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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his condolences over the deaths in Kalimedu village’s Appar Swami Temple and also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin also has announced a compensation of Rs five lakh to the families of victims.
Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 153 new coronavirus infections including 102 in Mumbai alone, the health department said.
The state also recorded four pandemic-related fatalities.
Meanwhile at UNSC, India’s Deputy Permanent Representative R Ravindra raised concern over the situation in Syria and said on the security front that there is an urgent need for genuinely serious attempts towards a comprehensive nationwide ceasefire in Syria.
On economic front, the surge in oil prices due to the Ukrainian war has pushed up inflation in India, which needs monetary tightening and measures to address structural weaknesses to improve growth potential, said a senior IMF official.
According to estimates, the country’s economy is likely to grow at 8.2 per cent in 2022-23, down 0.8 per percentage points, said Anne-Marie Gulde-Wolf, Acting Director of the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department.
On Tuesday, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau said the “burning” issue of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine was one of the key topics of his conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, adding Russia’s “irresponsible actions” in Ukraine have trampled all the principles that underpin the world order.
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