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Updated on: Jun 3, 2020, 17:07:20 IST
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Here are today’s top news, analysis and opinion. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.

The Centre on Wednesday announced that it was relaxing visa and travel restrictions for certain categories of foreign nationals who need to come to India. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
The Centre on Wednesday announced that it was relaxing visa and travel restrictions for certain categories of foreign nationals who need to come to India. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Foreign businessmen, engineers and healthcare professionals can get visas to enter India

The Home Ministry has allowed foreign businessmen, engineers and healthcare professionals to enter the country on the condition that they get their visas re-validated and fly into the country in chartered flights, a government statement on Wednesday said. Read more

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Plea in SC alleges 187 persons in bonded labour in brick kilns of UP, Bihar

A three-judge Supreme Court bench, headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao, on Wednesday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh and Bihar governments and also asked the district magistrates (DMs) of Rohtas and Sambhal in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, respectively, to submit their reports regarding a public interest litigation (PIL) that had alleged 187 people were forced into bonded labour. Read more

Celebrities, organisations and people show solidarity with Black Lives Matter movement

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Microsoft rolled out one of the biggest updates to Windows 10 last week. The update dubbed as the Windows 10 May 2020 update brings host of features to Windows 10 powered personal computers. Read more

Raptor drops rabbit mid-air, then swoops in to catch it. Watch

An old video has made its way onto Twitter once again and people are stunned by the visuals caught in it. It shows a raptor flying off with a rabbit when it suddenly drops the prey. What’s interesting is how it swoops back in to catch the rabbit mid-air and makes off with it. Read more

Covid-19| 30 patients in Siliguri felicitated by hospital staff after recovery | Watch

At least 30 Covid-19 patients recovered and were discharged from a hospital in Siliguri, West Bengal. The patients were felicitated by the hospital staff. The hospital staff also applauded for the recovery of patients. There are over 6,100 cases in West Bengal.Watch