Monday, 13 April 2020

Lockdown, Day 20: All eyes on Modi now

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13 Apr, 2020 | 06:04 PM IST


Lockdown, Day 20: All eyes on Modi now

With India caught between rising Covid cases and a choking economy, no conclusion for tomorrow — the day the 21-day lockdown is supposed to end — looks foregone. Nothing appears an open-and-shut case at this point — neither extending the lockdown nor lifting it. We'll only know at 10 am tomorrow when Modi addresses the nation.

In the meantime, confirmed cases in the country crossed 9,000 today, and more than 300 are now dead.

Here are the other latest developments in the past 24 hours...



COUNT SO FAR
    531 cases in Telangana
    Tamil Nadu case count reaches 1,075
    432 total cases & 7 deaths in Andhra Pradesh
    4 new cases and 1 death reported in Dharavi
    Number of cases rises to 134 in Agra
    2 new cases in Jharkhand
    15 more cases in Karnataka; Total number now 247
    1 new case in Assam, tally rises to 30
    11 fresh cases in Rajasthan
    22 new cases in Gujarat; total count now 538
    22 new cases & 1 casualty in Indore
    Two more deaths in Gujarat; State toll rises to 26
World India
Tally Toll Tally Toll
1,859,011
114,979 9,352 324
HEALTH & LIFE
    Free testing to be done by private labs only for Ayushman Bharat card holders
    Visas of foreigners stranded in India extended till Apr 30
    Testing: 14 'centres of excellence' to mentor medical colleges
    Ministries begin operations
    Lockdown in Tamil Nadu extended till April 30
    Maharashtra officially extends the lockdown till April 30
    Masks now mandatory in Ahmedabad, hefty fines for violators
    Inmates in Telangana prisons produce masks, sanitisers
    Odd-even rules to be implemented in wholesale markets in Delhi

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
    Sensex ends 470-point lower, Nifty below 9,000
    Retail inflation eases to 5.91 per cent in March
    India's fuel demand slides 17.8% in March
    ONGC gas output drops 15 percent
    Domestic passenger vehicle sales plunge 51% in March
    Lockdown hits income of 85% of NCR households
    Bandhan Bank FY20 deposits rise 32%
    Yes Bank extends bancassurance tie-up with Max Life
    EPF may yield much less than proposed 8.5%
    Virus hit Oyo puts Son's $2 bn guarantee at risk

WORLD VIEW
    Worldwide cases at 1.8 million, death toll crosses 113,000
    IMF to consider USD 1.4 bn loan to Pak
    59 Indians among 233 new cases in Singapore
    OPEC, oil nations agree to nearly 10M barrel cut
    US records 1,514 deaths in the past 24 hours
    Kia Motors wants to suspend 3 S.Korean factories as virus hits exports
    442 new cases in Mexico, 23 new deaths
    China's reports 108 new cases, death toll reaches 3,341


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