Coronavirus live updates: Tickets for regular trains on or before June 30 cancelled, passengers to get full refund

No Covid-19 cases reported among Central Industrial Security Force personnel in the last 24 hours. Total cases among CISF personnel across the country stands at 106: CISF

CM had sought suggestions from the public, we got around 5 lakh suggestions. A policy is being formulated & you will get to know about it in 2-3 days: Delhi health minister to ANI

Read: Railways to cancel tickets for travel till June 30 on regular trains; 'special' trains to continue

The railways has decided to cancel all old bookings for regular trains scheduled till June 30 and provide full refund for it. However, the Shramik Special trains which started from May 1 and the special trains which started operations from May 12 will continue to operate, an order from the railways said.

Group of Ministers (GoM) meeting on Covid-19 to be held tomorrow at Nirman Bhawan, reports ANI.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to address the media today at 4pm.

Passengers with tickets of regular trains, which have been cancelled till June 30, will get full refund: Railways

All tickets booked for regular passenger trains for travel on or before June 30 cancelled; Shramik, special trains to continue, reports PTI quoting Railways.

CM announces Rs 2 lakh each ex-gratia to next of the kin of the deceased & compensation of Rs 50,000 each to injured. Officers have been directed to send bodies of the deceased to Bihar, ANI reports quoting UP CMO.

Saharanpur Divisional Commissioner has been asked to submit a report after investigation.

Global trade fell 3% in first quarter of 2020 due to Covid-19: UN

The downturn is expected to accelerate in the next quarter to project a whopping quarter-on-quarter decline of 27 per cent, the UN trade body has warned. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said in a report that the drop in global trade was accompanied by marked decreases in commodity prices, which have fallen precipitously since December last year.

Lockdown 4.0: Mass transport to resume on limited scale

Sources said while colour-coding of districts and declaring of containment zones on the basis of positive cases will stay, there will be far lesser curbs on economic activities, workplaces, business operations, factories and manufacturing units in non-containment areas of red zones. This means more businesses and markets will open with lesser curbs such as fixed-day operations as long as social distancing is observed.

73 more test positive for Covid-19 in Odisha raising total positive cases in state to 611: State Health Department

8 labourers lost their lives & 54 others were injured. The injured are being treated at the district hospital. Postmortem & further investigation underway: TS Baghel, ASP Guna to ANI

Read: UN warns of global mental health crisis due to Covid-19 pandemic

A mental illness crisis is looming as millions of people worldwide are surrounded by death and disease and forced into isolation, poverty and anxiety by the pandemic of Covid-19, United Nations health experts said on Thursday. "The isolation, the fear, the uncertainty, the economic turmoil - they all cause or could cause psychological distress," said Devora Kestel, director of the World Health Organization's (WHO) mental health department.