Congress president Sonia Gandhi announced that her party will bear the ticket costs of migrants travelling to their destinations. Following this, the ruling BJP government scrambled to neutralize the huge political point the Congress scored.
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Thousands of people thronged liquor shops across the country ignoring social distancing norms after the government allowed standalone liquor shops to open after almost a month and half into the coronavirus lockdown. Meanwhile, Covid-19 cases crossed 46,000 in India.
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The number of coronavirus infections in the country has crossed 42,000 with 2,806 new cases and the death toll is now approaching 1,400 with 58 new deaths. Meanwhile, the US said there was “enormous evidence” that showed Covid-19 came from a Chinese lab.
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Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath said the Tablighi Jamaat responsible for “crime” of spreading the coronavirus infection in UP and elsewhere in this country.
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India recorded over 2,400 new Covid-19-infected people and 100 new deaths from the disease. Among the dead included Lokpal member Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi.
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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has termed the government’s coronavirus-tracking app, Aarogya Setu, is a “sophisticated surveillance system” and raised concerns over its security credentials on data and privacy-related issues.
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India has extended the nationwide lockdown by another 14 days to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Meanwhile, trains carrying stranded migrants, mostly workers, to their homes have started running.
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The Centre has allowed migrant workers, tourists, students and other people, who are stranded in different parts of the country due to the coronavirus, Covid-19, lockdown, to travel to their respective destinations with certain conditions.
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Former chief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian said India must plan for substantially negative growth this year and be ready to spend an additional Rs 10 lakh crore since its economy is facing a calamity following the Covid-19 pandemic.
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For the third day running in India, the number of coronavirus cases in each of the three days has topped the previous day’s number. The death toll in India is now over 1,000.
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