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Coronavirus: Trump predicts ‘a lot of death’ as cases pass 300,000
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Key Highlights- US President Donald Trump has warned Americans to prepare for the "toughest week" of the coronavirus pandemic yet, predicting a surge in deaths.
- At his daily briefing, Mr. Trump said "there will be death" in a grim assessment of the days ahead.
- He sought to reassure the worst-hit states, promising medical supplies, and military personnel to combat the virus.
Donald Trump Requests PM Modi To Release Anti-Malarial Drug To Fight COVID-19
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Key Highlights- US President Donald Trump said that he has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to supply hydroxychloroquine tablets that can be used to treat COVID-19 patients.
- "After call today with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is giving serious consideration to releasing the hold it put on a US order for hydroxychloroquine," US President Trump announced at the White House Coronavirus task force briefing that he requested PM Narendra Modi for more Hydroxychloroquine tablets.
Donald Trump Warns Americans Of "Tough Week" Ahead
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Key Highlights- US President Donald Trump warned Americans to brace for a "very horrendous" number of coronavirus deaths in the coming days as the total number of global fatalities from the pandemic soared past 60,000.
- As confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 300,000 with more than 8,300 deaths, there was some encouraging news in Italy and Spain.
New York Coronavirus Deaths Hit New Daily High Of 630 In 24 Hours
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Key Highlights- New York state's coronavirus deaths rose at a devastating pace to 3,565 deaths , the governor said, up from 2,935 the previous day, the largest 24-hour jump recorded there.
- The state has now recorded 113,704 positive cases 63,306 in New York City, where 2,624 have died just 6,000 short of hard-hit Italy's total number of cases.
National
India To Turn Off Lights For 9 Minutes Tonight On PM's COVID-19 Appeal
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Key Highlights- Eleven days into a total lockdown to control spread of novel coronavirus or COVID-19, India will turn off lights for nine minutes at 9 pm tonight after Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on Friday morning and gave a call for unity to "fight the darkness of coronavirus pandemic".
- In a video message on Friday, PM Modi made an appeal to the nation: "On April 5, Sunday, at 9 pm, I want 9 minutes from all of you.
- Turn off all the lights in your homes, stand at your doors or balconies and light candles, diya (lamp) or mobile flashlights for 9 minutes."
7 Indian Nationals Among 75 New Coronavirus Cases Reported In Singapore
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Key Highlights- Seven Indian nationals are among the 75 new coronavirus cases confirmed in Singapore, taking the total infections to 1,189 since the deadly diseases broke out in the country.
- Of the new cases, 69 are local infections. Six are imported with a travel history to Europe, North and South America and ASEAN, said the Ministry of health.
PM Modi Dials Brazilian President Bolsonaro, Discuss COVID-19, Bilateral Cooperation
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Key Highlights- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro held a telephonic conversation on Saturday and discussed bilateral cooperation, multilateral institutional framework and the situation arising due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- Prime Minister Modi tweeted about the meeting, "Had a productive telephone conversation with President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro about how India and Brazil can join forces against the #COVID19 pandemic."
Anti-parasitic drug kills coronavirus within 48 hours in lab grown cells: Study
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Key Highlights- Researchers have found that an anti-parasitic drug already available around the world can kill the novel coronavirus grown in cell cultures within 48 hours, an advance that may lead to the development and trial of a new clinical therapy for COVID-19.
- According to the study, published in the journal Antiviral Research, the drug, Ivermectin, stopped the virus, SARS-CoV-2, from growing in cell culture within 48 hours.
Confirmed coronavirus cases in US surpass 300,000: Johns Hopkins University
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Key Highlights- The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States has topped 300,000 and there have been more than 8,100 deaths, Johns Hopkins University reported.
- The Baltimore-based university, which has been keeping a running tally of global coronavirus numbers, said there are at least 300,915 confirmed virus cases in the US and there have been 8,162 deaths.
Education
UP govt school switch to khadi uniform from this academic session
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Key Highlights- Students of several UP government-run primary and upper primary schools will don khadi/handloom uniforms from the 2020-21 academic session, as part of a pilot project to promote the indigenous fabric, an official said.
- To promote khadi/handloom fabric, the state basic education department has decided to use indigenous fabric for school uniforms for students in 16 blocks of 14 districts, said director-general (education), Vijay Kiran Anand.
CovidGYan portal launched by premier research institutes for latest information on coronavirus
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Key Highlights- With a rising number of Covid-19 cases in India and an overwhelming amount of information about coronavirus across various platforms, the country’s premier scientific institutes have launched a multi-institutional and multi-lingual science communication portal – CovidGyan (https://covid-gyan.in) – to filter out misinformation.
- The initiative to create the website is led by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) along with six other partners which include the Bangalore Life Science Cluster (comprising InStem and C-CAMP, in addition to NCBS-TIFR).
Banking
RBI industrial outlook surveys confirm what bank NPA charts have been telling us for long
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Key Highlights- Two latest surveys on industrial outlook conducted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) give us a sense of what COVID-19 could do to the Indian economy.
- The RBI released the results of the 89th round of the Industrial Outlook Survey (IOS) conducted during January-March, 2020 and the result of another quick survey with a smaller sample in the wake of the virus outbreak.
Sports
Donald Trump hopes virus-hit sport back ‘sooner than later’
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Key Highlights- President Donald Trump said he believed US sports leagues hit by the coronavirus pandemic would resume “sooner rather than later” but declined to set a timetable for their return.
- On a conference call with the commissioners of the major professional sports leagues, Trump told National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell he believed the season would kick off as scheduled in September.
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