The US Tuesday became the first country in the world to have more than one million cases of coronavirus, and accounts for nearly one-third of the 3.1 million cases globally.
It’s good to get better picture of how widespread epidemic is but we should be under no illusion we’ll be able to hand out some form of ‘immunity certificate’.
CM Bhupesh Baghel also requested PM Modi to immediately release Rs 10,000 crore, of the total amount, to assist industry, business, service and agriculture sectors.
The tea industry has been reeling under a crisis, with production hit badly after tea gardens across the country closed due to the nationwide lockdown.
India now has a total of 12,380 cases and 414 deaths. Of the total, 10,477 are active cases while 1,489 patients have been cured, discharged and migrated.
For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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