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The Centre on Tuesday said that Covid-19 patients who exhibited mild or no symptoms can opt for self-isolation at home as they recover from the novel coronavirus, which has affected nearly 30,000 people across the country and killed over 930.

As per the Union Health Ministry data, the number of cases in India has reached 29,974 and the death toll has climbed to 937. In the last 24 hours, the country has registered an increase of 51 deaths and 1,594 cases.

The positive news is that 23.34 per cent of all people infected in India have recovered, including 111 foreign nationals.

Asian Development Bank issued India a loan of $1.5 billion to help the country fight the virus while Moody’s Investors Service slashed India’s growth forecast to 0.2 per cent for the 2020 calendar year from the earlier projection of 2.5 per cent released in March due to the economic crisis induced by the nationwide lockdown in wake of novel coronavirus.

Here are all the latest updates on the outbreak of novel coronavirus in India:

India’s coronavirus tally

Death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 937 and the number of cases climbed to 29,974 in the country on Tuesday, registering an increase of 51 deaths and 1,594 cases since Monday evening, according to the Union Health Ministry.

The number of active Covid-19 cases stand at 22,010, while 7,026 people have recovered, and one patient has migrated, the ministry said.

Thus, 23.44 per cent of the infected people have recovered so far, a senior Health Ministry official said.

The total number of cases include 111 foreign nationals.

A total of 51 deaths were reported since Monday evening of which 27 fatalities were from Maharashtra, 11 from Gujarat, seven from Madhya Pradesh, five from Rajasthan and one from Jammu and Kashmir.

美国Facebook决定向印度进行巨额投资，将向印度大型财阀信实工业（Reliance Industries）旗下企业出资57亿美元，在电子商务（EC）领域共同开展业务。在个人信息保护规定日益严格、以广告为中心的经营模式前景不明的情况下，Facebook希望通过深耕印度这一巨大市场来恢复成长势头。

　　Facebook将向印度最大电信企业Jio Platforms出资9.99％。这是继2014年以218亿美元收购聊天软件“WhatsApp”的运营公司后的又一笔大型投资。

　　Facebook首席执行官马克·扎克伯格4月21日就出资的意义强调称“不仅仅是进行投资，为扩大全印度人民的购物机会，已承诺在多项主要业务方面开展合作”。　

　　在有13亿人口的印度，Jio拥有近4亿手机签约用户。Facebook准备把自身社交网站（SNS）在印度的用户提高到3亿以上、WhatsApp用户提高到4亿。希望把双方的客户合在一起，构建庞大的服务提供基础。

　　扎克伯格2019年介绍称“将为（旗下的WhatsApp等）短消息服务追加结算和零售等功能”，显示出要扩大收入来源的方针。因为个人隐私问题和市场趋于成熟，Facebook已经很难再继续“依赖网络广告”了。

　　虽然Facebook很早就对发展潜力巨大的印度表现出兴趣，但到目前为止，很难说已经取得成功。该公司2014年提出在印度提供免费上网服务的方针，但由于担心印度相关部门等干预竞争而受挫。2018年提出在印度使用WhatsApp提供汇款与支付服务的计划，但一直没有得到印度相关部门的批准。

　　由于一直没有在印度取得进展，虽然按照国家来看，Facebook在该国拥有的用户最多，但并未获得足够收益。2019年10月～12月，Facebook公司在全球的用户人均销售额为8.52美元，在北美这一数字超过40美元。而在包括印度在内的亚太地区则只有3美元多。

Director of Jeeva Ayurveda Dr Pratap Chauhan shared three ways in which Ayurveda can boost your immunity at Aaj Tak’s E-Agenda on Saturday.

#1: Eat Chyawanprash

Speaking at a session, Dr Chauhan said the name of Chyawanprash, which is a popular Ayurvedic health supplement, comes first to his mind while talking about increasing immunity. He said Chyawanprash is very beneficial for the lungs.

#2: Drink Ayush kadha, turmeric milk

Dr Chauhan said most people are making Ayush kadha in their homes to avoid coronavirus, which is a good immunity booster. He also explained the method of making it: add four basil leaves, two black pepper, ginger, cinnamon and dry grapes to a cup of water and boil the water. To sweeten it, add jaggery or honey too. Drinking this twice a day to increase the immunity of your body. Apart from this, also consume turmeric milk.

#3: Put sesame oil in nose or gargle with it

The health expert further said that by putting oil in your nose, the body remains disease-free. He suggested putting sesame oil in both nasal cavities twice a day.

He also suggested gargling with sesame oil. This too has to be done twice a day. He said that if the nasal membrane and mouth captivity remain lubricated, then no germs can attack the body through them.