68th Day Of Lockdown

Total Cases

181,827

8,332

Recovered

86,936

4,303

Deaths

5,185

205

Maharashtra65168280812197 Tamil Nadu2024611313157 Delhi173877846398 Gujarat1635692321007 Rajasthan83654855184 Madhya Pradesh78914444343 Uttar Pradesh77014651213 West Bengal48131775302 Andhra Pradesh3461228960 Bihar3359120915 Karnataka292299749 Telangana2499141277 Jammu and Kashmir234190828 Punjab2197194942 Odisha17239779 Haryana172194019 Kerala120957510 Assam9361044 Uttarakhand493794 Jharkhand4621914 Chhatisgarh4471021 Chandigarh2891994 Tripura2711720 Himachal Pradesh223634 Goa70420 Manipur6060 Puducherry57230 Nagaland3600 Meghalaya27121 Arunachal Pradesh310 Mizoram110 Sikkim100

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Fourth phase of lockdown accounts for nearly half of total COVID cases in India. (PTI Photo)
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Nearly 50% of total covid cases in India recorded during lockdown 4

DC CORRESPONDANT | PTI
Lockdown 4.0, which will end on May 31 midnight, has accounted for 47.20 percent of the total coronavirus cases
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. (PTI Photo)
World

China border row: India won't let its pride be hurt, says Rajnath Singh

DC CORRESPONDANT | PTI
Hundreds of Indian and Chinese troops are involved in the latest face-off concentrated in India's Ladakh region
A medic takes samples from an Indian national arriving from Myanmar at Anna International Airport, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Chennai, Sunday. PTI Photo
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No unlockdown for Tamil Nadu until June 30

DC CORRESPONDANT | PTI
The AIADMK government has chosen to pursue a policy of caution and kept most of the general restrictions in operation until June 30
Army rejects purported video of eastern Ladakh face-off. (PTI Photo)

Indian Army rejects viral video showing clashes between Indian, Chinese troops
Officials work in the Karnataka Chief Minister's Covid-19 War Room at DIPR Building in Bangalore (PTI)

Trouble brewing in Bengaluru's Dharavi as corona crosses 3k
Hyderabad continues to report the highest number of coronavirus cases each day. (DC File Photo)

Two babies die of Covid, 4 TV journalists test positive in Telangana
The Osmania Medical College campus.

Covid flare-up at Hyderabad medical college: Students hid symptoms to study for exams
People wait for medical attention at a public hospital in Hyderabad. (DC Photo)

Telangana is losing green: Under-test Osmania staffer allowed to go home to see mom
During the anti-CAA stir, the Yogi administration was seen by Muslims as rather suppressive and occasionally high-handed. PTI Photo

Waqyanawis | Coronavirus, the magic bullet against Hindu-Muslim discord in UP?
The Southwest Monsoon is nearly on Kerala's shores but not quite there yet, the India Meteorological Centre, which predicts its arrival on June 1, says. (Photo | Flickr - Vinoth Chandar)

Has the monsoon arrived in Kerala? Private forecaster Skymet says yes, IMD no
CBDT notifies I-T returns forms for 2019-20. (AFP Photo)

CBDT issues new Income Tax return forms for 2019-20
Smoke rises from a fire on a police cruiser in Center City during the Justice for George Floyd Philadelphia Protest. (AP)

US cities burn amid political finger-pointing
U.S. President Donald Trump waves walking off Marine One. (AFP)

Trump wants India to join G7 summit
File photo of a burial ground displaying a 'no space' sign. (DC Photo)

Some Muslims want body of man shifted out of Hindu graveyard
A crowd gathers during the lockdown, throwing social distance norms to the winds. (DC File Photo)

Lockdown was just a lesson, now brace up for a corona surge in Telangana: Doctors
The situation for 42 stranded workers from Assam is grimmer. Though they were told by the police that the train to Guwahati would leave on May 26 the wait is unending.

Watch | All that the grim faced guest workers get is 'Tareekh pe Tareekh'
If SpaceX starts taking up all US astronauts, “the annual losses could be more than $200 million, a significant loss for Roscosmos’s budget of around $2 billion,” said Andrei Ionin, an expert at the Tsiolkovsky Space Academy in Moscow. In this photo, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft lifts off from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 30, 2020. - NASA astronauts Hurley and Bob Behnken are set to depart for an extended stay at the International Space Station on the SpaceX Demo-2 mission. (Photo | AFP)

Sole space carrier since 2011, Russia looking at huge losses as SpaceX succeeds
Bad news for chief minister B S Yediyurappa is that the rebellion comes from his own community of Lingayats. File photo

Katti brothers fight for existence-engineered rebellion in BJP
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But where are the kirana stores? JioMart launches in 200 cities without them

JioMart, which declared itself an aggregator of neighbourhood grocery stores, is currently looking similar to the BigBasket model of ecommerce. (Representative Image | Pixabay)
 

Dear Swiggy, when can I have my swig in the South?

While liquor outlets have opened in most places in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Kerala is still holding out. The state, whose largest source of revenue is alcohol sales, has exercised restraint in opening up its state-owned Beverages Corporation (Bevco) outlets, cautious about triggering a setback to its successfully continuing fight against COVID-19, as people would inevitably crowd the wine shops
 

Don’t let Big Tech turn the world into a China, Noam Chomsky warns

Noam Chomsky speaking at the International Forum for Emancipation and Equality in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 12, 2015. The conference was organized by the Argentinian Ministry of Culture of the Nation through the Secretariat of Strategic Coordination for National Thought. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Augusto Starita)
 

No one wants a boring basement concert, so musicians take avatars on gaming platforms

n this file photo 11-year-old Ansel plays Fortnite featuring Travis Scott Presents: Astronomical on April 23, 2020 in South Pasadena, California. With concerts on hold to halt coronavirus spread, the gaming world is increasingly catering to music lovers, with artists becoming animated performers in virtual realms to the trippy delight of millions. (Photo | AFP)
 

Taiwan has just 65 active, 440 total COVID-19 cases despite proximity to China. How?

In this image made from a video, Taiwan's Health Minister Chen Shih-chung speaks of the country's successful model in combating COVID-19 at a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Taiwan. The minister, a doctor and former director of Taipei Medical University, held daily briefings, keeping the public informed and aware. With an approval rating of 91%, he has become the country’s most popular politician, even more than President Tsai ing-wen. (Photo | AP)
 

MS Dhoni’s new look shocks fans

MS Dhoni with daughter Ziva
 

'My uncle died Covid positive. But his death was not listed as a Covid death. Why?'

Representative photo. (AFP)
 

Wanna know what the deal is with Bitcoin? Get your geek on, here's an explainer

In this file photo taken on March 19, 2018 a technician inspects bitcoin mining at Bitfarms in Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec. (Photo | AFP)
 

Women depend on online pharmacies, googled guides as abortion clinics stay shut in US

Beyond the legal ramifications, how does one find websites where the pills are sold? How do you make sure you get them quickly? What is the pain like? Dozens of women are exchanging advice, tips and notes about their experiences in the abortion forum on the popular social network Reddit.
 

Girl in Bareilly, boy in Mumbai: Big fat shaadi goes online, clicking and streaming

This combination photo shows bride Keerti Narang posing for a picture at her home in Bareilly before her marriage with groom Sushen Dang who is seen dancing with his family in Mumbai, and a priest who solemnised the marriage sitting in Chhattisgarh. Under lockdown and far apart, Sushen Dang and Keerti Narang went online to say their marriage vows -- and pulled off a spectacular Indian wedding complete with thousands of guests and raucous Bollywood dancing. (Photo | AFP)
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Columns

Anita Katyal | Rahul important in BJP universe
Anita Katyal
The BJP had been finding it difficult to attack the Congress during the brief period Rahul Gandhi stepped back from political activities
Anita Katyal

Pavan K.Varma | Prophets of doom’? We all ignored India’s poor
Pavan K Varma
Court has finally intervened on behalf of the well-being of migrant workers
Pavan K Varma

Waqyanawis | Coronavirus, the magic bullet against Hindu-Muslim discord in UP?
Waqyanawis
In Uttar Pradesh, the Muslim clergy is rubbing its eyes in disbelief at the way chief minister Yogi Adityanath has started behaving
Waqyanawis

Bela Bhatia | Comfy India would do well to brace for Aakrosh, 2020
Bela Bhatia
Will the simmering anger lead to aakrosh — a violence born from a virus of indifference?
Bela Bhatia

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Entertainment

Shraddha Srinath

What made Shraddha Srinath a feminist?
Ilayaraja

A song of tribute: Ilayaraja’s salute to COVID-19 warriors
Still from 'Khali peeli'

Two days work stalls Khaali Peeli
Akshay Kumar

Laxmmi Bomb stuck in limbo
Chiranjeevi

Does Chiranjeevi command as much respect as Dasari in Tollywood?
Vidya Balan

Vidya is powerful performer’

Sports

Balbir Singh Sr, hockey legend, passed away on May 25, 2020.

Hockey legend Balbir Singh Sr, a hero of young India, passes away

Sachin and Anjali Tendulkar

Sachin and Anjali Tendulkar to hit a quarter-century

Representational Image. (AP)

India won't rush its players back to game

Jaspreet Bumrah (left) poses for a selfie with Yuvraj Singh. (Twitter)

India pacer Bumrah is a hot tip for Arjuna this year

Lifestyle

Nearly 8,000 Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee scheme (Mgnrega) are getting their wages through the India Post payment bank.Representational Image

From medicines to cash payments, postmen deliver it all to ease lockdown anxiety

Protective clothing has been mandatory for cabin crew as domestic flights resumed in India on May 25, 2020.

Welcome to the flight, I'm your air-hostess, not a nurse

Indian doctors have been conditioned to believe that CPR must always be done when the heart and breathing stop.

CPR not a default option: ICMR

Representational image

Masks are the new fashion statement

Technology

Google said, "We have seen new activity from 'hack-for-hire' firms, many based in India, that have been creating Gmail accounts spoofing the WHO". "The accounts have largely targeted business leaders in financial services, consulting, and healthcare corporations within numerous countries including the US, Slovenia, Canada, India, Bahrain, Cyprus, and the UK," Google said in a recent blogpost.

Phishing firms in India posing as WHO, banks to defraud people, says Google
SK Telecom's AI speaker Nugu built with an artificial intelligence called "Aria" and a lamp that turns blue when processing voice commands for news, music and internet searches, is seen in Seoul, South Korea, on May 13, 2020. The devices can also use quizzes to monitor the memory and cognitive functions of their elderly users, which would be potentially useful for advising treatments. (Photo | AP)

AI watches South Korea’s elders as human contact dwindles amid COVID-19
The 11-year-old boy and his family after his recovery poses with his doctor. (Photo | healthcareradius.in)

IIT Madras' virtual reality model helps Chennai doctors implant pump in boy’s heart
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South Entertainment

Lavanya Tripathi

Post-lockdown, no intimate scenes for Lavanya Tripathi
Seerat Kapoor

Seerat’s film to be released on OTT platform
Pooja Hegde

Prabhas or Akhil who will get Pooja first?
John Abraham

John’s Malayalam remake
Raashi Khanna

Raashi in talks with 2 Telugu filmmakers
Rana Daggubai

Lucky escape for Rana’s film unit in Kerala

World

Protesters hold signs against the Israeli police after they shoot dead an unarmed autistic Palestinian man Iyad Halak in Jerusalem's Old City on Saturday after saying they suspected he was carrying a weapon. (AP)

Israeli forces kill unarmed autistic Palestinian man

A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken in the Dragon crew capsule, lifts off from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, May 30, 2020. (AP)

SpaceX sends two NASA astronauts to ISS in historic mission

Nepalese students shout slogans during a protest against the Indian government inaugurating a new road through a disputed territory between India and Nepal, in Kathmandu, Nepal.(AP)

Nepal tables new bill to alter its map amidst border row with India

Representational Image. (PTI)

Twin earthquakes strike Nepal

Business

Auto dealers seek higher sales margin, cost reduction measures amid Covid19 crisis. (AFP Photo)

Auto dealers seek higher sales margin, cost reduction measures amid Covid19 crisis

High tension power lines and wind turbines at the San Gorgonio. Global energy leaders call for greater investment in clean electricity systems amid Covid-19 crisis. (AFP Photo)

Global energy leaders call for greater investment in electricity systems

Sebi slaps Rs 3 cr fine on 5 entities in Bank of Rajasthan insider trading case. (PTI Photo)

Sebi fines Rs 3 crore on five entities in Bank of Rajasthan insider trading case

Iranian fuel reaches Venezuelan stations as prices set to rise. (AFP Photo)

Iranian fuel reaches Venezuelan stations as prices set to rise

Science

Chandrabali Datta, who was born in Kolkata, works in the Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility at the university's Jenner Institute. (DC Photo)

Covid19 vaccine project is a humanitarian cause: Indian-origin scientist
Hospital staff shifts a COVID-19 patient to a special ward for treatment. (PTI)

Patients who undergo surgery after COVID infection at increased death risk: Study
A worker caresses cats at the Public Animal Shelter of the Guaratiba neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AFP)

Coronavirus 'shapeshifts' to jump from animals to humans: Study
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Opinion

How many women need not state their purpose before leaving the homestead, even to go to the park, especially to go to the park because it is a discretionary destination? AFP Photo

Sucheta Dasgupta | The ‘almost-stigma’ of not breaking quarantine
Protesters call for justice for George Floyd, who died after a policeman kneeled on his neck for several minutes,

DC Edit | America is burning
Passengers, arriving from New Delhi, leave the Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport, during ongoing Covid-19, lockdown in Patna,on Friday, May 29, 2020 (PTI)

DC Edit | Unlock 1.0 requires smart management
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Editors' Picks

RSS volunteers pack food for distribution to people laid off during the current nationwide lockdown in old Lucknow on April 10, 2020. (PTI)

Waqyanavis: Back to the chaddis, boys

A view of the New Delhi railway station showing services at a standstill. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Mohan Guruswamy: Where's the money? Just shake the tree and pick the fruits that fall

The country's transportation system has been idle for over three weeks now. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Aakar Patel: India could not build medical capacity while on lockdown

People stood in queues like this during the demonetisation episode in 2016. (DC Photo)

As we battle corona, let’s not forget the vulnerable

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