All eyes on Modi now
With India caught between rising Covid cases and a
choking economy, no conclusion for tomorrow — the day the 21-day
lockdown is supposed to end — looks foregone. Nothing appears an
open-and-shut case at this point — neither extending the
lockdown nor lifting it. We'll only know at 10 am tomorrow when Modi
addresses the nation.
In the meantime, confirmed cases in the country crossed 9,000 today, and more than 300 are now dead.
Here are the other latest developments in the past 24 hours...
COUNT SO FAR
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531 cases in Telangana |
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Tamil Nadu case count reaches 1,075 |
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432 total cases & 7 deaths in Andhra Pradesh |
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4 new cases and 1 death reported in Dharavi |
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Number of cases rises to 134 in Agra |
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2 new cases in Jharkhand |
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15 more cases in Karnataka; Total number now 247 |
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1 new case in Assam, tally rises to 30 |
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11 fresh cases in Rajasthan |
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22 new cases in Gujarat; total count now 538 |
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22 new cases & 1 casualty in Indore |
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Two more deaths in Gujarat; State toll rises to 26 |
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India |
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| Tally |
Toll |
Tally |
Toll |
1,859,011
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114,979 |
9,352 |
324 |
HEALTH & LIFE
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Free testing to be done by private labs only for Ayushman Bharat card holders |
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Visas of foreigners stranded in India extended till Apr 30 |
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Testing: 14 'centres of excellence' to mentor medical colleges |
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Ministries begin operations |
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Lockdown in Tamil Nadu extended till April 30 |
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Maharashtra officially extends the lockdown till April 30 |
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Masks now mandatory in Ahmedabad, hefty fines for violators |
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Inmates in Telangana prisons produce masks, sanitisers |
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Odd-even rules to be implemented in wholesale markets in Delhi |
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
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Sensex ends 470-point lower, Nifty below 9,000 |
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Retail inflation eases to 5.91 per cent in March |
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India's fuel demand slides 17.8% in March |
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ONGC gas output drops 15 percent |
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Domestic passenger vehicle sales plunge 51% in March |
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Lockdown hits income of 85% of NCR households |
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Bandhan Bank FY20 deposits rise 32% |
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Yes Bank extends bancassurance tie-up with Max Life |
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EPF may yield much less than proposed 8.5% |
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Virus hit Oyo puts Son's $2 bn guarantee at risk |
WORLD VIEW
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Worldwide cases at 1.8 million, death toll crosses 113,000 |
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IMF to consider USD 1.4 bn loan to Pak |
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59 Indians among 233 new cases in Singapore |
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OPEC, oil nations agree to nearly 10M barrel cut |
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US records 1,514 deaths in the past 24 hours |
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Kia Motors wants to suspend 3 S.Korean factories as virus hits exports |
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442 new cases in Mexico, 23 new deaths |
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China's reports 108 new cases, death toll reaches 3,341 |
