India’s single-day tally of 78,761 new coronavirus infections on Sunday exceeded the one-day increase of 77,299 reported by the United States in mid-July.
As per the report titled Tackling the COVID-19 Youth Employment Crisis in Asia and the Pacific, in the 6-month scenario, job losses for youth may equal 6.1 million in India, followed by Pakistan with 2.3 million.
Lawmakers of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have accused the social media giant of censoring nationalist voices, after the opposition Congress seized on a Wall Street Journal report to seek a parliamentary investigation of Facebook employees’ alleged ties with the ruling party.
In annual celebrations scaled down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Modi identified health and economic self-reliance as the key priorities for his government.
ISPR states that an advisory is being sent to all government departments and institutions in order to trace lapses and enhance cyber-security measures in place
Reinforcing that grim outlook, the Nikkei Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index, compiled by IHS Markit, fell to 46.0 last month from 47.2 in June, below the 50-level separating growth from expansion for a fourth straight month and marking its longest spell of contraction since March 2009.
The NPCI said in a statement to Reuters it is regularly audited in the interests of security and senior management reviews all findings, which are then “remediated to (the) satisfaction of the auditors”. This includes the findings cited by Reuters, it said.
Lower demand by the world's second-biggest bullion consumer could limit a rally in global prices, which hit a record high earlier this month, although it could also reduce India's trade deficit and support the ailing rupee.