Corona Meter:
(DJ)
Other Corona News:
·
Actor Akshay Kumar has announced to donate Rs.
25 Crore to PM’s relief fund.
·
Tata Sons and Tata Trust have announced to
contribute Rs. 1500 Crore to fight Corona.
·
BCCI has donated Rs. 51 Crore to PM’s relief
fund.
·
Cricketer Suresh Raina has contributed Rs. 31
Lakh to PM’s relief fund and Rs. 21 Lakh to UP CM’s Disaster Relief Fund.
·
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has committed Rs.
25 Crore worth of drugs and sanitizers to figh COVID-19.
·
Other corporate pledge: ITC Rs. 150 Crore; Hero
Cycles Rs. 100 Crore; Bajaj Group Rs. 100 Crore; Vedanta group Rs. 100 Crore;
HUL Rs. 100 Crore
·
Railway has prepared a prototype of isolation
ward for treatment of Corona patients. Railway plans to prepare 10 coaches per
week, which can be deployed in areas where it is needed.
·
Lockdown due to Corona has resulted in
significant improvement in air quality in Delhi NCR. The air quality is now in
Good and Satisfactory zone in many places.
(TH)
Relaxed Payment norms for Discoms
announced
The
Ministry of Power has proposed relaxed payment norms for discoms in order to
ensure continuous power supply during the lockdown period. It is assumed that
discoms will not be able to make effective recoveries from its customers due to
lockdown hence will be unable to pay to generating companies.
(FE)
(SBS)
Completion of FY20 Divestment
transactions:
Government
has completed the FY20 divestment programme with Rs. 14,700 Crore shortfall.
(SBS)
DJ:
Dainik Jagran
TH:
The Hindu
FE:
Financial Express
SBS:
Sunday Business Standard
