saturday and 11000 workers will return by sundayall the workers will be kept in a 14day quarantineindia records lowest daily growth rate in covid19 cases on saturdaythe average doubling rate of covid19 cases in the country is 91 days as of now and from friday 8 am to saturday 8 am india recorded a sixper cent growth in new cases which is the lowest daily growth rate recorded since the country crossed 100 cases the government said on saturdaythe 13th meeting of the highlevel group of ministers gom on covid19 was held under the chairpersonship of union health minister harsh vardhanthe gom was briefed on statewise details of dedicated covid19 hospitals along with the adequacy of isolation beds and wards ppe kits n95 masks drugs ventilators and oxygen cylinders among others the health ministry saidban on public gatherings in uttar pradesh till june 30even if the lockdown is lifted on may 3 there will be no public gatherings in up till june 30 speaking to senior district administration officials police officials and chief medical officers on friday evening chief minister yogi adityanath said that no kind of public gatherings would be permitted in the state till june 30 and a decision to ease the rule will be taken subsequently depending on the situation thenstandalone shops allowed to open in urban areas mha clarifiesthe ministry of home affairs on saturday issued a clarification on order allowing the opening of shops amidst the coronavirusinduced lockdown in the countryin rural areas all shops except those in shopping malls allowed to open in urban areas all standaloneneighbourhood shops and shops in residential complexes are allowed to openshops in marketsmarket complexes and shopping malls are not allowed to open sale by ecommerce companies will continue to be permitted for essential goods only sale of liquor and other items continues to be prohibited no shops to be permitted to open in hotspotscontainment zonesindia post delivers 412cr cash in doorstep banking revolutionthe lockdown has set off a banking revolution irrespective of which bank you have an account with in a city or a village without a branchyou can call the local post office and ask it to deliver cash in as little as 1015 minutes the postman or postwoman will reach your home for this you need not have an account with the post officebetween march 24 and april 23 post offices across india delivered rs 412 crore in over 21 lakh such transactions mostly in rural and unbanked areas through a network of 136 lakh post offices which have been equipped with 186 lakh handheld aeps devicescentre gives clearance for neighbourhood shops to openthe home ministry on friday permitted all shops in residential and market complexes outside municipal limits and all neighbourhood standalone shops as well as shops in residential complexes within municipal limits of noncontainment zones to open during the lockdown however this concession has not been extended to single and multibrand malls outside municipal limits and singlebrand and multibrand malls as well as