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Thursday, May 14, 2020

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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