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India on Sunday replaced Russia as the country third worst-hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic. As per the figures, India is trailing the USA and Brazil, the two countries most affected by the outbreak.

As per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s update on the morning of July 4, India had 6,73,165 confirmed cases. The figure was inclusive of 2,44,814 active cases, 4,09,083 recoveries, and 19,268 casualties. Later in the day, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Delhi reported massive spikes in new cases reported by the Health Departments of the respective state governments.

With 6555 fresh cases in Maharashtra, 4150 new cases in Tamil Nadu, and 2244 fresh cases from Delhi, India’s tally of confirmed cases now stands at 6,86,114 as compared to Russia’s 6,80,283 as per the John Hopkins’ University’s Covid-19 dashboard. New cases reported from other states and union-territories are also to be added to India’s tally of confirmed cases.

Maharashtra with the most number of confirmed cases of infection in India reported 6555 new cases on Sunday along with 151 more deaths. The state now has 86,040 active cases while 1,11,740 patients have recovered and 8222 have succumbed to the infection. Mumbai city accounts for 23,732 of the total active cases in Maharashtra.

With 4150 new cases, Tamil Nadu now has 48,860 active cases while the infection has claimed 1510 lives in the state.

India’s national capital, Delhi has 25,038 active cases as of July 5 after the state government’s Health Department reported the detection of 2244 new cases on Sunday. The pandemic has killed 3067 patients in Delhi to date.

Breaking the proverbial glass ceiling has become commonplace in Assam’s Nalbari as women rule the roost in the district by occupying all the key posts including the head of civil administration, police and judiciary.

The already strong numbers of women in authoritative positions will be enhanced with Deputy Commissioner (DC) Purabi Konwar taking charge on Monday.

At least two dozen other key posts including the district’s inspector of schools, food, the social welfare, and information officer too are held by women.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Amanjeet Kaur is already heading the district police for about an year and a half.

Nalbari is located about 60 km west of Guwahati on the northern bank of Brahmaputra. According to 2011 census, Nalbari’s population was 7,71,639 of which 3,96,006 were male and 375,633 female.

Krishna Baruah is another key officer, who is holding the charge of chief executive officer of the ‘zila parishad’ and district development commissioner.

Nalbari’s five judges are women. They are: district and sessions judge Sharmila Bhuyan, assistant sessions judge Hemakhi Thakuria Buragohain, additional chief judicial magistrate Sarbina Bhattacharya, judicial magistrate (1st class) Smriti Rekha Bhuyan and ‘munsif’ Rubina Yasmin.

Kaur, a 2009 batch IPS officer, said women occupying key posts in the district is a positive affirmation of action by the government of Assam.

“When a woman is holding an important post, people, specially the women folk get the courage to approach her with their personal problems. It is always comforting for everyone. Women officers are always compassionate,” she told PTI over phone. Kaur, a native of Punjab’s Kapurthala, however, said women can get tough if the need arises.

Indian shares traded near four-month highs on Friday, tracking gains in broader Asian markets after robust data from the United States and China bolstered hopes of a global economic rebound, but a record spike in domestic coronavirus cases capped gains.

The benchmark indexes rose for a third day, with the Nifty rising 0.39% to 10,592.7 by 0513 GMT and the Sensex by 0.35% to 35,969.38. Both indexes were set for their third straight weekly gain.

Total Covid-19 infections in India jumped by a record 20,903 cases to 625,544, including 18,213 deaths, health ministry data https://www.mohfw.gov.in showed on Friday, days after the government eased lockdown rules to revive the economy.

“People on the ground have started realising that many people in their first degree of connection are now coming down with Covid-19, and the fear of what another lockdown will do to industries is the biggest overhanging worry for investors,” said Nikhil Kamath, co-founder and chief investment officer, Zerodha.

The Nifty and Sensex have rebounded sharply from a virus-led crash in March, but remain around 13% lower for the year.

“There is clearly a disconnect between India’s economic fundamentals and markets,” said VK Vijayakumar, chief investment strategist at Geojit Financial Services. “Markets are being driven by liquidity.”

Broader Asian markets rose after data showed China’s services sector in June expanded at the fastest pace in over a decade, and US nonfarm payrolls saw a better-than-expected jump. But higher infections in the United States capped gains.

Among individual shares, Reliance Industries Ltd rose as much as 1.4% to its highest since June 22 after saying Intel Corp would buy a 0.39% stake in its digital unit, Jio Platforms, for 18.95 billion rupees ($253.55 million).