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The chief of world
health organization warned on Monday that worst yet ahead of us in the corona
virus outbreak, reviving the alarm just as many countries ease restrictive
measures aimed at reducing its spread. The chief did not specified why he
believe so but he said ‘Trust us. The worst yet ahead of us’ tedros has
reported from the WHO headquarters. He said ‘Let’s prevent this tragedy. It’s a
virus that many people still don’t understand’.
Equity benchmark Sensex
surged over 400 points in the opening trade on Monday the lead was gained by
HDFC twins and Infosys amid positive cues from the global markets. The Sensex gained
0.36 percent share and gone up at
31,702.31 points and similarly the NSE was quoting 32.60 points or 0.35 percent
and went up at 9,299.35 on Monday. HDFC
was the top gainers of Sensex on Monday.
Amid the Coronavirus
crisis in the country, the government has transferred Rs 36,659 crore directly
into the bank accounts of around 16.01 crore beneficiaries through Direct
Benefit Transfer (DBT). The total DBT has increased to 45 per cent in 2019-20
compared to the 22 per cent in 2018-19, due to COVID-19 lockdown.
The rate at which Covid-19 cases are doubling in
India has gone up to 7.5 days from every 3.4 days before the national lockdown
was imposed on March 24, underlining the impact of stringent social distancing
and containment measures, officials said. As per health ministry, cases in
Delhi are doubling fastest in India with twice the number of cases being
reported in 8.5 days; then comes Karnataka in 9.2 days and Telangana 9.4 days.
The states where cases are taking the most days in doubling are Odisha and
Kerala which reported doubling time as 39.8 days and 72.2 days respectively,
said the officials.
Embattled Liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya on Monday lost
his UK high court appeal against an extradition order to India in relation to
charges of fraud and money laundering amounting to Rs 9,000 cr. The 64-year-old
former Kingfisher Airlines boss had appealed to the HC against his extradition
in February this year. The judgment was handed down remotely due to the
lockdown. It is a significant achievement in the continuing war against
economic fugitives, said CBI spokesperson RK Gaur said on Monday, hours after a
British court rejected embattled liquor Baron Vijay Mallya's appeal against his
extradition to India for allegedly defrauding banks of nearly Rs 9,000 crore.
Gaur said it also validates CBI's painstaking investigation.
Other
News:
- Fitch solutions has slashed India’s economic growth forecast to 1.8% from 4.6% for the financial year 2020-21stating large-scale loss of income across the economy due to domestic outbreak of COVID-19.
- Indian Institute of Astrophysics(IIA) have discovered hundreds of Li-rich giant stars indicating that lithium is being produced in the stars and accounts for its abundance in the interstellar medium.
- The 101st Meeting of Development committee plenary was held through video conference on 17th April. The items on the agenda include update on world bank group response to the COVID-19 emergency and the COVID-19 debt initiative of international action support of IDA Countries.
- A team of researchers at IIT Ropar is aiming to develop a Wardbot that will deliver food and medicines to the COVID-19 patients in their isolation wards.
- International team led by Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode has developed a COVID-19 platform from assessing emergency services from official government sources. The website ‘covidfyi.in’ is a one-stop digital directory for all COVID-19 related services and help.
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