1. 'Economic package not a magic wand to give immediate impact'
K Yatish Rajawat, CEO of Centre for Civil Society, a think-tank based in the national capital, says that special economic package is the vision, the prime minister put out for the welfare of the country.
2. Riders of the deep sea rehash ancient fishing practice in lockdown
Before the fishing was modernised under Indo-Norwegian pact in the 1970s, there existed various traditional fishing practices. There were proverbial seasoned fishermen in the coast who would predict the arrival of fish - including particular variety - by the very smell of the sea breeze or after tasting a scoop of seawater to sense the change in sea currents bringing fish.
3. Massive truck bomb kills 5 civilians in Afghanistan
At least five civilians were killed and 46 others, including military personnel, were injured after a massive truck bomb explosion rocked Gardez city, capital of Afghanistan's Paktia province on Thursday, authorities confirmed.
4. Vande Bharat Mission: 149 Indians from Singapore return to Bengaluru
The fourth evacuation flight to Karnataka landed in Bengaluru on Wednesday night from Singapore with 149 returnees.
5. Hundreds of migrants take to the streets in Kolhapur, demand to be sent home
Hundreds of migrant workers gathered on Pune-Bengaluru Highway in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district on Thursday, demanding that arrangements be made to send them home.
