09-06-2021 News Head lines - Wednesday
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- Published: Wednesday, 09 June 2021 03:30
09-06-2021 News Head lines - Wednesday
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Headlines
Anup Chandra Pandey appointed election commissioner
Bhopal, MP: Javed Khan: "Sold wife's jewellery": He converted his Auto-Rickshaw into Ambulance; learnt how to use the oxygen cylinder and the oximeter to help people
India protests security lapse outside mission in Islamabad
J&K hamlet (Weyan, Bandipora Dist) first village in India to achieve 100% Vaccination of its 362 adult population
Covid-19: India records over 1 lakh new cases, lowest in 61 days
India captain Sunil Chhetri goes past Lionel Messi’s tally of international goals
People propagating misinformation, doctors assaulted: IMA seeks PM Modi intervention
‘Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin wants CMs to come together to seek loan repayment moratorium for MSMEs, small businesses
Battle against Covid: ISRO develops 3 types of ventilators, to transfer technology
Centre places orders for 44 crore doses of Covishield, Covaxin, AIIMS chief says no imminent concern for children, and more
Supreme Court expresses concerns about role of private hospitals in vaccination
Nepal stops distribution of Patanjali’s Coronil kits
Maratha quota: Uddhav requests PM Modi to take steps to lift 50% ceiling
Several leading international news websites crash
SC directs stringent action against illegal adoption notices
FM asks Infosys to fix tech glitches on new income tax e-filing portal
UNSC grants Antonio Guterres second term as Secretary General
Class 5 Kerala girl’s letter gets justice; Schoolgirl gets plaudits from CJI for letter hailing SC’s intervention against Covid-19
Parliamentary Panels to resume work from June 16, Monsoon session likely Mid-July; Normal session hopeful
West Bengal CM: Raid hotels where carcasses of cattle killed during Cyclone are being sold
As Paddy sowing season kicks in, Punjab farmers await return of migrant labourers amid Covid curbs
Govt allocates Rs 40,700 Cr for waste management in 2 Lakh villages under Swacch Bharat Mission
Hit by staff shortage, Union Govt asks States to nominate more officers for Central Deputation
Fire at Pune Chemical Plant that killed 17: Culpable homicide case lodged against owner; Fire safety measures such as installation of emergency exits had not been taken at the plant
J&K: 2 injured, cash counter burnt as major fire breaks out at Vaishno Devi shrine complex
CRPF Jawan shoots himself dead after killing colleagues in Jharkhand’s Chatra district: Police
Low pressure area is likely to form over North Bay of Bengal on June 11, bringing heavy rainfall to East India and Central India
New angles emerge as police report shed light on Mehul Choksi abduction drama
Brought to Dominica to give interview to high-ranking India politician: Mehul Choksi in complaint to Antigua police
ITR Portal: FM Sitharaman faces glitches asks Infosys to fix them after users flooded her Twitter timeline with complaints; Sitharaman asks Infosys, Nilekani ‘not to let down taxpayers’; Nilekani says 'Infosys working on them
Akhilesh Yadav welcomes ‘government vaccine’, will take jab
SC asks state govts to hold hands of Covid orphans
Rift in Rajasthan Congress as Pilot faction says it is yet to get its due
Financial & Business News
India saves 17 million tonnes of oil equivalent per year and 87 million tonnes of CO2 emissions per year, under Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme
India projected to grow at 8.3% in 2021, second wave undermining rebound: World Bank
EPFO to credit interest on provident fund deposits for the financial year 2020-21 soon; 6Cr employees will get the benefit
Karnataka BJP MLA Sunil Kumar has requested party leaders to provide legislators with a platform to share their grievances
SBI union, others urge RBI to scrap digital payments plan; raises fears of abuse of user data and India's digital payment networks should continue to operate on a non-profit
RBI nod for Ghosh's re-appointment as Bandhan Bank MD and CEO for three years
Rs 12,195-crore PLI for telecom aimed at increasing production, creating jobs: DoT official
1 in every 10 Europeans has been duped into buying counterfeit products, mostly coming from Asia
Apple in talks with China’s CATL, BYD over battery supplies for its electric car: Sources
India did well before big 2nd Covid wave: World Bank chief David Malpass
Lamborghini Huracan EVO RWD Sypder launched in India at Rs. 3.54 crore
Madras HC orders Tamil Nadu to set uniform Covid-19 rules for carmakers
Automakers face a threat to EV sales: Slow charging times
World Bank sees 5.6% global growth in 2021, best since 1973
State-owned banks getting ready for privatisation may come out with VRS
Delhi, Mumbai first to get mobile CNG filing service
V-shaped recovery: In four weeks, Merc sells 50 Maybach GLS SUVs worth Rs. 150 crore
Biden administration sets up ‘strike force’ to go after China on trade
In spite of fewer states tapping the debt market and the Reserve Bank over the weekend announcing Rs. 10,000-crore liquidity window for them, states borrowing cost has been rising and has touched a 3-month high of 6.95%
At Rs. 276 crore, BJP got lion’s share of electoral trust funding in 2019-20
DRDO anti-Covid drug priced at Rs. 990 a sachet
Twitter falls in line, blames Covid for delay
Free vaccine, food will cost govt Rs. 1 lakh crore over budgeted outlay
Corona Updates
Sonu Sood to start a vaccination drive in his hometown in Punjab
India reports 86,498 new Covid cases, 1,82,282 discharges, and 2123 deaths in the last 24 hours: Union health ministry
Day after 'Vaccine for All' Pledge, Union Govt places fresh orders for 25Cr Covishield, 19 Cr Covaxin doses; Aims for One Cr daily vaccinations from Aug, Advance orders of nearly 100Cr Jabs this month
New Guidelines for Free Vaccines to States takes note of population, caseload, wastage of shots; Covishield at Rs 780, Covaxin at Rs 1,410: Union Govt revises vaccine rates for Private Hospitals
22 turned Blue in 5 mins': UP orders probe after Agra Hospital's Oxygen 'Mock Drill' claim in Viral Video; Hospital sealed
INS Tarkash brought in critical medical supplies from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to Mumbai harbour in its 3rd trip as part of operation Samudra Setu II
WHO: Lifting Covid-19 restrictions too quickly can be disastrous for those not vaccinated; Variants like Delta, first found in India, 'Spreading Fast'; faster spread disturbing doctors
Pfizer to start large study to Test Covid-19 vaccine in children below 12; China to offer Sinovac Covid-19 Vaccine to children as young as 3
AIIMS Director: 60-70% children admitted to hospitals with Covid had co-morbidities; most healthy children who were infected recovered without the need for hospitalisation; no evidence to show 3rd wave Covid-19 infections will affect children more than others
MP: In the past few days, over 100 Black Fungus patients suffered adverse reactions to a recently-introduced variant of a drug (lyophilised amphotericin-b) used to treat the disease
Gangrene to hearing loss: 'New enemy' driving India’s second wave triggers unusual clinical signs
Study: The pandemic shaken up rankings of world's most liveable cities, with metropolises in Australia, Japan, New Zealand leaping ahead of those in Europe.
Severe Covid can hit gray matter volume in the brain: Hyderabad Neurologists
India’s Covid vaccination drive: UP must up vax rate 9x to meet 100% target by Dec
‘More transmissible’: Singapore sequencing reveals Delta variant crowds out others
Telangana: ‘Diabetes, steroids, ICU stay might not be reason for mucor’
World: 174,720,610 Recovery 158,423,123 (90.67%) Active 12,535,724 (7.17%)
India: 29,088,176; Recovery 27,496,198 (94.53%) Active 1,238,421 (4.26%)
State News
Covid vaccination drive: Priority for 45+, those needing 2nd jabs; states can tweak norm
Telangana extends the lockdown till June 19; Lockdown hours to be from 6 pm to 6 am
Bihar to lift Covid lockdown from June 9; night curfew to remain in place: CM Nitish Kumar
MP government extends Covid curfew till June 15; UP lifts Covid curfew from all districts
Social boycott: 7 daughters, 2 sons hold last rites of Maha man who married out of caste
17 killed, 4 injured as bus turns Turtle after colliding with Three-Wheeler in Kanpur; CM orders probe; PM orders 2Lakhs Ex-gratia
Thanjavur, TN: A nurse allegedly cut off a portion of a two-week-old baby's left thumb while trying to remove Intravenous Line (IV) using scissors at Govt Hospital
Hyderabad: Case registered against two for uploading objectionable video on Instagram
Telangana Youth Congress members pull vehicles with ropes protesting hike in fuel prices
Telangana: Patients allegedly denied hospital beds despite availability
Have worked for Telangana for 20 years: Former minister Eatala Rajender
Hyderabad: BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar, questions KCR’s silence about PM Modi’s promise to make free vaccines available to all adults in states from June 21
No workout for three months for Covid recovered patients: Health experts
WB reports 5,427 new Covid cases, 12,290 discharges and 98 deaths; 15,567 new cases, 124 deaths and 20,019 recoveries reported in Kerala; Andhra Pradesh reports 7,796 new cases, 77 deaths; Telangana logs 1,897 new cases, 15 deaths; 316 new cases, 41 more deaths in Delhi
Jharkhand reports 6 fresh Covid-19 deaths, lowest in over a month
Film producer Swapna Patkar arrested over ‘fake’ PhD degree
Gujarat waves off Property tax and fixed charges on electricity levied on single-screen cinemas and multiplexes Cinema owners, from Apr 1st 2021 to March 31, 2022
Dilip Kumar’s heath improving, breathlessness problem subdued, says doctor
Kejriwal writes to PM, says ready to make whatever changes Centre wants in doorstep ration scheme
People from Delhi-NCR travelling 200 kms to get Covid vaccination, says Agra Hospital
Punjabi singer Jazzy B’s Twitter account withheld in India on government request
UP: 17 killed in bus-tempo collision in Kanpur
Rakul Preet Singh on rape cases during Covid-19 pandemic: My blood boils
Kuwait News
PCR tests from any lab accepted provided it does not exceed 72 hours
Kuwait receives, examines 3rd Cargo of Oxford vaccines
Indian Foreign Minister starts 3-days visit to Kuwait - Modi letter to Amir
Virus situation unstable as ‘infection rate, hospitalization’ up
Will not allow any violation of employees rights
The Ministry of Education has started taking action about the situation of 1,900 teachers who are stranded abroad
Consent from sponsor must for expats to hire domestic worker
Mechanism in works to allow GCC citizens to enter Kuwait
10 days jail for motorist, for driving a vehicle emitting annoying sounds: The General Traffic Directorate (GTD)
The Criminal Court rejected the requests of the individual against whom a case has been filed for allegedly kidnapping and murdering a Kuwaiti woman Farah Akbar after stalking her using an electronic tracking device.
The Governor of the Capital, Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled, announced in cooperation with the Kuwait Municipality emergency team demolished 155 violating buildings out of the 193 against which warnings had been issued in the suburbs of Sharq, Al-Mirqab, Al-Qibla and Bneid Al-Qar
Acting on information the Shuwaikh Fire and Maritime Rescue Center and the Technical Rescue Center rescued two Kuwaiti youths who were stuck in silt off the Sulaibikhat Beach
Don’t be ‘Taleban’, don’t turn Kuwait into Gaza
International News
Attacked: French President Emmanuel Macron slapped in face during walkabout during a walkabout session, 2 arrested
IIT Bombay Professor Roop Malik elected Associate Member of European Molecular Biology Organisation
Security Council grants Antonio Guterres 2nd Term as UN Chief voted unanimously
Meghan releases Debut Children's Book "The Bench"; began as a Father's Day poem she wrote for Harry shortly after Archie was born in 2019
US accuses man of fraud for posing as Trump family members
Senate report details broad failures around Jan 6 attack
Kamala Harris engages Mexico on complexities of migration
Man charged with murder of boy in road-rage shooting
Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic loses genocide appeal
UK urges EU to show ‘common sense’ in post-Brexit talks
Ohio sues to have Google declared a public utility
Ex-Winconsin pharmacist Steven Brandenburg, 46, Grafton, gets 3 years in prison for ruining vaccine
Biden Asia chief ‘relatively confident’ on billion vaccine timing despite India crisis
Websites rumble back to life after Fastly-linked outage at the cloud service company
Sports News
IOA drops Chinese brand, decides to go with unbranded apparel for Tokyo Olympics
Tokyo Olympics: India’s male and female flagbearers to be named by June end, says IOA chief Batra
WTC Final: Two very competitive teams; should expect a proper Test match, says England legend David Gower
Kane Williamson’s left elbow injury being monitored, Trent Boult to play second Test: Gary Stead
Zaheer Khan fan Arzan Nagwaswalla wants to be ready for any situation on tour of England
Tokyo Olympics: SAI, IOA to Organise Nationwide Awareness Campaign about Indian Athletes
BAI writes to IOA to allow 4 coaches including Gopichand for Olympic-bound shuttlers
Tokyo 2020 may ask for further vaccine donations for Olympics, says CEO Toshiro Muto
Foreign reporters to be tracked by GPS at Tokyo Olympics
Pavlyuchenkova outlasts Rybakina in Paris to reach first Grand Slam semi-final
Alexander Zverev powers into first French Open semi-final
Murder of young wrestler: Wrestler Sushil Kumar seeks special food, supplements in jail, court order on Wednesday
Golf world puts Indian-American teen Megha Ganne on cloud nine after US Open feat
Today’s word - Salinometer - Instrument for measuring amount of salt in a solution
The greatest prison people live in is the fear of what other people think
Have a great day. Enjoy your day. Priortise your work. Avoid going out, if it is not necessary