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Covid-19 hinterland digest: Exodus from Rajasthan; Bhopal struggling

A train on Friday left for Ranchi from Kota carrying over 1,200 students

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Migrants labourers board on May 01, 2020 a bus at the Lingampally railway station in Telangana to catch a train that will take them to Ranchi. (PTI Photo)

Shivansh Jauhri New Delhi
A nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus has been extended for two more weeks, but businesses will be allowed some relaxation in zones declared free of the diseas. Metro cities will remain under lockdown, . Around 1,230 people have died in India due to the virus.

Business Standard takes a look at regional editions of Hindi newspapers to provide you with a picture of the Covid-19 situation in the hinterland.

The march to home: Over a million stranded register to go home

By Friday evening, around 1.15 million people had registered on the Rajasthan government's website in hopes of returning

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