Summary:
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has collected over Rs 1,67,000 in fines within a day of announcing that people who spit in open will be penalised. On Wednesday, BMC through its official Twitter handle had announced that "spitting in public space will attract a fine of Rs. Meanwhile, two women in Mumbai on Thursday tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 47. The total number of positive cases in India on Thursday climbed to 168. The pandemic has claimed over 8,900 lives globally while more than 2 lakh cases have been reported so far..