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    Lockdown, Day 42: Deadliest 24 hours for India

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    5 May, 2020 | 05:57 PM IST


    Lockdown, Day 42: Deadliest 24 hours for India

    India is finally stirring back to life after six weeks of one of the harshest lockdowns in the world. But the reopening has hardly brought any cheer. Anxiety still clouds the outlook amid a lack of meaningful fiscal help for workers and companies.

    Meanwhile, in the last 24 hours, the country saw the sharpest spike yet - 3900 fresh cases & 195 casualties.

    Here are the other top news of the day...



    COUNT SO FAR
      New case in Odisha, total stands at 170
      Rajasthan reports 66 new cases; state tally hits 3,127
      Cases in Indore rise to 1,654; death toll reaches 79
      67 new cases reported in Andhra Pradesh; tally up to 1717
      58 para-military jawans test positive in Greater Noida
      13 new cases in Noida, total now 192
      8 more cases in Karnataka; tally now stands at 659
      24 test positive in Army's Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi
      45 ITBP personnel have tested positive so far
      Bengal reports 85 new cases; state tally climbs to 1,344
      3 new deaths reported in Pune
      Uttarakhand tally rises to 61
    World India
    Tally Toll Tally Toll
    35,84,174 2,51,580 46,711 1583

    LIFE IN A LOCKDOWN
      JEE-Mains to be held from July 18-23, JEE-Advanced in August
      Medical entrance exam NEET to be conducted on July 26
      Section 144 imposed in Mumbai till 17th May
      Wipro to convert Pune office into COVID-19 hospital
      EPFO releases Rs.764 crore to its 65 lakh pensioners

    ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
      Sensex slips 810 points from day's high to end 262 points lower; Nifty slips below 9,250
      Delhi: Price of petrol goes up by Rs 1.67 & diesel by Rs 7.10
      Andhra Pradesh hikes liquor prices by 75%
      Senior Vistara employees to go on leave without pay for up to 4 days/month in May and June
      Mumbai luxury residential prices to dip 5% in 2020
      Asian Paints partially resumes operations
      CSS Corp rolls out pay hikes, to hire 1000 people this quarter

    AROUND THE WORLD
      Global death toll tops 250,000
      UK economy set to shrink 7% or more: IHS Markit
      US deaths rise by 1,015 in 24 hours, lowest in a month
      China reports 16 new cases; tally reaches 82,881
      Singapore confirms 632 new cases
      Mexico registers 1,434 new cases, 117 deaths
      Spain adds 280,000 jobless during April lockdown
      Pakistan tally surges past 21,000

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