India is finally stirring back to life after six weeks of one of the harshest
lockdowns in the world. But the reopening has hardly brought any cheer. Anxiety still clouds the outlook amid a lack of meaningful fiscal help for workers and companies.
Meanwhile, in the last 24 hours, the country saw the sharpest spike yet - 3900 fresh cases & 195 casualties.
Here are the other top news of the day...
COUNT SO FAR
- New case in Odisha, total stands at 170
- Rajasthan reports 66 new cases; state tally hits 3,127
- Cases in Indore rise to 1,654; death toll reaches 79
- 67 new cases reported in Andhra Pradesh; tally up to 1717
- 58 para-military jawans test positive in Greater Noida
- 13 new cases in Noida, total now 192
- 8 more cases in Karnataka; tally now stands at 659
- 24 test positive in Army’s Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi
- 45 ITBP personnel have tested positive so far
- Bengal reports 85 new cases; state tally climbs to 1,344
- 3 new deaths reported in Pune
- Uttarakhand tally rises to 61
| World |
|
India |
|
| Tally |
Toll |
Tally |
Toll |
| 35,84,174 |
2,51,580 |
46,711 |
1583 |
- JEE-Mains to be held from July 18-23, JEE-Advanced in August
- Medical entrance exam NEET to be conducted on July 26
- Section 144 imposed in Mumbai till 17th May
- Wipro to convert Pune office into COVID-19 hospital
- EPFO releases Rs.764 crore to its 65 lakh pensioners
ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
- Sensex slips 810 points from day's high to end 262 points lower; Nifty slips below 9,250
- Delhi: Price of petrol goes up by Rs 1.67 & diesel by Rs 7.10
- Andhra Pradesh hikes liquor prices by 75%
- Senior Vistara employees to go on leave without pay for up to 4 days/month in May and June
- Mumbai luxury residential prices to dip 5% in 2020
- Asian Paints partially resumes operations
- CSS Corp rolls out pay hikes, to hire 1000 people this quarter
AROUND THE WORLD
- Global death toll tops 250,000
- UK economy set to shrink 7% or more: IHS Markit
- US deaths rise by 1,015 in 24 hours, lowest in a month
- China reports 16 new cases; tally reaches 82,881
- Singapore confirms 632 new cases
- Mexico registers 1,434 new cases, 117 deaths
- Spain adds 280,000 jobless during April lockdown
- Pakistan tally surges past 21,000
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