ALL IN A DAY
■ 302 ‘Shramik Special’ trains run so far, 340,000 migrants transferred: Railways
■ Maharashtra cases cross 20,000-mark; state announces free intra-state bus travel for those stranded
■ ICMR teams up with Bharat Biotech to develop Covid-19 vaccine
■ 3K schools identified as evaluation centres for class 10, 12 board exams: HRD minister
■ New antiviral drug combination shows promise against Covid-19, Lancet study says
■ Ship from Maldives with about 700 stranded Indians to arrive on May 10
■ Not anticipating worst situation in India: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
■ Major relaxations in Tamil Nadu’s non-containment zones from Monday
■ AIIMS chief reaches Ahmedabad, guides doctors at a hospital and interacts with frontline staff
■ Health ministry revises discharge guidelines, only patients developing severe illness will have to test negative before being discharged by a hospital
■ Bengal arranging special trains to bring back 30,000 stranded people, says official, in a bid to refute the claims of noncooperation made by Amit Shah
■ Govt disburses ~18,253 crore to 91.3 million farmers under PM-KISAN scheme during lockdown
■ Delhi HC extends interim bail by 45 days of 2,177 undertrial prisoners
■ Confusion over Delhi’s toll as govt data, figures from hospitals don't match
■ 2 Indians flown back from Gulf to Kerala test positive
■ Central teams to visit 10 states with high no. of cases
■ Trump wants to give Green Cards to 40,000 foreign doctors, nurses