Новости за 02.06.2020

The year is 2021. The novel coronavirus is a fact of life. Social distancing is ubiquitous. Designer masks are the new faces. Live sport is a wide-angle virtual reality ‘stadium experience' from the comfort of your living room. In India, virtual cricket thrives, and so do real cricketers. But they are all batsmen. There are no teams. There are no grounds, just indoor bio bubbles.

After a wait of 72 hours, Cyclone Nisarga made a thumping landfall at Shriwardhan-Dive Agar in Raigad district, hitting coastal Maharashtra with full fury. Due to the impact of the gusting winds, many trees and electric poles fell down in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai. As per the India Meteorological Department, the landfall process started around 12.30pm near Alibaug, 95km from the capital city. Stay with TOI for all updates.

Nisarga will make landfall as 'severe cyclonic storm' close to Alibag, 94 kms south of Mumbai on Wednesday afternoon with a wind speed of 100-110 kmh gusting to 120 kmh. IMD says it will affect the coastal districts of Maharashtra, including Mumbai, Gujarat and other neighbouring states. Stay with TOI for all updates.

Cyclonic storm Nisarga, which would make landfall tomorrow, will affect the coastal districts of Maharashtra, including Mumbai, Gujarat and other neighbouring states, according to IMD. Stay with TOI for all updates

Less than a week after the arrest of 44-year-old Malavika Devati for allegedly duping a US-based NRI of 65 lakh in a matrimony fraud, a software engineer from the city has approached KPHB police alleging he was cheated of over Rs 1 crore by the same woman on the pretext of marriage.

He walked a gruelling 2,000km for 12 days from Bengaluru to reach his village in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh and gave his mother an ecstatic hug.

An average of 32 people lost their lives to Covid-19 every day in the city in May while more than 1,000 people tested positive for the infection daily last month. May saw an exponential jump in both Covid deaths and cases from April. Experts fear the numbers could still be understated due to limited testing and challenges in attributing the cause of deaths.

With the new guidelines imposing a ban on overcrowding on the set and enforcing social distancing, the way big fat family sequences are shot on TV shows is set to change. With Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray stating that the shoots of films, TV shows, web shows and commercials, which had come to a halt on March 17, can resume, those associated with the entertainment industry have heaved a sigh of relief.

With social distancing norms in mind, the next session of Parliament, expected to be convened in July, may see Lok Sabha vacating its chamber for Rajya Sabha and moving its proceedings to the Central Hall. The proposed shift, which will help spread out sitting arrangements, is likely to be effected ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament.

The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 5,598 and the number of cases has climbed to 198,706 in the country. While the recovery rate in India is progressively increasing and has reached 48.19% amongst coronavirus patients, the health ministry said. Stay here for all live updates

Coronavirus tally in India surges to 1,92,630, and death toll has rose to 5,600 on Monday. On the first day of India’s unlocking phase, the number of fresh infections dipped slightly to 7,573, while the death toll remained above 200 for the fourth straight day. Stay here for all live updates

The Centre on Monday announced higher minimum support price (MSP) of 14 kharif (summer sown) crops for 2020-21, increasing the support price of most popular summer crop paddy from Rs 1,815 per quintal to Rs 1,868 per quintal. The hike is, however, primarily tweaked in favour of coarse cereals (bajra and maize) and pulses (arhar and urad).

The southwest monsoon hit Kerala on Monday on its normal date of onset, the IMD said as it forecast “above normal” rainfall in north India, including Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, and “normal” seasonal rainfall with certain geographical variations during the June-September period.

The government on Monday said the Rs 5,000 crore micro-lending scheme for street vendors, will allow fruit and vegetable sellers, pakoda walas, barbers, cobblers, laundry service providers and pan shops – seen as a key political constituency – to avail of loans up to Rs 10,000. The PM Svanidhi scheme will give loans to street vendors who were in business before the lockdown at nominal rates.