News Digest (3rd July 2021, Saturday)
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- Published: Saturday, 03 July 2021 04:15
News Digest (3rd July 2021, Saturday)
- by AVM
Headlines
Indian-origin Vandi Verma drives Perseverance rover on Mars, says it's incredible; driving rovers on Mars since 2008 with successfully steering Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity rovers
Unity22: Sirisha Bandla, the Indian-American woman joining Richard Branson on his first space trip in what will be the company’s fourth crewed test space flight.
Uttarakhand: Tirath Singh Rawat resigns as CM in surprise late-night move; After 'Mistake' of picking Tirath Singh Rawat, BJP to go with a sitting MLA
Pogonotrophy (which means the growing or cultivation of a beard)': Tharoor drops another 'Head-scratcher', refers to PM while explaining
Euro 2020: Semi-Finalists - Italy with 2-1 win over Belgium; Spain beat Switzerland on Penalties 1-1 (3-1)
Three Militants, Army Jawan Killed in Encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama
If minister not good, PM will take care, courts can't do anything: SC on plea against V K Singh
3 Militants gunned down and an Army jawan lost his life in an encounter in Pulwama district of J&K
Time's up: No response from Twitter on locking of Prasad, Tharoor's accounts, says Parl Panel
2,000 people shifted to relief camps as flash flood damages homes, crops in Tripura; some houses partially damaged, some dwellings almost swept away
Basalt Rock Pillar, formed six crore years back, found in Maha's Yavatmal Shibla-Pardi village in Wani-Pandhakawda area
Justice Bhushan (6th senior most in SC), set to retire, has been part of several landmark verdicts including Ayodhya & Aadhaar
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Rakesh Sinha reports fire at his residence at Delhi's Shahjahanpur Road, tags PM Modi for help
Laurus Labs receives licence from DRDO to manufacture and market Covid drug 2DG
Customs officials at Chennai airport found 107 live spiders in a postal parcel that arrived from Poland at the Foreign Post Office
State found on a wrong foot, was in denial mode; West Bengal post-poll violence: Calcutta HC orders police to register all cases
Expert panel allows Dr. Reddy’s to submit Russian trial data for nod to Sputnik Light
Veeranpal Kaur, Kashmiri Sikh woman, who has assumed the name Kahtiza and married to a Muslim man, says she willingly embraced Islam, denies ‘love jihad’
Keralite IIT Madras asst professor of Dept of Humanities and Social Services Vipin Puthiyedathveetil, resigns on caste discrimination, letter goes viral
Financial & Business News
Maruti Suzuki extends free service, warranty timelines
At $95 Billion, India reports highest ever exports in a quarter; 85% higher than exports registered Y-o-Y
Indians left unemployed by virus want an urban job guarantee scheme on the lines of MGNREGA
30 IPOs coming in next six months to leave you spoilt for choice; 22 Cos raised in excess of Rs 26,000Cr via primary floats in 1st 6 months of 2021
RBI: Bank credit grew 5.82% to Rs 108.42 lakh crore; deposits rose 10.32% to Rs 152.99 lakh crore in the fortnight ended June 18, 2021
Exports grow 47% to $32.46 billion in June; trade deficit at $9.4 billion
Forex reserves rise by $5 billion to lifetime high of $609 billion
Deal with Reliance could put Google on cloud nine. Tech giant may earn over $1 bn in revenue
Indian Railways Freight loading up 20.37% to 112.65 million Tonnes in June 2021; highest ever freight loading in 10 months - from Sep 2020-Jun 2021
Suzuki Jimny commercial vehicle introduced globally
Govt plans institution to fund businesses focused on electric vehicles: Gadkari
Mecedes AMG E 63 S, E 53 India-launch on July 15
Ola CEO test rides upcoming electric scooter ahead launch
Tata Motors to launch Harrier, Nexon, Altroz black edition
MG compact SUV, likely to be named Astor, launch by end-2021
Nissan conducting feasibility study for producing EVs in India
Centre imposes stock limit on pulses to send ‘right signal’ to market
‘Absolutely a sprint’: How Andy Jassy raced to the top of Amazon
Facebook set to finance regional Australia newspaper fund
IT rules mandate: Facebook, Instagram take down 3.2 crore posts over unlawful content in a month
Christians and Sikh show increase in dowry payments in rural India: World Bank blog
Big Tech’s push into India’s financial sector raises concerns, says RBI
Petrol crosses Rs. 100 in Chennai; at Rs. 99 in Delhi, Kolkata
Parents in UK who named their kids Alexa want Amazon to use a different name
BSES discoms can exit 25-year-old Dadri pact
Corona Updates
India on Friday reported 46,617 new cases and 853 deaths as per health ministry's updated data. Total recoveries have jumped to 59,384.
Both doses of vaccine provide around 98 pc protection from death due to Covid: Govt citing study
Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya visits SII vaccine plant in Pune
Britain reports 50,824 new cases of Delta variant in latest week
No more lockdowns for vaccinated people in Germany
Pakistan’s pace of Covid-19 vaccination remains ‘very slow’
Both doses of vaccine provide around 98% protection from death due to Covid-19: Union govt citing study on 42,720 police personnel in Punjab
Pregnant women now eligible for Covid-19 vaccine, can register on CoWIN or Walk in
India crosses grim milestone of 4 lakh Covid-19 deaths, 60% of fatalities in 2nd wave; 1.62 lakh in Apr to 4 lakh in July
'Not one dose...': Africa's Covid-19 Envoy blasts EU, Covax over vaccine crisis amid a crushing third surge of infections
Covax calls for equal recognition of Covid-19 vaccines
Experts question if WHO should lead pandemic origins probe
Biden: Concern about unvaccinated during holiday
Covid-19: Centre sends teams to 6 states with high caseloads
World: 183,830,898; Active 11,598,995 (6.30%); Recovery 168,262,581 (91.53%); Vaccinated 3.13BN
India: 30,501,189; Active 502,383 (1.65%); Recovery 29,597,738 (97.04%); Vaccinated 334.74MN
State News
Jharkhand reports 88 new Covid cases and 111 recoveries; 80 new positive cases in Gujarat; Maharashtra reports 8,753 new cases and 156 deaths; Delhi reports 93 new cases (positivity rate – 0.13%), 407 recoveries and 2 deaths; Goa reports 183 new cases and 2 deaths in the last 24 hours
Goa extends state level curfew till 7 am, 12th July; Tamil Nadu extends lockdown till July 12 with more relaxations
UP govt allows opening of gym, multiplexes from Monday July 5
Higher cases, low CFR: Kerala’s Covid numbers in 5 charts
Bengali actress Shruti Das files a complaint against online abuse over her dusky skin tone
Srishty Rode dances to Badshah's 'Pani Pani' song just before her surgery to fight anxiety, shares video online
20 markets in Delhi to go plastic-free: South Delhi Municipal Corporation
Only 16.18 pc govt schools in Odisha have computer facility
New Delhi: Over 2,700 high school students participate as High School Moms (HSM) and INACE
Mandira Bedi broke gender stereotypes as she performed the last rites of husband Raj Kaushal
28-year-old man fakes own abduction to pay off debts in Delhi
61-year-old man kills wife, hangs self in Delhi, apparently after a heated argument
SIM card vendor arrested in Delhi for forging Aadhaar card details of customers
Yami Gautam summoned by Mumbai unit of ED
Family friend confirms Dilip Kumar is stable, and may be discharged in a couple of days
Assets of Ahmed Patel’s son-in-law, Dino Morea, Sanjay Kahn and DJ Aqeel seized in fraud cause
Song Joong Ki goes into self-quarantine amid ‘Bogota’ shoot; tests negative for Covid-19
Vidyut Jammwal heaps praises for South film star Ajit; also admits he watched Kamal Haasan’s Indian multiple times
Workd day and night to de-silt drains before arrival of monsoon: Delhi PWD to engineers
Delhi: Manoj Tiwari, Gautam Gambhir seek AIIMS-like hospital in trans-Yamuna region
Delhi: Light rains in city brings down temperature
Maharashtra: Pilgrims carry sandals of Saint Dnyaneshwar in palanquin
Kuwait News
Kuwait Amir congratulates Canada on national day
Kuwait’s response to Iraq ‘exemplary’: MEP
OPEC crudes basket up USD 1.32 to USD 75.16 bp
No casualties in Jleeb Al-Shoyoukh fire: KFF
*Speaker Al-Ghanim adjourns Parliament’s 16th legislative Team
Kuwait, Germany discuss strategic coop.
Kuwait list 1,895 new Covid-19 cases, 16 deaths
Speaker Al-Ghanim vacates Abdullah Al-Salem Hall for secret meeting
Kuwait’s financial position ‘very strong’, minister says
Kuwaiti Premier League club, Al-Kuwait, completes the signing of former Chelsea and Nigeria midfielder John Obi Mikel on a one-year contract
International News
Indian Ambassador in US Taranjit Singh Sandhu interacts with White House fellows; discussed with them the intricacies of diplomacy and the relationship
Bitter turf war over theatre commands erupts publicly, CDS reject IAF’s concerns
After nearly 20 years, the US military handed over the Bagram Airfield to the Afghans; Biden says "No" final withdrawal of US Troops in next few days; June deadliest month in two decades of ongoing Afghan conflict; Afghan forces killed over 6,000 Taliban terrorists
No surrender, no peace treaty, no final victory: Did US win Afghanistan war?
Russia says Islamic State building up forces in North Afghanistan as Nato exits: News agency Ifax
Drone spotted over Indian High Commission in Islamabad, Delhi lodges strong protest with Pak
Thousands of women protest as Turkey quits violence-on-women Treaty from the Istanbul Convention
Canada Day eclipsed by graves found at indigenous schools
Amid jaw-dropping Record High Temperature, raging fires char Canada town; 1,000 shifted
Top court gives French govt nine months to act on climate change
Paris: Rising food prices deepen the woes of world’s poorest
Saudi Arabia wants to launch a new national airline in a bid to move away from oil dependence
Boeing 737 Cargo Plane makes Emergency Landing on water in Hawaii after the pilots reported engine trouble
‘Abusive environment’: Kamala Harris faces allegations of ‘toxic’ work environment
US take further actions against Burma’s military
EU, UNRWA celebrates 50 years of partnerships
US economy adds 850,000 jobs in June, unemployment rate at 5.9 pct
The Saudi-led coalition in support of Yemen’s legitimacy shoots down a single drone, launched by the Houthi militia, which was targeting Saudi Arabia
The European Union’s Digital Covid Certificate Regulation, which allows Covid-19 vaccinated EU nationals unimpeded movement between member states, enters into force
Russian authorities foil two terrorist attacks planned by the so-called Islamic State
The response of Kuwait towards Iraq until today has been ‘exemplary’, Hannah Neumann, a European Parliament member says
The US budget deficit is expected to hit USD 3 trillion this year, the second largest since 1945, as a result of the repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Congressional Budget Office
US employment likely accelerated in June as companies boosts perks for workers
Delta variant cases rise by 50,824 in UK, hospitalisations remain low
Pilots rescued after cargo plane crashes in ocean off Hawaii
Sports News
Simon stars as Spain beat Switzerland on penalities to reach Euro 2020 semis
Wimbledon 2021: Sania Mirza, Rohan Bopanna defeat Ankita Raina, Ramkumar Ramanathan to enter Second Round
Novok Djokovic into Wimbledon last 16 for the 13th time
PV Sindhu’s Tokyo Olympics preparations get a big boost, request for advanced recovery system approved
Test cricket is no longer at the top of people’s lists, but it is alive and well, says Michael Holding
Shikhar Dhawan-led Indian team starts training in Sri Lanka
Kohli only expressed his opinion on best of three WTC final, never demanded it, says Ashwin
In London and Rio, Deepika Kumari didn't know how to handle pressure, in Tokyo she can win India’s first Olympic medal in archerys, says Dola Banerjee
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