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    Lockdown, Day 51: Lifeline for labourers

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    14 May, 2020 | 06:17 PM IST


    Lockdown, Day 51: Lifeline for labourers

    In the second segment of the government's fiscal stimulus unveiling, the focus turned to India's migrants, small traders, street vendors, and the unorganised sector.

    In other news, the Railways has now cancelled all passenger trains till June 30. Special and shramik trains will continue to run.

    Track the latest updates from the day...



    COUNT SO FAR
      Toll in Delhi mounts to 115; tally climbs to 8,470
      Mumbai toll rises to 596; case tally at 15,747
      22 new cases reported in Karnataka; total tally now 981
      Kerala case count rises to 560
      Rohini jail inmate tests positive
      1,001 police personnel test positive in Maharashtra
      Indore tally rises to 2,238; toll at 96
      73 new cases reported in Odisha; total number mounts to 611
      Rajasthan tally reaches 4,418; death toll at 122
      BSF personnel tests positive in Tripura; state now count 156
      Seven new cases in Goa

    World India
    Tally Toll Tally Toll
    43,47,015 2,97,197 78,003 2,549

    COVID BOOSTER FINE PRINT
      Free food grain to all migrant workers for next 2 months
      Nationalisation of ration cards
      Rs 5,000 crore credit facility for street vendors
      Additional Rs 30,000 crore released to farmers
      Rs 2 lakh crore concessional credit boost for farmers
      Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme extended up to March 2021

    LIFE UNDER LOCKDOWN
      Phase II of Vande Bharat to start from 16 May
      India launches contact-tracing app for JioPhones

    ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
      Sensex plunges 886 points; Nifty ends below 9,150
      India's fiscal deficit may balloon to 7.9% in FY21
      April WPI eases to 3.6%; headline number suspended on inadequate data
      BMW India initiates service campaign

    GLOBAL ECONOMY
      UN forecasts world economy to shrink by 3.2%
      Pandemic will cost global insurers $203 bn: Lloyd's
      Italy cabinet passes €55 billion package
      Australia's jobless rate at five-year high
      French unemployment at 11-year low

    AROUND THE WORLD
      Globally tally tops 43 lakh; toll at 2,97,197
      United States tally rises to 1,389,935; toll at 84,059
      Russia cases pass 250,000
      Spain tally rises to 2,29,540; death toll at 27,321

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