Delhi on Friday recorded its highest temperature of the season as the mercury crossed 45 degrees Celsius-mark in Palam area, the India Meteorological Department said.

A heatwave swept parts of north India, including the national capital on Friday.

While the maximum temperature of 45.4℃ was recorded at Palam, the Safdarjung Observatory recorded a high of 43.8 degrees Celsius.

In good news to tipplers in Mumbai, the BMC has allowed home delivery of liquor via e-commerce platforms in the city as coronavirus-enforced lockdown guidelines have been relaxed by the municipal authorities.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued guidelines for sale of liquor in the city except in COVID-19 containment zones.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das announced on Friday extension of loan moratorium by three more months to August 31 due to the financial stress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

He made the statement at a press conference amidst expectations that he will announce measures to ease the financial burden caused by the pandemic.

A First Information Report (FIR) has been filed against Congress interim Chief Sonia Gandhi for her misleading tweets made from party's official twitter handle INCIndia on May 11 about PM CARES fund in Shimoga, Karnataka.

The FIR was filed against Gandhi based on a complaint made by an advocate, KV Praveen, from Karnataka`s Shivamogga district for the above-mentioned reason.

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao has instructed officials concerned to ensure that no migrant worker should undergo the unfortunate situation of walking back to hisher native place.

Since the last few days there's been a severe heatwave in the Telangana region making it dangerous for migrant workers who want to travel back home on foot.

In the duration of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-necessitated nationwide lockdown in India, several stories of the innumerable hardships being faced by the country's migrant labourers and their daunting perseverance in the face of that have come to light. The latest in that list is the story of a 15-year-old girl who cycled almost 1,200-km, from Gurugram in Haryana to her hometown in Bihar's Darbhanga, with her injured father riding pillion.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to West Bengal and Odisha today to take stock of the situation in the wake of Cyclone Amphan and conduct aerial surveys of the affected areas, the Prime Minister's Office had informed on Thursday. He will also take part in review meetings to decide on the measures that ought to be taken in the aftermath of the disaster.

As domestic flight operations resume on Monday, the government has set limits on airfares, categorising them into seven bands as per the flight durations, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday.

The limits would be in place till August 24, said Puri at a press conference in Delhi.

In ominous news for Hong Kong, which has recently witnessed severe pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong in 2019, China is ready to announce new national security legislation for the island nation.

In light of the new circumstances and need, the National People`s Congress (NPC) is exercising its constitutional power to establish a new legal framework and enforcement mechanism to safeguard national security in Hong Kong, Zhang Yesui spokesman for the China`s National People`s Congress was quoted as saying.

The Indian Railways on Thursday said all facilities of booking and cancellation of reserved tickets will be available from May 22, including at counters available in railway premises.

The decision was taken as Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said we have to take India towards normalcy.

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