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Lockdown, Day 63: India faces volley of shots

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26 May, 2020 | 06:44 PM IST


Lockdown, Day 63: India faces volley of shots

With the GDP numbers expected on May 29, the growth forecast is becoming more pessimistic by the day. While SBI's forecast points to a contraction of 6.8 percent, CRISIL predicted the economy to shrink by 5 percent in the current fiscal.

Uber has fired 600 people in India across levels and teams on Tuesday. All this while India faces Chinese hostility at Ladakh's Galwan river area.


Here are the other updates from the day...



COUNT SO FAR

    Total cases in Himachal Pradesh now stand at 223
    20 fresh cases reported in CISF
    76 new cases reported in Rajasthan
    79 new cases reported today in Odisha
    48 new cases reported in Andhra Pradesh
    176 new cases in Rajasthan, tally at 7476
    COVID-19 cases rise to 3,103 in Indore
    51 more cases reported in Uttarakhand today
    2 new cases reported in Puducherry
    Karnataka reports 100 new cases
    Number of positive cases in Maharashtra Police rise to 1889
    Assam tally stands at 595 now
    India may keep COVID-19 deaths to less than 8,000: Health expert
    4 new COVID-19 cases in Tripura, total rises to 198
    412 new cases in Delhi, tally soars to 14,465


World India
Tally Toll Tally Toll
5,495,061 346,232 145,380 4,167


LIFE UNDER LOCKDOWN

    Centre asks states to negotiate with labs to bring down price of Covid test
    Hamdard Labs to conduct clinical trials of immunity booster medicines
    Capable of producing five lakh face shields every month: ITI
    After Jharkhand, Zomato to start home delivery of alcohol in Odisha
    Passenger flights resume in Andhra Pradesh
    West Bengal to resume flight operations from May 28
    Glenmark to begin clinical trial to test favipiravir and umifenovir
    Air India evacuates 115 Indians from Israel
    Uttar Pradesh government releases 2,257 convicts on parole
    Domestic air services by private operators to resume from May 25.
    More patients than beds in Mumbai as India faces surge in virus cases
    No confirmation on resumption of Delhi Metro: Kailash Gahlot
    Rajasthan restores 8-hour working in factories
    Board exam students don masks, stick to distancing norms.


BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

    Maruti to defer production from new car plant in Gujarat
    Airtel Payments Bank, Mastercard tie up for solutions for farmers, SMEs
    India first quarter GDP growth likely to be weakest since 2012: Reuters poll
    Not revising 2025 target nor holding back investments: Skoda India
    Kotak Bank set to launch $2 billion share sale
    Uber lays off 600 staff as Covid-19 hits ride-hailing business
    India's GDP growth seen at 1.2 pc for Q4 FY20: SBI report
    India's unemployment rate was at 24.3% for the week ended May 24
    TVS Motor implements temporary pay cuts for employees
    Mutual funds add 7 lakh folios in April
    RBI to raise Rs 80,000 crore via cash management bills
    IT stocks drag Sensex into the red; Nifty settles at 9,029
    Covid impact: TikTok stares at a gloomy India picture


AROUND THE WORLD

    WHO warns of "second peak" in areas where COVID declining
    Brazil reports over 11,000 new cases, death toll at 23,473
    China reports seven new cases
    America has reported 532 cases in the last 24 hours
    Japan ends state of emergency
    Saudi Arabia to end curfew on June 21
    Germany wants to end travel warning for 31 European countries
    Latin America's airline LATAM files for US bankruptcy
    Singapore's health ministry confirms 383 more cases
    Malaysia reports 187 new coronavirus cases
    Indonesia reports 415 new coronavirus cases, 27 new deaths
    UK COVID-19 death toll tops 47,000
    Saudi Arabia to end virus curfew from June 21
    Thailand reports 3 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
    Social distancing to be extended until June 29 in Germany
    Philippines records 350 new coronavirus cases, 13 more deaths
    Singapore heads towards worst-ever recession in two decades
    South Korea reports 19 new cases
    Germany's confirmed cases rise by 432 to 1,79,002
    Singapore cuts 2020 GDP outlook again
    Brazil stands by hydroxychloroquine despite WHO suspension
    Pakistan's COVID-19 tally soars to 57,705


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