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Unfolding cluster case gives India the chills

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2 Apr, 2020 | 04:56 PM IST


Unfolding cluster case gives India the chills

India today invoked a never-used WTO peace clause to raise the subsidy ceiling for rice farmers for the marketing year 2018-2019. Meanwhile, the Covid-19 casualty count crept up to 50 in the country, with 1,965 confirmed cases.

Here are all the developments from today...




THE COUNT SO FAR
    12 new cases in Indore, total count of city rises to 75
    30 new positive cases and 3 deaths reported in Telangana
    Second COVID19 case confirmed in Dharavi
    8 more people test positive in Gujarat; Total now 82
    11 more test positive in Rajasthan; Total tally 129
    3 more test positive in Maharashtra (2 from Pune & 1 from Buldhana)
    21 more cases in Andhra Pradesh; case count now 132
    65-yr-old succumbs in Indore; MP toll reaches 7
    Kargil man tests positive
    AIIMS Delhi doctor tests positive
    Cases rise to 33 in Haryana, active cases now 20

World India Global Death Toll
937,567
1,965 47,256

UNRAVELING OF A VIRUS HOTSPOT--TABLIGHI JAMAAT
    3 attendees test positive in Goalpara, Assam
    1 person tests positive in Manipur
    Arunachal man who attended event tests positive
    2 Italians & 14 attendees test positive
    275 foreign nationals quarantined in Delhi
    Passports of 8 foreigners impounded
    104 people traced in Agra, samples to be collected
    36 people identified and isolated in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu
    2 returnees test positive in Tamil Nadu
    Telangana reports 3 more deaths; 30 new cases
    1,500 attendees from Karnataka; 800 traced, tested
    23 out of 24 patients in Delhi's Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital test positive
    Maharashtra civic bodies and collectors join search for 480 attendees
    2 people in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra test positive

LIFE & HEALTH
    Health Ministry identifies 20 existing, 22 potential coronavirus hotspots
    Mumbai's containment zones jump from 146 to 193 as cases rise
    Naval Dockyard, Mumbai has developed a handheld infrared-based temperature sensor to screen large number of personnel at yard
    Odisha Govt sets up 2 hospitals, in Bhubaneswar & Cuttack in a record time
    Polio immunization suspended
    Mylab partners with Adar Poonawalla, Abhijit Pawar to scale up production of test kits
    Exams for 7th, 8th standard cancelled in Karnataka
    Schools in Chhattisgarh instructed to postpone the recovery of fees
    Teachers roped in to trace migrant workers in Gujarat
    Wadala housing complex under complete lockdown
    Reservations post April 15th unaffected by lockdown, Railways clarifies
    Govt extends deployment of 100 CAPF companies in Delhi
    Air India suspends contracts of 200+ pilots
    AI plans to conduct special flights to London to fly out stranded foreigners
    Parts of Worli Police camp sealed after patient at Police camp tests positive

ECONOMY & MARKETS
    Moody's changes outlook on Indian banks to negative
    India's March factory activity growth at 4-month low
    Housing sales may fall 35% in 2020, demand for office space may shrink 30%
    Sebi extends deadline for comments on proposed relaxation in QIP, delisting norms

WORLD VIEW
    US sets new one-day record with 884 deaths
    Number of confirmed cases in Germany rises to 73,522
    Trump proposes $2 trillion infrastructure fund
    Australian scientists start testing potential vaccines
    Global economy could shrink by almost 1% in 2020: UN
    China's Shenzhen bans the eating of cats and dogs
    Thailand reports 104 new cases, three new deaths
    British Airways in union talks to suspend around 32,000 staff
    Russia's cases jump to more than 3,500 in record daily rise
    Spain death toll surpasses 10,000
    Iran's death toll rises to 3,160


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