In yet another attack on the central government, the Shiv Sena on Wednesday said that the Narendra Modi-led government ignored Maharashtra in the Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package and gave nothing to revive the state's tourism sector.

In an editorial in the party's mouthpiece 'Saamana', Sena said that the tourism sector in Maharashtra is reeling under extreme pressure due to the coronavirus pandemic but the Centre's recent 'Atmanirbhar package' had nothing to revive it.

The Indian Railways stated on Tuesday that 200 new non-airconditioned passenger trains will be operational from June 1, thereby expanding its services from 15 passenger trains since May 12-the third phase of the lockdown.

These new trains will be plying in addition to the shramik special trains and air-conditioned special trains which are carrying passengers from Delhi to 15 major cities.

Switzerland's Zurich Airport International AG on Tuesday got the security clearance for the development of the Noida International Greenfield Airport at Jewar.

Principal Secretary to UP Chief Minister, SP Goyal, took to Twitter to inform about the development.

Union Health Minister Dr Hasrsh Vardhan is all set to lead the World Health Organisation Executive Board from May 22, officials informed on Tuesday.

The minister would succeed Japan's Dr Hiroki Nakatani.

As per reports, the proposal to appoint a nominee from India as the chairman of the 34-member Board was signed by the 194-nation World Health Assembly on Tuesday.

Forty-one teams of the National Disaster Response Force, including seven reserves, have been deployed in West Bengal and Odisha in view of the super cyclonic storm 'Amphan' which has now weakened into an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm.

NDRF chief S N Pradhan said on Tuesday that Cyclone Amphan is a second disaster coming in the time of already prevailing COVID-19, hence preparations have been made to that scale.

A measure of the number of people claiming unemployment benefits in Britain soared in April, the first full month of the government's coronavirus lockdown, data published on Tuesday showed.

The claimant count rose by 856,500 to 2.097 million, the Office for National Statistics said.

The rupee appreciated 20 paise to 75.71 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday as initial success in Covid-19 vaccine trial boosted investor sentiment world over.

Forex traders said besides the encouraging results in Covid-19 vaccine trial, higher opening of domestic equities and weakening American currency supported the local unit, news agency PTI reported.

Employees working in the private sector will now receive a greater amount of take-home salary for three months – May, June, and July – as the central government has notified a reduction in the Employee Provident Fund (EPF) contribution for these three months of May, June, and July.

In the 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' fiscal package, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman had on part of the central government announced that the contribution provided to the EPF would be curtailed to 10% (from the pre-existing 12%) to give more money in the hands of employees.

A day after the Uttar Pradesh government accepted an offer by Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to allow the party to ferry migrant labourers back home in buses arranged by it, the Yogi administration has slightly tweaked its response on the matter. In a new letter sent to the Congress leader, the UP government has asked for 500 buses each to be sent to Noida and Ghaziabad that border Delhi.

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said that he takes hydroxychloroquine, a drug that he often vouches as a potential treatment for the novel coronavirus.

According to recent reports of The Hill, Trump claimed that he already consulted with the White House doctor about taking the drug.

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