the virus that causes the covid19 disease since its first cases emerged in midfebruaryhealth ministry spokesman kianoush jahanpour said 2102 new cases were confirmed across the country in the past 24 hours bringing the overall total to 116635 that figure is the highest iran has announced for a single day since april 6fm announces rs 163 lakh cr for agricultureallied sectorsthe government on friday announced a rs 163 lakh crore package for agriculture and allied sectors aimed at strengthening infrastructure logistics and capacity building at farm gateannouncing the third tranche of an overall package of rs 20 lakh crore to deal with the economic fallout of covid19 pandemic finance minister nirmala sitharaman announced a rs 1 lakh crore agri infrastructure fund that will finance projects at farmgate and aggregation point for efficient postharvest management of cropsbesides schemes for micro food enterprises cattle vaccination dairy sector herbal plantation beekeeping and fruits and vegetables were also announced932 shramik special trains operated so far over 11 lakh migrants ferried homethe indian railways has operated 932 shramik special trains since may 1 ferrying home 11 lakh migrant workers who were stranded in various parts of the country due to the coronavirustriggered lockdown officials said on fridayon friday railways operated 145 such trainsof these uttar pradesh received the maximum number of trains followed by bihar they saidworld bank announces 1 billion aid to indiathe world bank on friday approved 1 billion social protection package for india linked to central governments programmesworld bank also said that the billiondollar social protection package was in addition to the previous package of 1 billion allocated to india for covid19 emergency response and health systemsindias role key in fighting pandemic bill gatesmicrosoft founder bill gates on friday thanked pm narendra modi for the interaction and stressed that combating the coronavirus pandemic requires global collaborationthank you for the conversation and partnership pm narendra modi combating the pandemic requires global collaboration indias role is key as the world works to minimize social and economic impact and pave the way to vaccine testing and treatment access for all bill gates saidglobal coronavirus death toll exceeds 300000global deaths linked to the novel coronavirus passed 300000 on thursday while reported cases of the virus are approaching 45 million according to a reuters tally about half of the fatalities have been reported by the united states the united kingdom and italythe first death linked to the disease was reported on january 10 in wuhan china it took 91 days for the death toll to pass 100000 and a further 16 days to reach 200000 according to the reuters tally of official reports from governments it took 19 days to go from 200000 to 300000 deathsmaharashtras covid19 toll crosses 1000 55 of deaths are in may alone mumbais share 621with the addition of 44 deaths on thursday the covid19 toll in maharashtra breached the 1000 mark to reach 1019 the state has crossed 1000 deaths in just over two months since the first case was reported here