The health ministry reiterated that states needed to take ownership of the Covid fight. It also said India's mortality currently stood at 2.6 per cent.
The new R value means India's active cases will likely cross 4 lakh by 19 July. Last week, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Karnataka and West Bengal saw a rise in their R values.
Improved kharif sowing, pick-up in electricity and petrol consumption, and higher freight movement indicate green shoots in the economy, ministry report stated.
On Sunday, the positivity rate was 11.4%, higher than the usual 7-8% and also higher than the Sunday rate of around 9%. But experts attribute this to ramping up of testing capabilities.
Increasingly, lenders have stepped in where equity funding has slowed amid global market volatility. But instead of helping startups, they end up extracting a pound of flesh that outlasts the crisis itself.
Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.
At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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