Malaika Arora tests COVID-19 positive, quarantines at home
Mumbai: Actor-host Malaika Arora on Tuesday announced that she has tested positive for COVID-19 and is quarantining at her home. The Bollywood diva said she is asymptomatic and following all the required protocols.
Today I have tested positive for coronavirus but I want to inform you all that I am feeling fine, Malaika wrote in a statement posted on Instagram.
I am asymptomatic and following all the required protocols and will be quarantined at home as instructed by my doctor and authorities. I request you all to stay calm and safe. Thank you for all your support, she added.
The 46-year-old fashionista is best known for her performance in popular Bollywood songs such as Chaiyya Chaiyya , Maahi Ve , Kaal Dhamaal and Munni Badnaam Hui .
Malaika, who started her showbiz journey as video jockey and model, has also served as a judge on reality TV shows such as Nach Baliye , Jhalaak Dikhhla Jaa and India's Got Talent .
Prior to her coronavirus diagnosis, she was shooting for Sony TV's reality show India's Best Dancer , that resumed after the government allowed film and TV production to commence as a part of the Unlock procedure.
The production of the show, which also features Geeta Kapoor and Terence Lewis as judges, was recently put on hold after some of the crew members tested positive for the virus.
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Extreme weather may pose risk to inflation, says RBI Bulletin
Mumbai (PTI): Extreme weather conditions may pose a risk to inflation, along with prolonged geopolitical tensions that could keep crude oil prices volatile, the Reserve Bank's April Bulletin said on Tuesday.
The retail based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has eased to 4.9 per cent in March after averaging 5.1 per cent in the preceding two months.
The Reserve Bank, which mainly factors in CPI while arriving at its bi-monthly monetary policy, has kept the key interest rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent since February 2023, citing concerns on the inflation front.
An article on 'State of the Economy' published in the Bulletin further said global growth momentum has been sustained in the first quarter of 2024, and the outlook for world trade is turning positive.
Treasury yields and mortgage rates are ticking up in major economies as expectations of interest rate cuts are being pared.
"In India, conditions are shaping up for an extension of a trend upshift in real GDP growth, backed by strong investment demand and upbeat business and consumer sentiments," the article said.
The RBI, however, said the views expressed in the Bulletin article are of the authors and do not represent the views of the Reserve Bank of India.
