NDTV TOP STORIES
1. In India, 132364 cases of COVID-19 and 2713 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours. The positivity rate is coming at 6.37 per cent. It’s the 11 th straight day when the positivity rate is under 10 per cent. 2. According to a government study Delta variant behind India’s second wave of the COVID-19, the B.1.617.2 is dominant variant in India and is 50 per cent more transmissible than B117. 3. RBI cuts GDP forercast for financial year 2021-2022 from 10.5 per cent to 9.5 per cent. RBI keeps key rates unchanged. RBI says the spread of cases in rural areas poses risks. 4. Maharashtra minister Vijay Waddettiwar announces a five level unlock strategy but state government says these are only suggestions, plan is not final as yet. 5. Big focus on health capacity building in the Kerala budget including a pediatric as well as a unit with ICU facilities. Rs 1000 crore for vaccines. 6. Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci calls on China to release the medical records of nine people whose ailments might provide vital clues into whether COVID-19 first emerged as the result of a lab leak. 7. Home Minister Amit Shah says that India under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi successfully fought the battle against COVID-19.
