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Most large states by Friday evening had suggested the lockdown should be extended beyond April 14, preferably until the end of the month, but they left it to the Centre to take a final call on a “graded” lifting of the curbs, and whether it wished to restart some economic activity.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet state chief ministers on Saturday to discuss the issue further, and is slated to address the nation in the next couple of days to inform it on the way forward.
The Punjab government on Friday extended the lockdown in the state until May 1, without
