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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
LIFE AND HEALTH
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
AROUND THE WORLD
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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 | ||
| 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 |
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