COVID -19 Cases Close To 50,000 In India

May 6: The death toll rise to 1,694  and the total number of confirmed cases increases to 49,333 in the country due to Covid-19 on Wednesday, registering 126 deaths in a day, the Union Health Ministry said.
More than 2,950 cases have been tested positive and about 1,456 patients have been cured or discharged in the past 24 hours.
Maharashtra and Gujarat continued to remain at the top top to register maximum fresh cases, with the former confirming 15,525 positive cases following 617 deaths.
According to reports, over 30 vaccines in India are in the stages of development to combat Covid-19. Some of these are advancing to the trial stages.
Meanwhile, the government is planning to evacuate stranded Indians from UK and US and over 3 lakh Indians have registered in Gulf countries for being evacuated

Former PM Manmohan Singh Hold A Meeting With Congress CMs

May 6: During a video conferencing on COVID 19 with Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Wednesday asked, what would the strategy be to get the country out of lockdown by the Government of India.
''We need to know what will happen after lockdown 3.0,' Former PM Manmohan Singh said during a meeting with Congress CMs. The meeting was held today through video conferencing, which was attended by the Chief Ministers of Punjab, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Puducherry. The meeting was held on basis of the announcement by the Congress to bear the travel costs of the stranded migrants, and on the conversations by Rahul Gandhi’s and Noble laureate Abhijeet Banerjee.
Congress is persistently focusing on the condition of the migrant labourers and the poor, who it says have been badly affected by the unplanned lockdown.

liquor Shops Are Re-Open After 40 Days In Bengaluru

May 4: After 40 days liquor shop are reopen in Bengaluru. People have line up at liquor shops State government have permits the sales of liquors between 9am to 7pm. Karnataka Excise Commissioner's ordered only Stand-alone shops and State-run retail shops like MSIL (Mysore Sales International Limited) are allowed to open from today

Tribute to the frontline warriors : viral video

May 2 : A tribute to the warriors who are making sure that we stay safe. The video features all the frontline warriors who are risking their life during COVID-19 crisis. The original track is from the movie Kesari, which featured Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar. The song is recreated as a tribute which was written by Manoj Muntashir and sung by B Praak.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiBeywmJoRY

#thankyouwarriors #wesaluteyou
#stayhomestaysafe 

Karnataka plans to open malls and liquor shops from May 4

May 1: Karnataka government indicates that its in favour of reopening commercial and industrial sectors across the state except for those in COVID-19 containment zones. The state has allowed some sectors to reopen in non-COVID zones.  And, now are planning to run liquor shops, shopping malls, and a chain of commercial activities following week by regulating containment zones to a few specific areas instead of imposing a complete ban on the ward. 

The government is  awaiting confirmation from the Centre to execute the plan. In a Red zone like Bengaluru Urban restriction will apply only on 24 containment zones across 34 wards, normal business activities whereas Malls and Cinema Halls in Beangaluru had closed 10 days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced nationwide lockdown on March 24. And public transport like metro and buses will not operate until May 15. 

Mukesh Ambani to forgo entire salary for a year

April 30: Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani forgo his entire salary for the year 2020-21. The Reliance Industries today (April 30 2020),  announced that its entire senior leaders and board to take pay cut between the range 10 to 50% as a proactive measure to tackle economy pressures during coronavirus outbreak.

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) said, that employees whose salaries are less than Rs 15 Lakh per year will not see pay cut. Whereas, the employees whose salaries are over Rs 15 Lakh will see a fixed pay cut. 

Raghuram Rajan Says India needs 65,000 crore to treat poor

April 30: The former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, said that India can presume a supreme role in shaping the economy after the COVID-19 crisis. In an interaction with Congress MP, Rahul Gandhi through video conferencing, Rajan said, crisis during coronavirus pandemic rarely have any positive results for any country. However, this will enable us to reconsider all aspects in the global economy.
There will have to be a reconsideration of everything in the global economy once we are out of this, If there is an opportunity for India, it is in shaping that dialogue and in being the leader in that dialogue, the former RBI chief said.

He also stated that going for a second or third lockdown to examine the spread of the virus will be devastating for the country’s economy. It may also decrease our credibility. Though, we don’t have to aim for 100 percent success which is highly impossible, we must at least manage the re-opening of certain sectors he added