The daily #COVID19 tally in India jumped by 24% in the last 24 hours with over 16,900 new cases being reported on July 13 even as #WHO warned that the pandemic was ‘nowhere near over’.
Active cases has surpassed the one lakh mark, comprising 0.3% of the total infections.
Over 45 deaths due to #COVID19 have also been recorded, taking the total tally to 5,25,519. Odisha reported its first Covid death in two months yesterday.
Most of the deaths were recorded in Kerala, which saw 17 deaths, while #Maharashtra & #WestBengal accounted for 13 deaths.
#Mumbai has reported a 79 percent surge in daily Covid cases, with 400 reported on Wednesday. The state of Maharashtra, recorded 2,435 fresh cases.
Odisha saw its caseload rise to 1.2 lakhs and West Bengal's #COVID19 death toll rose to 21,251 after five more died in the state.
Telangana stands sixth in the list of most-active cases with 5,000 cases. Kerala has the second-highest caseload and has been witnessing a steady rise in the number of deaths too.
New Delhi's positivity rate is at 2.90% with 400 cases and one death on June 12.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation (WHO) also warned all country governments and healthcare systems to take steps to curb the spread of infection as the number of new cases worldwide had risen by 30% in the last two weeks.
Forget making back money, it looks like Brahmastra is taking down PVR & Inox investors with itself. With early reviews pouring cold water on #Brahmastra’s prospects, India’s largest theater chains PVR & Inox have cumulatively lost over ₹800 crore in market capitalization today.
In Indian mythology, #Brahmastra is known as a weapon of unstoppable destruction, which can only be stopped by its counterattack astra (weapon). Ironically, the movie could end up being a victim of the weapon it is named after.
The late #QueenElizabethII has visited India three times – in 1961, 1983 and 1997, each time accompanied by her husband and Duke of Edinburgh, the late Prince Philip. Her first visit came nearly 15 years after India's independence.
#KingCharlesIII takes over as the British monarch after the death of #QueenElizabethII, and that will lead to a demonetisation in the UK. New coins and currency notes will be minted and printed after the designs are approved.
The death of #QueenElizabethII has given the British monarchy its first King after over 70 years. The old coins and notes will be slowly phased out of circulation.
The old coins and notes featuring #QueenElizabeth II will continue to be legal tender for the time being.
The #iPhone14 is the base variant and comes with a few upgrades over its predecessor, including the A15 Bionic chipset, upgraded cameras and longer battery life.
Apple has announced the much-awaited #IPhone14 series, the company’s latest flagship offering. In addition to the iPhones, the company also announced Apple Watch SE, #AppleWatchSeries8, Apple Watch Ultra and the AirPods Pro gen 2.
Coming to the iPhone 14 series, the Cupertino giant has introduced four models – the base #iPhone14, iPhone 14 Plus, #iPhone14Pro and the top-end iPhone 14 Pro Max.
Apple has made significant changes to the iPhone 14 series.
Astronomers focused the #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope on Tarantula Nebula, one of the brightest and most active star-forming regions in our galactic backyard, and found thousands of young stars they hadn't seen before, images released by NASA on Tuesday show.
The Tarantula Nebula, is an immense cloud of gas and dust about 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the #MilkyWay. The nebula has birthed some massive stars, a few that are more than 150 times the mass of our sun.