After small businesses and migrants, the finance minister shifted focus to
India's
farmers today. The third tranche, which focused on agriculture and allied activities, included a Rs 1 lakh crore fund for agriculture infrastructure.
In other news,
Zomato will let go of 13% of its workforce and undertake up to a 50% pay cut for the rest to deal with the fallout from the pandemic.
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COUNT SO FAR
- Death toll in Delhi mounts to 123; cases climb to 8,895
- Tally breaches 1,000 mark in Karnataka with 45 new cases
- Rajasthan reports 4,688 cases; toll at 125
- Pune cases stand at 3426; toll tops 180
- 102 fresh cases in Andhra; tally rises to 2307
- 61 new cases in Odisha; tally reaches 672
- Indore tally up to 2,299; death toll at 98
- Bihar now has 1,005 cases
| World |
|
India |
|
| Tally |
Toll |
Tally |
Toll |
| 44,44,670 |
3,02,493
|
81,970 |
2,649 |
- Rs 10,000 cr scheme for micro food enterprises
- Rs 1 lakh cr to boost farm-gate infrastructure
- Rs 15,000 cr for dairy infrastructure
- Operation Green expanded for Rs 500 crore
- Rs 4,000 cr for promotion of herbal cultivation
- Essential Commodities Act amended
LIFE UNDER LOCKDOWN
- SC stays Home Ministry's order on paying full wages during lockdown
- Delhi HC declines to stay levy of 70% special corona fee on liquor
- Haryana roadways bus service to resume today
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
- Sensex settles 25 pts lower; Nifty ends at 9,136
- Rupee settles 2 paise down at 75.58 against US dollar
- April exports down 60.28% on year, imports down 58.65%
- Sebi extends deadline for brokers to submit reports till June 3
- World Bank approves $1 billion to India
- Moody's cuts outlook for Indian power sector
GLOBAL ECONOMY
- Foxconn's Q1 profit tumbles almost 90%
- 3 million more laid off in US
- US mortgage rates hover near all-time low
- Global cost of the virus could reach $8.8 trillion
- Trump to charge tax on companies manufacturing outside US
- Portugal's economy tanks 3.9% in first quarter
- German economy shrinks 2.2% in Q1
AROUND THE WORLD
- Germany's confirmed cases rise to 173,152; death toll at 7,824
- Russia reports 2,62,843 cases; death toll at 2,418
- United States case count rises to 1,416,528; death toll at 85,813
- Slovenia opens borders after declaring epidemic over
- Iran reports 2,102 new virus cases, highest in over month
- First case found in Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh
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