Saturday, May 2, 2020

Extra charges of ₹50 per passenger on special trains, says Indian Railway

The Railway Department will be charging ₹50 extra per passenger travelling in the special trains being operated between various States.While the Tamil
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Odisha warns private hospitals against denying care to regular patients

Govt issues order after several instances of critically ill people dying due to denial of treatment
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3 SRPF jawans among 5 new COVID-19 patients in Jalna; cases rise to 8

The three SRPF jawans, who are natives of Jalna, were posted at Malegaon, which has emerged as the COVID-19 hotspot in Nashik district.
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Man held for desecrating Ambedkar statue in Cuddalore

The Cuddalore police on Saturday arrested a 42-year-old man for allegedly desecrating a statue of B.R. Ambedkar on Bharathi Road on May 1.Police ident
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COVID-19 | 20 people from Nanded gurdwara test positive

Reports of 25 others have tested negative, while those of 41 others are awaited.
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Jeffrey Epstein frequented Harvard, had own office: Report

The review also found that the university accepted more than $9 million from Epstein during the decade leading up to his conviction
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Modi discusses COVID-19 crisis with Thai PM

India and Thailand will work together to deal with the challenges posed by the present crisis, said Modi
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Bihar braces for massive influx of migrants; Nitish asks officials to pull up their socks

The incidence of coronavirus outbreak in the State was low, initially, but there has been a spike of late, partly because of people coming from outside Bihar.
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Indian-American NGO to provide 20,000 meals for frontline health workers

The American India Foundation (AIF) said it has tied up with the World Central Kitchen (WCK) for organising the meals.
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On the couch and going places...

It may be lockdown, but Pollachi Papyrus keeps the adrenalin flowing with a series of engagements with photographers, bloggers, gardeners and filmmakers on its Instagram handle
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Joe Biden declares sexual assault ‘never, never happened’

Mr. Biden, in his TV interview, said “there are so many inconsistencies” in Ms. Reade’s various accounts. But he said he does not “question her motive.” He said over his five decades in public life, none of his employees was asked to sign a nondisclosure agreement.
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LPG cylinder price cut by a record ₹162.50

This is the third straight monthly reduction in rates of non-subsidised LPG.
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Coronavirus | South Korea continues month-long streak of less than 100 new COVID-19 cases

Infections continue to wane in the hardest-hit city of Daegu, where no new cases were detected.
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Hong Kong police use pepper spray to clear May Day protest

As the protesters gathered, police stopped and searched some and later told them to leave, saying they were violating coronavirus social-distancing rules. The police then used pepper spray while dispersing the crowd before cordoning off the atrium of the mall.
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Coronavirus India lockdown Day 39 updates | Over 9,000 test reports unaccounted for in M.P.

The deadly coronavirus has claimed over 65,000 lives in the U.S. and over 2,35,000 lives globally.
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Morning Digest: 'Shramik Special' train with 1,200 migrants reaches Ranchi; direct tax revenues defy lockdown, jump 36.6% in April and more

A select list of stories to read before you start your day
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White House blocking Fauci testimony to House panel, spokesman says

Dr. Fauci is the top scientist on President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force and is no stranger to testifying before Congress. He has sometimes contradicted Mr. Trump’s optimistic misstatements about the virus and how much it is under control after claiming more than 64,000 lives in the U.S.
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Missing Pakistan journalist Sajid Hussain found dead in Sweden

He was the chief editor of the Baluchistan Times, an online magazine he had set up, in which he wrote about drug trafficking, forced disappearances and a long-running insurgency.
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Canada bans assault-style weapons after shooting rampage

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the ban of over 1,500 models and variants of assault-style firearms.
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un makes first appearance in nearly three weeks, says state media

Mr. Kim was seen in photographs smiling and talking to aides at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of a fertiliser plant.
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Two soldiers dead, one injured in ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Kashmir's Baramulla: Army

Indian Army is retaliating befittingly, says spokesperson.
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Jharkhand students stuck in Kota set to return home

Two special trains carrying students of Jharkhand will be flagged off from Kota tonight
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Coronavirus | France reports lowest daily virus toll in five weeks

France reported 218 coronavirus deaths on Friday, the smallest number in a 24-hour period in more than five weeks. Meanwhile 144 fewer people were be
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