1. With 36 new cases in 24 hours, total number in Indore rises to 3633
The number of COVID-19 cases in Indore rose to 3,633 after 36 more people tested positive for the disease in the Madhya Pradesh district in last 24 hours, a health department official said on Thursday.
2. PM Modi holds virtual summit with Aussie counterpart Scott Morrison
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison took part in the first-ever virtual bilateral summit on Thursday to focus on the positive trajectory in bilateral relations.
3. Not seeing smooth, concrete movement towards unlocking of economy: Rajeev Bajaj
Rahul Bajaj, a renowned industrialist and Managing Director of Bajaj Auto, called the nationwide lockdown "draconian" which has decimated India's economy rather than containing the Coronavirus pandemic.
4. Kerala: Sea erosion threatens hundreds of houses in Kollam
The absence of a sea wall in Kollam has been leading to gradual sea erosion in this coastal belt of Kerala. The residents now fear that a threat is looming and the roof over their head might get washed away during the ongoing monsoon season in the state.
5. Work under MGNREGA resumes in J-K's Baramulla with appropriate preventive measures
The work under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has resumed in Palhallan village in Baramulla district where the construction of a road is underway.
6. Lawsuit filed against Trump for signing executive order targeting social media
A lawsuit has been filed against US President Donald Trump for signing an executive order on preventing online censorship that seems to violate the freedom of speech of individuals on social media platforms.
7. Cyclone turns into depression over Vidarbha, to weaken further
Cyclone Nisarga which spared Mumbai after it made landfall near adjoining Alibaug is now a depression over west Vidarbha region in Maharashtra and will weaken further, the India Meteorological Department(IMD) said on Thursday.
8. Crowds gather for protest at Los Angeles City Hall
Some California counties and cities have begun reducing or planning to end curfews as demonstrations over the death of George Floyd have largely remained peaceful. Other jurisdictions, however, expect to extend them out of caution.
9. Vande Bharat: Kerala has neither denied permission nor put pre-conditions to flights landing: CM
Joining issue with minister of state for external affairs V Muraleedharan, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said Kerala has neither denied permission nor put any pre-conditions to flights coming to the state as part of the Vande Bharat mission to bring back stranded Indians from abroad.
10. Why is a worker going from one state to another called 'migrant', questions Bihar CM
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that his government is working on generating employment for all those who have returned to Bihar during the COVID-19 phase, and also slammed all those who had used the term 'migrants' for workers.
