Indian equity markets are likely to be volatile on Friday as investors will continue to weigh the positives of the second round of measures announced under the government's ₹20 trillion economic package.

SGX Nifty, which indicates the movement for domestic equities, suggests flat opening. The government on Thursday unveiled a ₹2.3 trillion cheap loans programme for farmers to prop up the rural economy ahead of the main summer crop planting season.

It also announced a raft of measures to ease the hardships of India’s urban poor who have suffered the most after the economy went idle because of the world's most stringent lockdown.

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Asia Today: SKorea tracing cases before more students return

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Joshua Ritchie ‘breaks lockdown rules again after throwing huge house party for 80 people’

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Lana Del Rey Speaks Out Again to Clarify Her Intentions: 'God Bless & F--- Off If You Don't Like the Post'

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Modi govt 2.0: BJP to hold 1,000 virtual rallies to mark one-year anniversary

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Canada’s commercial rent relief program begins as pressure mounts on landlords

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Orlando teens raise over $30,000 for COVID-19 relief efforts through music

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Shaktikanta Das differs with govt over IMF's $500 billion rights plan

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‘Utilities will be a better bet than consumption stocks post covid-19’

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Queen legend Brian May says he is 'ready to rock' again after near-fatal heart attack

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Coronavirus outbreak: Trudeau pressed on political parties’ access to emergency wage subsidy program

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Meghan Markle 'was convinced there was a conspiracy against her,' 'felt like an outsider,' pal claims

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James and The Giant Peach For Coronavirus Relief

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WWII veteran walking 100 miles for 100th birthday to raise money for COVID-19 relief

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Govt advisory group member says Dominic Cummings has 'fatally undermined' Covid-19 fight

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Tom Parker drops bombshell his wife Kelsey is pregnant again with second baby

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Johnson lockdown plan overshadowed by Cummings fallout

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Asian shares climb, Tokyo gains on hopes for reopening

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Holly Willoughby says she can’t wait to hug her mum again as she celebrates her 72nd birthday

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Ayesha Curry Shows Off Super-Sexy Bikini Shots For The ‘Gram — But Is She Being A Hypocrite About It?!

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Courteney Cox wears a gingham mask as she stocks up on fresh produce at a farmers market in Malibu

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Boozy revellers flout social distancing at wild pool party in tourist hotspot

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Asian-Canadian boy attacked, blamed for ‘spreading’ coronavirus, says Saskatoon father

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Coronavirus: Mississauga mosque celebrates socially distant Eid with drive-thru gift handouts

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Floyd Mayweather appears to flout coronavirus guidelines at packed nightclub

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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