today news covid 19 18.07.2020

Tina Chow with news tonight where we get you the day's biggest news stories from across India andthe world and the top story tonight Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a keynote address virtually at this year's high-level segment of the United Nations Economic and SociaCouncil session on Friday the prime minister spoke and the valid ripped recession along with the Prime Minister of Norway and UN secretary general Antonio Meucci raised let's listen in to what the prime minister said today through our domestic efforts we are again playing a salient role in achieving agenda 2030 and the sustainable development goals we are also supporting other developing countries in meeting their sustainable development goals excellencies India is home to one sixth of humanity we are mindful of her weight and responsibility we know that if India succeed in achieving its development objectives it will go a long way in achievement of global goals and so we have taken whole of society approach by engaging our state's our local governments our civil society communities and our people our motto each Sabbath sabka Vikas succubus was defense minister rod not Singh arrived in Ladakh on Friday to carry out a comprehensive view of the security scenario in the wake of the border standoff with China accompanied by Chief of different staff general between Robert and army chief General mm nominee they are not seeing witnessed a military drill displaying combat readiness he also addressed the army and ITBP personnel he has a report on the defense ministers day-long Ladakh visit [Music] Defense Minister had not seen witnessing a military drill involving a fleet of attack helicopters tanks infantry combat wakers and ground commandos at a high altitude forward base in Ladakh on Friday in the drill the Army and the Air Force displayed combat readiness in the region where India and China are engaged in a bitter border standoff a large number of ground commandos tanks BMP infantry combat vehicles Apache Rudra and mi-17 v5 helicopters took part in the drill at stock 'no troops also carried out para dropping and slithering exercises daaad not Singh also addressed personnel of the army and ITBP Lagoon he told them the talks are on the way to resolve the standoff in Austin Lata but to what extent the issue will be resolved that cannot be guaranteed sorry Mitsuko he ate this video tomorrow Rob gave his power of media a Mohammedan he shot II am Shanti Shanti homologated raha how many Tony aquacadets Coughlin / short from Janaki Deepika is Nike decorative sub-domain Dairy Queen Tony Aarti Takata married Simon / sure you Janaki coated Craigie to the G Series Surat al-baqarah he was Camuto latina calivita re referring to the killing of soldiers in Galvan Valley Road not Singh said their sacrifice will not go in wait park accepting a birthday the Narendra Modi yet apartment Rehan Camilla facility don't accept the government help me you will be worried power of the teen Janaki Yamanaka bees make addict own job demonic evil parrot Casey McGehee slug Hideki Hey bulky Baraka eggs or Diskerud para trás you get the monkey of this riccati later the defense minister took to twitter to applaud the courage of our armed forces posting some pictures of his day long was it to Ladakh hero witnessed the fire and fury of the Indian Army during the para dropping and other military demonstrations at stock na in late I'm proud of these brave and courageous soldiers Bureau report Raja Sabha TV with a will to come back the post code 19 situation India and the u.s. have expressed the desire to clinch a free trade agreement in the coming months but before that both countries want to conclude a limited trade agreement the interest was expressed in an informal teleconferencing between Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross irrespective of having fantastic bilateral understanding as strategic levels both India and the USA lack a comprehensive trade deal to defeat this obstacle both countries will soon sign a limited trade deal this will be a precursor to the proposed free trade agreement between the two largest democracies of the world there is a general desire amongst both Indian the United States to see you a deal for the free trade agreement between countries they had come very close on two earlier occasions once when Prime Minister moody went to the United States in September 2019 and the second time it seemed as the Trump make all of his India visit if the deal was not getting signed but keeping India's largest strategic importance in mind President Trump came to India at that time though the deal would not be signed an understanding to this effect was reached between pul Minister of Commerce and Industry and railways and mr. Wilbur Ross US Secretary of Commerce on 16 July 2020 a day after the India US CEO forum the limited trade deal will also show the experience of having trade between the two countries in a proper format to showcase convergence in this strategic arena according to the Ministry of Commerce substantial progress has been made by both sides on most of the outstanding issues as far as bilateral trade was concerned both India and USA did not join regional comprehensive economic partnership agreement that could have been led by China that sold the convergence of trade ideas between India and USA and if it can be done before November election it will be somehow remaining situation for USA and also for India because both may for the go ahead on trade front luckily someone for right so what we began interview to follow up on the trade talks between the two commerce ministers a meeting of Labor ministers and social sectors ministers of the two countries will also be organized respectively this will address reservations of US garment industries about child labor and Indian concerns about social welfare issues that will be culminated in social security totalization agreement a meeting of Fisheries will also be organized to address American concern about lives of turtles during fishing in India both countries will also want to address issues of intellectual property rights service industries migration of workforce and preference in trade that is GS and other related issues trade between both the countries is to the tune of 88 billion dollars in 2018 19 and it is in favor of India accolade Simmons report for rajasam her TV the Ministry of External Affairs has said Iran is yet to nominate an authorized entity to finalize outstanding technical and financial issues related to the Chabahar Zidan railway project responding to media reports on the project MEA spokesperson anorak she must have said since 2016 despite various difficulties significant progress has been made on the Chabahar port project more details in this report the External Affairs Ministry on Thursday called media reports about the Chabahar Zayed on railway project speculative MEA spokesperson and Raksha Vossler said the center appointed Indian Railways construction limited ear corn to assess project feasibility and it is working on the project with Iranian company CDT IC he said so far it corn has completed site inspection and feasibility report review other aspects including financial challenges facing Iran were reviewed in December 2019 at the 19th India Iran Joint Commission meeting in Tehran Iran however is yet to nominate an authorized entity to finalize outstanding technical and financial issues there has been significant progress on the port project an Indian company has been operating the project since 2010 18 and has steadily scaled up the traffic at the port since December 2018 82 vessels have been handled there including 52 in the last 12 months alone the port has handled 20 lakh tons of bulk cargo and 8200 containers proactive measures are currently underway to increase the usage of Chebar pot both for Afghanistan and Central Asia on the chahbahar port the MEA spokesperson said a 2003 commitment was operationalized in 2016 during Prime Minister Modi visit to Iran since then despite difficulties posed by sanctions against Iran there was significant progress on the project an Indian company is operating the port since 2018 since then 82 vessels have been handled 52 in the last 12 months alone along with 12 lakh tons of bulk cargo and 8200 containers measures are also underway to increase the use of port by Afghanistan and Central Asia on the reports about the four Zogby gas fleet negotiations in which ONGC was involved in the discovery stage the MEA said follow a bilateral cooperation was impacted by policy changes by Iran he said in January 2020 Iran said it will involve in there appropriately at a later stage the matter is currently under discussion with inputs from Akhilesh Suman Bureau report Roger Sabatini and talking about the co 819 situation in the country corona virus infections cross 10 lakh in India on Friday it made India the third country after the u.s. and Brazil to cross this figure a record surge of 34 thousand nine hundred and fifty six new coronavirus cases and 687 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours India has now seen 10 lakh 3,000 cases while deaths have gone up to 25,000 602 it's the sixth day in a row that cases went up by over 28,000 also 22,000 942 people recovered in the past 24 hours the highest in a single day total recoveries have gone past 6.3 lakh giving a recovery rate of sixty three point three four percent India now has three lakh forty thousand active covered 19 cases according to the ICM are over 1 crore 30 lakh samples have been tested so far 3 lakh 33 thousand on Thursday the government is focusing on a strategy of test track and treat with 1234 laboratories including 874 government labs and 360 private ones but while cope with 19 cases in India reached 1 lack in hundred and ten days they went past nine lakh in just fifty nine days in three more days they crossed ten lakh cases currently India ranks third in global infections the United States has seen over 3.6 million cases while Brazil is close to 2 million India has seven hundred and twenty seven point four cases per million seen globally cases per million in India are four to eight times less than many European countries mortality rate in India is also much lower than the world average globally the mortality rate is about four point three percent while in India it is just two point five five percent but despite increased testing positivity rate in India needs to be contained test positivity rate is the ratio of positive cases to the number of tests in India TPR is much above the five percent benchmark at the beginning of me it was four point one four percent meaning out of 10,000 individuals tested 414 were positive in June it was seven point three eight percent and surged to ten point nine percent on the 16th of July medical infrastructure to treat Co with 19 patients includes 1383 dedicated hospitals 3107 health centers and 10,000 383 care centers meanwhile three volunteers were given kowax in the corona vaccine of Bharat biotech in Rohtak on Friday as part of the first phase of clinical trials all three tolerated it without initial adverse effects Bureau report Rajasthan party and many states reported their highest single day increases in novel coronavirus cases on Thursday Maharashtra continues to have the highest number of cases here's a report on the state wise kovat numbers Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Karnataka Uttar Pradesh and Pradesh and West Bengal recorded their highest single day numbers on Thursday Morales total caseload cross two lakh 84,000 with eleven thousand one hundred and ninety four deaths eight thousand six hundred and forty-one new cases were reported on Thursday 1476 of them were in Mumbai Maharashtra had 266 covered related deaths on Thursday 56 were in Mumbai the state has a death rate of three point nine four percent and a positivity rate of nineteen point six five percent Tamil Nadu has one lakh 56,000 cases and two thousand two hundred and thirty six deaths so far hot spot Chennai showed improvement while Madurai and three districts adjoining Chennai saw a spike in cases in three weeks mother I had a sevenfold increase in the number of Kobe 19 cases Karnataka had its highest 4160 nine coronavirus cases in a day on Thursday the state has seen fifty-one thousand four hundred and twenty-two cases and 1032 deaths among metros daily cases are falling consistently in Delhi and Chennai but not in Mumbai Bengaluru is the new hot spot since unlock one photo started cases in the city have gone from 600 to over 25,000 among other cities Pune is adding over 2,000 cases every day Hyderabad over 750 and Kolkata more than 400 cases Hyderabad has over 29,000 total infections Odisha on Thursday announced a 14 day complete lockdown in ganjam cora katuk and judge pol new cases cross 16,000 as 718 more people tested positive for Kobe 19 the state's death toll as of now is 83 Goa announced jonatha curfew between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. till the 10th of August and a complete lockdown from Friday to Sunday this week there are 1676 new cases in Telangana the state now has a total of 40,000 cases a test positivity rate of 18 point 8 5 percent and a death toll of 396 the three week total lockdown in go hottie is ending on the 19th of July Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said a likely unlock phase from Monday could be staggered the state has 19,000 754 cases of CO with 19 including 48 debts ot Pradesh so a search with 1733 new cases on Friday the state has 16,000 445 active cases with 27,000 634 recoveries its cope with 19 death toll is 1080 for the mother Pradesh assembly postponed its monsoon session that was slated to begin from the 20th of July the state has over 20,000 378 cases Bihar entered a 16 day locked down from Thursday but cases continued to increase on Thursday the state saw 1385 new cases of them Patna alone had 378 cases the state has recorded 20 1558 cases 7,000 289 of them are active Bureau report rajasah party lee and the number of code night in cases globally are approaching 14 million the pandemic has claimed 5 lakh 80,000 lives so far with over 3.7 million cases 1 lakh forty 1143 deaths and rising infections in almost all states united states is the worst affected on Thursday Colorado governor jared Polis made face coverings mandatory in public joining 38 other states Arizona is free testing high-need communities while in Texas authorities are giving away face masks hand sanitizers and food to people suffering from economic crises Latin America had over three point six million kovat 19 cases still thirsty over 2 million cases are in Brazil president share bowl scenario called the economic impact worse than the pandemic itself on Thursday he told local governments to lift lockdowns British Prime Minister Boris Johnson eased restrictions allowing beauty salons indoor gyms pools and other sports facilities to open from 25th of July Johnson also announced an additional 3.7 billion dollars for the National Health Service Japan had 623 new cases including 286 from Tokyo on Friday its caseload is over 24,000 with 998 deaths Australia's New South Wales on Friday banned dancing and large gatherings following a surge in new cases New South Wales reported eight new Kobe 19 cases while Victoria had four hundred and twenty eight Australia now has 11,000 cases and 116 deaths on Friday South Korea approved early stage human trials of celltrion scored 19 antibody drug China's the Sinha farm started third phase clinical trials of its Co with 19 vaccine in abu-dhabi on 15,000 volunteers the trial will test two vaccine strains two doses three weeks apart will be administered and volunteers who will be followed for a year India has established bilateral air bubbles with the United States of America and France air bubbles are explained as air bridges between countries that have trust in each other's efforts to contain the cord 19 pandemic civil aviation minister hadeep Singh Puri on Thursday said India established individual bilateral air bubbles with France and the u.s. to allow Airlines of either country to operate flights he added that air bubbles will be the way forward in resuming international travel amid the cope with 19 pandemic we have signed formally let me tell you Air France will be operating 28 flights on the Delhi Mumbai and Bangalore sector and France I think Paris between 18th July to 1st August we have an agreement for United to operate 18 flights within India and the u.s. between 17 and 31st but this is an interim one it is interim one we have a request from the Germans also I think Lufthansa is almost done but as I said you know have agreement some of some details have to be worked out the union minister said Air France will operate 28 flights from 18 July to 1st August between Delhi Mumbai Bengaluru and Paris while United Airlines will operate 18 flights between India and the u.s. between 17 to 31st of July from India Air India will operate flights to France and the u.s. under these bubbles pari said similar arrangements with Germany and the UK will soon be permitted international commercial flights have been suspended in India since 23rd March due to the covert 19 pandemic in some other news newly elected Rajas of her members will be administered oath or affirmation on the 22nd of July for the first time this will be done in the chamber of the House during intersession subscribing to all her affirmation by Raja Sabha members is usually done when the house is in session when the house is not in session it is done in the Rajas of our Chairman's chamber but this time it will be done intersession in the Rajas of her chamber chairman m Venkaiah Naidu decided this in view of the fact that quite a few of the 61 new members wish to participate in meetings of the department related parliamentary standing committees that resumed earlier this week due to the need for social distancing only one family member or guests can accompany each member for the oath-taking they will be accommodated in the Rajas of her galleries some newly elected or re-elected members of the Raja Sabha like dr. K Keshava Rao Antonucci Siva are the chairmen of parliamentary committees without taking the oath or affirmation they can't convene their committee meetings even newly elected members can't take part in the meetings without oath or affirmation with social distancing norms the Rajas of her gallery can accommodate 67 members the Raja Sabha secretary general informed all newly elected members about the oath taking on the 22nd of this month those who can not attend will be administered oath or affirmation during the ensuing monsoon session the oath taking my new members was plan for an earlier date but had to be deferred after some members expressed concerns over travelling to Delhi due to the covert 19 pandemic Krita Mishra's report for Raja Sabha TV I make international criticism of China over its handling of the coronavirus crisis another issue involving the country has been revived in recent weeks as an arena for serious tensions the United States has for the first time called China's territory claims in the South China Sea unlawful here's a detailed report the disputed territory in South China Sea looks set to become the new flash point for the increasingly hostile us-china relations after hitting outer China over several issues ranging from the origins of Karuna virus to Hong Kong's security laws the US has now waded into South China Sea waters calling China's pursuit of offshore resources in parts of sea as completely unlawful in a rare move the US Navy sent two aircraft carriers to conduct operations and exercises in the region on 4th of July America's independence day Beijing was already carrying out military exercises in the South China Sea from 1st to 5th of July the stand marks a stark shift in US policy as attach so far not taken any sides in the disputed region we will then go use the tools that we have available and we will support countries all across the world who recognize that China has violated their legal territorial claims as well our maritime claims as well and we'll go provide them the assistance we can whether that's in multilateral bodies whether that's at ASEAN whether that's through legal responses we'll use all the tools we can the South China Sea which is home to vital shipping lanes has been a flashpoint for years with several countries claiming ownership of its small islands and reefs and with it access to its resources in recent years China has been increasingly assertive over its claims in the contested region claiming an area known the 9 - line it has been building artificial islands and rapidly building up its military presence - back up those claims others with claims in the South China Sea including Japan Vietnam Malaysia the Philippines Taiwan and Brunei have rejected China's assertions in 2016 an international tribunal in The Hague ruled that China's claim to sovereignty along the nine dashed line had no legal basis in international law however Beijing rejected that ruling and has put up stiff resistance to the US challenge saying it was not afraid of sanctions and accused Washington of destabilizing the region after its recent face of a China in eastern Ladakh India says South China Sea is part of global Commons New Delhi has said that any differences be resolved peacefully by respecting the legal and diplomatic processes and without resorting to threat or use of force South China Sea is a part of global Commons and India has an abiding interest in peace and stability in the region we firmly stand for the freedom of navigation and overflight and unimpeded lawful Commerce in these international waterways in accordance with international law notably unclose Beijing views the South China Sea as a crucial part of its maritime territory the sea is home to important shipping lanes and there are immensely valuable oil and fisheries resources in the region China's claims on the South China Sea region have generally gone unchecked for the past decade but it's increasingly aggressive activities and posture on land reclamation projects have prompted the rest of the world to reassess Beijing's international ambitions Bureau report Roger Sabra TV India has launched a formal protest with Pakistan after Islamabad refused unimpeded consular access to coal Bush and other a meeting of Indian officials with each other ended inconclusively on Thursday it came ahead of the 20th of July deadline Pakistan said for filing a review petition however India says neither the environment nor the arrangements of the meeting were in accordance with the assurances given by Pakistan the Ministry of External Affairs stated that it was evident that the conversation with each other was being recorded and that jawed of himself was visibly under stress and indicated that clearly to the consular officers the consular officers were not given unimpeded unhindered an unconditional access to Jadhav on the contrary Pakistani officials with an intimidating demeanour were present in close proximity of Chara and consular officers despite the protests of the Indian side the consular officers could not engage him mr. Jadhav on his legal rights and were prevented from obtaining his written consent for arranging his legal representation a few days ago Islamabad falsely claimed that Jarrah had refused a review of his case and wants to appeal for mercy against his death sentence by the military court in July last year The Hague based ICJ said that Pakistan must undertake an effective review and reconsideration of the conviction and sentence of Java and grant counselor access to India without further delay so that's it from us on this bulletin thank you very much for your time take good care of yourselves and your families