Lockdown, Day 73: Losing count
India’s Covid counters are clicking away, faster than ever with infections and deaths doubling in just over a fortnight. If the pattern continues, India could cross three lakh cases, just as Tirupati and other religious places reopen to devotees. President
Trump’s favourite drug - hydroxycholroquine - just might not be that
effective, with a recently retracted study finding that HCQ wasn’t much
of a prophylaxis for COVID-19. Here are the other updates from today...
COUNT SO FAR
 | 46 new cases in Uttarakhand; tally now 1,199 |
| Bihar reports 99 more cases; tally up to 4,551 |
| One more case takes Arunachal total to 42 |
| Toll in J-K rises to 36 |
| Andhra Pradesh now has 3,427 cases |
| 8 inmates test positive in Sabarmati Jail |
| Rajasthan reports 68 new cases; tally now 9930 |
| Total number of cases in Jharkhand stands at 843 |
| World |
| India |
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| Tally | Toll | Tally | Toll |
| 66,32,985 | 3,91,136 | 2,26,770 | 6,348 |
LIFE AND HEALTH
| Tirupati to reopen for devotees on June 8 |
| UPSC prelims on October 4; main on January 8, 2021 |
| DU cancels exams for UG students |
| Sun Pharma starts phase-2 trials for potential drug |
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
| Sensex ends 307 points up; Nifty tops 10,150 |
| JSW Steel to raise up to Rs 1,000 cr via NCDs |
| Rupee settles on a flat note at 75.58 vs dollar |
| SBI Q4 profit jumps 4-fold to Rs 3,581 crore |
| Domestic apparel makers report 84% drop in May sales |
| Hyundai MD sees a faster recovery for India than others |
| America's DFC to invest $350 million in India |
| RBI sets up a Rs 500 cr digital payments infra fund |
AROUND THE WORLD
| Mexico reports record 4,442 new cases |
| China reports eight new cases |
| Germany's confirmed cases rise to 183,271 |
| Pakistan reports record 4,896 cases; toll reaches 1,838 |
| Singapore retail sales post record 40.5% fall in April |
| Czechs drop travel curbs for Austria, Germany, Hungary |
| Brazil toll surges to third-highest in world |
| Wuhan discharges last three patients |
Lockdown, Day 72: The sinking bottom line
The
world’s largest lockdown has fueled the biggest earnings decline in at
least six years for India. Profits at NSE Nifty 50 Index members fell
about 15% last quarter from the same period last year.
That's not all. Bajaj boss Rajiv Bajaj today said that the lockdown may have flattened the wrong curve for India.
Here are the latest updates...
COUNT SO FAR
| UP cases cross 9,000 mark |
| 68 new cases in Rajasthan; tally reaches 9,720 |
| Maharashtra sees two deaths; 63 fresh cases in Nashik |
| 98 new cases take AP's count to 3,377 |
| Chhattisgarh cases tally rises to 680 |
| 47 more test positive in Assam |
| 90 test positive in Odisha, total count 2,478 |
| Two die in Uttarakhand; tally rises to 1,145 |
| World |
| India |
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| Tally | Toll | Tally | Toll |
| 65,13,301 | 2,17,967 | 216,919 | 6,075 |
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
| Sensex snaps 6-day winning run, drops 129 pts |
| India's edible oil imports in May lowest since 2011 |
| Construction sector to see 12-16% decline in investment in FY21, says Crisil |
| M&M tractor sales fall 1% in May, exports slump 72% |
AROUND THE WORLD
| World food price index hits 17-month low in May |
| US services sector contracts for 2nd straight month |
| Germany appoves $146-billion stimulus package |
| Pakistan surpasses China in cases, infections surge to 85,246 |
| Nepal economy to suffer $1.4 billion hit due to pandemic |
| Germany's cases rise by 394; tally at 1,82,764 |
| France's death toll crosses 29,000 |
| France cancels 2020 Bastille Day parade |
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