The Supreme Court suggested the state governments that they may consider allowing home delivery of liquor or its indirect sale to prevent crowds from gathering at liquor shops and throwing caution to the wind in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
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At least 16 migrant workers were killed when a goods train ran over them in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad, on Friday morning. The migrants were reportedly sleeping on the tracks after being exhausted while walking along the railway line towards their native places in Madhya Pradesh.
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Maharashtra and Gujarat continue to reel under the new coronavirus pandemic but 13 states and Union territories have not recorded a single case on Thursday. Meanwhile, the number of Covid-19 cases has crossed 56,000 in India with nearly 1,900 deaths.
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The total number of coronavirus cases in the country crossed the 50,000-mark with 3,587 fresh cases. Meanwhile, the Centre slammed the West Bengal government for being lax in dealing with the pandemic.
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Soon after a meeting between the Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa and top property developers, the state government has decided to cancel all Shramik Special trains which the railways started running to ferry migrant workers.
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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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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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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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