Lockdown, Day 29: Security cover for medics

The government today brought an ordinance to protect India's frontline workers. Any violence against medics will now be treated as a non-bailable offence, which can lead to 7 years in jail and invite a fine of up to Rs 5 lakh.

India became the world’s 17th country to cross the 20,000-mark. The disease has left over 652 dead so far.

Track all the big news from today here



TALLY SO FAR

• 6 police officials test positive in Delhi; tally climbs to 2,186
• Odisha reports 3 new cases; state tally stands at 82
• Rajasthan reports 64 new cases; state tally at 1,799
• 21 persons, including a 3-year-old, from Moradabad test positive
• Cases in Madhya Pradesh up by 40 to 1,587
• Maharashtra reports 553 new cases in last 24 hrs; tally now 5,229
• 6-month-old baby tests positive in Chandigarh
• Employee of Civil Aviation Ministry tests positive
• Seven new cases confirmed in Karnataka; tally rises to 425
• Andhra reports 56 new cases; state tally climbs to 813
• Five more deaths in Gujarat; state toll now 95
• No new case reported in Assam in the past week

World		India
Tally	Toll	Tally	Toll
2,561,044	176,984	20,471	652

ECONOMY

• Sensex rallies 743 points, Nifty near 9,200
• Brent Crude falls to around $16/bbl, lowest since June 1999
• Rupee recovers from all-time low to 76.68
• AP announces one-time aid of Rs 2,000 to fishermen struck in Gujarat
• OYO asks some India staff to go on leave with limited benefits, cuts fixed pay of all by 25%
• Internet traffic up 30-40% in first 2 weeks of lockdown

BACK TO BUSINESS

• Maruti Suzuki to restart its operations in Manesar
• Apollo Tyres resumes operations at Kerala plant
• Bajaj Auto to resume production at Aurangabad plant

WORLD UPDATE

• More than 2,700 dead in US in last 24 hours
• Trump suspends issuing of new Green Cards for 60 days
• Mexico cases surpass 9,000
• China reports 30 new cases in mainland, up from day earlier
• Germany's confirmed cases rise by 2,237 to 145,694
• Pakistan PM Imran Khan goes under self-quarantine
• Spain's death toll rises to 21,717
• Death toll in Europe tops 110,000
• National Spelling Bee cancelled for 1st time since WW-II

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