News Digest (12th July 2021, Monday)
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- Published: Monday, 12 July 2021 01:19
News Digest (12th July 2021, Monday)
- by Annadatha Venkata Murali Manohar
Headlines
UEFA EURO 2020, Italy vs. England: Italy beat England 3-2 on penalties to win second European Championship title, after the game ended 1-1 following extra time at Wembley Stadium
Puru Jagannath Temple deities set for Ram Yatra today
Hyderabad Traffic Police helps transport live organs over 36 km in 26 minutes; facilitated organ transport 15 times in 2021
Novak Djokovic wins record-equalling 20th Grand Slam with sixth Wimbledon triumph 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3, beating Matteo Berrettini of Italy
Indian-origin Samir Banerjee lifts Wimbledon boys singles title, against compatriot Victor Lilov with 7-5, 6-3 in the summit clash that lasted one hour 22 minutes
ICC congratulates former Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) player Ashleigh Barty on winning maiden Wimbledon title
Blue Origin compares Virgin Galactic's space vehicle to its own; says designed to fly above the Kármán line; has an escape system while VG does not
Experience of a lifetime: Billionaire Richard Branson achieves space dream; reaches space in his own ship
Billionaire Richard Branson took off Sunday from a base in New Mexico aboard a Virgin Galactic vessel bound for the edge of space. Branson congratulates Virgin Galactic team from space and calls trip 'experience of a lifetime'.
Aeronautical engineer Shirisha Bandla becomes third Indian-origin woman to fly into space
Tourism eyes final frontier as Richard Branson soars into space
India flies out Kandahar mission personnel as Taliban advance
Jammu police foil arms smuggling bid, one held
Zydus vaccine for kids above 12 to come up for approval this week
Pfizer plans to brief US health officials on Covid-19 booster shots on Monday
The Assam cabinet has cleared the decks for a ‘department of indigenous faith and culture’ whose immediate priority would be areas of the state swamped by illegal Muslim immigrants
Ladakh first Union Territory to achieve 100% first dose coverage
Dr PK Warrier, who helped spread Ayurveda across the world, dies aged 100; managing trustee of Arya Vaidya Sala (AVS), a charitable institution for the practice and propagation of Ayurveda
Jammu IAF base attack: Security sources say ‘pressure fuse’ in bombs indicate role of Pak military
High population hinders development, birth control steps should be inclusive: CM Yogi Adityanath
New Population Policy in UP: Two Children, voluntary sterilisation to get job promotion, exemption in Power Bill
Uttar Pradesh: BJP puts CM Yogi Adityanath at forefront of victory march
Cleaning J&K admin': 11 Govt employees sacked due to involvement in 'Terror, anti-national activities
Hizbul chief’s 2 sons, 19 other J&K staff sacked over terror links
Central Railway, Western Railway to carry out mega and jumbo block (essential for infrastructure upkeep and safety) in Mumbai on July 11
ISRO swinging back to full action; Plans to launch Geo Imaging Satellite GISAT-1 on August 12
J&K: Three local terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit (were) killed in Anantnag encounter
Heavy to very heavy rains expected in several parts of north India by Monday: IMD
IMD issues heavy rain warning for several Telangana districts
Jammu, Kashmir have separate issues: Abdullah on party unit’s proposal to delimitation panel
Interpol red notices against 2 Gupta brothers who fled South Africa
Indian-American celebrities raise $400,000 Covid-19 relief in India
PM holds meeting with BJP national secretaries
Ravi Shankar Prasad, Javadekar may soon receive organisational responsibility, role in poll-bound states
Ready to step down if Congress high-command asks me: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel on sharing the post
Decision on kanwar yatra as well as the Char Dham Yatra, after talking to other states: Pushkar Singh Dhami, CM Uttarakhand
Financial & Business News
Amazon $8.45BN MGM deal faces in-depth probe by US FTC; could take 6 months to rule on the deal
Amazon instructs its managers not to let employees know when they are put on a formal performance-management plan called Focus unless explicitly asked
Suez Canal Authority gains historic profits USD 5.8 billion
Rome: G20 finance ministers throw their weight behind a deal to impose a minimum global corporate tax rate of 15% on the profits of major multinational companies in a move aimed at tackling tax avoidance
India poised for double-digit growth this fiscal: Niti VC
Swift recovery expected due to limited impact of lockdown on economy: Survey
A month since launch, glitches continue to mar I-T portal functioning
Rs. 750-crore bank loans to sugar mill linked to Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar under ED lens
China tightens rules on foreign IPOs in new blow to tech companies
Amul wins its first trademark violation case outside India
Corona News
India has reported 41,506 new Covid-19 cases and 895 deaths in last 24 hours
Blip in 2nd Covid wave? Maharashtra caseload in first 10 days of July over 79,500
UK reports 31,772 further Covid-19 cases, 26 more deaths
WHO: 24 countries are having a vertical epidemic curve right now; not the situation we should be in
WHO: Decision on emergency use approval for India's Covaxin likely in 4-6 weeks; 77.8% efficacy against symptomatic Covid-19 in phase 3 trials
Mumbai out of the Covid woods? Curbs relaxed, you shouldn't: Govt to states amid tourist rush at Hill Stations
Crowd of tourists seen without masks at dam in Pune's Lonavala; Tourists gather at Himachal's Kasauli; police seen issuing challans
Kumbh Covid testing scam: Officials dialling 1 lakh numbers to crack the case; trying to ascertain if the person using the number even attended the Kumbh Mela
Delta variant cases mark 32% weekly increase in UK, vaccine protection high; EU achieves target of delivering enough doses to vaccinate 70% of adults
Study: 1 in 10 recovered Covid-19 patients in Singapore had persistent symptoms six months after their initial infection
Covid-19 takes 33 lives in Iraq, sickens 7,616 others
World: Confirmed: 186,418,493; Total Deaths: 4,024,103; Recovered: 122,826,314; Active Cases: 59,568,076
India: Confirmed: 30,837,222; Total Deaths: 408,040; Recovered: 29,975,064; Active Cases: 454,118
State News
Delhi Jal Board to move SC seeking release of Delhi’s legitimate share of water from Haryana
Dalit man beaten up, stick inserted in private parts by lover's family in UP; Police asked for report; Dalit man hung from a tree, beaten with sticks for allegedly stealing a goat in Raj
Maneka Gandhi shuts her animal shelter after video shows vet assaulting dog; later died from injuries
A rare and sealed copy of 'The Legend of Zelda' has sold for over ₹6.4Cr at Heritage Auctions
Mentally challenged man, missing for 10 years, reunited with family traced to Jabalpur through Aadhaar
Huge crowd at Delhi’s Sarojini Nagar Market, Covid protocols violated
Delhi adds 53 Covid-19 cases, lowest since April 15 last year; Mumbai reports 558 fresh Covid-19 cases; Karnataka logs 1,978 Covid-19 cases, 26 deaths; Telangana reports 465 Covid cases, 4 deaths; Covid-19 toll crosses 13,000 mark in Andhra Pradesh with 2,665 new cases with 14 deaths; Uttar Pradesh reports 100 new cases; Assam records 1,579 new cases, 16 deaths; Haryana reports 36 new cases and 8 deaths; Maharashtra reports 8,535 new cases and 156 new deaths; Bengal reports 924 new Covid-19 cases, 13 more deaths; Karnataka had 1,978 new cases and 56 death, in the last 24 hours
No Covid +ve inmate, jail staff currently: Delhi prisons department
Haryana extends lockdown till July 19, eases curbs
Shops, markets in UP can operate from 6 am to 10 pm Monday onwards
Delhi: Software engineer among 3 held for honey-trapping businessman
Delhi: Fire breaks out in godown in Tikri Kalan PVC market, no casualties reported
Delhi: Three arrested in Bara Hindu Rao area firing incident
Delhi: Woman kills 11-month ailing son after husband refuses to take him to doctor
Covid curfew in Goa extended by another week, gyms to reopen at 50% capacity
Let us operate at 50% capacity in case of yellow alert: Delhi gyms to CM Kejriwal
Puducherry schools for Classes 9-12, colleges to reopen from July 16
Karnataka Dy CM distributes free tablet PCs to students of Malleshwaram govt first grade college
Ex-AIADMK minister Thoppu Venkatachalam joins DMK
37 held for top Kolkata hotel for partying
Networking connectivity is need of the hour: Madras HC
TN man gets double life term for killing 2 daughtes
Drones to keep tabs on Covid-rule violators
Tamil Nadu: Baby’s body exhumed after Father files complaint
Fear grips Tripura after Delta+ variant found in 90% samples
Tripura: 90% of genome sequencing samples test positive for Delta+ Covid variant
Andhra Pradesh govt orders CID probe into skill development scandal
Three men held for armed robbery at property dealer’s house in west Delhi
ATS nabs 2, claims to have busted module working for AI Qaeda in Uttar Pradesh
Deans posts: Uttar Pradesh govt asks Lucknow University to submit report
'Nick Jonas to divorce Priyanka Chopra in next 10 years', writes Kamaal R Khan aka KRK, gets brutally trolled
Kuwait News
Kuwait Deputy Amir, Crown Prince receives speaker, PM, Deputies PM
Kuwait affirms identity of 10 martyrs with DNA examination
Kuwait govt’ denies meeting with MPs for ministers’ removal: Spokeman
Kuwait – Britain relations strategic – Dean of Ambassadors
UNHCR, Kuwaiti charity ink great deal to aid Syrian refugees
Kuwait cattle co. broad capacity for upcoming Eid slaughtering ritual
Lack of vision by some Mideast states has aggravated pandemic impact – WB official
Kuwaiti MoH: 1,490 Covid-19 infections, 1,626 recoveries, 17 deaths
International News
Russia: German shepherd attached to soldiers trained to skydive from 13,000 ft & making a soft landing with parachute's help
US: Biden fires Trump-era Social Security head after he refuses to resign for weakening and politicising Social Security payments
Death toll due to record-breaking heatwave that struck US Pacific north-west last week at nearly 200
109 Taliban terrorists killed in clashes with Afghanistan forces in Kandahar & Helmand province
Omani Sultan’s visit to Kingdom enhances bilateral ties: Saudi Investment Minister
Saudi, Oman sign MoU on establishing Saudi-Omani coordination council
British billionaire Branson successfully reaches space on test flight
Kuwait condemns an explosion that targeted members of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, injuring a number of them, the foreign ministry says
Pakistan shifts Sikh fugitive out of Kartarpur Sahib
Philadelphia: Grief counsellors in short supply with gun violence rising
Canada has recognised ‘The Taste of India’. The Intellectual Property Appellate Board of Canada recently accorded Trademark status to India’s homegrown diary giant Amul
Sports News
The trio of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have dominated men’s tennis for over a decade winning 60 of the last 72 Grand Slams
Novak Djokovic win also put him three quarters of the way to the first calendar Grand Slam of all four majors since 1969
Tokyo Olympics: Most important thing is Olympics games are happening, says IOC chief Thomas Bach
Fans in Kerala celebrate Argentina’s Copa American win