News Today In Brief (03-06-2021)
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News Today In Brief (03-06-2021)
Hero: Andhra - Ambapuram sarpanch buys ₹4L ambulance with own money to aid villagers in pandemic
Hero: 7-year-old boy chase Poust swims for an hour to rescue his dad and little sister in Florida after they got caught in a strong current
Maharashtra: Tribal woman returns child bravery award as she can't get food grains at PDS shop
Army chief asks troops in Kashmir to guard against Pak-abetted terror
Top Ayurveda Institute All India Institute of Ayurveda also incorporates allopathy, successfully treats 600 Covid patients
NASA announces Two New Missions to Venus at end of the decade; aimed at learning how it became a hellscape while our own thrived
Maharashtra Govt announces ‘corona-free village’ contest; Winning village in each of 6 revenue Districts to get Rs 50 lakh prize money
Must find ways to ensure affordable access to key drugs and amid Covid-19: Harsh Vardhan
Fire on ship off Sri Lanka extinguished after 13 days; Huge volumes of Microplastics granules from the ship's containers have inundated Sri Lanka's beaches
Constitution does not envisage courts to be silent spectators, says SC
Mohan Bhagwat to meet top RSS functionaries in Delhi; poll-bound UP likely to be on agenda
Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) Court: Banks can take over Vijay Mallya properties worth Rs. 5,600 cr
ISC also cancels exam
Bengaluru: 800 suspects, 600 interrogations & lots of drama: The hunt for a woman (A psychiatrist with a reputed hospital) 'Who Stole Babies'
Fan sings Lal Lal Honthon Pe song during Juhi Chawla's 5G case hearing, Delhi HC issues contempt notice
SpaceX cargo mission to launch today; Astronauts to get fresh apples, avocados on ISS; carrying squids and water bears to the Space Station for scientific studies
THE Asia Ranking 2021: IISc (37) Top Indian Institute, China remains best in Region; 63 Indian varsities make it to Times Asia University Rankings 2021; India at 3rd after Japan (116) & Mainland China (91)
8 new flying training academies to be set up in 5 airports - Belagavi, Kalaburagi, Jalgaon, Khajuraho, Lilabari in Assam; carefully chosen since they have minimal disruption due to weather issues
32-year-old Chirag Shah appointed Thane's first "Bicycle Mayor" by the Dutch social enterprise BYCS
CAIT: Local lockdowns have led to a business loss of approximately Rs 15 lakh crore in the last 60 days
No recovery in global jobs till 2023: ILO
CMIE: Covid-19 2nd wave rendered 1Cr Indians jobless; 97% Households' incomes declined; unemployment rate expected at 12% at May end as against 8% in April
Digital divide will excluse marginalised form jabs: SC
SC casts serious doubts on vaccine pricing policy
Meghalaya: Rescuers use hooks, ropes, crane to reach 5 miners trapped inside for 3 days in an illegal coal mine that was flooded after a dynamite explosion
Govt unveils road map to set up centralised farmers’ database
Financial & Business Updates
At BRICS meet, Jaishankar raises need for Multipolar World, China speaks on India's Covid wave
Adani, GMR, Oberoi among 9 bidders for Mumbai's CSMT redevelopment; part of Railways' plans to transform stations into 'Railopolis', a mini smart city with mixed-use development
SAP adopts flexible working for its employees worldwide; decision came after internal polling showed 94% of employees preferred flexibility
OECD cuts India's growth forecast for 2021-22 to 9.9% from 12.6%; SBI economists cut India's GDP growth estimate to 7.9% for FY22
PayTM shares go past ₹21,000 from ₹11,500 in grey market after IPO reports; shares are in high demand
Shares of India's largest lender SBI rise to 52-week high; surged to as high as ₹435.2 on the BSE
Non-banks' NPAs may rise to 4.5-5% by March 2022 vis-a-vis 4% in Dec 2020; in-turn would keep the earnings subdued in the current fiscal; about 30% lower than the pre-Covid levels
Railways records highest-ever freight loading at 114.8 MT in May; earned ₹11,604.94 crore from it
BAIC’s BJ40 plus looks eerily similar to SUVs offered by Mahindra & Mahindra, and Jeep
May 2021: Hero MotoCorp clocks total sales of 1,83,044 units; HMSI posts total sales of 58,168 units
Carbon emissions from coal shipping remained strong in 2020 despite pandemic; 3.1BN tons of CO2 produced in 2020, or some 10% of total energy-related CO2 emissions last year
India brings forward target of 20% ethanol-blending in petrol to 2023 to help reduce dependence on costly oil imports
Digital service tax: US suspends proposed tariffs against India, others
Saudi Aramco lines up banks for bond sale: Report
Saudi stock market says trading resumes after brief glitch
Mukesh Ambani says Reliance now has strong balance sheet to support growth
Central Railway transports freight of 6.32 MT in the month of May 2021
Covid-19 impact: Assocham seeks wage support, interest subsidy to help industry
Sensex slips 85 points; Nifty ends marginally higher
Phase out opening up, unlock essential & non-essential services: FICCI
The $15 billion jet dilemma facing Boeing’s CEO
IB, CBI, I-T, CRPF officers debarred from publishing material without consent
Union Cabinet approves Model Tenancy Act to create ‘inclusive rental housing market’
Fix pulses’ MRP to check spike in prices: Traders’ body to govt
Economy resilient, reforms will help it rebound: Junior finance minister Anurag Thakur
Corporates, biz bodies take up mega vax drive
Merc unveils direct retail, to hold all inventory; Now buy cars directly from Mercedes-Benz; dealers only for customer experience, deliveries and service
Locus raises $50 million in Series C funding led by GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund
Indian IT doubled market share to 28% in last decade
Renault Triber awarded 4-star at global NCAP crash test
Toyota Hilux pickup may arrive in India to rival Isuzu V-Cross
Hyundai suspends third shift for 3 weeks, deliveries affected
With over 350 private space companies, India is in the fifth place globally
New IT rules don’t apply to our search engine, Google tells HC
Covid-19 Updates
WHO New Names to Covid: UK variant - 'Alpha', South Africa as 'Beta', Brazil as 'Gamma, India as 'Delta'. Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Iota and Kappa are VOI
Coronavirus: New Covid cases below 2 lakh for 7 days in a row
Man, dead 3 years ago, 'gets Covid vaccine' in Gujarat; family gets SMS not lone case; 10 such cases
9,346 Children orphaned, abandoned or lost a parent to Covid, Child Rights Body NCPCR tells Top Court; UP leads with 2,110 followed by Bihar (1,327), Kerala (952) and Madhya Pradesh (712)
Covid-19: 56% of kids who lost one or both parents in 4-13 age group
SC asked Union Govt plan for providing relief to orphaned kids who lost their parents to Covid-19
Covid-19 reported in two forms in children- pneumonia-like symptoms during infection and Multi Inflammatory Syndrome after recovery; 53% of India's total Covid deaths happened since March 1; may accounts for 37% fatalities
Govt apathy proving more fatal than Covid in J&K: Mehbooba
B'luru BJP CV Raman Nagar MLA Raghu accused of organising vaccination at his premises while cancelling it at a nearby Govt centre
ICMR Chief: No shortage of vaccines, India on track to vaccinate entire population by Dec 2021
Largest Sputnik V consignment of 3 million doses reaches Hyderabad; cleared in 90 mins by Customs
WHO approves Sinovac for emergency use; 2nd Chinese Covid-19 vaccine to get listed after Sinopharm
Over 1.64 crore Covid-19 vaccines still available with states: Centre
Hyderabad drugmaker to make Canada firm Providence Therapeutics's mRNA Covid Vaccine in India
SC gets prickly on Union Govt Vaccine Policy, demands full purchase list; no trials for foreign firm jabs if cleared by WHO; asks to ensure drug availability for mucormycosis
India cross 22Cr mark, gender cap in vaccine remain worse than Country's Sex Ratio; Mixing, matching Covid-19 jabs is an idea whose time may have come for vaccine-starved India
Delhi HC: Officers sitting over untapped potential to make Covid-19 vaccines need to be charged with "manslaughter" as it is leading to so many deaths
Not just limbs and brain, Covid-19 now causing clots in intestine leading to near-fatal Gangerine
Pfizer engaged in talks with govt for supply of Covid vaccine in India; will indemnity for Pfizer and Moderna open Pandora's Box? Biological E seek 1500Cr advance from Centre to produce 30Cr Jabs
IMA: 594 doctors have died due to Covid-19 in 2nd wave; Delhi 107; Bihar 96, UP 67, Raj 43, Jhak 39, AP & Telangana 32 each; last year 748 lost life
SBI report: 3rd Covid wave could be as severe as second, may last for 98 days; vaccination key
Cumulative Covid-19 vaccination coverage crosses 22 crore-mark: Govt
Faulty ventilators will have to be replaced; won’t allow experiments on Covid patients: Bombay HC
Study finds Global 'Hot Spots' where new Coronaviruses may emerge; Indo-China, Japan on list
Zydus: 80% of enrolment over for vax trial in 12-18 age group
India may get Pfizer’s vaccine against Covid-19 in July
Covid: Clinical trial of Covaxin on children begins at AIIMS, Patna
UK reports no new Covid death for first time since March 2020
SC slams Centre’s vaccine policy for 18-44 as arbitrary & irrational, wants roadmap of availability of jabs till December
World: 172,405,482 Recovery 155,246,938 (90.05%) Active 13,452,598 (7.80%)
India: 28,440,988; Recovery 26,382,897 (92.76%) Active 1,720,078 (6.05%)
State News
Mumbai: Covid-induced clots now causing near-fatal gangrene in intestine
Make companies use CSR funds for Covid battle: Bombay HC
Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee says it donated more than 20 kg gold and silver from its reserves for setting up of 125-bed Covid-19 hospital in national capital
Oxygen Express: O2 plants in Jharkhand supplied most LMO, followed by Odisha and Gujarat
Frontload Tamil Nadu’s June vaccine supplies from first week itself, MK Stalin tells Centre
‘Can’t be a battle among states…’; Naveen Patnaik writes to all CMs, seeks consensus over Centre procuring Covid vaccines
Alapan Bandyopadhyay chapter is over, but will back him: Mamata Banerjee
Delhi Covid Lockdown: Govt plans 24x7 remote access for patients
Number of Delhi death certificates up 250% to 35,000 in April-May
BJP municipal chief killed in J&K terror attack
BMC distributes food packets to the homeless in Mumbai
Why launch drive if no doses: Court to Delhi govt
Disclose efficacy and safety data over Covid vaccines: Akhilesh Yadav to govt
Delhi logs 576 Covid cases, 103 more deaths
DU hopes CBSE will find a ‘good’ scoring system
Plea on calculation of CBSE 10th marks
‘Sidhu missing’ posters surface in Amristar; promise Rs. 50k reward to trace him
Viral video! Mumbai Police ask Naseeruddin Shah to avoid taking evening walks amid Covid-19 pandemic
West Bengal forms expert committee to decide on Madhyamik, HS exams
International News
Bombs in Afghan capital Kabul kill at least 10, wound 12
China, Russia back Brazil, India, South Africa to play a greater role in UN including its Security Council, to make it more representative, effective and efficient
China jails blogger Qiu Ziming (25 Lakh followers) for 8 months who questioned China's official death toll in Galwan clash; for defaming martyrs
France to deploy AI to identify small businesses at risk of collapse; set up $3.67BN fund to support mid-sized companies with loans and equity
World Bank: Lebanon's economic and financial crisis is likely to rank as one of the worst the world has witnessed in over 150 years; likely to rank in the top 10, possibly top 3
Iceland's glaciers lost 750Sq Km or 7% of their surface, in the last 20 years due to global warming
N Korea sets up second-in-command post under Kim Jong-un; likely taken by Jo Yong-won, considered one of Kim's closest aides; would chair meetings on behalf of Kim
China confirms world's first human case of H10N3 bird flu; man is now stable and ready to be discharged from hospital
Russian approves 'Extremist' bill that would Bar Critics from running in Elections; Detains prominent opposition politician in widening crackdown
Iran's largest 650 ft long Navy Ship Kharg (ordered from Britain in 1976) sinks after fire in Gulf of Oman; firefighting efforts continued “for 20 hours"
Prez Xi Jinping asks Chinese media, Diplomats to tone down aggressive approach, convey modesty
The shadow of Joe Biden’s new Wuhan lab leak investigation looms large over US-China ties
Burnt-out Ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of Chemicals and Plastics 'Going Down' off Sri Lanka Coast
Israeli parties in final sprint to build anti-Netanyahu 'Change' coalition with bitter rivals; Netanyahu opponents reach coalition deal to oust Israeli PM
Israel sees probable link between Pfizer vaccine and myocarditis cases
Dominican judge says Mehul Choksi must answer illegal entry charge; Mehul Choksi’s deportation: Conspiracy theories emerge as Dominica court adjourns case
Nicaraguan police place opposition leader Chamorro under house arrest
French emergency call centres disrupted by telecom outage
France widens Covid vaccine drive to 12 to 18-year-olds
Germany blocks incoming Russian flights in tit-for-tat action: Ministry
Lebanese leaders exchange barbs as country sinks into crisis
Gaza’s bereaved civilians fear justice will never come
Israeli lawmakers to vote for next figurehead president
Democrats seek momentum in lopsided US House victory
Largest meat producer Brazil-based JBS SA getting back online after cyberattacks
UK hits vaccine milestone, warns of ‘deadly’ misinformation
Jill Biden getting Delaware beach day for her 70th birthday
California firefighters had job dispute before fatal attack
First Black woman set to serve as next Columbus police chief
Sports Updates
1st Test: Test debut Devon Conway puts New Zealand on top against England, with Lord’s hundred
ICC expands Men's ODI World Cup to 14 Teams from 2027, T20 World Cup to 20 Teams from 2024
French Open: "I feel like I've played five matches," says Kei Nishikori after winning five-setter against Karen Khachanov; Stefanos Tsitsipas powers into last 32, beats Spain's Pedro Martinez
‘All in the head’: Virat Kohli on lack of preparation time for WTC final
Need to ensure mental well-being of players, it shouldn’t be neglected: Virat Kohli
India’s fielding coach feels team will be ready mentally for the challenge in UK
Scoring was rigged, judging unfair, says Amit Panghal
WTC final should be best-of-three affair in the long run: Ravi Shastri
Two India squads playing at different places simultaneously could become a norm: Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri
WTC Final: New Zealand’s biggest strength is to come up as a team in the game, says Parthiv Patel
New Zealand in great place to create history: Trent Boult on WTC final
Koneru Humpy qualifies for Women’s candidates
Shiva challenges Nagpur District Chess Association (NDCA), says he will give up game if proved wrong
FTX Crypto Cup: Magnus Carlsen clinches world’s first Bitcoin chess event
Azarenka sees off teenager Tauson to move into French Open third round
I will miss you at Olympics: Sindhu to Martin
We were broken to pieces: Veda Krishnamurthy recalls Covid trauma in family
Delhi Police plea for further custodial interrogation of Sushil Kumar rejected, sent to judicial custody
Today’s word - Lallation - Childish speech; mispronunciation of speech sounds
Weak people believe in revenge, strong people believe in forgiving and intelligent people believe in ignoring