Lockdown, Day 71: Mixed messages ahead
India's
IT sector employees aren't just battling the economic repercussions of
COVID-19 but also artificial intelligence-based platforms, automation
tools and other digital technologies.The country's top five IT services
providers have hired fewer people over the last five years, thus
impacting white-collar employment.
India witnessed the highest spike of cases with nearly 9,000 testing positive, and the total cases breaching the 2 lakh mark.
On
the other hand, IndiGo continues to add planes to its fleet despite the
Covid squeeze. Perhaps the economy will spring a happy surprise soon.
Track this space for latest updates... COUNT SO FAR
 | Assam reports 111 new cases, state tally rises to 1,672 |
| Indore reports 27 COVID-19 cases, total at 3,597. |
| Highest single-day spike of 396 COVID-19 cases in Bengal |
| Nagaland's Covid tally rises to 58 |
| Rajasthan reports 102 cases, total at 9475 |
| 47 Maharashtra Police personnel test positive, total at 2,556 |
| 51 cases reported in Jharkhand, total at 726 |
| Andhra Pradesh reports 79 cases, total at 3,279 |
| Kerala reports 82 new cases, total at 1,494 |
| Tamil Nadu reports 1286 new cases, total at 25,872 |
| Punjab reports 34 new cases, total at 2,376 |
| Karnataka reports 267 new cases, total at 4,063 |
| Madhya Pradesh reports 168 new cases, total at 8,588 |
| Maharashtra reports 2,560 new cases, tatal at 74, 860 |
| World |
| India |
|
| Tally | Toll | Tally | Toll |
| 6,395,328 | 380,580 | 198,706 | 5,598 |
LIFE UNDER LOCKDOWN
| Retailers avoid discounting to meet social distancing norms |
| Gujarat makes hospitalisation mandatory for COVID test |
| 10% of India’s population above 60 accounts for 50% of Covid deaths |
| India's coronavirus cases cross 200,000, peak still weeks away |
| Railways announces 5 intra-state special trains in Odisha |
| US to ship first tranche of 100 donated ventilators to India next week |
| Rajasthan Roadways resumes bus services on 200 routes |
| Air India flight carrying 153 Indian nationals from Dubai lands |
| PM approves establishment of PCIM&H under AYUSH |
| Certain categories of foreign nationals allowed to come to India |
| Spike in MGNREGS numbers reveals impact of lockdown |
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
| Moody's downgrades ratings of 8 firms, 3 banks |
| Services activity contracts sharply in May, firms cut jobs: PMI |
| PSBs disburse Rs 3,893-crore loans to MSMEs |
| Govt approves setting up of EGoS & PDCs to attract investments |
| Cabinet approves amendments to Essential Commodities Act |
| VIP Industries said it might take a 50 per cent hit on its top line in FY21 |
| Hyundai launches end-to-end online car buying platform 'Click to Buy' |
| Around 42 crore poor received financial assistance of Rs 53,248 cr under PMGKP |
| Indigo will continue adding Airbus A320neo jets to its fleet |
| Power Minister formally launches real-time power market |
| Mahindra counts loss of 87,000 vehicles, 30,000 tractors in Q1 |
| IT spending in India to fall 8% in 2020 due to COVID, first fall in 5 years: Gartner |
| Government eyes $17 billion investment proposals to boost local manufacturing |
| US launches investigations on India’s equalisation levy on global digital majors |
| Uday Kotak takes over as CII president |
AROUND THE WORLD
| US has most cases at more than 2.9 million |
| Europe has highest death toll at 182,000 |
| No evidence of coronavirus changing its severity: Experts |
| Plasma therapy safe, effective for severe Covid-19 patients: Study |
| Coronavirus cases in Singapore cross 36,000-mark |
| Putin declines British invitation to take part in coronavirus summit |
| T20 World Cup could be held in New Zealand, suggests Dean Jones |
| 201 more cases reported in Nepal, total at 2300 |
| Australia heading for recession after economy contracts |
| Zimbabwe raises $20 million in treasury bills sales to fight coronavirus |
| Suez canal revenues fall by 9.6% in May due to coronavirus |
| Video-meeting service Zoom said it made a profit of $27 million |
