8.39 am: The coronavirus is likely to trigger a deep recession in Japan as spending and services dip in the third-largest economy in the w...

8.39 am: The coronavirus is likely to trigger a deep recession in Japan as spending and services dip in the third-largest economy in the world, reports Reuters.
Pandemic sets Japan on course for a deep recession as spending and services plunge in the world’s third-largest economy https://t.co/Zx7QWHOu5C by @LeikaKihara pic.twitter.com/EPKhob7vLL
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 8, 2020
8.37 am: China and the US have committed to implement a trade deal despite ensuing conflict over the virus’ origin, reports AFP.
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8.30 am: People keep their belongings like helmets and bottles to mark their places in queues outside liquor shops in Vasant Vihar, Delhi, reports ANI.
Delhi: People have kept their belongings like helmets, bottles, sacks to mark their positions in queues outside liquor shops in Vasant Vihar. #CoronavirusLockdown pic.twitter.com/rCydjCKgbQ
— ANI (@ANI) May 8, 2020
8 am: 15 migrant workers have been run over by a train in Maharashtra, reports NDTV
7.55 am: A total of 24 Border Security Force officers have tested positive for the coronavirus in Tripura, taking the number of cases in the state to 88, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb says, according to PTI.
7.50 am: In India, Delhi has started issuing e-tokens, with details of the store and the timings, for consumers on a web link set up by the excise department,...