The Day 259 COVID-19 Report of India

New Delhi (ABC Live India): The Day 259 Report of COVID-19: Today was the 259 day of India’s Fight against Coronavirus: ABC Research Report.

As per the Ministry of Health and Family welfare till 8 AM of 08/12/2020, there are 383866       active cases, 9178946 COVID-19 patients have been discharged and 140958 persons lost their lives in India till 8 AM of 08/12/2020.

On the testing capacity of India, the ICMR in its daily report on 08/12/2020 that a total of 14,88,14,055 have been conducted in India till 9 AM of 07/12/2020. Further, the ICMR reported that 10,26,399 new samples were taken during the last 24 hours.

The Following is the List of Actions/ announcements made by the Government of India along with Updates from Indian Courts of law, NHRC, RBI, SEBI, TRAI & IRDA on 08/12/2020

1. The Prime Minister's Office issued Text of PM’s Address to Indian Mobile Congress
2. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued Updates on COVID-19
3. The ICMR issued testing Updates of India for 07/12/2020 (To Read detailed Updates Click Here
4. The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare stated that Paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 has progressed smoothly in the procuring States & UTs of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Odisha Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Bihar with purchase of over 350.29 LMTs of paddy up to 07.12.2020 against the last year corresponding purchase of 292.37 LMT showing an increase of 19.81 % over last year. Out of the total purchase of 350.29 LMT, Punjab alone has purchased 202.77 LMT till the close of procurement season in the state on 30.11.2020 which is 57.88 % of total procurement in the country.
5. The RBI issued Money Market Operations as of December 07, 2020
6. The SEBI invited public comments on the Consultation Paper on Compliance Standards for Index Providers
7. The SEBI issued a circular on Additional Payment Mechanism (i.e. ASBA, etc.) for Payment of Balance Money in Calls for partly paid specified securities issued by the listed entity
8. The IRDA issued data of New Business Statement of Life Insurers for the Period ended 30th November 2020 (Premium & Sum Assured in Rs.Crore
9. The TRAI issued a Press Release on Consumer Outreach Program by TRAI through online mode
10. The PIB released PIB’S DAILY BULLETIN ON COVID-19 today.

The Day 258 COVID-19 Report of India