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Economic Times | 15 Jun, 2020 10.47 AM IST

Coronavirus live updates: Sensex tanks 500 points as India's COVID-19 count reaches 3,32,424

Total number of cases in the country now at 332424 including 153106 active cases, 169798 cured/discharged/migrated and 9520 deaths

10:47 AM

Resurgence in Beijing

Beijing reported its second consecutive day of record new numbers of COVID-19 cases on Monday, with 36 new cases for June 14. This was the same as a day earlier and the city's highest daily infection count since late March.

10:29 AM

Sensex tanks 500 points

10:28 AM

Lock industry in Tamil Nadu badly hit due to COVID-19 lockdown

• The world renowned lock industry in Dindigul, whose products have got the GI tag, has been badly hit during the lockdown as owners struggle for financing, getting new orders and paying salaries to staff.
• About 200 skilled locksmiths from several villages in the district have been engaged for the past several decades in making locks from scrap metal with their unique skills to make the end products extremely durable.

10:21 AM

Rupee slips 11 paise to 75.95 against US dollar in early trade

10:19 AM

Out of the 2,372 samples tested yesterday for COVID-19, results of 106 are positive: King George's Medical University, Lucknow

10:16 AM

Saudi Aramco cuts July crude supplies to at least 4 buyers in Asia: Sources

• The World's largest oil exporter Saudi Aramco has reduced the volume of July-loading crude that it will supply to at least four buyers in Asia, five sources said on Monday.
• The cuts were mainly for medium and heavy grades, the sources with knowledge of the matter said.
• Three of the sources said that their July cuts was smaller than what they had received in June.

10:14 AM

Most active stocks on NSE

Vodafone Idea Ltd.10.10-0.05 (-0.49%)

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.174.806.25 (3.71%)

Hindalco Industries Ltd.150.804.75 (3.25%)

Apollo Tyres Ltd.108.752.10 (1.97%)

10:11 AM

Gold, silver drops as traders book profits

Gold and silver prices saw profit booking in early hours of trade on Monday even as Covid-19 cases in India mounted and a second wave of cases across the world worried the governments. Gold futures were down 0.36 per cent or Rs 170 at Rs 47,164 per 10 grams. Silver futures shed 0.88 per cent or Rs 366 to Rs 47,324 per kg.

10:03 AM

China begins mass testing in Beijing as 67 new cases appear

• China has begun the mass testing of hundreds of people who had visited a Beijing wholesale market which sparked a fresh bout of coronavirus cases even as the country reported 67 new COVID-19 infections including 42 in the capital.
• In a bid to stem the spread of the contagion, the authorities in Beijing have conducted the nucleic acid test on 29,386 people who had visited the Xinfadi wholesale market since May 30, Gao Xiaojun, spokesman for the Beijing Health Commission, said on Monday.

09:57 AM

COVID-19 Tracker

09:48 AM

Madhya Pradesh: Religious places in Bhopal reopened today, after about 2.5 months, amid COVID-19 pandemic

09:38 AM

325 deaths and 11,502 new COVID19 cases reported in the last 24 hours

Total number of cases in the country now at 3,32,424 including 1,53,106 active cases, 1,69,798 cured/discharged/migrated and 9,520 deaths: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

09:29 AM

Facebook rejects call to share revenue with Australian media

• Facebook on Monday rejected calls from the Australian government and news companies that it share advertising revenue with the media, suggesting it would rather cut news content from its platform.
• The US tech giant said in a submission to Australia's competition watchdog that news represents a "very small fraction" of the content in an average user's news feed.

09:24 AM

Testing Update:

09:23 AM

Sensex drops 262.28 pts to 33,518.61 in opening session; Nifty slips 70.70 pts to 9,902.20

09:15 AM

Railways resume suburban trains services for essential staff

• The Railways on Monday resumed suburban train services in Mumbai for ferrying essential staff.
• The Central Railway and Western Railway decided to run "selective suburban services" over main line and harbour line only for essential staff as defined by the state government, a senior official said.

09:05 AM

Petrol price hiked by 48 paise/litre, diesel by 23 paise; rates go up cumulative by Rs 5 and Rs 4.87 respectively in nine days

08:58 AM

Hong Kong Disneyland will re-open June 18

08:49 AM

China locks down ten more Beijing neighbourhoods over virus cluster

08:42 AM

Pandemic leads to a bicycle boom, and shortage, around world

• In the United States, bicycle aisles at mass merchandisers like Walmart and Target have been swept clean, and independent shops are doing a brisk business and are selling out of affordable “family” bikes.
• Bicycle sales over the past two months saw their biggest spike in the US since the oil crisis of the 1970s, said Jay Townley, who analyses cycling industry trends at Human Powered Solutions.

08:36 AM

FIR against Congress leader Digvijaya Singh

Madhya Pradesh: Bhopal Crime Branch registers FIR against Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, under multiple sections of IPC, in connection with an alleged fake video regarding CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan shared by him on social media. BJP had filed a complaint against him

08:27 AM

Amit Shah to chair all-party meet over management of COVID-19 situation in Delhi today

The meeting, which will be chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to be attended by representatives of BJP, AAP, Congress, BSP apart from officials of Delhi government and the Centre.

08:18 AM

China's May factory output rises less than expected

• China's industrial output rose for a second straight month in May but the gain was smaller than expected, suggesting the economy is still struggling to get back on track after the coronavirus crisis.
• Retail sales and investment continued to contract, pointing to an uneven and possibly more drawn-out rebound in other sectors.

08:12 AM

Ladakh sees 414 Covid positive cases in 3 days

08:07 AM

After straining India ties, Nepal looks to reject US aid

• After snubbing India, Nepal is under pressure from Beijing to reject an American grant for an infrastructure project—a step that would strain its ties with Washington.
• A Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) grant from the US, agreed upon in 2017, has widened the split in the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and China is reportedly playing spoilsport, ET has learnt.

08:01 AM

Vande Bharat flight departs from Qatar with 178 Indians

07:56 AM

China Jan-May property investment falls 0.3% y/y

07:52 AM

Indo-Nepalese ties over seven decades

07:48 AM

Japan hasn't decided to ease entry ban

• Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Monday it was not true the government had decided to ease an entry ban, which was implemented to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, for people from certain countries.
• The Yomiuri daily reported last week that Japan may restart business trips to and from Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam and Thailand in the next few months.

07:37 AM

Journalist Maria Ressa, online news site convicted of libel in ruling considered a blow to press freedom in Philippines

07:28 AM

Western railways to resume services for selected routes. Only essential staff will be allowed to travel.

07:17 AM

Brazil coronavirus count tops 867,000, death toll at 43,000

07:11 AM

China central bank injects 200 bln yuan, keeping rate unchanged for 2nd month

07:01 AM

China reports 49 more virus cases as Beijing tests thousands

07:00 AM

Volkswagen in Mexico will begin sending workers back to plant on Tuesday

06:52 AM

US records 382 virus deaths in 24 hours, lowest in weeks

06:47 AM

Jharkhand reports 37 more cases of coronavirus

06:42 AM

Europe starts to reopen borders but no free travel yet

• EU Commission urged Schengen countries to lift controls
• EU set to open up to outside countries from July
• Spain still closed, restrictions elsewhere

06:30 AM

Oil prices drop as rising U.S. coronavirus cases stoke fears of weak fuel demand

• Brent crude futures fell 66 cents, or 1.7%, at $38.07 a barrel as of 0016 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell 81 cents, or 2.2%, to $35.45 a barrel.
• Both benchmarks ended down about 8% last week, their first weekly declines since April.

06:19 AM

Vande Bharat flight departs from Qatar with 178 Indians

06:18 AM

English property sales rebound after lockdown ends

• Property website Rightmove said sales during the lockdown fell by 94%.
• By June 5 sales were just 3% below their level a year.

06:13 AM

Vande Bharat flight brings back 226 Indians from San Francisco

06:13 AM

With 6 new COVID-19 positive cases Indore tally now 4,069

06:13 AM

4 more ITBP personnel test positive for

Coronavirus Cases In India In 24 Hours Cross 11,000-Mark

New Delhi: 

India has recorded the highest single-day jump so far of 11,458 fresh cases, pushing the total number of cases to 3,08,993, the latest data from the Union Health Ministry shows. India has the fourth-highest number of coronavirus cases among 10 nations worst-hit by coronavirus. The death count rose to 8,884 with a single-day spike of 386 fatalities. Maharashtra, the worst coronavirus-hit state in the country, has crossed the one lakh-mark after it reported 3,493 cases on Friday. Delhi's tally of coronavirus infections crossed the 36,000-mark as the number of deaths due to the disease climbed to 1,214, authorities said.

Here are the top 10 updates on coronavirus:

1. Maharashtra has the highest cases in India with 1,01,141, followed by Tamil Nadu with 40,698 and Delhi with 36,824. The state capital, Mumbai, the biggest contributor in the country's coronavirus tally, reported 1,366 new cases and 90 fresh deaths.
2. Tamil Nadu's tally has crossed 40,000 with 1,982 people testing  positive over the last 24 hours. Chennai continues to be the COVID-19 epicentre in the state with 71 per cent of the cases in Tamil Nadu being reported from the city. Six clusters in Chennai continue to be a challenge. On Friday, authorities filed a case against 40 people for violating quarantine rules by stepping out of their homes.
3. India's recovery rate - the number of patients who have successfully fought the viral illness - stood at 49.94 per cent this morning. 1,54,330 people have recovered, the Health Ministry has said.
4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair an interaction with Chief Ministers of various states next week to discuss the coronavirus situation in India which has seen an alarming slide in recent days amid relaxations being rolled out following the two-month nationwide lockdown. The online meeting will be held on June 16 and 17.
5. In New Delhi, the situation is particularly dire with the Aam Aadmi Party government estimating that there will be 5.5 lakh cases by July 31. Delhi on Friday recorded its highest single-day spike with 2,137 new cases. This is the first time that new cases in the capital crossed the 2,000-mark in 24 hours.  The spike came on a day when Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain declared that the city will not be going into another lockdown. 
6. In New Delhi, the situation is particularly dire with the Aam Aadmi Party government estimating that there will be 5.5 lakh cases by July 31.
7. Coronavirus cases continue to rise across the country, days after the centre announced a new period of the lockdown under its "Unlock1" plan, which has eased restrictions in phases by allowing flights to resume, shops to reopen and offices to function, among other measures, with following strict safety rules and social distancing practices.
8. The Supreme Court on Friday expressed concern over reports of doctors not being paid salaries and said the country "cannot have dissatisfied soldiers in this war that is being made against coronavirus." The court said the government needed to do more to address concerns of medical professionals. The Supreme Court was hearing a petition that called for doctors and others in the frontlines of the virus battle to be accommodated in hotels and guest houses for quarantine after seven to 14 days of duty.
9. The United States has recorded another 839 coronavirus-related fatalities in the last 24 hours, bringing the country's death count to 114,613, according to a tally Friday by Johns Hopkins University.
10. The coronavirus pandemic has killed 4,25,000 people globally since it emerged in China late last year, according to an AFP tally.

The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could plunge an extra 395 million people into extreme poverty and swell the total number of those living on less than Rs 130 a day worldwide to more than one billion, researchers said in a report on Friday, Reuters reported.

Coronavirus Cases In India In 24 Hours

New Delhi: 

India has recorded the highest single-day jump so far of 11,458 fresh cases, pushing the total number of cases to 3,08,993, the latest data from the Union Health Ministry shows. India has the fourth-highest number of coronavirus cases among 10 nations worst-hit by coronavirus. The death count rose to 8,884 with a single-day spike of 386 fatalities. Maharashtra, the worst coronavirus-hit state in the country, has crossed the one lakh-mark after it reported 3,493 cases on Friday. Delhi's tally of coronavirus infections crossed the 36,000-mark as the number of deaths due to the disease climbed to 1,214, authorities said.

Here are the top 10 updates on coronavirus:

1. Maharashtra has the highest cases in India with 1,01,141, followed by Tamil Nadu with 40,698 and Delhi with 36,824. The state capital, Mumbai, the biggest contributor in the country's coronavirus tally, reported 1,366 new cases and 90 fresh deaths.
2. Tamil Nadu's tally has crossed 40,000 with 1,982 people testing  positive over the last 24 hours. Chennai continues to be the COVID-19 epicentre in the state with 71 per cent of the cases in Tamil Nadu being reported from the city. Six clusters in Chennai continue to be a challenge. On Friday, authorities filed a case against 40 people for violating quarantine rules by stepping out of their homes.
3. India's recovery rate - the number of patients who have successfully fought the viral illness - stood at 49.94 per cent this morning. 1,54,330 people have recovered, the Health Ministry has said.
4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair an interaction with Chief Ministers of various states next week to discuss the coronavirus situation in India which has seen an alarming slide in recent days amid relaxations being rolled out following the two-month nationwide lockdown. The online meeting will be held on June 16 and 17.
5. In New Delhi, the situation is particularly dire with the Aam Aadmi Party government estimating that there will be 5.5 lakh cases by July 31. Delhi on Friday recorded its highest single-day spike with 2,137 new cases. This is the first time that new cases in the capital crossed the 2,000-mark in 24 hours.  The spike came on a day when Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain declared that the city will not be going into another lockdown. 
6. In New Delhi, the situation is particularly dire with the Aam Aadmi Party government estimating that there will be 5.5 lakh cases by July 31.
7. Coronavirus cases continue to rise across the country, days after the centre announced a new period of the lockdown under its "Unlock1" plan, which has eased restrictions in phases by allowing flights to resume, shops to reopen and offices to function, among other measures, with following strict safety rules and social distancing practices.
8. The Supreme Court on Friday expressed concern over reports of doctors not being paid salaries and said the country "cannot have dissatisfied soldiers in this war that is being made against coronavirus." The court said the government needed to do more to address concerns of medical professionals. The Supreme Court was hearing a petition that called for doctors and others in the frontlines of the virus battle to be accommodated in hotels and guest houses for quarantine after seven to 14 days of duty.
9. The United States has recorded another 839 coronavirus-related fatalities in the last 24 hours, bringing the country's death count to 114,613, according to a tally Friday by Johns Hopkins University.
10. The coronavirus pandemic has killed 4,25,000 people globally since it emerged in China late last year, according to an AFP tally.

The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could plunge an extra 395 million people into extreme poverty and swell the total number of those living on less than Rs 130 a day worldwide to more than one billion, researchers said in a report on Friday, Reuters reported.