Prime Minister Narendra Modi has termed today's cabinet decisions as historic and said that these will usher in positive changes in the lives of farmers, labourers and workers

Union Cabinet today gave nod to historical decisions aimed at helping the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and farmers.

Delhi government has decided to open barbershops and salons in the national capital. However, spas will remain closed. Addressing an online media briefing, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, all shops in markets will be permitted to open in the city.

The first phase of nationwide unlock starts today. Unlock 1 will allow a phased reopening of most activities across India. Centre on Saturday Unlock 1 guidelines limiting the lockdown only to the containment zones.

Indian navy ship INS Jalashwa will sail from Colombo port in Sri Lanka today carrying around 700 Indian nationals back to Tuticorin in Tamil nadu.

The health department is yet assess the exact cause for his death. Namgyal along with his family returned from Delhi to Leh on 28th May. 

However during home quarantine, after complaining inconvenience, he was shifted to the hospital, where he breathed his last. His samples tested positive for Covid-19 twice. 

However, before results came, Namgyal passed away. After knowing the results, the Leh district administration swung into the action and advised all the people who visited the departed leader's house to pay homage to go for self home quarantine without any exceptions. 

Along with, several UT Congress leaders and public representatives, many district officials, doctors and workers of medical department also have visited the bereaved family. 

On the other hand, the Ladakh Congress leaders who visited Namgyal's home also paid homage to the departed leader and held Press Conference at Congress office. 

The District administration has also started contact tracing, of who have visited Namgyal house on Monday. 

Briefing media in New Delhi, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar informed that the Cabinet has further revised the definition of MSMEs, a decision which will lead to inclusion of many industrial units under it's ambit.

Those enterprises with investment upto 50 crore rupees and turnover of upto Rs. 250 crore will now be able to avail the benefits of MSME sector. 

All export turnovers of such enterprises will also remain exempted from the total turnover.

Speaking on this occasion, MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari said, Cabinet has also approved distressed MSME fund of 20 thousand crore for extending helping hand to the enterprises in distress. 

This decision will benefit over two lakh units in the country. He highlighted the decision of creation of Fund of Funds with initial outlay of 50 thousand crore rupees. The amount will be infused in the MSME sector through equity route.

Announcing relief for the farmers, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said, the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for 14 Kharif crops will be increased upto 83 per cent, to ensure better returns for their farm produce. 

The government hiked MSP for paddy by Rs. 53 per quintal to Rs. 1,868 per quintal while the MSP for cotton has been increased by Rs. 260 to Rs. 5,515 per quintal for the current crop year.

He informed that the Cabinet has approved extension of repayment date for short term loans for agriculture and allied activities till the end of August this year. 

The decision will help all farmers whose loan repayment due dates were between 1st March and 31st of August.

CBSE Psychological helpline will have two features: IVRS and Live counseling which will be available on toll-free number 1800-11-8004. While general queries will be answered by tele operators, 73 counselors and principals will be available for live psychological counseling in India. 

Although the board will not hold exams in foreign schools, 21 volunteer principals and counselors will however remain available for students outside India at Sultanate Of Oman, Singapore, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Japan , Nepal, Kuwait and USA.              

The board will continue to provide the IVRS facility as it has the inherent advantages of accessing  prerecorded information anytime, anywhere and even multiple times. 

The students/parents can  get  information on board exams including tips for better preparation, managing exam anxiety and time, contact details of CBSE offices, FAQ’s.

According to the recent announcement of CBSE, the pending Class X and XII exams are going to be held from 01 July to 15 July 2020. 
 

This is an effort by the State Education Department to ensure that the students do not miss out on lessons due to COVID-19 induced lockdown.

In the first week, the classes are telecasting on a trial basis. These will be repeated in the second week.

The session began with an inspirational song by renowned singer K.S Chitra. 

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan offered best wishes to students in a video message.

The sessions will be held from 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. from Monday to Friday for all classes from 1 to 12, except class 11, on the channel. 

The time slots for different classes vary from half-an-hour to two hours.

The sessions on Victers channel will be available simultaneously on the KITE Victers website, mobile app, and social media pages.

Kerala State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT) is monitoring the academic process and Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) is taking up the technical coordination.

\Class teachers and school headteachers have been given the task of ensuring that students have access to television, smart phone or computer, and Internet for the classes.
 

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has allowed domestic flights to operate from Dhaka to Chattogram, Syedpur and Sylhet sectors. 

However, on the first day of operations, seven flights out of 23 scheduled flights were cancelled due to lack of passengers, reported the official news agency BSS. 

The CAAB has directed all the airlines to keep at least 30 percent seats vacant on each flight to maintain social distancing.

Movement of buses and other vehicles also resumed after remaining suspended for about two months. 

The bus-operators have been asked to keep 50 percent of the seats in the buses vacant and not allow any standing passengers to travel. 

However, the ride-sharing services like Uber, Pathao and Shohoj continue to remain suspended in the country.

In the meanwhile, Bangladesh on Monday reported 22 deaths and 2381 new cases of Corona virus in the last 24 hours. 

With this the death toll in the country has gone up to 672. Number of people infected with Coronavirus is now 49,534.

Preparing to tackle the Corona pandemic after the lifting of the lockdown in the country, government of Bangladesh has planned to divide the country into red, yellow and green zones depending upon the severity of Corona spread in each area. 

Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Monday said that the zoning details will be worked out by the experts. 

He said that depending upon the spread of infection in an area, it can be locked down to prevent the spread of Corona virus.
 

Out of a total of 240 mechanised boats in the Tuticorin fishing port, 120 went to sea today. This was agreed to at a meeting of fisheries department officials and fishermen representatives.

Accordingly, 120 of the boats will go to sea on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and the remaining 120 on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday.

Fishermen and traders alone were permitted by the authorities to enter the fishing harbor.  Their body temperature was monitored and tokens issued to them for conducting their operations.  

All the fishermen went out to sea clad in masks.Only 12 fishermen were permitted on a boat as against the normal 21 member crew.

The fishermen said it was a matter of joy that they had been given permission to resume fishing activities after 3 months in Tuticorin. They said their income depended on returning to work and the availability of fish at sea. 
 

One such initiative was taken by the parents group in Mumbai where their kids participated in 'Virtual Fancy Dress Competition'. 

The group- Rishtoon ki Dor, came up with this idea to engage their children who have been at home since more than two months now. 

The kids also were enthusiastic as Virtual competition is a new concept for them. Winners were also chosen through the performances given.

The kids dressed in their best, made appearances through online app and also delivered their dialogues. 

They reside in different locations of Mumbai including Mulund, Borivali, Chembur, Kalva, Bhayandar, Charni Road. 

The group plans more such activities to keep kids entertained that includes planting, arts and crafts of waste out of best. 

The parents are organising Cooking task for all Male members dedicated to women who are tirelessly working in lockdown for the family.
 

Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences (INMAS), the Delhi based laboratory of DRDO has developed this product with industry partner M/s Gel Craft Healthcare Private Ltd, Ghaziabad.

The system uses an advanced oxidative process comprising of multiple barrier disruption approach using Ozonated Space Technology for disinfection.

The system is double layered with specialised Ozone sealant technology assuring trapping of ozone for the necessary disinfection cycle. It also has catalytic converter to ensure environment friendly exhaust i.e. only oxygen and water.

The system is in compliance with International Standards of Industrial, Occupational, Personal and Environmental Safety. The Ultra Swachh comes in two variants namely Ozonated Space and Trinetra Technology. Trinetra technology is the combination of Ozonated space and radical dispenser. Treatment is optimised with automation for quick disinfection cycle.

The system operates on 15 Ampere, 220 Volts, 50 Hertz power supply. The system has been provided with various safety features such as emergency shutdown, door interlocks, dual door, delay cycle, and leak monitors, etc to ensure safe operations for longer duration. Dimensions of the Industrial Cabinet are 7’x4’x3.25’ to disinfect large quantity at a time. Cabinets of different sizes will be available for the industry.
 

Home Minister assured them all Central help and asked them to spell out in details the requirements and resources needed to deal with the situation.

Meanwhile, NDRF has already deployed 13 teams in Gujarat including 2 kept as reserve and 16 in Maharashtra including 7 teams as reserve, while one team each was deployed for Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. NDRF is aiding the State Governments for evacuation of people from low lying coastal areas.

Earlier today, Union Minister for Home Affairs,  Amit Shah held a high level review meeting with officials of NDMA, NDRF, IMD, and Indian Coast Guard on preparedness for dealing with the impending Cyclone. MoS Home Affairs Nityanand Rai also present during the meeting.

Earlier, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the low-pressure area developing over the Arabian sea is likely to intensify into a severe cyclone and cross the north Maharashtra and south Gujarat coasts on June 3.  

It stated that the cyclone will have an impact on state capital Mumbai when it crosses Maharashtra.  

According to the cyclone warning division of IMD the depression building in the Arabian Sea will intensify into a deep depression the third and fourth stage of any cyclone formation by Monday evening. It will intensify into a cyclonic storm by June 2.

The IMD said the storm is very likely to move nearly northwards initially till June 2 morning and then recurve north-northeastwards and cross north Maharashtra and south Gujarat coasts between Harihareshwar Raigad in Maharashtra and Daman during night of June 3. 

When it crosses the coast on the evening of June 3, it will have a speed of 105-110 kmph. Heavy rains are also expected in south Gujarat and coastal Maharashtra. 
 

The Health Ministry data given this morning said, the number of active cases of COVID-19 stood at 93,322.

As many as 91,819 people have been cured.
 

He further added: "I would also like to appreciate the efforts of the Karnataka Government in handling the Covid-19 situation.  The world seeks both care and cure from you."

"At the root of India's brave fight against Covid-19 is the hard-work of the medical community and our Corona warriors. In fact, doctors and medical workers are like soldiers, but without the soldiers’ uniform.  The virus may be an invisible enemy,but our Corona warriors, medical workers are invincible," he said.

PM said, "during the last six years, we in India took many initiatives in health-care and medical education. 

We are broadly working on four pillars:

The first is - Preventive Healthcare.  This includes the importance to Yoga, Ayurveda and general fitness.   More than forty thousand wellness centreshave been openedwhere a key focus is on controlling life-style related diseases.  The success of the Swacchh Bharat Mission is another key part of preventive healthcare. 

The second is- Affordable Healthcare.  Ayushman Bharat- the world's largest healthcare scheme belongs to India.  In less than two years, One crore people have benefitted from this scheme.  Women and those staying in villages are among the major beneficiaries of this scheme.

 The third pillar is- Improvements on the supply side.  A nation like ours has to have proper medical infrastructure and medical education infrastructure.  Work is under-way to ensure a medical college or post-graduate medical institute in every district of the country. 

The country has seen rapid progress in setting up 22 more AIIMS.  Over the last five years, we have been able to add over Thirty thousand seats in MBBS and fifteen thousand seats in post-graduation.   This has been the largest increase in the five year term of any government since independence.  The Medical Council of India has been replaced by a new National Medical Commission through an Act of the Parliament.  This will go in a long way in improving the quality of medical education, bringing it at par  with the international standards. 

The fourth pillar is - Mission mode implementationA well-thought of idea on paper makes it only a good idea.  And, a good idea well implemented makes it a great one.  Hence, implementation is very crucial." 

PM Modi also highlighted the success of India's National Nutrition Mission that is helping youngsters and their mothers.  

The Prime Minister further said: "There are three things on which I would urge maximum discussion and participation. 

One is - advances in tele-medicine.  Can we think of new models that make tele-medicine popular on a larger scale.

The other is related to 'Make in India' in the health sector.  The initial gains make me optimistic.  Our domestic manufacturers have started production of PPEs and have supplied about 1 crore PPEs to Covid warriors.   Similarly,   we have supplied 1.2 crore 'Make in India' N-95 masks to all States.

Third is- IT related tools for healthier societies.  I am sure you have the ArogyaSetu App on your Mobiles.12 crore health conscious people have downloaded it. This has been very helpful in the fight against Coronavirus."

On the concern of violence towards healthcare workers, PM said: "I want to state it clearly - violence, abuse and rude behaviour is not acceptable. Steps have been taken to protect you against any form of violence. We have also provided an insurance cover of Rs. 50 lakh for those on the front-line."

More details are awaited.

There were more confrontations between protestors and police and fresh outbreaks of looting.

Violent clashes erupted repeatedly in a small park next to the White House, with authorities using tear gas, pepper spray and flash bang grenades to disperse crowds who lit several large fires and damaged property.

Local US leaders appealed to citizens to give constructive outlet to their rage over the death of an unarmed black man in Minneapolis, while night-time curfews were imposed in cities including Washington, Los Angeles and Houston.

One closely watched protest was outside the state capitol in Minneapolis' twin city of St. Paul, where several thousand people gathered before marching down a highway.

Hundreds of police and National Guard troops were deployed ahead of the protest. At one point, some of the protestors who had reached a bridge were forced to scramble for cover when a truck drove at speed after having apparently breached a barricade.

The driver was later taken to hospital after the protestors hauled him from the vehicle, although there were no immediate reports of other casualties.

There were other large-scale protests in cities including New York and Miami.

Washington's mayor ordered a curfew from 11:00 pm until 6:00 am, as a report in the New York Times said that President Donald Trump had been rushed by Secret Service agents into an underground bunker at the White House on Friday night during an earlier protest.

Large-scale violence has rocked many US cities in recent days, and looters ransacked stores in a neighborhood of Philadelphia on Sunday.

In the Los Angeles suburb of Santa Monica, looting was reported at stores in a popular beachside shopping center.

Officials in LA -- a city scarred by the 1992 riots over the police beating of Rodney King, an African-American man -- imposed a curfew from 4:00 pm Sunday until dawn.

The shocking videotaped death last Monday of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, at the hands of police in Minneapolis ignited the nationwide wave of outrage over law enforcement's repeated use of lethal force against unarmed African Americans.

Floyd stopped breathing after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.

Chauvin has been charged with third-degree murder and is due to make his first appearance in court on Monday. Three other officers with him have been fired but for now face no charges.

Governor Tim Walz has mobilized all of Minnesota's National Guard troops -- the state guard's biggest mobilization ever -- to help restore order.

Police fired tear gas and stun grenades to clear streets of curfew violators Saturday night in Minneapolis.

"Congratulations to our National Guard for the great job they did immediately upon arriving in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last night," President Donald Trump tweeted, adding that they "should be used in other States before it is too late!"

The Department of Defense said that around 5,000 National Guard troops had been mobilized in 15 states as well as the capital Washington, with another 2,000 on standby.

The widespread resort to uniformed National Guards units is rare, and it evoked disturbing memories of the rioting in US cities in 1967 and 1968 in a turbulent time of protest over racial and economic disparities.

Trump blamed the extreme left for the violence, saying he planned to designate a group known as Antifa as a terrorist organization.

Joe Biden, Trump's likely Democratic opponent in November's presidential election, visited the scene of one anti-racism protest. "We are a nation in pain right now, but we must not allow this pain to destroy us," Biden tweeted, posting a picture of him speaking with an African-American family at the site where protesters had gathered in Delaware late Saturday.

Floyd's death has triggered protests beyond the United States, with hundreds rallying outside the US embassy in London in solidarity.

It termed the reports as complete misinterpretation of its recommendation on ensuring adequate numbering resources for fixed line and mobile services issued two days back. 

The TRAI has said, as per its recommendation, the country will continue with 10-digit numbering for mobile services.

The telecom regulator added that it has categorically rejected shifting to an 11-digit mobile numbering plan.

It has marked the dawn of a new age in commercial space travel.

Elon Musk's SpaceX company confirmed the successful docking of NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley with the ISS, the orbiting laboratory after traveling 19 hours.

They were greeted by fellow NASA astronaut Christopher Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Anatoli Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, who were already on board the orbiting laboratory.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine called the station from the space agency's mission control center in Houston, Texas. Bridenstine said, "we are so, so proud of everything you've done for our country, and in fact, to inspire the world."

Saturday's liftoff also assumes significance as it marks the launch of humans into orbit from US soil for the first time in nearly a decade.

With the liftoff, SpaceX became the first private company to launch people into the orbit, a feat achieved previously by only three governments - US, Russia and China.
 

These services will be in addition to Shramik Special trains and 30 Special AC trains. Railway Ministry said, more than one lakh 45 thousand passengers will travel on day one.

Around 26 lakh passengers have booked their tickets for Advance Reservation Period 1st to 30th June.

These trains are fully reserved trains having both AC and Non AC classes. General coaches have reserved sitting accommodation.  There will be no unreserved coach in the train.
   
The passengers will have to reach the station 90 minutes in advance to facilitate thermal screening at the station. All passengers will be screened and only asymptomatic passengers will be allowed to board the train.

Only passengers with confirmed and RAC tickets will be allowed to enter the Railway Station and board the train. All passengers will have to wear face masks and observe social distancing  during travel. On arrival at their destination, the travelling passengers will adhere to such health protocols as are prescribed by the destination State and Union territories.

No Linen, blankets and curtains will be provided inside the train. Use of  Aarogya Setu App will be mandatory for all passengers.

Online Booking of tickets for these trains is being done through IRCTC website or through Mobile App.

Railways has also allowed booking of reservation tickets through the reservation counters, Common Service Centers and Ticketing agents.

Raliways to run 200 Special trains across country from todayBooking of Tatkal ticket can be done from 29th June for journey date 30 June and onwards.

In the last 24 hours, 4,614 patients were found cured. 

A cumulative total of around 87,000 people have been cured so far.

The Ministry said, the government has taken several steps along with the States and Union territories for prevention, containment and management of COVID-19. 

These are being regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level.

This will be the first operation as part of operation “Samudra Setu” from Sri Lanka to repatriate Indian citizens as part of Vande bharat mission. 

The ship will reach Colombo Monday morning and will depart by late evening. Indian high commission in Colombo is making final arrangements for the repatriation with support of Sri Lankan navy and other authorities. 

COVID-related social distancing norms have been catered onboard and evacuees would be provided basic amenities and medical facilities during the sea-passage.  

Around 1700 Indian nationals have registered for evacuation in Sri Lanka and the first Air Indian flight carried 176 people last Friday. More such flights are scheduled next month. 

Indian Navy has already repatriated 1,488 Indian nationals from Malè to Kochi during the previous phase of operations. 

INS Jalashwa is scheduled to bring back another 700 Indian nationals from Maldives capital of Male on Friday and preparations regarding it are also on. 
 

The meeting was attended by the Ministers of State H.S.Puri and Som Parkash, Secretaries of the Department of Commerce, and Pharmaceuticals, and Officers from Departments of Commerce, Pharmaceuticals and Health.

During his interaction, Goyal lauded the pharma industry for making India proud, by rising to the occasion during the Covid crisis. 

He said that India has been recognized as the ‘Pharmacy of the World’, as over 120 countries got some essential medicines, during the last two months, including 40 of them getting them in the form of grant, free of cost. 

He said that during the crisis, the officials of DGFT, MEA, Health and DoP burnt midnight oil to ensure that the export consignments are delivered at the earliest. 

The whole world appreciated India’s gesture, and this has swelled India’s goodwill and reputation. 

He said that India had adequate production capacity and abundant stock of HCQ and PCM for its projected domestic requirements, and putting restrictions on their exports was to ensure that the medicines are made available to all the needy nations, and no unscrupulous element stocks them for unwarranted gains.

The Pharma industry received accolades from the Minister for their extra-ordinary performance, in ensuring that the Country did not face any type of shortage of medicines during this period.  

Goyal said that early announcement of the Lockdown helped the country in preventing and containing the scourge of pandemic, and also scaling up the health infrastructure and build capacity, besides generating awareness among the people about the precautions and preventive measures. 

He said that India has set an example, under the able guidance and leadership of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in being pro-active in management of Covid-19, and also following it up with welfare and relief packages for mitigating its consequences.

Goyal assured the industry that the Government will fully support the industry in its expansion, diversification and strengthening. 

He said that the industry has an important role to play in the Aatamnirbhar Bharat campaign. The country should become Aatmanirbhar in APIs as early as possible, as the government has taken a number of steps in this regard. 

It has already approved the scheme on Promotion of Bulk Drug Parks for financing Common Infrastructure Facilities in 3 Bulk Drug Parks. 

Also, Production Linked Incentive Scheme for promotion of domestic manufacturing of critical KSMs/Drug Intermediates and APIs in the country has been given a go ahead.

The Minister said that anti-dumping investigation process has been expedited. The Minister said that in case of ongoing bilateral FTAs, if any roadblock or unfair competition is being noticed, the Government may be informed and prompt remedial action will be taken. He said they should look at large untapped market in Eastern Europe and Russia. 

Calling upon a collaborative route in the R&D efforts, Goyal said the Academicians, Universities, ICMR and private sector should join hands. 

Informing the gathering that the Government has decided to disinvest in certain Pharma PSUs, the Minister invited the Indian companies to use PSUs for plug and play model of manufacturing. 

The Minister assured the industry that all suggestions presented in the meeting will be quickly examined and wherever required, the inter-ministerial consultations will be completed at the earliest.
 

The contest focuses on the transformative impact of Yoga on the lives of individuals, and comes as one of the activities related to the observation of the sixth International Day of Yoga (IDY) coming up on 21st June 2020. The contest has gone live on the social media handles of the Ministry of AYUSH on Sunday.

The observation of IDY in the past years has been marked by thousands of harmonious mass demonstrations of Yoga in public places. Due to the contagious nature of COVID-19, no mass gathering would be advisable this year.  

Hence, this year the Ministry is encouraging the people to practice Yoga at their homes, with participation from the entire family. 

Through the My Life – My Yoga video blogging competition, the Ministry of AYUSH and ICCR seek to raise awareness about Yoga and to inspire people to prepare for and become active participants in the observation of IDY 2020. 

The contest will support participation via the social media platforms of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Video contest will be open to participants from all countries.

The contest will run in two legs. First leg consisting of an international video blogging contest, wherein the winners will be picked within a country. This will be followed by global prize winners who will be selected from winners from different countries.

Entries can be submitted by participants under three categories covering youth (aged under 18), adults (above 18 years) and yoga professionals, and further, separately for male and female contestants. This makes it a total of six categories in all. 

For the India contestants, prizes worth Rs. 1 lakh, 50K and 25K for 1st, 2nd and 3rd ranking within each of the categories have been announced within the first leg. Details of the global prizes will be announced shortly on the Yoga Portal of Ministry of AYUSH.

This contest is open to all participants across the world. To enter into the contest the participants are required to upload a 3 minutes duration video of 3 Yogic practices (kriya, asana, pranayama, bandha or mudra), including a short video message/ description on how the said Yogic practices influenced their life. 

The video may be uploaded on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram with the contest hashtag #MyLifeMyYogaINDIA and appropriate category hashtag. 

Detailed guidelines for participation can be found on the Yoga Portal of Ministry of AYUSH(https://yoga.ayush.gov.in/yoga/).

The announcement of the contest by PM has generated tremendous curiosity about and interest in it. 

The Ministry of AYUSH is confident that this interest would convert into significant public health gains, as the positive impact of Yoga in the management of many aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic situation is by now well accepted.
 

The Ministry of External Affairs said, the two officials were apprehended by Indian law enforcement authorities for indulging in espionage activities.

“The government has declared both these officials persona non grata for indulging in activities incompatible with their status as members of a diplomatic mission and asked them to leave the country within twenty four hours,” the MEA said.

It said Pakistan’s Charge de Affairs was issued a demarche in which a strong protest was lodged over the activities of the two officials against India’s national security.

“Pakistan’s Charge de Affairs was asked to ensure that no member of its diplomatic mission should indulge in activities inimical to India or behave in a manner incompatible with their diplomatic status,” the MEA said.
 

Around 26 lacs passengers booked for Advance Reservation Period 01 to 30 June 2020. 

These services will be in addition to Shramik Special trains and 30 Special AC trains being run since 12th May. 

Passengers to reach station at least 90 minutes in advance; Only passengers with confirmed/RAC tickets shall be allowed to enter the Railway Station and board the train

As per MHA guidelines, all passengers shall be compulsorily screened and only asymptomatic passengers shall be allowed to enter/board the train.
 

Chennai accounted for 804 cases while Chengalpattu and Thiruvannamalai districts reported the next highest numbers with 85 and 55 cases respectively. 

13 deaths were reported today - 10 males and 3 females - 10 from Chennai and one each from Madurai, Kanchipuram and Namakkal - taking the state's total tally to 173.

As per the daily bulletin released by the state government, the total number of cases in Tamil Nadu as of May 31 stands at 22,333.

The total number of positive cases reported from Chennai as of today stands at 14,802.

Chengalpattu has the second-highest number of COVID-19 patients in the state with 1177 cases. 

757 persons were discharged today taking the total number of recovered patients in Tamil Nadu to 12,757.
 

Of the new cases, 20 had returned from abroad while 37 came from other states. 4 others were infected the disease through contact.

The state has now 670 active cases. 

15 people have been recovered of the disease today, taking total number of recovery cases to 590.

A total of 1,34,654 are kept under observation with 1,33,413 in home or institutional quarantine  while 1,241 in hospitals.

With the addition of ten more places to the list of hotspots, the total number of hotspots in the state has risen to 116.
 

According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) of Bangladesh 40 people died and 2545 fresh cases of Corona infection were reported from the country over the last 24 hours since Saturday.

With this the death toll in the country has gone up to 650 and total number of infections now stands at 47,153. The number of recovered persons also went up to 9781 with 406 people recovering since Saturday. During the same period 11,876 samples were tested for Corona infection.

In the meanwhile, shops and offices in Bangladesh opened after the government announced the end of ‘general holidays’ on May 30.

Trains and waterways services of launches and ferries have also resumed operation on a limited scale. A total of eight intercity trains started from Sunday and 11 more will start operating from Wednesday. The government has restricted the sale of tickets for train to 50 percent of the capacity which can only be booked online.

The public transport buses will start operation from Monday. Government has announced a temporary increase in bus fare by 60 percent in view of the restrictions imposed on the occupancy of the seats in the buses. In a circular issued on Sunday, the government has instructed that one seat must be kept vacant between two passengers in the buses. No standing passenger will be allowed. It said that the old rates will apply once the Corona pandemic crisis is over.