Tractor running on 2 wheels enthralls Anand Mahindra; industrialist adds hope for economy

Chairman of Mahindra Group Anand Mahindra on Monday reacted to a video of a farmer riding a tractor amid the national lockdown due to the Coronavirus crisis. Taking to Twitter, he stated that the farmer was clearly violating the lockdown rules, but he found the video of the tractor, with wheels missing, "uplifting", using it to make a reference to the economy amid Covid's shackles, remarking that "perhaps it will get the economy moving." 

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India extends lockdown

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday issued a notification extending the nationwide lockdown by two weeks from May 4. The notification states the considerable relaxations in districts falling in green and orange zones allowed by MHA, will continue to remain in place. The Union Health Ministry has divided all districts across the nation as red (classified based on total active cases, doubling rate, the extent of testing and surveillance), orange (those neither in green or red zones), and green zones (Zero cases for past 21 days).

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