Front Page
- Lockdown extended till May 17; curbs stay on public transport (GS-2)
- Health Ministry identifies 130 districts as red zones (GS-2)
- Direct taxes revenues defy lockdown, jump 36.6% in April (GS-3)
Life
- Kashmir saffron gets GI tag (Prelims)
- IIT-G designs bamboo hospital beds (GS-2 – Points for social justice part)
Business
- Gold ETFs see inflows, jewellery takes a hit (Prelims – ETF)
- Auto industry seeks govt. nod to restart operations (GS-3)
- Garment and made-up exporters to get ROSL arrears (Prelims – ROSL Scheme)
World
- Trump points finger at China laboratory
- Ghani, Abdullah reach ‘tentative deal’
- ‘There should be a common regional strategy in the fight against COVID-19 ’
News
- Kuwait offers to airlift stranded Indian citizens (GS-2)
- WHO raises concern over use of BCG vaccine (GS-3)
- Odisha veterinarians train to man testing labs (GS-2)
- Armed forces to express gratitude to corona warriors (GS-2)
- Economists call for urban jobs scheme (GS-2/3)
- U.P., Bihar migrants can get rations in other States too (GS-3)
- Environment Ministry gives nod for new Parliament project
Editorial
- It’s about food, nutrition and livelihood security (GS-2)
- Taiwan’s coronavirus protocol shows how it is done (Can skip but some points useful for mains content)
- Recovering early (GS-2)
- Ominous contraction (GS-3)