Roundup: Unfolding cluster case gives India the chills

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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 FAR12 new cases in Indore, total count of city rises to 7530 new positive cases and 3 deaths reported in TelanganaSecond COVID19 case confirmed in Dharavi8 more people test positive in Gujarat; Total now 8211 more test positive in Rajasthan; Total tally 1293 more test positive in Maharashtra (2 from Pune & 1 from Buldhana)21 more cases in Andhra Pradesh; case count now 13265-yr-old succumbs in Indore; MP toll reaches 7Kargil man tests positiveAIIMS Delhi doctor tests positiveCases rise to 33 in Haryana, active cases now 20WorldIndiaGlobal Death Toll951,9011,96548,284UNRAVELING OF A VIRUS HOTSPOT–TABLIGHI JAMAAT3 attendees test positive in Goalpara, Assam1 person tests positive in ManipurArunachal man who attended event tests positive2 Italians & 14 attendees test positive275 foreign nationals quarantined in DelhiPassports of 8 foreigners impounded104 people traced in Agra, samples to be collected36 people identified and isolated in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu2 returnees test positive in Tamil NaduTelangana reports 3 more deaths; 30 new cases1,500 attendees from Karnataka; 800 traced, tested23 out of 24 patients in Delhi’s Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital test positiveMaharashtra civic bodies and collectors join search for 480 attendees2 people in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra test positiveLIFE & HEALTHHealth Ministry identifies 20 existing, 22 potential coronavirus hotspotsMumbai’s containment zones jump from 146 to 193 as cases riseNaval Dockyard, Mumbai has developed a handheld infrared-based temperature sensor to screen large number of personnel at yardOdisha Govt sets up 2 hospitals, in Bhubaneswar & Cuttack in a record timePolio immunization suspendedMylab partners with Adar Poonawalla, Abhijit Pawar to scale up production of test kitsExams for 7th, 8th standard cancelled in KarnatakaSchools in Chhattisgarh instructed to postpone the recovery of feesTeachers roped in to trace migrant workers in GujaratWadala housing complex under complete lockdownReservations post April 15th unaffected by lockdown, Railways clarifiesGovt extends deployment of 100 CAPF companies in DelhiAir India suspends contracts of 200+ pilotsAI plans to conduct special flights to London to fly out stranded foreignersParts of Worli Police camp sealed after patient at Police camp tests positiveECONOMY & MARKETSMoody’s changes outlook on Indian banks to negativeIndia’s March factory activity growth at 4-month lowHousing sales may fall 35% in 2020, demand for office space may shrink 30%Sebi extends deadline for comments on proposed relaxation in QIP, delisting normsWORLD VIEWUS sets new one-day record with 884 deathsNumber of confirmed cases in Germany rises to 73,522Trump proposes $2 trillion infrastructure fundAustralian scientists start testing potential vaccinesGlobal economy could shrink by almost 1% in 2020: UNChina’s Shenzhen bans the eating of cats and dogsThailand reports 104 new cases, three new deathsBritish Airways in union talks to suspend around 32,000 staffRussia’s cases jump to more than 3,500 in record daily riseSpain death toll surpasses 10,000Iran’s death toll rises to 3,160

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