Locked-down India may be in its worst quarter since the mid-1990s. Fitch today slashed growth projections to 0.8% in the current 2020-21 fiscal, highlighting the hefty cost of shutting the country down for 40 days.
As India completes a month under
lockdown, the country reported 21,700 cases, with 1400 cases being added in the last 24 hours.
Testing in the country has gone up 33 times in the last 30 days, the govt said today.
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COUNT SO FAR
- Rajasthan reports 47 new cases; state tally nears 2,000
- Assam case count rises to 35
- Bihar reports 4 more cases; state tally climbs to 147
- 6 new cases confirmed in Karnataka; nine in Bengaluru Urban
- Maharashtra reports 431 new cases; state tally now 5,649
- Haryana case count rises to 270
- 80 new cases take AP tally to 893; death toll 27
- Indore's death toll rises to 53
- 12 new cases in Kanpur
| World |
|
India |
|
| Tally |
Toll |
Tally |
Toll |
| 26,39,243 |
1,83,820 |
21,700 |
686 |
- Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals' plant resumes production
- 70% Highway projects resume
- Zuari Agro Chemicals resumes operations in Goa plant
- Lockdown norms partially relaxed in Karnataka
- Triveni Turbine Ltd partially resumes operations in Bengaluru
- Pricol reopens Uttarakhand plant
WORLD ECONOMY
- Fitch sees global economy shrinking 3.9% in 2020
- Japan's services sector shrinks at record pace in April
- South Korean economy shrinks 1.4%
- Trump suspends immigration into US
- Virus triggers record losses for Swiss central bank
- Thailand's March foreign tourist arrivals tumble 76.4% y/y
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