Easing lockdown

The Hindu Newsletter - Easing lockdown

	Monday 20, April 2020

The Morning Filter Welcome to The Morning Filter, your guide to the busy news day ahead. We hope you are staying home and staying safe. Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today: Coronavirus | Easing of lockdown curbs in select sectors from today Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said more relief measures are bound to come if the country continues to manage the coronavirus crisis well, asserting, “you cannot (have) lockdown permanently”. The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India stand at 17,248 with the death toll at 559.   Coronavirus | More than 160,000 dead worldwide There have been 2,334,139 reported COVID-19 infections around the world, from which 160,685 people have died, according to an AFP tally at  4.30 p.m. on Sunday based on official sources. The United States has the most deaths of any country with 39,090 fatalities.   Coronavirus | Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha Secretariats to resume work from today Lower ranking staff will work on a rotational basis.   Coronavirus | Officers at Deputy Secretary level and above to join offices from today Joint secretaries, additional secretaries, special secretaries and secretaries had joined central government departments on April 13.   Coronavirus |  NHAI to resume toll collection on national highways from today The All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC), the apex body for transporters that represents about 95 lakh truckers and transport entities, seeks suspension of toll till May 3.   Coronavirus | Work on 40,000 projects in Bihar to start from Monday: Sushil Kumar Modi Taking to Twitter, he said over five lakh labourers will get jobs as soon as work on the pending projects commences in 8,386 panchayats of the State.   Coronavirus | Will resume some industrial activity from Monday: Uddhav Thackeray Industries in orange and green zones will get permission to resume operations under some restrictions, Mr. Thackeray said in a video message.   Coronavirus | Beedi workers to resume work in two Karnataka districts Beedi workers in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts of Karnataka will resume work on Monday as the government has ordered relaxation to the industry during the lockdown period.   Coronavirus | Punjab allows sand mining, stone crushing from today Also in view of the new academic session, shops dealing in distribution of books to school and college students have also been allowed to operate, as per an official release in Chandigarh.   Coronavirus | Tamil Nadu expert committee to submit report The committee, which held a meeting, will submit on Monday its report to Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami who will take a decision on relaxing the curbs after scrutinising the recommendations, an official release in Chennai said.   Coronavirus | Pakistan says new cases are reported mostly from Punjab and Sindh Provinces National Disaster Management Authority chief Lt Gen Muhammad Afzal said they would distribute 100,000 testing kits in all the provinces by Monday to further increase testing ratio.   Coronavirus | White House, Dems 'very close' to deal to aid virus-hit businesses President Donald Trump has insisted his administration will do right by millions of American families and businesses ravaged by a pandemic that has infected 735,000 people in the United States, 39,000 of whom have died. Morning Filter will return tomorrow.

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