Congress President Rahul Gandhi has promised universal basic income to the poor if the party is voted to power in 2019.  So, what exactly is a universal basic income?  According to the advocacy group Basic Income Earth Network, it is a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all citizens on an individual basis without a requirement to work or to demonstrate willingness-to-work. The purpose of the universal basic income is to prevent or reduce poverty and increase equality among citizens. 

Congress President Rahul Gandhi has promised universal basic income to the poor if the party is voted to power in 2019. So, what exactly is a universal basic income? According to the advocacy group Basic Income Earth Network, it is a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all citizens on an individual basis without a requirement to work or to demonstrate willingness-to-work. The purpose of the universal basic income is to prevent or reduce poverty and increase equality among citizens.

The Delhi-Noida border will continue to remain shut for movement of people, the Gautam&nbsp;Budh&nbsp;Nagar district administration said in its latest guidelines for the Covid-19 lockdown issued on Sunday.&nbsp;&nbsp;As per the advisory issued by the government, the decision was taken as the source of infection in 42 per cent of coronavirus cases detected in the UP district in the last 20 days was tracked to Delhi.&nbsp;Gautam&nbsp;Buddh&nbsp;Nagar, adjoining Delhi in western Uttar Pradesh, is one of the worst-hit districts in the state which has reported 387 positive cases of Covid-19, including seven deaths.&nbsp;

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday alleged that the event held in Ahmedabad to welcome US President Donald Trump in February was responsible for the spread of coronavirus in Gujarat and Mumbai. Raut said many delegates of US had travelled to Delhi and Mumbai, carrying the virus with them. Hitting out at the Centre in Sena's mouthpiece Saamna, Raut also added that lockdown was implemented without any planning, but now the responsibility of lifting the curbs has been left to the states. On February 24, Trump along with PM&nbsp;Modi had taken part in a road-show in Ahmedabad, which was attended by thousands of people. Maharashtra is the worst affected state of Covid-19 in the country, Gujarat is the fourth most affected state.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and other ministers who attended a cabinet meeting on May 29 have been placed under home quarantine, after one of their colleagues tested positive for coronavirus, news agency ANI reported. The Uttarakhand minister who tested positive is admitted to AIIMS in Rishikesh, along with his five family members. The samples of 41 people who were living at the minister's house have been collected and sent for Covid-19 testing.

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Railway minister Piyush Goyal has rejected the allegations that special trains meant to ferry migrant workers back home were mismanaged and some of them took wrong routes. HE said that every single train reached its desired destination. The minister added that only a fraction of trains were diverted in a five-day period that saw a rush of trains headed for East Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, to avert congestion.
The Delhi government has sought immediate assistance of ₹5,000 crore from the Centre to pay salaries to its employees. Deputy chief minister&nbsp;Manish Sisodia has said that revenues dried up during the lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19 and that the govt doesn't have money to pay staff salaries. Sisodia, who also holds the finance portfolio, said he has written to Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman for help and added that the Delhi government has not received money sanctioned to states under the Disaster Relief Fund.
((Page 4))Several states, including those worst hit by the coronavirus disease such as Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, announced conditional easing of several restrictions. While several states allowed the resumption of public transport and interstate travel from Monday, many remained undecided on reopening hotels, restaurants and places of worship &mdash; which, according to the central guidelines, can be opened from June 8.

Forty-three people have lost their lives in various incidents related to rain and thunderstorm in Uttar Pradesh on May 30, the state government said on Sunday. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief over the loss of lives, and directed officials that ₹4 lakh be immediately provided to the each of the family of the deceased. The deaths include 8 in Unnao and five in Kannauj and 2 in Lucknow.

Wajid Khan, of composer duo Sajid-Wajid has died at the age of 42. Music composer Salim Merchant told news agency PTI that Wajid has a serious kidney ailment and was on ventilator for the last few days. Starting their career in 1998 with Salman Khan-starrer Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya, Sajid-Wajid scored music for many films of the superstar including Dabangg franchise, Chori Chori, Hello Brother, Wanted and Mujhse Shaadi Karogi.

With coronavirus cases inching towards the 2 lakh mark, India has now climbed to seventh from the ninth spot in the list of 10 nations worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic. India has recorded over 1 lakh 90 thousand coronavirus cases till Monday morning. There have been record spikes in the number of cases in the last few days. A record single-day jump of 8,392 new patients was reported in the 24 hours till Monday morning. The number of total deaths linked to the highly infectious illness crossed 5,300-mark after 230 patients died in the 24 hours till Monday morning, government data shows.

Declaring&nbsp;two Pak High Commission officials persona non grata for indulging in espionage activities, India&nbsp;has ordered the duo to leave country within 24 hours, news agency PTI&nbsp;reported quoting unnamed officials. The news wire reported that&nbsp;Pakistan&nbsp;High Commission has been told to ensure that no member of its diplomatic mission indulges in activities inimical to India.

Indian and Chinese armies&nbsp;have moved&nbsp;heavy equipment and weaponry including artillery guns and combat vehicles to their rear bases close to the disputed areas in eastern Ladakh as the two militaries remained engaged in a bitter standoff along the troubled border for over 25 days, according to reports.&nbsp;The move by the two armies comes&nbsp;as both the countries continued their efforts to resolve the dispute through talks at military and diplomatic levels. Reports said satellite images have captured significant ramping up of defence infrastructure by China on its side of the de-facto border including construction activities at a military airbase around 180 kms from the Pangong Tso area.&nbsp;The Indian Army fiercely objected to the transgressions by the Chinese troops and demanded their immediate withdrawal for restoration of peace and tranquility in the area.

The Maharashtra government has drawn up a detailed plan for easing of restrictions in non-containment zones.&nbsp;The lockdown will continue in containment zones till June 30.&nbsp;However, the&nbsp;movement of individuals will remain prohibited between 9 pm to 5 am except for essential activities. All government offices will be permitted to operate with 15% strength&nbsp;and&nbsp;from&nbsp;June&nbsp;8, all private offices can operate with up to 10% strength.&nbsp;From 5 June, all markets, market areas and shops, except malls and market complexes,&nbsp;will be&nbsp;allowed to&nbsp;function on odd-even basis&nbsp;but&nbsp;trial rooms will not be allowed.&nbsp;Physical exercises&nbsp;will&nbsp;be permitted in open public spaces including beaches, playgrounds, gardens and promenades between 5 am and 7 pm.&nbsp;

With 1,295 fresh infections detected in the past 24 hours, over&nbsp;1,000 coronavirus cases have been reported from Delhi for a fourth consecutive day. This is the highest single day spike in the number of infections in the national capital so far. The total number of virus cases in the national capital is now 19,844, with 473 deaths linked to the infection. Thirteen of those deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.&nbsp;Delhi remains the third worst-affected state in the country after Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.&nbsp;

The UP government on Sunday allowed interstate travel but left it to the district administrations of Ghaziabad and Noida to take a call on the movement of people from adjoining New Delhi.&nbsp;The&nbsp;UP government&nbsp;order said&nbsp;there will be a ban on the movement of people from the containment areas in Delhi to the NCR areas of Gautam&nbsp;Buddh&nbsp;Nagar and Ghaziabad.&nbsp;According to the Centre&rsquo;s&nbsp;guidelines&nbsp;the states have been allowed to come up with their own specific guidelines.

Maharashtra and Gujarat are on a pre-cyclone alert as&nbsp;a low pressure area&nbsp;over southeast and adjoining east-central Arabian Sea is likely to concentrate into a depression during the next 24 hours and likely to intensify into cyclonic storm. The IMD said that the possible cyclonic storm named&nbsp;&lsquo;Nisarga&rsquo;--&nbsp;once formed is very likely to move nearly northwards till June 2 morning and then recurve north-northeastwards and reach near north Maharashtra and south Gujarat coasts around June 3 morning.&nbsp;Heavy and extremely heavy rainfall is likely over south Gujarat, north Konkan, Madhya Maharashtra, Daman, Diu, Dadra &amp; Nagar Haveli on June 3 and 4.&nbsp;

Two Delhi Police Assistant Sub-Inspectors have died due to Covid-19 since Saturday evening.&nbsp;&nbsp;While a 52-year-old ASI died am Sunday during treatment at the Army Base Hospital here, another officer of the rank passed away at the same facility Saturday evening.&nbsp;The Delhi Police had reported its first Covid-19 fatality earlier in the month when a 31-year-old constable, posted at the Bharat Nagar police station in northwest Delhi, had succumbed to the disease.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Top geologists have warned that a powerful earthquake could hit Delhi in the near future. The warning comes after Delhi-NCR&nbsp;experienced 10 low to moderate intensity tremors in a span of one and a half months. Delhi falls under seismic&nbsp;zone-4 and is prone to tremors.&nbsp;A 4.6 earthquake originating in Haryana's&nbsp;Rohtak, jolted the national capital on May 29. Professor Chandan&nbsp;Ghose of IIT-Jammu, who is an earthquake engineering expert told news agency IANS that if the intensity of the earthquake had been 6.0 it would have had a devastating effect on Delhi. He added that many buildings would be razed to the ground as builders and contractors do not follow guidelines set for quake-resistant construction.
Dr AK Shukla, a seismologist told the news agency that along with local fault lines being active, Delhi's close proximity to the Himalayan fault lines also makes it vulnerable to a major earthquake.
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Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi has alleged that&nbsp;Shramik&nbsp;special trains were being ignored by the railways due to which 40 per cent were running late and many lost their way and 80 passengers died. She said the Railway Ministry says weak people should not travel, which is shocking. Nearly 75 per cent of the&nbsp;special&nbsp;trains headed to UP and Bihar, and the rest to eastern India.&nbsp;

Ahead of his video meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 4, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday shared pictures of samosas, saying he would have liked to share the popular snack with the Indian leader.&nbsp;Prime Minster Modi replied that the two countries are "connected by the Indian Ocean, united by the Indian Samosa!". Prime Minister Modi further wrote that once&nbsp;the two nations&nbsp;achieve a decisive victory against Covid-19,&nbsp;the two leaders&nbsp;will enjoy the Samosas together.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Nepal's government on Sunday tabled a constitutional amendment bill in Parliament to change the country's map to include disputed land&nbsp;as a part of its territory. The bill proposes to include&nbsp;Kalapani, Limpiyadhura, and&nbsp;Lipulek, a 370 sq km area that both India and Nepal claim as their own, in Nepal's new map. The Nepalese govt has already published a proposed map. The bill was introduced&nbsp;after Nepali Congress, the main opposition party, assured govt that it will support the amendment. India has already rejected the move as unilateral act not based on historical or geographical&nbsp;facts.&nbsp;

The Delhi government has sought an immediate assistance of ₹5,000 crore from the Centre to pay salaries to its employees and meet its expenses as revenues have dried up during the lockdown. Deputy CM&nbsp;Manish Sisodia, who also holds the finance portfolio, said he has written to Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman for help, adding that the Delhi government has not received the fund sanctioned to states under the Disaster Relief Fund. Sisodia&nbsp;said&nbsp;the state govt needs ₹7,000 crore for two months and the first item of priority is to pay pending salaries. Due to the lockdown,&nbsp;the tax collection of the Delhi government is running low at about 85%.

As the Centre announced plans to ease restrictions across the country and bring it out of the coronavirus-necessitated lockodwn, Prime Minister Narendra&nbsp;Modi&nbsp;had a word of caution for Indians in his monthly radio address 'Mann Ki Baat. He said that people need to be more vigilant as country attempts to return to normal in a phased manned and that there should be no laxity in&nbsp; maintaining social distancing and taking precautions.&nbsp;

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