Lockdown, Day 60: One less thing to worry
As
India has crossed 1.25 lakh cases today with the highest ever spike of
6000 plus, finding a solution to covid problem has become notably
crucial. World's hopes tied to the Indian company Serum Institute, which
is currently manufacturing vaccines with AstraZeneca/Oxford university
as well as developing its own.
In some good news for Indians stranded overseas, government hinted at resuming international flights by August.
Track this space for latest updates...
COUNT SO FAR
| Himachal Pradesh has 173 cases |
| Indore count nears 3,000 with 83 new cases |
| 61 fresh cases in Bihar; count rises to 2,166 |
| Assam records 53 new cases, tally reaches 319 |
| 20 new cases in Uttarakhand, tally at 173 |
| Rajasthan toll rises to 155, cases 6,542 |
| Delhi toll rose to 231, tally climbed to 12,910 with 591 new cases |
| Karnataka count nears 2,000 with 196 new cases |
| 47 new in Andhra Pradesh; total stands at 2561 |
| Odisha tally rises to 1,269 with 80 new cases |
World |
| India |
|
Tally | Toll | Tally | Toll |
5,229,441 | 338,480 | 125,101 | 3,720 |
LIFE UNDER LOCKDOWN
| People with air, rail ticket need no movement pass in Noida |
| Domestic flights from Delhi to operate from Terminal 3 |
| Congress arranges buses for Kerala students stranded in Bhopal |
| Beauty parlours, salons to open from tomorrow in Tamil Nadu |
| Railways ferries around 32 lakh migrants in 2,570 Shramik Special trains since May 1 |
| Eight sugar mills in UP's Muzaffarnagar produce record sugar |
| Rajasthan govt to run free buses to U'khand for ash immersion by families |
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
| India's gas output falls by one-fifth in April due to lockdown |
| Covid has hit income of 60% households: Survey |
| Home loan rates set to dip to 15-year low, EMIs to fall |
| Indian economist appointed to key World Bank position in South Asia |
| Avenue Supermarts Q4 results: Profit jumps 42% YoY to Rs 271 crore; revenue rises 24% |
AROUND THE WORLD
| China's diesel exports fall 9.2% in April vs month earlier |
| Hertz, car rental pioneer, files for bankruptcy protection |
| UK to require employers to pay 20-30% of furloughed wage cost |
| Germany's confirmed cases rise by 638 to 177,850 |
| Thailand reports 3 new cases, no new deaths |
| China reports 28 new asymptomatic cases |
| Singapore's health ministry confirms 642 more cases |
| Russia reports 9,434 new infections, tally at 335,882 |
| Indonesia reports 949 new cases, 25 new deaths |