Lockdown, Day 63: India faces volley of shots
With
the GDP numbers expected on May 29, the growth forecast is becoming
more pessimistic by the day. While SBI's forecast points to a
contraction of 6.8 percent, CRISIL predicted the economy to shrink by 5
percent in the current fiscal.
Uber has fired 600 people in
India across levels and teams on Tuesday. All this while India faces
Chinese hostility at Ladakh's Galwan river area.
Here are the other updates from the day...
COUNT SO FAR
 | Total cases in Himachal Pradesh now stand at 223 |
| 20 fresh cases reported in CISF |
| 76 new cases reported in Rajasthan |
| 79 new cases reported today in Odisha |
| 48 new cases reported in Andhra Pradesh |
| 176 new cases in Rajasthan, tally at 7476 |
| COVID-19 cases rise to 3,103 in Indore |
| 51 more cases reported in Uttarakhand today |
| 2 new cases reported in Puducherry |
| Karnataka reports 100 new cases |
| Number of positive cases in Maharashtra Police rise to 1889 |
| Assam tally stands at 595 now |
| India may keep COVID-19 deaths to less than 8,000: Health expert |
| 4 new COVID-19 cases in Tripura, total rises to 198 |
| 412 new cases in Delhi, tally soars to 14,465 |
| World |
| India |
|
| Tally | Toll | Tally | Toll |
| 5,495,061 | 346,232 | 145,380 | 4,167 |
LIFE UNDER LOCKDOWN
| Centre asks states to negotiate with labs to bring down price of Covid test |
| Hamdard Labs to conduct clinical trials of immunity booster medicines |
| Capable of producing five lakh face shields every month: ITI |
| After Jharkhand, Zomato to start home delivery of alcohol in Odisha |
| Passenger flights resume in Andhra Pradesh |
| West Bengal to resume flight operations from May 28 |
| Glenmark to begin clinical trial to test favipiravir and umifenovir |
| Air India evacuates 115 Indians from Israel |
| Uttar Pradesh government releases 2,257 convicts on parole |
| Domestic air services by private operators to resume from May 25. |
| More patients than beds in Mumbai as India faces surge in virus cases |
| No confirmation on resumption of Delhi Metro: Kailash Gahlot |
| Rajasthan restores 8-hour working in factories |
| Board exam students don masks, stick to distancing norms. |
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
| Maruti to defer production from new car plant in Gujarat |
| Airtel Payments Bank, Mastercard tie up for solutions for farmers, SMEs |
| India first quarter GDP growth likely to be weakest since 2012: Reuters poll |
| Not revising 2025 target nor holding back investments: Skoda India |
| Kotak Bank set to launch $2 billion share sale |
| Uber lays off 600 staff as Covid-19 hits ride-hailing business |
| India's GDP growth seen at 1.2 pc for Q4 FY20: SBI report |
| India’s unemployment rate was at 24.3% for the week ended May 24 |
| TVS Motor implements temporary pay cuts for employees |
| Mutual funds add 7 lakh folios in April |
| RBI to raise Rs 80,000 crore via cash management bills |
| IT stocks drag Sensex into the red; Nifty settles at 9,029 |
| Covid impact: TikTok stares at a gloomy India picture |
AROUND THE WORLD
| WHO warns of "second peak" in areas where COVID declining |
| Brazil reports over 11,000 new cases, death toll at 23,473 |
| China reports seven new cases |
| America has reported 532 cases in the last 24 hours |
| Japan ends state of emergency |
| Saudi Arabia to end curfew on June 21 |
| Germany wants to end travel warning for 31 European countries |
| Latin America's airline LATAM files for US bankruptcy |
| Singapore's health ministry confirms 383 more cases |
| Malaysia reports 187 new coronavirus cases |
| Indonesia reports 415 new coronavirus cases, 27 new deaths |
| UK COVID-19 death toll tops 47,000 |
| Saudi Arabia to end virus curfew from June 21 |
| Thailand reports 3 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths |
| Social distancing to be extended until June 29 in Germany |
| Philippines records 350 new coronavirus cases, 13 more deaths |
| Singapore heads towards worst-ever recession in two decades |
| South Korea reports 19 new cases |
| Germany's confirmed cases rise by 432 to 1,79,002 |
| Singapore cuts 2020 GDP outlook again |
| Brazil stands by hydroxychloroquine despite WHO suspension |
| Pakistan's COVID-19 tally soars to 57,705 |
