To mitigate hardships of the people, Karnataka lifted more restrictions from 14 'green' districts, which are free from the coronavirus.&nbsp;Industries operating in rural areas and outside the civic limits of the districts except in Ramanagara district can also resume operations. The establishments, however, will have to arrange for stay of workers in their premises or adjacent buildings and implement the standard operating protocol as per the guidelines. Employers have to also arrange transport for their employees to the&nbsp;workplace&nbsp;in special buses and ensure they observe social distancing.

To mitigate hardships of the people, Karnataka lifted more restrictions from 14 'green' districts, which are free from the coronavirus. Industries operating in rural areas and outside the civic limits of the districts except in Ramanagara district can also resume operations. The establishments, however, will have to arrange for stay of workers in their premises or adjacent buildings and implement the standard operating protocol as per the guidelines. Employers have to also arrange transport for their employees to the workplace in special buses and ensure they observe social distancing.

The Delhi Police Crime Branch has filed an FIR against senior journalist Vinod Dua after a complaint was filed by BJP spokesperson Naveen Kumar. The BJP leader has alleged that Dua &ldquo;misreported on the Delhi riots&rdquo;, &ldquo;did false contextual reporting&rdquo; when Jyotiraditya Scindia joined the BJP. He has also objected to Dua's comments on the &ldquo;Vyapam scam&rdquo;. The complainant refers to one of the episodes of Dua&rsquo;s Youtube show.

The pregnant wild elephant who died in Kerala had major wounds in its oral cavity, most likely after an explosive blast, due to which she could not eat for nearly two weeks leading to her collapse in a river and drowning, according to a post-mortem report. The report said, incapacitating wounds and injuries in the oral cavity caused localised sepsis. This resulted in excruciating pain and distress in the region and prevented the animal from eating and drinking water for nearly two weeks. Severe debility and weakness in turn resulted in the final collapse in water that led to drowning. The report said drowning, followed by inhalation of water leading to lung failure was the immediate cause of death of the elephant.

India might face another attack of crop-munching desert locusts in July, the Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations has warned. India is currently reeling under its worst locust attack that has put at least 16 states on alert, including the worst-affected Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. "Successive waves of swarms will arrive from southern Iran in June and the &ldquo;Horn of Africa&rdquo; peninsula in July," according to FAO.

The Covid-19 transmission rate, or the number of people getting infected by an already infected person, has been going down steadily in India. The Indian Express has reported that it is now the lowest since it began to be calculated early in the outbreak. India's transmission rate stood 1.83 at the beginning of the lockdown in March, which means that every 100 infected people were transmitting the disease to another 183 individuals. Due to the lockdown, this number declined to 1.49 and has now further declined to 1.22, the report said.

The Delhi govt has dismissed media reports on shortage of hospital beds in the Capital claiming that close 5,000 beds are lying vacant. Health minister Satyendra Jain said: "In the last three days, more than 1,000 patients have been admitted to various hospitals in Delhi. If beds were not available, this would have not been possible. Even now we have close to 5,000 vacant beds." HE added that the issue was that some hospitals are not updating the data on the app that tracks hospital beds.

Indian and Chinese military commanders are meeting today amid heightened&nbsp;tensions on the Line of Actual Control. Delhi and Beijing have scaled up military talks to the level of Lt Generals to de-escalate the situation in Ladakh. Reports said that an Indian proposal for restoration of status quo and de-induction of artillery and tanks by both armies is likely to be on the table. The Indian delegation is led by Lt General Harinder Singh, the general officer commanding of Leh-based 14 Corps, while the Chinese side is headed by the Tibet Military District Commander at the talks in the Border Personnel Meeting Point at Maldo.

Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu is very much in the Congress and is not going to the Aam Aadmi Party, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Friday. The CM rubbished the reports that his biggest rival and critic in the party is in talks with Arvind Kejriwal. Amarinder Singh said he had confirmed this with poll strategist Prashant Kishor himself, who is believed to have set up talks between Navjot Sidhu and Arvind Kejriwal. Sidhu&nbsp;has a running feud with Captain and has been sulking for over a year.

The number of coronavirus cases in India rose past 2.36 lakh, taking the country to the sixth spot worldwide above Italy. According to the health ministry data released on Saturday morning, India recorded 9887 new virus cases and 294 deaths in the last 24 hours. This is the biggest single-day jump in cases and fatalities till now. The total number of cases now stand at over 2 lakh and 36 thousand. The number of deaths due to the contagion has gone up to 6642. More than 1 lakh and 14 thousand people have recovered from the infection so far.

TikTok star-turned-BJP leader Sonali Phogat has been caught on camera thrashing a Haryana govt official with slippers. A video of the assault is viral on social media. The incident took place on Friday when Sonali Phogat, who unsuccessfully contested the 2019 Haryana assembly election as a BJP candidate, was inspecting a farmers' market. As she rains blows on the official with a slipper, he is seen pleading with her, saying he was noting her complaints and would address them.

The official website of People for Animals (PFA), an animal rights NGO founded by BJP MP Maneka Gandhi, was hacked on Friday by a group of "ethical hackers" over her remarks made on Malappuram district while referring to the death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala. A message on the defaced website read, &ldquo;Maneka Gandhi dragged the sad death of pregnant elephant for dirty politics". Gandhi has been facing the wrath of Keralites after she tweeted that Malappuram district was known for "its intense criminal activity," especially with regard to animals. The message on the website further said the incident happened in Palakkad district and she deliberately brought up Malappuram district "to spread communally motivated false information targeting Muslim majority".

The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Centre why private hospitals which had been given land free of cost or at discounted rates can&rsquo;t treat Covid-19 patients free of cost. A bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy ordered the Centre to identify hospitals where Covid-19 patients can be treated free of cost or at minimal costs. The court was hearing a petition filed by a lawyer, demanding &ldquo;cost-related regulations&rdquo; for treatment of Covid-19 patients in private hospitals. The petitioner alleged inflated billing by private hospitals, adding that private hospitals that are running on public land or are running under the category of &ldquo;charitable institutions&rdquo; should be called for pro-bono treatment for patients. The Centre in its reply to the court said, it has no statutory power to direct private hospitals to treat Covid-19 patients for free, as there is no such provision under the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010. The govt added that such policies can be defined and implemented by state govts.

In a bid to conserve resources to fight the pandemic, the&nbsp;Ministry of Finance has put approval for new schemes&nbsp;on hold for the current financial year. Schemes already approved for this fiscal year have also been put on hold until the end of March 2021, except those come under&nbsp;the Atmanirbhar Bharat and Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana.&nbsp;

A week after the official Facebook page of Ministry of Home Affairs put up pictures of alcoholic beverages along with photos of NDRF workers during rescue efforts in Bengal during cyclone Amphan, the entire media unit was shunted out on Friday. The overhaul of the media unit at MHA comes amid indications that Amit Shah was unhappy with repeated lapses. The MHA media wing saw a complete revamp after almost all officers handling the unit were moved out. DG Vasudha Gupta, MHA spokesperson, will now look after the Press Information Bureau Fact Check unit, while Director-General of the Bureau of Communication in the Directorate of Advertising &amp; Visual Publicity, Nitin Wakankar, will be the new spokesperson. Deputy Director in MHA, Virat Majboor, has been moved to All India Radio.

India, which expects to be elected to an eighth term on the UN Security Council later this month, on Friday said, it will continue working at the UN for an effective response to international terrorism and reforming the multilateral system. External affairs minister S Jaishankar launched a brochure outlining India&rsquo;s priorities for its campaign, during the election scheduled for June 17. The brochure set out India&rsquo;s five key priorities as - new opportunities for progress, an effective response to international terrorism, reforming the multilateral system, a comprehensive approach to international peace and security, and promoting technology with a human touch as a driver of solutions. Jaishankar said, India&rsquo;s approach will also be guided by the &ldquo;five Ss&rdquo; set out by PM Modi - sammaan (respect), samvaad (dialogue), sahayog (cooperation) and shanti (peace) in order to create samriddhi (prosperity).

Fifteen days should be enough time for states to send migrant workers - stranded in cities across the country since the imposition of nationwide lockdown - home, the Supreme Court said on Friday. The top court also asked all states to create employment opportunities for migrants returning home.&nbsp;The hearing comes days after the top court took suo moto cognisance of the issue and passed several orders to help migrants reach home.&nbsp;The Centre said over 42,00 Shramik Specials have been run till June 3 to transport 1 crore migrant workers to their homes across the country.
&nbsp;

Maharashtra on Friday crossed the 80,000-mark in its tally of infections after reporting 2,436 new coronavirus cases and 139 deaths in 24 hours. The state's tally of cases now stands at 80,229 and its death toll at 2,849. 20 new Covid-19 positive cases have been reported in Mumbai's Dharavi area, the death toll in the slum at 71.&nbsp; Tamil Nadu also registered a record jump of 1,438 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 28,694 while the death toll rose to 232 with 12 more deaths. Chennai recorded 1,116 new cases, its highest single-day count so far, taking the number of the infected in the city to 19,809. Gujarat reports 35 deaths and 510 new positive cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. State tally rises to 19,119 including 13,011 cured and 1,190 deaths. West Bengal reported the highest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases with 427 cases reported on Friday. The total number of cases in the state is now 7,303. Death toll rose to 294 with 11 new fatalities. 111 new Covid-19 positive cases have been reported in Kerala, taking the total number of cases to 1,697, of which 973 are active cases.

Officials of the Ministry of External Affairs held bilateral talks with their Chinese counterparts ahead of a key meeting between the military commanders of the two nations. Sun Weidong, Chinese envoy to India, tweeted details, saying the two nations discussed Covid-19 preparedness, celebrations for 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties &amp; multilateral cooperation. The two sides agreed that they should follow the strategic guidance of the two leaders, put into action that China &amp; India pose no threat to each other &amp; represent development opportunities for each other, &amp; differences should not be turned into disputes. They also agreed on support to the WHO, to resolutely uphold and promote multilateralism &amp; safeguard common interests of developing countries. Saturday&rsquo;s meeting is the first high-level meeting between Lt General Harinder Singh, the general officer commanding of Leh-based 14 Corps, and his Chinese counterpart who heads the People&rsquo;s Liberation Army&rsquo;s Group Army since the May 5 scuffle between soldiers of the two nations.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday launched a sharp counter-attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and sister Priyanka for their criticism of the government&rsquo;s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, asserting that if the country listens to them on Covid-19, India will turn into Italy. In an interview with Hindustan editor-in-chief Shashi Shekhar, the Chief Minister said, "Let us be India". Yogi Adtiyanath&rsquo;s barb was a reference to a spike in Covid-19 cases in Italy in the early days of the pandemic. Rahul Gandhi has been targeting the Centre and the UP govt questioning the impact of the lockdown.

In a near-repeat of the George Floyd murder case, which has sparked civil unrest across the United States, policemen in&nbsp;Jodhpur were seen pinning down a man, with one cop kneeling on the man&rsquo;s neck. The incident took place when the man, was stopped by the police for roaming outside without a mask. This led to an argument between the two sides, which eventually turned physical, with the man first attacking the police. It was after this that the police hit back, as they pinned him down. However, the locals intervened, and the cops let the man go.&nbsp;A video of the incident has gone viral on social media. The man, who is reported to be mentally unstable, luckily survived.

The&nbsp;Home Ministry in its affidavit before the Supreme Court said that there is no need for a CBI probe into the Nizamuddin Markaz case where the Tablighi Jamaat gathering led to a spike in coronavirus cases across the country since March.&nbsp;The Centre&nbsp;also rejected claims that Delhi Police failed to stop the gathering from happening.&nbsp;The affidavit filed by the Centre before the Supreme Court has said that the investigation into the Nizamuddin matter is being conducted on a day-to-day basis in accordance with the law and all efforts are being made to submit a report in a time-bound manner.

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