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    Lockdown, Day 63: India faces volley of shots

    CORONAVIRUS UPDATES

    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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