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Indian growth jumps in April-June, helped by looser pandemic curbs

Many analysts said the risk of spiking infections 19 from the Delta variant and the sluggish pace of vaccinations in some states could slow momentum, however, with the economy unlikely to regain its pre-pandemic size of about $2.9 trillion before the middle of fiscal year 2022-23.

Tesla closer to making its official debut in India

Tesla has had its vehicles certified as being roadworthy in India, a posting on the website of the nation’s ministry of road transport and highways showed.

“The tests ensure the vehicle matches the requirements of the Indian market in terms of emission and safety and road worthiness,” according to the site. A Tesla fan club earlier tweeted about the development, saying the cars were probably Model 3 and Model Y variants.

India’s coronavirus vaccine supply jumps, raising hopes of export

India’s daily vaccinations surpassed 10 million doses on Friday, with national vaccine production more than doubling since April and set to rise again in the coming weeks. New production lines have been set up, a vaccine developed by Cadila Healthcare won recent approval, and commercial production of Russia’s Sputnik V is starting in India.

The Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine maker, is now producing about 150 million doses a month of its version of the AstraZeneca shot, more than twice its April output of about 65 million, a source with knowledge of the matter said.

Covid destroyed lives, heart-wrenching to see survival of kids at stake: SC

“We are glad that the UoI (Union of India) and the state governments/Union Territories have announced schemes to provide succour to the children in need. We have no doubt that the authorities concerned would leave no stone unturned to attend to the immediate basic needs of the crestfallen children, said a bench of justices L Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose.

The top court, which was hearing a suo motu matter on ‘Contagion of COVID-19 on children protection homes’, noted in its order that over one lakh children have lost either or both parents during the pandemic.

International

China cleans, locks away banknotes to stop virus spread

The virus, which has infected more than 66,000 people in China,killed over 1500 people and spread to more than two dozen other countries, has sparked a rush to disinfect public places and minimise contact between people.

Coronavirus outbreak in China disrupting global tech sector: S&P

“Our base case is that the virus will be contained globally in March 2020 (no new transmissions in April), allowing travel and other restrictions to be unwound by the middle of the second quarter,” an Asia economist of S&P Global Ratings said. S&P said it has not taken any rating actions related to the outbreak.

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