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As cyclone Amphan threatens to further intensify, PM Modi has called for a high-level meeting to review the preparedness. Meanwhile, India witnessed the biggest ever daily spike in the number of COVID-19 cases, as it reported 5,242 new cases in the last 24 hours alone. This and more, get to know the top national stories at a glance.

Top 10 news at 1 pm
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Published : May 18, 2020, 12:57 PM IST

1. Cyclone Amphan: PM to chair high-level meeting with MHA, NDMA to review situation

As cyclone 'Amphan' intensified into an extremely severe storm, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a high-level meeting with the MHA and NDMA today.

2. India records over 5,000 COVID-19 cases in single day

With the highest-ever spike of 5,242 new cases in last 24 hours, the total number of positive COVID-19 cases in India reached 96,169.

3. GoM to meet today to review and monitor eco package

A meeting of group of ministers (GoM) with the responsibility of monitoring Rs 21 lakh crore special economic package is to take place at the residence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today.

4. Four killed as Paint shops catch fire in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior

At least four people were killed and three others injured after a massive fire broke out at two paint shops in a three-storey building in the heart of the Gwalior city today.

5. Hundreds of migrants gather at Meerut Rly station to board train to Bihar

As migrant workers gathered in hundreds at the Meerut railway station to board the Shramik Special train to Bihar, authorities were having a difficult time ensuring social distancing.

6. Migrants pelt stones at police, public in Ahmedabad

As many as 100 migrant workers who were demanding to go back to their native places, pelted stones at police and people passing on a busy road in Ahmedabad today.

7. Migrant sets off on long march with kids on 'doli'

Cops came to the rescue of a migrant worker in Andhra Pradesh who had set off on an over 1,00-kilometre-long march back to his home in Chhattisgarh with his kids on a doli.

8. Migrant labourer yokes himself to cart, pulls family over 100 kms to reach home in Uttar Pradesh

A migrant worker in Rajasthan's Bharatpur had yoked himself to a cart so that his family wouldn't have to walk in this scorching heat as they made their way home.

9. Virat Kohli picks Sachin Tendulkar's this iconic innings he wishes he played

Virat Kohli, who is often referred to as Tendulkar's second coming in Indian cricket, spoke with India football skipper Sunil Chhetri about the Master Blaster's iconic knock against Australia in Sharjah in 1998.

10. Important to implement environmental rules to sustain gains of lockdown: Javadekar

To sustain the environmental "gains" of the lockdown, it is important that the states strictly implement relevant rules governing pollution, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said.

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