1. Finance Minister's announcements on 'AtmaNirbhar Bharat Abhiyan' at 4 PM
At 4 PM today, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will give the details regarding which sectors and areas will be given how much amount under the 'AtmaNirbhar Bharat Abhiyan' and how it will be used.
2. COVID-19: 24,386 patients cured so far, total cases mount to 74,281
With 3,525 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 tally in India reached 74,281. The detah toll meanwhile, reached 2,415.
3. Actual financial package is only Rs 4 lakh crores: Sibal
Congress leader Kapil Sibal said that out of the total package announced by PM Modi, the government cash outflow amounts "only Rs 4 lakh crores".
4. Ministry of MSME Launches CHAMPIONS Portal
In order to help the smaller businesses/units and make them big, www.Champions.gov.in, CHAMPIONS portal, has been launched by the Union Ministry of MSME.
5. Swarms of locusts invade Ajmer, cause damage to crops
Amid the ongoing chaos due to the virus pandemic, farmers in Sirmandi village in Jodhpur are facing another threat, as a large swarm of locusts invaded the village's farmlands damaging crops.
6. Lockdown woes: Forced to sell off bull, migrant pulls cart himself
A migrant worker in Madhya Pradesh's Indore was seen pulling a cart himself with the help of a bull, after he was forced to sell one of his two bulls in order to feed his family during the lockdown.
7. Muslims help perform last rites of Hindu neighbour in Mumbai
Members of the Muslim community helped in performing the last rites of their 72-year-old Hindu neighbour in Mumbai after the deceased's relatives could not reach for his funeral due to the lockdown.
8. Chhattisgarh: Elderly man dies after police 'denied permission to cross state border'
A octogenarian man, who was suffering from a heart ailment, succumbed in a car in Chhattisgarh's Korea after the administration did not allow to cross the state border.
9. AIIMS exempts patients from paying charges till services restored fully
AIIMS has exempted patients from all charges on account of admission and hospitalisation in general wards, till normalcy of patient care services is restored.
10. Telangana: 21-yr-old migrant worker dies after walking 300 km
A 21-year-old migrant worker collapsed and died, apparently of sunstroke at Telangana's Bhadrachalam yesterday after walking 300 km from Hyderabad.
