Lockdown, Day 54: Another Sunday extension The government extended the lockdown for another two weeks, till May 31, as India's case-count surged past 90,000. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made life easier for businesses struggling to deal with the side-effects of Covid. As part of the fifth tranche, the government suspended the bankruptcy code for a year. Track the latest updates from the day... COUNT SO FAR | Maharashtra tally crosses 30,000-mark | | 66 more Maharashtra Police personnel test positve | | Tamil Nadu adds 477 new cases; state tally now 10,585 | | 70 new cases take Rajasthan tally to 5030; toll now 128 | | One more case in Goa; state tally rises to 16 | | Odisha now has 828 cases; death toll now 5 | | Assam count reaches 95 | | 5 more CISF personnel test positive in last 24 hours | | Andhra reports 25 new cases; total now 2,230 | | Indore cases rise to 2,470; death toll reaches 100 | | Delhi death toll reaches 148 | World | | India | | Tally | Toll | Tally | Toll | 46,35,830
| 3,11,821 | 90,927 | 2,872 | BOOSTER FINE PRINT | Covid-related debt to be excluded from default under IBC | | No fresh insolvency for next one year | | Minimum threshold to initiate insolvency raised to Rs 1 crore | | Most violations under Companies Act to be decriminalised | | Companies can now list securities directly in foreign jurisdictions | | All sectors opened to the private sector | | Borrowing limit of states increased from 3% to 5% | | Additional funding of Rs 40,000 crore for MGNREGS | | All districts to have infectious disease hospitals, public health labs | AROUND THE WORLD | US adds 1,237 deaths in 24 hours | | China reports 5 new cases, down from 8 a day earlier | | Brazil's death toll tops 15,000 | | Italy records 153 new deaths | | Spain's daily toll below 100 - a first in 2 months | DEBATE THIS | Will a self-reliant India become a protectionist India? Tell us here | | |
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