Lockdown, Day 53: Reforms to reboot India
Round 4 of Nirmala Sitharaman's Covid package
promised seamless air travel, end of coal monopoly, Make-in-India
weapons and an entry for Elon Musk in Isro.
Eight sectors saw reforms in her fourth tranche, part of Modi's Rs 20
lakh crore reboot for a virus-hit economy, on a day when India surpassed
China's Coronavirus case score.
Track the latest updates from the day...
COUNT SO FAR
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Maharashtra reports 29,100 cases, toll at 1,068 |
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Delhi reports 438 new cases, total count 9,333 |
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Rajasthan reports 4,924 cases, 125 casualties |
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Bihar's tally reaches 1,079 with 46 fresh cases |
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Indore's cases go up to 2,378, toll 99 |
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CISF reports 3 more cases, total count 118 |
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Andhra reports 2,205 cases and 49 deaths |
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India |
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Toll |
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Toll |
| 45,63,458 |
3,08,165 |
85,940 |
2,752 |
COVID BOOSTER FINE PRINT
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Commercial mining in coal sector on revenue sharing basis |
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Rs 50,000 cr allotted for coal evacuation infra |
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A seamless composite exploration-mining-production regime |
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A mineral index for different minerals |
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FDI limit in defence manufacturing raised from 49% to 74% |
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Air space to be rationalised to save flying time and fuel |
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6 more airports to be auctioned for pvt participation |
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Discoms in Union Territories to be privatised |
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Research reactor in PPP mode for production of medical isotopes |
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Boosting social infrastructurewith a total outlay of Rs 8100 cr |
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Pvt firms allowed to use Isro facilities |
LIFE UNDER LOCKDOWN
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24 migrants killed in road accident in UP’s Auraiya |
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National Population Register 2021 postponed in UP |
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MP govt declares nine districts COVID-19 free |
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UP withdraws its order of 12-hour shifts for workers |
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After a week, booze sale resumes in Tamil Nadu |
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Railways operates 1,074 Shramik trains |
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
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Lockdown mints more than a million new stock trader |
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Non-migrant workers in Delhi see income drop by at least 57% |
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RIL's Rs 53,125 crore rights issue to kick off on May 20 |
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Tata Chemicals Q4: PAT down 48% to Rs 198 crore |
GLOBAL ECONOMY
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Warren Buffett dumps most of Goldman stake |
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Fitch lowers outlook on France debt rating to negative |
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Italy to allow travel to and from abroad from June 3 |
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U.S. House passes $3 trillion coronavirus aid bill |
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Virus claims another US retailer: 118-year-old J.C. Penney |
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Air Canada to lay off half its workforce |
AROUND THE WORLD
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US records 87,493 deaths with 14,42,924 cases |
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Russia reports 9,200 new infections |
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Germany cases rises to 1,73,772, toll at 7,881 |
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France death toll tops 27,500 |
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China reports 21 new cases |
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Kazakhstan third in Asia to lift emergency |
