05 May, 22:50 (IST)

Punjab Government hikes Petrol & Diesel prices by Rs 2 per litre each, with effect from midnight.

05 May, 22:20 (IST)

Lockdown in Telangana extended till May 29 announces Telangana CM

05 May, 22:10 (IST)

Non-essential shops in Mumbai to shut. Only essential item stores like grocery shops and medical stores/chemist shops will be allowed to be open: BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) Commissioner

05 May, 21:33 (IST)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the task force on Coronavirus vaccine Development and took a detailed review of the current status of India’s efforts in vaccine development, drug discovery, diagnosis and testing: Prime Minister's Office #COVID19

05 May, 21:27 (IST)

Govt of Haryana has decided to open retail liquor vends from tomorrow,except areas demarcated from time to time as 'Containment Zones'. Operational hours of retail liquor vends shall be observed from 7 am to 7 pm, in both Urban&Rural areas: Excise&Taxation Commissioner, Haryana

05 May, 21:07 (IST)

Number of #COVID19 positive cases in Delhi crosses 5000 mark; total positive cases stands at 5104 of which 206 cases have been reported today. Death toll at 64: Delhi Government 

05 May, 20:50 (IST)

If we had done things in a different way, we would have lost much more lives, much more than 2 million people. We did it the right way, we did everything right but now it's time to go back to work: US President Donald Trump in Washington DC.

05 May, 20:33 (IST)

118 new patients have been confirmed as #COVID19 positive since last evening taking the total number of positive cases to 2880. Out of the total cases, 987 patients have been discharged while 56 others lost their lives: Directorate of Health Services, Uttar Pradesh 

05 May, 20:21 (IST)

Two more zones in Delhi have been de-contained today; total number of containment zones in the national capital now stands at 88. No New addition in containment zones today. 

05 May, 19:28 (IST)

31 new #COVID19 positive cases have been reported in Haryana today; taking the total number of positive cases to 548: Health Department, Govt of Haryana

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Mumbai, May 5: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will hold a conversation with Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee on the economic impact of coronavirus outbreak in India. The dialogue between them would begin at 9 am today and could be viewed live via the YouTube channel of Gandhi or social media handles of the Congress party.  In the past week, the former Congress chief held a similar dialogue with ex-RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan.

On Monday, after the liquor shops in Delhi and other places opened up after 40 days, there were huge queues and people were not even following the social distancing norms. Liquor prices shot up sharply in the national capital as the Delhi government decided to impose a super-heavy tax of 70 percent on alcohol. The special fees will be applicable from today.

A Shramik special train, carrying around 1198 people, left from Chikkabanavara in Bengaluru for Jaipur in Rajasthan on Monday amid the nationwide lockdown. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country increased to 42,836 and the death toll mounted to 1,389, as of Monday evening figures. Maharashtra continues to be one of the worst-hit states in the pandemic.

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