Lockdown, Day 33: All eyes on PM Modi's crucial meet with CMs tomorrow

As India enters the last leg of the second phase of government mandated lockdown, all eyes are now on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's crucial meet with the chief ministers tomorrow. The meet will be first among the many meetings chalked out to devise a pragmatic exit strategy.

Here are the developments so far:



COUNT SO FAR:

• Two dead in West Bengal, including one doctor.
• Two dead in Uttar Pradesh; state reports 50 fresh cases.
• 58 new cases in Rajasthan, total rises to 2,141.
• 91 new cases in Indore; district tally at 1,176.
• 81 new cases in AP; total cases now 1,097.
• 29 new cases in Jammu and Kashmir, total over 500
• Seven new cases in Haryana, cases total 294.
• Four more test positive in Andaman and Nicobar.
• Three new cases in Odisha, total now 103
• Two fresh cases in Uttarakhand.
• One new case in Karnataka; state tally now 501.

ECONOMY:

• Honda Motorcycles, Yamaha working to restart production post-lockdown.
• Tax officers suggest 40% tax on super-rich to fund virus fight.
• USIBC urges government to create tailored COVID-19 budget.
• MNCs, IT, BPO offices in Gurgaon may have to 'work from home' till July-end.

AROUND THE WORLD:

• US death toll at 53,755; case count nears one million.
• Germany reports 1,737 case increase; tot 154,175.
• Russia case count surpasses 80,000; 747 dead, so far.
• China has 11 new cases.
• Cases in Wuhan hospitals drop to zero for the first time.
• South Korea reports 10 new cases, continuing a streak of sub-20 daily increases.
• Spain records lowest daily rise in months - 288 - to take the death toll to 23,190.
• Saudi Arabia eases curfew, but not in Mecca.
• 113 Sri Lankans evacuated from India.

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