<span style="color: #222222;">Unlock 2.0 is being implemented in Puducherry from today. Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy has announced that the shops can now be opened from 6 AM to 8 PM. Till now the commercial establishments were allowed to open between 6 AM and 2 PM only. The relaxation will give the people of Puducherry a much needed respite.<br />''<br />''Despite the Puducherry Government's strenuous efforts to contain the spread of the disease, the number of COVID Positive cases in the Union Territory are on the rise.  <br />''<br />''The Puducherry Health Department, in a release, has said that sixty new cases in the Puducherry region and three in Karaikal were reported on Thursday.<br />''<br />''However, 30 people were discharged. Even Though this relaxation will provide solace to the people of Puducherry, they should also realize that, only through public participation in maintaining Social Distancing and adopting personal hygiene, one can bring down the rate of spread of this pandemic in this beautiful Union Territory which is admired as the Window of French Culture in India. </span><br />