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For MPSC aspirants in rural Maharashtra, lockdown curtails access to vital library services, educational resources
Sanket Jain •Students in Maharashtra's villages often travel several kms to the nearest library to prepare for the MPSC exams, or move to big cities and towns to work part-time even as they study. With the lockdown, most are now stuck at home, where the seven-hour study routine has whittled down to two, and books and other material are scant.
Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: 267 new COVID-19 patients reported in Rajasthan today, total number of cases rises to 6,494
Fp Staff •Coronavirus Outbreak LIVE Updates: Two police stations have been sealed partially after a head constable was tested positive for COVID-19. According to police, the infected head constable was overseeing the arrangements to quarantine people who came from Mumbai.
Coronavirus Outbreak: RBI cuts repo rate by 40 bps to 4%; full text of Shaktikanta Das' statement
Fp Staff •The Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said the central bank reduced the repo rate by 40 bps to 4 percent to ease the financial stress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic
Coronavirus Outbreak: RBI cuts repo rate by 40 bps to 4%; full text of resolution of monetary policy statement
Fp Staff •To mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19 outbreak, in a surprise move, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday again reduced the key lending rates by 40 basis points
Indian states' decision to suspend labour law amid COVID-19 crisis is delirious policy-making not backed by empirical analysis
Aayush Rathi And Sreyan Chatterjee •The utter disregard for the value of human life could not be starker than in using the COVID-19 crisis as the foreground for the whittling down of labour rights. The proposed moves are the most short-sighted manifestation of the hasty assumptions that continue to undergird the case for neoliberal reform of India’s labour law framework.
Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: Mumbai reports 1,382 new COVID-19 cases; confirmed infections rise to 25,317
Fp Staff •Coronavirus Outbreak LIVE Updates: The MHA on Thursday said that state governments should 'ensure night curfew or prohibition of all non-essential activities between 7 pm and 7 am'.
Proper delineation of containment zones, social distancing mandatory post lockdown; enforce night curfew strictly, MHA tells states
•MHA said the night curfew has been imposed to ensure that people observe social distance.
Coronavirus Outbreak: IAS officers deputed to 3 Mumbai civic hospitals for effective management of COVID-19 treatment
•As coronavirus cases continue to rise unabated in Mumbai, the Maharashtra government on Thursday deputed three IAS officers to three major civic-run hospitals in the city for effective management of the outbreak
Coronavirus Lockdown: Domestic flights to resume in calibrated manner from 25 May, says civil aviation minister
•The minister, however, did not say as to from when international scheduled commercial passenger flights would restart.
Indian Railways releases list of 100 trains to run from 1 June; IRCTC opens online bookings from 10 am
Fp Staff •Seats will be provided to all passengers, the Railways said, adding these trains shall run from 1 June and booking will commence at 10 am on 21 May.