News (5th July 2021, Monday)

Category: News in Brief
Published: Monday, 05 July 2021 03:16

News (5th July 2021, Monday)

-- by Annadatha Venkata Murali Manohar*

Headlines

Fuel prices burn a hole in peoples’ pockets as petrol breaches Rs 114-mark in Rajasthan, diesel at Rs 102

In a first, women schoolteachers outnumber men

If a Hindu says Muslims shouldn’t live here, then he isn’t a Hindu: RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat

PM Modi wishes Joe Biden on 4th of July, sends silent message to China?

Pushkar Singh Dhami takes oath as Uttarakhand CM; Promises jobs, better Covid management; BJP in firefighting mode as MLAs sulk over new CM

Srinagar admin Aijaz Asad bans use, sale, possession, transportation of drones, similar unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

India to maintain warships in Gulf zone to aid merchant ships

Firing drills on July 9, Indian Navy warns vessels, public

No-fly zone near naval installations in Visakhapatnam

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal writes to PM for Bharat Ratna to doctors, health workers for Covid service

Stan Swamy on ventilator; "Make all efforts to save Stan Swamy": (NHRC) ordered the Maharashtra Govt on jailed 84-year-old

Stranded in Iran 18 months, 5 Indians move PM for 'Ghar-wapasi'; unknowingly trapped in treacherous maritime narcotics smuggling racket, leading to their arrest, jail, stranded after release

IMD: After a break of almost three weeks, the Southwest Monsoon is expected to revive from July 8; No forecast model 100% accurate

Complaint against Twitter MD for spreading ‘communal hatred’

Cyclone Yaas: West Bengal rejects 50% compensation claims from 3Lac applications, terms them 'bogus'

Job loss prompts reverse migration in Kerala as nearly 15 lakh expats return home amid pandemic

Rogue Elephant 'Shankar' who has killed 5 people, turned tame and freed in TN; mellowed down' during the course of his confinement

Rajasthan: VCs receive bill of Rs 68k for 'Unsolicited' copies of Governor's Biography; publisher claimed that the books were provided to the VCs who had ordered them

3 Naxals, one of them allegedly involved in 2015 Dantewada blast (5 policemen killed), surrendered in two districts of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar

Farmers' union to protest against farm laws outside Parliament throughout monsoon session

Centre should not put conditions to resume talks with protesting farmers: Rakesh Tikait

Dewas massacre: Police demolishes house, shops of man Surendra Chouhan accused of murdering 5 people

Money laundering case: Anil Deshmukh moves SC seeking protection from coercive action

Rs. 7.5 crore worth heroin hidden in 78 bangles seized at Delhi’s IGI Airport

Congress may accept DMK’s Rajya Sabha offer in bid to placate rebels

Financial & Business news

RBI should not print money to finance fiscal deficit: Eminent economist Pinaki Chakraborty

BPCL's R&D centre bags 80 patents in 20 years; over 50 more pending for various innovations including the world's cheapest and the fastest crude oil assaying tool BP Marrk

Consumer body asks govt to reject Vodafone Idea's call for relief, seeks forensic audit; not investing in network quality upgrade and in new tech like VoLTE

Indian man (37 years) & 9 of his associates from different countries have won a DH20MN jackpot in a raffle draw in the UAE

India’s coal production drops marginally by 2% to 716 million tonnes in FY’21

Jeff Bezos leaves enduring legacy as he steps away as Amazon CEO

Amul turnover rises 2% to Rs. 39,200 crore in FY21 despite Covid-19: Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation’s (GCMMF) MD Sodhi

Apple employees unhappy with ‘3 days a week office’ hybrid work policy: Report

India must have research as a career attractive to grads: Hari Balakrishnan, Fujitsu professor of computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Covid-19 updates

The WHO is tracking all variants of SARS-CoV-2 but at the moment, there is no reason to think that what is being called the ‘Delta Plus’ is a new variant of concern that we need to panic about: Dr Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientist of the health body

Now, steroids-linked bone tissue death worries doctors

To bump up Covid vaccine testing, centre readies two more Drug Labs at Pune & Hyd; at present 2 are at Central Drug Laboratory at Kasauli and National Institute of Biologicals at Noida

Study: No antibodies found against Delta variant in 16% after both doses of Covishield; some may additional booster dose, those who contracted earlier may require just one

Shut in for months, Indians now want to be 'anywhere but home'; Revenge travel': Because home is not where the heart is after months of lockdown

Govt Panel Scientist: Covid-19 cases will spread faster during 3rd wave if Covid-appropriate behaviour is not followed, but it may see half the daily cases recorded during 2nd surge

Uncollected ash of Covid victims during 2nd wave used to make Park developed on 12,000 Sq Ft of land at the crematorium in memory of those who died due to pandemic

Russia posts highest number (25,142) of daily virus cases since early Jan 2021; reported record No of Covid deaths for 5 days in a row

World: 184,547,427; Active 11,660,490 (6.32%); Recovery 168,893,890 (91.52%); Vaccinated 3.19BN

India: 30,584,872; Active 489,128 (1.60%); Recovery 29,692,986 (97.08%); Vaccinated 344.3MN

State News

Active Covid-19 cases in Delhi below 1,000 for 1st time in over a year

Covieshield will not be available at any vaccination centre under the jurisdiction of Pune Municipal Corporation tomorrow (July 5). However, Covaxin will be available at 6 centers (200 doses each): Pune mayor

Goa government issues fresh guidelines regarding Covid-19 restrictions; allows bars and restaurants to function with up to 50% of seating capacity between 7 am-9 pm

Avascular necrosis, or death of bone tissues, could be the next debilitating condition among post-Covid patients after the outbreak of mucormycosis or black fungus two months back.

A possible third wave of Covid-19 can hit its peak between October-November if Covid-appropriate behaviour is not followed, but it may see half the daily cases recorded during the second surge: Manindra Agarwal, Sutra Model, the mathematical projection of the Covid trajectory.

Delhi stadiums to open, but without spectators

Digital stride: Delhi Metro to monitor Phase-IV work online

Active Covid-19 cases in Delhi below 1,000 for 1st time in over a year

Oil, milk, now LPG price hike destroying ‘aatmanirbhar’ Indians’ livelihoods

Delhi’s Chilla village residents face acute water crisis

Delhi artist turns plastic waste into stunning artworks

Delhi: Police resolve fatal accident case in 10 days, get kin Rs. 32 Lakh

Ghaziabad: Rajkumar, teen on way home for his 16th birthday crushed by truck

Fire truck mows down biker in Noida; another dies as car hits divider

Unlock 3.0: Weekend curfew lifted; shops to open till 9 pm in Karnataka

Naseeruddin Shah to be discharged from the hospital in the next two days

‘The 98-year-old Dilip Kumar will be shifted out of the ICU tomorrow,’ informs cardiologist Dr. Nitin Gokhale

‘In 2020, wildlife board cleared land diversion for 48 projects’

Lalu, Rabri back on RJD posters ahead of party’s silver jubilee event

After Kejriwal, Navjot Singh Sidhu pitches for 300 power units free, says it is ‘definitely achievable’

Mumbai: Three employees of P305 arrested in barge sinking case

Bareilly: Girl, 2, finds mom unconscious on platform, approaches cops for help

Man denied bail for case in UP thana that doesn’t exist

Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao send out a video message together after divorce announcement

Mandira Bedi removes profile picture on Instagram after husband Raj Kaushal's death, friend Mouni Roy pays tribute to the departed soul

Four unidentified masked men looted a petrol pump at gun point in Punjab’s Mohali. The incident was captured on CCTV camera

Kuwait News

Kuwait Deputy Amir, Crown Prince receives speaker, PM and Deputies PM

MoH: Over 2.3 million anti-Covid-19 given to people

Min of Information praises ‘State award of admiration, encouragement’

Kuwait lists 1,654 new coronavirus cases, 12 deaths

Kuwaiti academic gains G3ict membership

KNPC amends Octane-98 to 175 fils as of July 7

Kuwait Interior Ministry seizes drugs, arms Jan 1-May 31

Kuwait Amir offers condolences to Cyprus leadership over wild fires

Kuwait Youth Authorities launch project to train youth leaders, new graduates

State’s honorary award promotes cultural developments: Winners

Kuwait Manpower fines 538 firms for violating banned working hours

Kuwait parliament speaker receives new UAE Ambassador

International News

Pope Francis goes to Rome hospital for intestinal surgery

Report claim China's State-run Newspaper paid US Dailies (Time magazine & Foreign Policy magazine) millions over a period of six months to buy media influence

Families flee as Taliban seize Kandahar District after fighting with Afghan Govt forces; 'What was the point?' Afghans rue decades of war as US quits Bagram

Taliban take districts in NE Afghanistan from fleeing Afghan troops

US: Frustrations of dysfunction grip Kamala Harris' Office, White House tries to stop 'Drama-filled narrative'

5-month-old baby girl in UK 'turning to stone' due to an extremely rare genetic condition Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) turns muscles into bones

45 dead including three on the ground, 42 rescued from burning debris as military plane crashes in island of Jolo, Philippines

Landslide engulfs Japan’s Atami city, 20 people missing

Astronauts Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo were shown first spacewalking outside China's new orbital space station to work on setting up a 15-meter (50-foot) long robotic arm

Four dead as ‘most destructive’ Cyprus forest fire continues to rage for second day

Myanmar forces kill in raid on town, resident and media say

World’s safest place? Vermont leads US vaccine race

Biden miss vaccine-sharing goal, cites local hurdles

Face masks may become personal choice as UK lifts lockdown from July 19: Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick

England will move into a period without legal restrictions where the public will have to exercise ‘personal responsibility’ including on facemasks: Housing Secretary Rober Jenrick

Zuma loyalists vow to make South Africa ‘ungovernable’

Pakistan national security advisor Moeed Yousuf says India was behind June bomb blast in Lahore

Pak blames RAW for blast outside Hafiz home, Imran lauds ‘proof’ hunt

European vacation: Car rentals complicated and expensive

Arab League appeals for mercy for pair of Palestinian prisoners

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Khdhemi revealed that his government asked Iran and USA to abstain from ‘settling their scores’ in Iraq

Egypt ‘never threatened anyone’: President Al-Sisi

Sports News

Austrian Grand Prix: Max Verstappen wins in Austria to pull clear of Lewis Hamilton in Title Race, Lewis Hamilton fourth

Tokyo Olympics: No pressure on me, focus s on 100m this time, says Dutee Chand

Wimbledon to have maximum capacity crowds from quarter-finals onwards

3rd ODI: England’s Tom Curran restricts Sri Lanka before washout

Record shows the class that Mithali Raj is: Lisa Sthalekar, Former Australia women’s team captain

Hunger is still there, adding new dimensions to my batting ahead of World Cup: Mithali Raj

I don’t seek validation from people: Mithali Raj on criticism of her strike rate

Mithali Raj’s records are here to stay: Shantha Rangaswamy, former India women cricket captain

Batting has to be up if we are aiming at World Cup: India women’s team Coach Ramesh Powar

Sneh Rana is the find of England series, says head coach Ramesh Powar

India have even-money chance of beating England on their home turf: Ian Chappel

Is it a commitment to your country or a commitment to earn a living? That is what a lot of cricketers struggle to answer, says Michael Holding

‘Got lot of stick from mum and wife’: Dinesh Karthik apologies for ‘neighbour’s wife’ comment