 75,144 total cases across the country. It also showed nearly 25,000 having recovered so far.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that nine states and UTs, including Chhattisgarh, Ladakh, Manipur and Meghalaya, have not reported any new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours while Daman and Diu, Sikkim, Nagaland and Lakshadweep have not reported any cases so far.
Vardhan also said the the doubling time of cases has improved to 12.6 in the last three days, from 11 in the past 14 days. He further observed that the fatality rate is 3.2 percent and the recovery rate is pegged at 32.8 percent.
Kerala, where new cases had stopped coming up till a few days back, saw 10 more people testing positive, including four who have come from abroad.
At the same time, large numbers of new cases continued to come up in Maharashtra, Delhi, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, among some other states and UTs.
Maharashtra saw the highest single-day jump in cases on Wednesday, with 1,495 new patients testing positive in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases in the state, which is one of the worst hit, crossed 25,000 and toll reached 975.
Mumbai accounts for over 60 percent of all cases in Maharashtra, with around 1500 cases.
Lockdown eased in England, Saudi Arabia announces Eid curfew
The sound of a crisply struck golf ball could be heard in England for the first time in nearly two months as golf courses reopened on Wednesday as part of a modest easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions that has bred confusion and an increase in the use of public transport, AP reported.
People in England are allowed to exercise more than once a day and with one person from outside their household, provided they remain two meters (around 6.5 feet) apart. Other sporting activities, such as tennis and swimming in lakes and fishing, are allowed too.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia announced a new 24-hour nationwide curfew from 23 May and during the Eid holidays to curb the COVID-19 spread, CNN reported.
In Italy, the number of calls to a government run anti-violence helpline rose by 73 percent during the coronavirus lockdown, the report added.
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Coronavirus Outbreak in Uttar Pradesh Latest Updates
28 more test COVID-19 positive in Lucknow
Twenty eight COVID-19 samples of the total 982 have tested positive on Wednesday, King George's Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow was quoted by news agency ANI.
"Out of the 982 samples tested on Wednesday for COVID-19, results of 28 came positive," 'read the statement from King George's Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow.
08:32 (IST)
Coronavirus Outbreak in Karnataka Latest Updates
Passenger train arrives in Karnataka from Delhi
The first batch of passengers arrive at KSR Bengaluru railway station in a special superfast train from New Delhi on Thursday. The passengers were now being taken in buses to a place of their choice for institutional quarantine.
First batch of passengers arrive at KSR Bengaluru railway station as first special superfast train from #NewDelhi arrive in #Bengaluru. They are now being taken in buses to a place of their choice for institutional quarantine. @IndianExpress @KARailway @SWRRLY @WeAreBangalore pic.twitter.com/WYr1a76Iw2
— Ralph Alex Arakal (@ralpharakal) May 14, 2020
08:12 (IST)
Coronavirus Outbreak in Madhya Pradesh Latest Updates
Eight labourers dead, 50 injured after truck they were travelling in collides with bus in MP
Eight labourers were killed and around 50 were injured after the truck they were travelling in collided with a bus in Madhya Pradesh's Guna on Wednesday night, ANI reported.
The injured labourers have been shifted to a district hospital. They were going to their home towns in Uttar Pradesh from Maharashtra.
Madhya Pradesh: 8 labourers dead & around 50 injured after the truck they were travelling in, collided with a bus in Cantt PS area in Guna last night. Injured persons shifted to district hospital.All the 8 killed labourers were going to their native places in UP from Maharashtra. pic.twitter.com/OaB9SCLpjY
— ANI (@ANI) May 14, 2020
07:53 (IST)
Coronavirus Outbreak in Uttar Pradesh Latest Updates
Six migrant workers mowed down by state bus in Muzaffarnagar, two injured
Six migrant workers were killed and two were injured after being mowed down by a state transport bus while they were walking towards Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar late Wednesday night.
The labourers, who were headed home in Bihar on foot, were killed in the Muzaffarnagar-Saharanpur highway after a speeding bus ran over them late last night, near Ghalauli check-post.
A case of negligence will be filed against the driver, Indian Express quoted Anil Kaparvan, SHO Kotwali police station as saying.
👉6 migrant workers killed, mowed down by a bus in UP's Muzaffarnagar
👉Initial input suggests they were heading to their homes in Bihar on foot, cops verifying
👉Death toll of migrants by accidents during lockdowns rises to 70.
👉Details of the remaining 64 in my #THREAD 👇
— Saahil Murli Menghani (@saahilmenghani) May 14, 2020
07:36 (IST)
Coronavirus Outbreak in Assam Latest Updates
51 people put in quarantine in Guwahati after arriving from Delhi
Fifty one of the total 130 people who arrived from Delhi to Dibrugarh have been put in quarantine after being brought to Sarusajai Stadium, Guwahati, for mandatory screening, said Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
"The remaining have been sent back to their respective districts. After their swabs are taken, these 51 would be put in quarantine," said Sarma.
Out of the 130 people who deboarded the train from Delhi to Dibrugarh, in Guwahati, 51 were brought to Sarusajai Stadium for mandatory screening, while remaining have been sent back to their respective districts. After their swabs are taken, these 51 would be put in quarantine. pic.twitter.com/qq9rAoRYDA
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 13, 2020
07:29 (IST)
Coronavirus Outbreak Latest Updates
Like HIV, coronavirus unlikely to go away: WHO
The novel coronavirus could become endemic in the same way like the HIV and the populations around the world will have to learn to live with it, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday.
Speaking at a briefing on Wednesday, WHO emergencies director Dr Mike Ryan said the coronavirus "may never go away" and warned against trying to predict when the virus would disappear.
"It is important to put this on the table: this virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities, and this virus may never go away," Ryan told the virtual press conference from Geneva.
"HIV has not gone away - but we have come to terms with the virus," he said.
Coronavirus Outbreak LATEST Updates: Eight labourers were killed and around 50 were injured after the truck they were travelling in collided with a bus in Madhya Pradesh's Guna on Wednesday night, ANI reported.
The injured labourers have been shifted to a district hospital. They were going to their home towns in Uttar Pradesh from Maharashtra.
Six migrant workers were killed and two were injured after being mowed down by a state transport bus while they were walking towards Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar late Wednesday night.
The labourers, who were headed home in Bihar on foot, were killed in the Muzaffarnagar-Saharanpur highway after a speeding bus ran over them late last night, near Ghalauli check-post.
A case of negligence will be filed against the driver, Indian Express quoted Anil Kaparvan, SHO Kotwali police station as saying.
The nationwide tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases inched towards 75,000 on Wednesday with several large urban clusters reporting a further spread of the novel coronavirus, while the government unveiled measures amounting to about Rs 6 lakh crore in easy loans, additional liquidity and other incentives to help businesses fight the crisis.
The first installment of the Rs 20-lakh-crore economic package, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, came on the 50th day of the coronavirus lockdown and merely four days before the end of its third phase on 17 May.
A decision on the future course of action on the lockdown is expected in the next few days, though Modi has said that the 'fourth' phase will be an 'improved' version of third phase, in which some relaxations were already given.
On Wednesday evening, the Centre also said that the PM-CARES Fund Trust has decided to allocate Rs 3,100 crore for the fight against COVID-19, out of which nearly Rs 2,000 crore will be earmarked for purchasing ventilators and Rs 1,000 crore for migrant labourers.
Another Rs 100 crore will be given to support coronavirus vaccine development, the PMO statement said.
The trust formed on 27 March is headed by the prime minister. The other ex-officio members of the trust are the defence minister, the home minister and the finance minister.
Centre unveils first dose of Rs 20-lakh-crore economic package
On Wednesday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the first part of the economic package, which is aimed at making India 'self-reliant' and also promote 'local' businesses.
Sitharaman said that no global tenders will be issued for government contracts worth up to Rs 200 crore to promote Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
Taking forward the new 'Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan' (Self-Reliant India Mission), Home Minister Amit Shah separately announced that all canteens of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) like the CRPF and the BSF will sell only indigenous products from 1 June.
These canteens cater to nearly 50 lakh family members of about 10 lakh personnel. In a series of tweets in Hindi, Shah said that the decision has been taken after Modi's appeal for being self-reliant and opting for local products.
There are expectations that many more steps might be announced soon to promote indigenous products, though Sitharaman said being self-reliant does not mean that India would look only inwards and become an "isolationist" country.
Modi said the measures announced by the finance minister will enhance liquidity, empower entrepreneurs and strengthen their competitive spirit, while addressing various issues faced by businesses, especially MSMEs.
The measures included Rs 3 lakh crore collateral-free automatic loan for businesses including MSMEs, which Sitharaman said would benefit 45 lakh small businesses.
Consultancy major KPMG India's Chairman and CEO Arun Kumar said MSMEs are critical for employment preservation and growth and helping them is the surest way to accelerate job creation. He also welcomed measures for improving liquidity for lenders and businesses, including by helping non-banking finance companies.
Congress leader P Chidambaram, however, said that the Centre's COVID-19 economic stimulus package had nothing for lakhs of poor and hungry migrant workers who have been walking to their homes.
India's MSME sector employs nearly 11 crore people and accounts for about 45 percent of the country's total manufacturing output, 40 percent of exports and almost 30 percent of the GDP. However, the sector has been hit hard by the lockdown, with millions of units staring at the prospect of closure and the threat of job losses.
Lakhs of migrant workers were also left jobless and homeless due to the pandemic, especially after the lockdown came into effect on 25 March.
While special trains and buses have been arranged for them in the recent weeks and continue to operate to help them reach their native places, thousands of them had to walk or even hide in trucks and containers to reach their destinations.
In the past few days, the large scale migrant movement has raised another worry of the virus getting spread further. Also, some cases have come to the light, including in Kerala, of people testing positive after being airlifted from abroad under a massive evacuation scheme of the Centre which is currently underway to bring back Indians and expatriates stranded in different countries.
COVID-19 cases in India cross 75,000-mark, toll rises to 2,415
In its morning update, the Health Ministry said the toll due to COVID-19 has risen to 2,415 and the number of cases has climbed to 74,281, registering an increase of 122 deaths and 3,525 cases since Tuesday morning. This included over 47,000 active cases and more than 24,000 people who have recovered from the infection.
However, a PTI tally of numbers disclosed by states and UTs, as of 6.45 pm, showed at least 75,144 total cases across the country. It also showed nearly 25,000 having recovered so far.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that nine states and UTs, including Chhattisgarh, Ladakh, Manipur and Meghalaya, have not reported any new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours while Daman and Diu, Sikkim, Nagaland and Lakshadweep have not reported any cases so far.
Vardhan also said the the doubling time of cases has improved to 12.6 in the last three days, from 11 in the past 14 days. He further observed that the fatality rate is 3.2 percent and the recovery rate is pegged at 32.8 percent.
Kerala, where new cases had stopped coming up till a few days back, saw 10 more people testing positive, including four who have come from abroad.
At the same time, large numbers of new cases continued to come up in Maharashtra, Delhi, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, among some other states and UTs.
Maharashtra saw the highest single-day jump in cases on Wednesday, with 1,495 new patients testing positive in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases in the state, which is one of the worst hit, crossed 25,000 and toll reached 975.
Mumbai accounts for over 60 percent of all cases in Maharashtra, with around 1500 cases.
Lockdown eased in England, Saudi Arabia announces Eid curfew
The sound of a crisply struck golf ball could be heard in England for the first time in nearly two months as golf courses reopened on Wednesday as part of a modest easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions that has bred confusion and an increase in the use of public transport, AP reported.
People in England are allowed to exercise more than once a day and with one person from outside their household, provided they remain two meters (around 6.5 feet) apart. Other sporting activities, such as tennis and swimming in lakes and fishing, are allowed too.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia announced a new 24-hour nationwide curfew from 23 May and during the Eid holidays to curb the COVID-19 spread, CNN reported.
In Italy, the number of calls to a government run anti-violence helpline rose by 73 percent during the coronavirus lockdown, the report added.
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