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Lockdown, Day 60: One less thing to worry

As India has crossed 1.25 lakh cases today with the highest ever spike of 6000 plus, finding a solution to covid problem has become notably crucial. World's hopes tied to the Indian company Serum Institute, which is currently manufacturing vaccines with AstraZeneca/Oxford university as well as developing its own.

In some good news for Indians stranded overseas, government hinted at resuming international flights by August.

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COUNT SO FAR
    Himachal Pradesh has 173 cases
    Indore count nears 3,000 with 83 new cases
    61 fresh cases in Bihar; count rises to 2,166
    Assam records 53 new cases, tally reaches 319
    20 new cases in Uttarakhand, tally at 173
    Rajasthan toll rises to 155, cases 6,542
    Delhi toll rose to 231, tally climbed to 12,910 with 591 new cases
    Karnataka count nears 2,000 with 196 new cases
    47 new in Andhra Pradesh; total stands at 2561
    Odisha tally rises to 1,269 with 80 new cases

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LIFE UNDER LOCKDOWN
    People with air, rail ticket need no movement pass in Noida
    Domestic flights from Delhi to operate from Terminal 3
    Congress arranges buses for Kerala students stranded in Bhopal
    Beauty parlours, salons to open from tomorrow in Tamil Nadu
    Railways ferries around 32 lakh migrants in 2,570 Shramik Special trains since May 1
    Eight sugar mills in UP's Muzaffarnagar produce record sugar
    Rajasthan govt to run free buses to U'khand for ash immersion by families

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
    India's gas output falls by one-fifth in April due to lockdown
    Covid has hit income of 60% households: Survey
    Home loan rates set to dip to 15-year low, EMIs to fall
    Indian economist appointed to key World Bank position in South Asia
    Avenue Supermarts Q4 results: Profit jumps 42% YoY to Rs 271 crore; revenue rises 24%

AROUND THE WORLD
    China's diesel exports fall 9.2% in April vs month earlier
    Hertz, car rental pioneer, files for bankruptcy protection
    UK to require employers to pay 20-30% of furloughed wage cost
    Germany's confirmed cases rise by 638 to 177,850
    Thailand reports 3 new cases, no new deaths
    China reports 28 new asymptomatic cases
    Singapore's health ministry confirms 642 more cases
    Russia reports 9,434 new infections, tally at 335,882
    Indonesia reports 949 new cases, 25 new deaths