Protesting against the withholding of the National Sample Survey Organisation's report on employment for the year 2017-18, the acting chairperson of the National Statistical Commission and another member have quit. This report, the first by NSSO in this government, was expected to reflect job losses in the wake of demonetisation. The duo have complained that the government is sitting on their report for two months and is refusing to make it public. Congress leader P Chidambaram reacting to the development tweeted that another institution has been killed by Modi government.

The alleged &lsquo;Pakistan spy pigeon&rsquo; has been released by the Indian authorities after no incriminating evidence was found against the bird. A pigeon with a pink patch and tag on its leg that had some number on it, flew to Jammu and Kashmir&rsquo;s Kathua from Pakistan and triggered conspiracies. Habibullah, a Pakistani man and alleged owner of the bird made pleas from across the border for the bird&rsquo;s release. He said the numbers on the bird&rsquo;s tag was not a code but his phone number and urged the authorities to return the &lsquo;innocent bird&rsquo;. After investigating the infiltration, Indian authorities found the bird to be just that, a bird, and released it from the same spot where it was found.

At least two persons working at the headquarters of the Union Ministry of External Affairs in the national capital have tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday, The Hindustan Times reported quoting sources in the ministry.&nbsp;A consultant working for the ministry&rsquo;s Central Europe division and an officer of the law division have tested positive, the&nbsp;unnamed sources told the newspaper.&nbsp;Other staff of the Central Europe division were directed on May 27 to go into self-quarantine for a fortnight and work from home. People, who were in contact with the legal officer, too, were asked to observe self-quarantine from Friday, the people said.&nbsp;

The number of coronavirus cases in Assam crossed the 1,000-mark, with 177 new cases on Saturday. From&nbsp; 256 cases on May 22&nbsp; to 1057 on 29th May, the cases have grown four times in a week. Four people have died due to the virus in the state so far.&nbsp;925 people are being treated and 125 have been discharged in the state so far.

An Air India flight, which was on its way to Moscow, returned midway to Delhi after the ground team&nbsp;realised&nbsp;that the pilot had tested positive for the virus, PTI reported. Meanwhile, the Director General of Civil Aviation has ordered a probe over the incident.&nbsp;India is bringing back home its one lakh stranded nationals from 60 countries under the second phase of the&nbsp;Vande&nbsp;Bharat mission.&nbsp;The second phase of the mission began on May 17 and was to end on May 22. However, the government extended it till June 13.&nbsp;In the first phase of the mission from May 7 to 15, the government brought back around 15,000 people from 12 countries.&nbsp;

Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said talks were on with China at military and diplomatic levels, over the stand off between the two countries at four positions along the Line of Actual Control. This is the first statement on the issue by a senior central minister. In an interview with news channel Aaj Tak, Singh further clarified that mediation from the United States was not needed, as both countries had required mechanisms to resolve the matter at hand. Earlier this week, US President Trump had offered to mediate between the two neighbours. The foreign ministries of both nations had rejected the offer.&nbsp;

The Congress on Saturday attacked Modi govt 2.0 on its first anniversary saying the govt is the memorial of its own failures. The party stated that the govt has caused alarming political, social and economic disturbance in the country. Maintaining that the govt has no real achievements show, the Congress said that propaganda and distractions are the mainstay of the central govt.
((Byte: KC VEnugopal: Be it Demonetisation, GST or COVID Lockdown, all decisions are taken by one man, as repository of all wisdom, almost always with disastrous consequences: ))

Even as Delhi has seen a spike in coronavirus cases, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal assured people that the govt is "4 steps ahead of coronavirus". Insisting that the&nbsp;Delhi govt is prepared to deal with the rising cases, the chief minister pitched for lifting of the lockdown. "A permanent lockdown is no solution. Life has to carry on with coronavirus with all the precautions," Kejriwal said.&nbsp;

As many as 11 healthcare workers, including two resident doctors, have tested positive for coronavirus at the AIIMS on Friday, taking the total number of hospital staff infected so far to 206. PTI reported that more than 150 healthcare personnel have recovered and have returned to work. Over 64 healthcare personnel including resident doctors, nurses, laboratory staff, technicians, sanitation staff and security guards have tested positive in the last three days.

The central government has identified 145 new districts, mostly rural, that have reported Covid-19 infections over the past three weeks, the Hindustan Times has reported. It has warned that these districts could emerge as &ldquo;epicentres&rdquo; of the disease if effective containment measures are not undertaken. In a presentation to representatives of states on Thursday, cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba highlighted that eastern India was likely to be the next big Covid-19 hotspot with the return of migrant workers from the worst-hit states. The cabinet secretary said 12 states, including Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha in eastern India which had not reported many cases earlier, have witnessed rapid infection spread in the three weeks until May 25.

Bollywood&nbsp;actor &amp; Supermodel Milind&nbsp;Soman&nbsp;has quit TikTok&nbsp;after engineer-turned-educationist&nbsp;Sonam Wangchuk&nbsp;urged Indian citizens to boycott the Chinese products.&nbsp;Sharing a video of&nbsp;Sonam&nbsp;Wangchuk's where he can be seen encouraging the citizens to delete TikTok&nbsp;&amp; boycott made in China products, Milind&nbsp;simply&nbsp;wrote that he is no longer on&nbsp;TikTok.

A horrifying scene as a leopard attacks a man. The incident was captured on a CCTV in Maharashtra's Nashik. Forest officials said that a leopard entered the residential area of Indira Nagar in the city and attacked two people on Friday. The leopard can be seen pouncing on a man on a deserted road in the chilling CCTV footage. The forest officials are on a lookout for the leopard.

With the fourth phase of the lockdown set to end on May 31, Delhi gyms, fitness centres and salon owners&rsquo; associations have written to chief minister Arvind Kejriwal urging him to allow the reopening of these ventures from June 1. The associations have shared a long list of measures that they are ready to take in line with social distancing norms once they are allowed to open shop. This includes downloading of the Aarogya Setu app by both clients and staff, PPE kits for all staff members, turning away walk-in customers, using disposable and sterilised equipment, and sanitisation of the gym exercising area every 45 minutes, among others.

There have been almost 80 deaths on board the migrant special trains between May 9 and May 27, according to data from the Railway Protection Force, the Hindustan Times has reported. The trains were launched on May 1, and till May 27, 3,840 have run, transporting around five million migrant workers back home. On Wednesday, there were reports of nine deaths on these trains, but the rail ministry clarified immediately that most of those who died were &ldquo;chronic disease patients&rdquo;.

In his letter to the nation on the first anniversary of his govt's second tenure, PM Modi has said that India will set an example in the revival of its economy that has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic. Continuing with his call of Atmnirbhar Bharat, the PM has expressed confidence that "Indian workers will create products that will reduce India's dependence on imports and will move towards self-reliance". He has hoped that India will be an inspiration for the world in terms of economic revival in times of coronavirus.

On the first anniversary of his second tenure, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written a letter to the nation in which he has highlighted his government's achievements, his economic vision for the country and the challenges ahead. Referring to the humanitarian crisis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, PM Modi has assured that his government is working "in a united and determined way" to mitigate the suffering especially of daily-wage workers and migrant labourers most of whom have lost their livelihood because of the nationwide lockdown.

India has recorded its biggest single day spike so far in coronavirus cases with close to 8,000 new infections. In the last 24 hours, the number of coronavirus cases in India went up by 7,964 to over 1 lakh 73 thousand, including over 86,000 active cases, according to the health ministry data on Saturday morning. The country also witnessed 265 deaths in the last 24 hours&nbsp;due to the pathogen to take total fatalities to 4,971. Over 82,000 people have recovered from Covid infection so far.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday morning thanked "crores of BJP workers", who he said have been the party's "door-to-door messengers" over the last six years. In his tweet to mark the first anniversary of the second term of the Modi government, Shah said that the BJP's messengers have been spreading information about government's achievements and public welfare schemes.

A survey by NGO ActionAid India on the state of migrant workers who have returned to their homes in Bihar has revealed some worrying facts. It says more than 50% of those surveyed are only having one meal a day, the debt situation has worsened for around 70% of the workers and less than 1% of the workers feel that their savings are enough. Also, none of the workers reported receiving any kind of cash assistance during the lockdown while they were stranded. The survey, which was conducted on 177 workers who had returned from various parts of the country to 15 districts of Bihar.

Delhi's Covid-19 death tally has jumped by 82 in the last 24 hours, due to inclusion of 69 deaths that were reported late, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said on Friday. He said 13 deaths occurred on Friday while the remaining 69 took place in the last 34 days and were reported late. The total deaths due to Covid-19 in Delhi has mounted to 398 so far. There had been reports of death figure mismatch between Delhi govt numbers and those from hospitals and crematoriums.

As the fourth phase of lockdown comes to an end on May 31, West Bengal Chief Minister has announced easing for certain restrictions.&nbsp;All places of worship, mandir, masjid, gurudwara&nbsp;will be allowed to open from June 1 but more than 10 people will not be allowed to assemble at these places. The state has also given permission to public&nbsp;and&nbsp;private sectors to open up with 100% strength from June 8.&nbsp;

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