The paper by Ronojoy Adhikari in collaboration with Rajesh Singh from the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge in the UK shows that the 21-day lockdown that the India government has imposed is unlikely to be effective and ‘there will be a resurgence of Covid-19 at the end of it’.

Total number of Covid-19 cases across the world has surpassed 690,000 and there have been over 33,034 coronavirus-related deaths as on Sunday.

Invest India estimated the country needed 38 million masks – 14 million needed by state governments and the rest by the federal government – and 6.2 million pieces of protective gear

People can visit www.pmindia.gov.in to make contributions using credit and debit cards, UPI, net banking and RTGS or NEFT, it said.

The three-month moratorium on payments of term loan instalments (EMI) and interest on working capital give much-desired relief, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman .

“Just as everywhere else in the world, the Indian economy is bracing for the fallout (from) this unprecedented event. We expect the lockdown to dramatically reduce GDP in … subsequent quarters, while there will be prolonged economic gloom throughout the rest of the year,” said Prakash Sakpal, Asia economist at ING.

The total number of coronavirus cases in India has climbed to 724 today. More than 85 cases were reported from the various parts of the country on Thursday — highest official single-day count so far. Out of the total patients, 677 are Indians and 47 are foreign nationals.