Top headlines: Indian investors flee crypto trading; intl flight ops 'soon'

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Health ministry asks states to ramp up testing even as Covid-19 cases drop

The health ministry has written to thirteen states where the weekly rate of Covid testing has dropped even though the total daily cases in the country to around 10,000.

“In the absence of sustained levels of sufficient testing, it is very difficult to determine the true level of infection spread in a geography,” Rajesh Bhushan, health secretary said. Read more

Indian govt's plan to ban cryptocurrencies leads to heavy selling

Plans by the Indian government for a new bill that would bar most private cryptocurrencies has triggered heavy selling in