According to the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme data, currently, as many 11.68 lakh migrants who have returned to the state are under surveillance. Of them, 74,237 migrants have been tested for the infection and 2,404 have turned positive — a positivity rate of 3.2 per cent.

Indeed, addressing the CII annual session Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cited ACs as a priority sector, besides furniture, leather and footwear, for the government’s Make in India push to generate jobs.

In a statement, The Lancet said that “important scientific questions” were raised about data in the paper authored by cardiologist Mandeep Mehra, Desai and Zurich cardiologist Frank Ruschitzka. It said an independent audit has been commissioned.

A meeting at the level of Lt Generals to resolve a border dispute on the LAC is rare — all such earlier meetings have taken place at the level of Major Generals and Brigadiers.

The areas of Galwan and Hot Spring, sites for the current tensions between the two armies, do not figure in this list of 23.

Calling it a “historic day for agriculture”, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the reforms will largely free the sector from a system of inspectors and permits.

The Gujarat government has evacuated close to 79,000 persons living in coastal districts of Bharuch, Surat, Navsari and Valsad on Tuesday, with 6,000 of them from Valsad alone.

“We are very far away from the peak. Our preventive measures have been very effective. We are in a much better position vis-a-vis other countries and you will see the data soon,” Dr Gupta said.

Jobs adding up to over 41 crore person-days were generated in May 2020 as against about 36.95 crore in the same month last year.

The IITs have to collectively increase their student intake for undergraduate, masters and research programmes by roughly 6,700 seats.

The seven-day compounded daily growth rate (CDGR) for Maharashtra has remained below the national average for three consecutive days now.

Viral load refers to the quantity of a virus in an organism and is a reflection of how quickly the virus is replicating.

The Prime Minister said the world’s expectations from India has increased, and the corporate sector must take advantage of the trust that India has gained across the world during the coronavirus crisis.

The Ministry of External Affairs said the border situation figured in the phone conversation between the two leaders when Trump called up Modi, two days after he said he would like to include India in the expanded G7.

The next meeting, sources said, will be between Lt General-level officers from both sides, with the Indian delegation being led by the Corps Commander of the Leh-based XIV Corps.

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has deployed 11 teams in Gujarat and one each in Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli along with five teams of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF).

According to police, Sangam Jha, a resident of Sachin area, was on his way hom from Pandesara on a motorbike, along with his friend Sujit Singh (30) on pillion, when they lost their way and entered a residential area in Bhestan area.

The Indian Express spoke to authorities in 35 districts in Maharashtra between May 29 and May 31, and found that in 17 districts more than half the Covid-19 patients are returning migrant workers, who came back home in the last one month, travelling by train, trucks or lorries.

Nisarga's impact is likely to be felt most strongly in Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad districts, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Moody's expects India's real GDP growth rate to contract by 4 per cent in 2020-21 due to the shock from the coronavirus pandemic and related lockdown measures.

According to numbers collated by insurance companies, only 5,600 claims have come to insurers for settlement involving a cumulative amount of Rs 70 crore — this works out to an incurred expenditure of Rs 1.25 lakh, on an average, per policy holder.

Khan’s lawyer Rebecca John argued that the supplementary statement of the complainant in the case did not identify Khan.

While 35 per cent of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and 37 per cent of the self-employed respondents said their enterprises were beyond recovery, 32 per cent of MSMEs said recovery would take six months.

The list of products annexed to the order — among the products delisted were those of companies such as Dabur India Ltd, Bajaj Electricals, VIP, HUL, Wipro, Bluestar, Havells and Eureka — was withdrawn Monday, but the order remains in force.