India's April core industrial output rises 4.7%
New Delhi, May 31: The output of India's eight major industries accelerated by 4.7 per cent in April from a rise of 4.4 per cent in March, official data showed on Thursday.
"The combined Index of Eight Core Industries stands at 124.2 in April, 2018, which was 4.7 per cent higher as compared to the index of April, 2017," the Ministry of Commerce & Industry said in a statement.
"Its cumulative growth during April to March, 2017-18 was 4.3 per cent."
According to the ministry, the 'Index of Eight Core Industries' (ECI), which represent major sectors like coal, steel, cement and electricity showed an uptrend on a year-on-year (YoY) basis.
The index had registered a rise of 2.6 per cent during the corresponding month of 2017.
The ECI index carries 40.27 per cent weightage of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) which is the macro-gauge for India's factory output.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
