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Updated: May 8, 2020 3:15:59 pm
With no transportation available, a migrant walking homeward rests on a trail in Pune on Thursday. (Express photo: Ashish Kale)
Updates from Coronavirus India: The number of coronavirus cases in India increased to 56,342 on Friday, including 37,916 active cases, 1,886 deaths and 16,539 patients who were treated and discharged.
Covid-19 has hit Maharashtra the worst, which saw 1,216 new cases on Thursday, bringing the total to 17,979, including 694 deaths. Gujarat, which registered 388 new cases yesterday, has a total of 7,013 cases, including 425 deaths. New Delhi reported 448 cases on Thursday, totaling 5,980, including 66 deaths.
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Tamil Nadu, who has the fourth highest number of cases (5,409), most people have tried starting Thursday, beating Maharashtra. So far it has performed 202,436 tests, against 202,105 from Maharashtra.
Here are the major Covid-19 developments from across India:
Supreme Court: States Should Consider Liquor Delivery During Closing
In an observation Friday, the Supreme Court said states should consider selling liquor through contactless means, such as home delivery, during the shutdown.
“We will not approve any orders, but states should consider indirect sale / home delivery of liquor to maintain the norms and standards of social distancing,” said Judge Ashok Bhushan, head of a bank of three judges.
Since the third phase of the closure began on Monday, some states have opened liquor stores, which has caused long queues and a lack of social distancing in many areas. The sale of liquor was allowed by the Center, since it is a great way of income. In most states, the share of liquor revenue is between 25-40%.
At the Azadpur vegetable market in New Delhi on Thursday May 7, 2020. (Express photo: Amit Mehra)
Rahul Gandhi launches decentralization of power during Covid-19
Congressman Rahul Gandhi, at a press conference on Friday, said there would be “calamity” if the fight against the coronavirus pandemic remained centralized. He reiterated that top ministers should have the power to make decisions regarding methods of fighting the virus.
“We need to decentralize power to confront the virus. If we continue this fight in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), we will lose. The Prime Minister must delegate power. If we centralize, there will be a calamity. The Prime Minister has to trust the chief ministers and the chief ministers have to trust the district magistrates. “
On day 2 of the Vande Bharat mission, the Air India flight from Singapore lands in New Delhi
Air India’s AI381 flight from Singapore, with 234 passengers, landed in New Delhi just before noon on Friday. This was the third flight of the governments. Vande Bharat Mission, an effort to repatriate Indians stranded abroad due to the pandemic.
The first two flights had landed in Kerala the night before: one flight from Abu Dhabi landed at Cochin International Airport just after 10 p.m., and the second from Dubai landed at Kozhikode airport at 10.30 p.m. The two flights brought 411 passengers home. Follow live updates on Indian repatriation
The government will send 64 flights worldwide to bring nearly 15,000 Indian citizens home over the next week.
At the Aurangabad train crash site on Friday.
Aurangabad: 16 migrant workers killed in train accident
An empty freight train in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra shot down 16 migrant workers in the early hours of Friday. While 14 of them died instantly, two later succumbed to their injuries. Workers were walking to Bhusawal from Jalna to board a special Shramik train to return to Madhya Pradesh. They were asleep on the railway line when the incident between Badnapur and Karmad stations in the Nanded Division occurred.
Expressing his regret at the incident, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: “Extremely distressed at the loss of life due to the train accident in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. I have spoken to the railway minister, Piyush Goyal, and he is closely monitoring the situation. All possible assistance required is being provided. ”
CBSE will likely take the remaining Class 12 exams in the first half of July
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is likely to hold the remaining Class 12 exams in the first two weeks of July, The Indian Express I had learned. Human Resources Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal is expected to announce the revised testing schedule this week. The government, the sources said, has decided that the Class 12 Board exams must end before the JEE Main is held. The entrance test for admission to NIT will take place over five days between July 18 and 23. CBSE has been asked to finalize the remaining documents before that.
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