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Economic Times | 19 Jul, 2020 | 10.44PM IST
Coronavirus Live Updates: Maharashtra sees spike of 9,518 cases
Capital city Mumbai saw 1,038 cases, while Pune saw just over 3,000 cases as the pandemic continues to ravage the state.
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Congress says it has absolute majority in Rajasthan
The Congress has absolute majority in the Rajasthan assembly, the party asserted on Sunday, a day ahead of a Rajasthan High Court hearing on its rebel MLAs' petitions challenging disqualification notices by the speaker.
Paid isolation facility at hotels now available in UP
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to allow paid quarantine facility for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients in hotels, according to a statement. It has fixed the charges of double-occupancy rooms in hotels at Rs 2,000 per day.
Talk about strategy against China: Congress to PM
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's statement on Friday that there is no guarantee of finding a solution in the talks with China, raises questions on whether the Modi government has accepted Chinese transgressions and has admitted that they cannot push back the Chinese.
Rajasthan: Only floor test will decide majority, says Kataria
Amid the political turmoil in Rajasthan, Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Gulab Chand Kataria has backed a floor test; his statement comes hours after Congress sources said there may be an assembly session next week.
India's COVID-19 recovery rate now 62.86%
Assam floods: Death toll rises to 84
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, along with ministers Keshab Mahanta and Pijush Hazarika visited flood-affected areas at Morigaon district on Sunday. CM Sonowal spoke to flood-affected people and took stock of the situation. Next of kin of flood victims were provided Rs 4 lakh as ex-gratia by the CM.
Maharashtra: 9,518 new COVID-19 cases, 258 deaths
Mumbai at 1,038 new cases, Thane adds 1,822, Pune records 3,049 cases while Aurangabad, Nashik add around 500.
One Indian injured after Nepal Police shot at three men
The shooting happened near India-Nepal border in Kishanganj. Injured shifted to hospital. Investigation underway, says SP Kishanganj, Bihar.
Diesel hike causing trouble
Tamil Nadu Trailers Association and Lorry Owners Association has announced a single-day strike on 22nd July, agains… https://t.co/lSKVCfplsd
— ANI (@ANI) 1595168111000TN reports new single day high of 4,979 cases
Overall tally crossed 1.70 lakh; as many as 52,993 samples were tested, the highest so far in a day, and the cumulative tests so far touched 19,32,492.
Bihar: 1,412 new COVID-19 positive cases
Assam: Five dead in flood-related incidents
The state's disaster management authority said over 25.29 lakh persons are hit due to floods in the state.
First set of private trains to be introduced by 2023
- In a formal kick-start to its plans to allow private entities to operate passenger trains on its network, the railways earlier this month invited proposals from companies to run 151 modern passenger trains on 109 pairs of routes across the country. The project would entail a private sector investment of about Rs 30,000 crore.
- As part of the plan for private trains, the railways has planned to introduce 12 trains in 2022-23, 45 in 2023-2024, 50 in 2025-26 and 44 more in the next fiscal, taking the total number of trains to 151 by the end of FY 2026-2027.
North Goa hospital prepares for vaccine trials
Redkar Hospital, located in North Goa's Pernem taluka, is amongst the 12 facilities that are listed for human trials of Covaxin developed by Bharat Biotech International Limited.
Kerala Covid tally crosses 12,000 mark
821 people, including 13 health workers, tested positive for the virus in the highest single day spurt so far.
Bodies of 2 COVID-19 patients swapped at Amritsar hospital
The incident came to light on Saturday when family members of a 92-year-old man, a COVID victim, insisted on seeing his face before the cremation in Hoshiarpur. They were shocked to find the body of a woman wrapped in a PPE kit.
Hong Kong mandates face masks in indoor public places
"The situation is very severe and there are no signs this is getting under control," Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said at a press conference.
Delhi records 1,211 fresh COVID-19 cases
Central team arrives in Bihar to review COVID-19 situation
Taking serious view of the spread of the novel coronavirus in Bihar in the recent past, the team was asked to "undertake the visit immediately and coordinate with state health authorities to review the existing situation and provide necessary support and guidance"
CIPET Bhubaneswar gets NABL accreditation to test, certify PPE kits
Measures taken to avoid disruption in iron ore supply: Steel Ministry
"A disruption in supply of 45-50 million tonnes (MT) iron ore is expected in 2020-21 owing to the expiry of about 37 working merchant mines (250+ mines in total) on March 31, 2020. The Ministry of Steel along with the Ministry of Mines has worked out a strategy to mitigate the likely shortfall," a report said.
Bihar reports 1,412 new COVID19 positive cases
Budget for Puducherry to be presented on Monday
36 new COVID19 positive cases reported in Dharavi, Mumbai
The total number of cases to 2480 including 143 active cases and 2088 discharges: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
Airports Authority of India to procure 198 body scanners for 63 airports
These will replace existing door frame metal detectors, hand-held scanners, besides pat-down searches of passengers to detect metallic objects: Officials
Not the time to play blame game over waterlogging in parts of Delhi as all agencies have been busy combating coronavirus. All have to fulfil their responsibilities together
- CM Arvind Kejriwal
Community transmission has been there from quite some time. It was localised to pockets, for instance- in Dharavi&several areas of Delhi. I 100% agree with IMA that there is community transmission in India
- Dr Arvind Kumar, Chairman,Centre for Chest Surgery,Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
COVID-19: 1 more death, 125 new cases in Noida
COVID-19 spread may spike in monsoon, winter with fall in temperatures: IIT-AIIMS study
- A study conducted jointly by researchers at IIT-Bhubaneswar and the AIIMS has shown that the spread of COVID-19 may pick up pace during peak monsoon and winter with a fall in the mercury.
- The rainfall, decrease in temperatures, and cooling of the atmosphere coupled with progression towards winter may environmentally favour the spread of COVID-19 in the country, according to the study led by V Vinoj, Assistant Professor of the School of Earth, Ocean and Climatic Sciences at IIT-Bhubaneswar.
PM Modi spoke to Tamil Nadu CM K Palaniswami on COVID19 prevention measures and aspects related to treatment in the state
FDA busts racket involved in black marketing of Remdesivir in Mumbai
Maharashtra: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) busted a racket involved in black marketing of Remdesivir last nigh… https://t.co/y34EghwDPO
— ANI (@ANI) 1595156862000Gold imports dip 94 pc in April-June to USD 688 million, narrows India's trade deficit
Gold imports, which have a bearing on the current account deficit (CAD), plunged 94 per cent to USD 688 million (about Rs 5,160 crore) during the first quarter of 2020-21 due to a significant fall in demand in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data from the Commerce Ministry.
HDFC Bank's Aditya Puri highest paid banker for FY20 with Rs 18.92 cr in remuneration
- HDFC Bank Managing Director Aditya Puri has emerged as the highest-paid banker among the top lenders for FY 2019-20, with a 38 per cent jump in salary and prerequisites to Rs 18.92 crore.
- Puri, who built the bank into the largest by assets in the private sector and also the most valued one by investors over the last 25 years, earned an additional Rs 161.56 crore by exercising stock options during the year, the bank's annual report said.
Arunachal Pradesh govt extends total lockdown in Capital Complex, including Itanagar, for another two weeks till August 3 amid rising COVID19 cases
- Chief secretary
Daily fuel price hike may push up freight charges by 20 per cent, say truckers
- Demanding monthly or quarterly revision in diesel prices, which saw an increase for 23 days on the trot last month, a truckers body on Sunday warned that transporters may be forced to increase freight charges by 20 per cent as the daily hikes in fuel prices are making operations "unviable".
- Fuel charges account for as much as 65 per cent of the operating cost of a truck. Toll charges are another major component, which is about 20 per cent of the operating cost.
Bank unions write to Maha CM over employees safety in state
- Bank unions have raised concerns over lack of regular sanitisation and adherence to social distancing norms at various bank branches in the state, putting lives of employees at risk from COVID-19.
- Unions have written a letter to state Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray seeking his intervention in issuing directives to banks and local authorities for safety of bank employees.
COVID19 fatality rate 'progressively falling' and it's 2.49% currently in India, one of the lowest in the world
- Health Ministry
'Heard that he (Sachin Pilot) may form new party. But what is the need for it? Has the Congress not given him anything?'
- Congress leader Digvijaya Singh to PTI
Uttar Pradesh reports 2,250 new COVID19 positive
- Total active cases now stand at 18,256
- 19,845 people have been discharged
- Death toll is at 1,146
Sachin Pilot shouldn't make the mistake that Jyotiraditya Scindia made
- Congress leader Digvijaya Singh to PTI
Madhya Pradesh: 129 new COVID19 cases in Indore , tally 6,035
I-T dept disposes 7,116 assessments under first phase of faceless scrutiny
- The Income Tax department has disposed of 7,116 cases under the first phase of the faceless assessment system, an official source said.
- Since its launch on October 7, 2019 and implementation of first phase, faceless scrutiny assessment scheme has provided for assessment of income tax in electronic mode, where taxpayers need not see face-to-face any tax officer or visit an I-T office and can e-file reply on the income tax portal.
Platform for food safety, fair trade for agriculture created
- City-based SourceTrace, in association with AgNext, has created a platform for food safety and fair trade for agriculture and food business.
- Considering the global concern over food safety amid the COVID-19 lockdown and the pandemic, AgNext and SourceTrace combined their solutions and signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) and created the platform, TraceNext.
Around 84% of Delhi Police personnel recovered from COVID19
Around 84% of Delhi Police personnel have recovered from COVID19. We have tied up with AIIMS so that we can provide plasma to needy & problem of shortage doesn't arise. This will encourage others also to donate their plasma: Delhi Police Commissioner SN Srivastava
Plasma therapy brings great relief to serious COVID-19 patients in Odisha
Out of 6 critical patients, who are now under plasma therapy, as many as 4 are responding very well and they are now not in need of oxygen support, and will soon be discharged: State Govt
O P Dhankar appointed BJP's Haryana unit president by party chief J P Nadda
Indian Oil's 300,000 bpd east coast refinery to be shut for 3 weeks
- Indian Oil Corp Ltd's 300,000 barrels per day refinery on the country's east coast to be shut for three weeks for maintenance, the top district administrative official told Reuters on Sunday
- "The Indian Oil refinery in Paradip will remain shut from July 25 to August 15 for maintenance," said Sangram Keshari Mohapatra, the top bureaucrat in the district of Jagatsinghpur, where the refinery is located.
- "As per the company's request, a shutdown order has been issued," he said, adding the refinery was last shutdown completely in 2018.
Mahindra Finance posts Rs 156 crore profit in Apr-Jun
BJP giving threat of CBI action to save its leaders
- Cong leader Ajay Maken
All agencies- PWD, Delhi Jal Board, Delhi Municipal Corporation & Flood Department are working accordingly. Some part of our management was busy with COVID19, but we are doing the needful
- Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia
AIIMS to start clinical trial of indigenous vaccine Covaxin from Monday
- The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Ethics Committee on Saturday gave its approval for conducting the human clinical trial of the indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine candidate Covaxin.
- Dr. Sanjay Rai, Professor at the Centre for Community Medicine at AIIMS told ANI that the hospital will start enrolling healthy individuals from Monday onwards.
Why did Rajasthan's rebel Congress MLAs choose Haryana for camping? BJP's role is clear
- Congress leader Ajay Maken
Jharkhand's COVID-19 count rises to 5,399
Congress asks Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat to give voice sample to end row over audio clips
- Ajay Maken
Congress demands Gajendra Singh Shekhawat's resignation
Now that Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has been named in the FIR & his voice recognised in the audiotape, why is holding the post of Union Minister? Congress demands that either he resigns or he is removed so that he can't influence the probe: Congress leader Ajay Maken in Jaipur
It is betrayal of people's mandate and murder of democracy if an elected govt is toppled with money power
- Congress leader Ajay Maken in Jaipur
Flood situation is improving, 80% of the area is still inundated. 108 animals dead while 136 rescued so far
- Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve Director P Sivakumar
PM Modi speaks to Assam CM over flood situation, assures support
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday assured all support to Assam in dealing with the flood havoc, which has claimed 81 lives so far this year.
- Discussing the flood situation with Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal over the phone, Modi also enquired about the COVID-19 scenario and the ongoing efforts to douse the raging blaze at the Oil India's Baghjan gas well.
PM Modi crosses 60 million followers on Twitter
BSF jawan, GSI superintendent die of COVID-19 in Meghalaya
- Two more COVID-19 patients, including a BSF personnel, died at a hospital here on Sunday as Meghalaya's death toll due to the disease rose to four, officials said.
- Both the patients died while undergoing treatment at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) here in the early hours, its director P Bhattacharyya said.
