News Digest (13th July 2021, Tuesday)
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- Published: Tuesday, 13 July 2021 03:27
News Digest (13th July 2021, Tuesday)
- by Annadatha Venkata Murali Manohar*
Headlights
Analysis of 75K Covid patients suggests annual flu shot reduces the risk of stroke, sepsis and deep vein thrombosis in patients with Covid-19
High Covid rates in North East; PM Narendra Modi to meet CMs
Monsoon roundup: Incessant rains batter Kerala, Mumbai on toes, Delhi awaits relief; cars washed away, hotels waterlogged as heavy rains pound River Majhi in the Bhagsu Nag Area Himachal's Dharamshala after Cloudburst
Lightning biggest cause of death by nature in India; UP, Bihar top list since 2019; Bihar reported the most fatalities
NIA arrests 3 under UAPA in Kashmir allegedly for spreading ISIS propaganda to radicalise and recruit impressionable youths in India
PLA troops enter Demchok, fume at Dalai Lama’s birthday events
SC to hear next week plea for probe into 'Islamophobic Posts' on Twitter after Tablighi Jamaat Congregation
Kerala’s double whammy: Central team, state Govt battle Zika outbreak amid rising Covid cases
11 trapped in flash floods rescued in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua; Weather Office issues Orange Alert for Rajasthan, J&K; Yellow for many north Indian states
S Jaishankar, Pakistan counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi to come face to face this week
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, US Charge d’Affaires discuss Indo-US ties, regional issues
The NEET (UG) 2021 will be held on 12th September 2021 across the country following Covid-19 protocols. The application process will begin from 5 pm today through the NTA website(s)
Supreme Court takes note of delay in counselling for NEET-MDS admissions, says Union Govt is dilly-dallying
UP ATS busts Al Qaeda-linked terror module in Lucknow, arrests two suspected terrorists
With 20 shootings in 40 days, Assam Police face "Fake Encounters" charge
India secured trademark registration for brand name "Khadi" in Bhutan, United Arab Emirates and Mexico
Lightning kills 20 as parts of North India receive rain, Delhi waits for monsoon; heavy lightning claims 19 lives in Rajasthan; 7 children among killed
Monsoon reaches Jaisalmer, Delhi’s periphery but gives national capital a miss
National Green Tribunal (NGT) directs Haryana to stop overflow of sewage on Delhi-Agra highway in 3 months
BJP is not for bifurcating Tamil Nadu and creating Kongu Nadu: Party spokesperson
Traders’ body writes to Delhi Lieutenant Governor, says market associations have no authority to control crowds
Mizoram vows to protect its boundary from alleged Assam aggression
India's first cryptogamic garden with nearly 50 different species was inaugurated in Deoban area of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand
Third Covid wave set in on July 4, says top Hyderabad physicist
Zydus’ Covid vaccine for kids above 12 to come up for approval this week
Average daily vaccination drop on supply, hesitancy issues
Head of a Darul Uloom-affiliated Islamic seminary among six detained in NIA raids in Jammu & Kashmir
Maoist-hit Bastar has now become a Covid hotbed
Twitter nixes, then restores, verified status of junior IT minister’s account
Rising in petrol prices agitating people: Nitin Gadkari
Covid curbs fail to deter weekend rush to the hills
Situation in Himachal due to heavy rains being closely monitored: PM Modi
87 former bureaucrats, police officers write open letter on ‘blatant violation of rule of law’ in Uttar Pradesh
Bombay HC to CBI on Anil Deshmukh’s plea: Can officers who reinstated Sachin Waze claim impunity?
Witch-hunting, criminalisation of dissent taking country back, says Mehbooba Mufti
Clarify stand on plea against Section 124A of the IPC which penalises sedition: SC to govt
Jamia gunman arrested for hate speech in Noida, faces law as an adult this time
NDA ally Nitish Kumar opposes population control laws; stressed the need for proper education and awareness among women to achieve the objective
Financial & Business News
Union Govt grant to Odisha under Jal Jeevan Mission in 2021-22 been increased to ₹3,323.42Cr from ₹812.15Cr in 2020-21
Jet Airways owes ₹3 lakh to each of us, but it's offering ₹23,000; admitted claims ₹1,265Cr, while the consortium has proposed ₹52 crore to settle their claims
Union Govt plan to exit from BPCL might hit gas supply to over 8.4 crore Indian households
Twitter in 1st report under new IT rules: Suspended 22,564 accounts for sharing content related to child sexual exploitation, non-consensual, for promoting terrorism
Retail inflation marginally eases to 6.26% in June; factory output grows 29.3% in May
Maruti Suzuki hikes prices of Swift, CNG variants of other models by up to Rs. 15,000
Zomato’s Rs. 60,000 crore IPO valuation creates buzz
We are inter-generational holders of equity: Gautam Adani on confusion over Mauritian funds
India can become $15 trillion economy in 2 decades: Gautam Adani
Palm oil prices rise in India even after import duty cut
World Gold Council, GJEPC sign agreement to promote gold jewellery in India
Paytm Money allows users to apply for IPOs before actual opening; starts with Zomato
Indians offload gold heirlooms as coronavirus deepens financial plan
Flipkart raises $3.6 billion, values it at $37.6 billion
India wants rich countries to pay more for green energy shift
Sensex surges over 240 points, Nifty tops 15,770
Job market gets a boost in June as economy opens up
Twitter names grievance officer, files user report
Ex-Biman CFO Vineet Sood to be Alliance Air CEO from month-end
Mobikwik files for $255 million IPO
Private Equity (PE) investment in Indian real estate up more than 3 times to Rs. 14,300 crore in Jan-June: Property consultant Savills India
Oil prices fall as economic worries offset tightening supplies
Didi confirms China app removals, sees revenue hit
NRAI: Zomato, Swiggy force restaurants to give discounts; platforms charged exorbitant commissions in the range of 25%-35% of the order value in 2020-21
Retail Inflation at 6.26% in June; above RBI target band of 6% for second straight month
CBDT: 40,000 ITRs being filed daily on new income tax portal; 24,781 responses received on the e-proceedings functionality
CCEA clears LIC disinvestment; panel headed by FM to decide quantum of stake sale
India's media, entertainment industry to see fastest growth globally; hit Rs 4 lakh crore by 2025
Telecom: 74% respondents getting pesky messages despite being in Trai's DND list; Airtel records over 1,000 Mbps speed during 3500 MHz band 5G trial with Nokia in Mumbai
Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari Inaugurates India's First LNG Facility Plant in Nagpur set up by Baidyanath Ayurvedic Group
CCI approves Summit India (Tripura)'s 23.5 pc stake-buy in ONGC Tripura Power Co
Paytm shareholders give nod to ₹16,600 cr IPO; S Founder Shekhar Sharma to be Chairman, MD&CEO; will be declassified as a promoter; MobiKwik files for ₹1,900Cr IPO, Co-founders to sell part of stake
Corona Updates
India on Monday reported 37,154 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, pushing the country's caseload to 3,08,74,376. With 724 deaths due to virus, the toll is at 4,08,764. Meanwhile, 39,649 people recovered from the virus.
India faced with slow vaccination, rising R-Value; spread of infection gaining pace; R-factor in Kerala, Northeast worrisome
Covid cases in 2021 already double of last year’s tally
Russia reports record high daily Covid deaths, over 25,000 new cases
Sydney coronavirus cases spike as lockdown falters
Centre rushes team to Kerala, Maharashtra amid rise in cases
Delta+ Covid variant found in 90% of Tripura test samples
From 54k on April 27, home isolation cases in Delhi plummet to 252; HC seeks Delhi’s govt’s stand on plea to declare Town Vending Committee (TVC) members as frontline warriors
Covid-19: Indonesian sales of Chinese vaccines to public postponed
Farmers’ hard work made agriculture, allied sectors resilient to Covid crisis, says Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar
'Dangerous trend': WHO warns against mixing and matching Covid-19 vaccines; Hundreds of Thai medical workers Test Covid positive despite Sinovac vaccine jabs
Covid third wave inevitable: IMA raises alarm over reopening of tourism, religious pilgrimage
England fans at Wembley outdo mass gathering at Kumbh Mela; UK could move India to Amber List
Russian study finds Sputnik V vaccine is effective against all new variants of SARS-CoV-2, include the Alpha, Beta, Gamma and more importantly, the Delta variant
At least 44 killed, 67 injured in coronavirus hospital fire in Iraq; likely to have been caused by an oxygen tank explosion.
Delhi reports less than 50 cases, 3 deaths in the last 24 hours
Covid-19: 10 days into July, Maharashtra has added 2,000+ ‘old’ deaths
Mumbai: A Malad slum school battles Covid for survival
World: 188,035,812; Active 12,002,051 (6.38%); Recovery 171,978,440 (91.46%); Vaccinated 3.44BN
India: 30,904,734; Active 439,266 (1.42%); Recovery 30,056,130 (97.25%); Vaccinated 377.35MN
State News
Rajnikanth decides to dissolve Rajini Makkal Mandram
M K Stalin calls on Vijayakant, who offers Rs. 10 lakh to CM Relief Fund
Mayawati questions timing of arrests; can’t rely on BJP govt, says Akhilesh Yadav
Karnataka BJP leader Ramesh Jarkiholi refuses to resign from MLA post; called the issue (allegations of sexual assault) a "closed chapter”
Bigg Boss Kannada 8: Raghu Gowda gets evicted
Suniel Shetty’s South Mumbai apartment sealed after residents test positive for Delta variant of Covid-19
'Crime Patrol' actress Anaya Soni's kidneys fail, seeks financial help with a video appeal from hospital bed
Inter-caste couple attacked 28 years Divyanshu Patel after marriage by the relatives of husband, who reportedly belongs to a so-called upper caste in Karnataka; wife injured with axes
Ayesha Khatun, who was travelling to Bangalore on the Howrah Yeshvantpur Express, delivered a baby inside the train compartment at Bhubaneswar station with help of 'Meri Saheli' team
Delhi BJP workers try to cut water supply to Delhi Jal Board chairman (DJB) Satyendar Jain’s house, face water cannons
Cab driver held for killing lover in Delhi
16-year-old girl attacked with axe in Delhi’s Moti Bagh, hospitalised
Positivity rate in Telangana lowest since 1st Covid wave
31-year-old Lucknow doctor Sharda Suman airlifted to Hyderabad for lung transplant
Delhi: Man found dead on railway tracks hours after joining police probe
Delhi: Sadar Bazar stretch closed till Tuesday for violations
Tamil Nadu: Clean-up on at Hogenakkal falls to attract tourists
6 held in Delhi for robbing labourers from Gulf countries on pretext of providing Covid negative report
Maharashtra: Sanjay Raut sees Hitler in Modi government, murder in Stan Swamy death
Harsh Telangana law: Expectant moms get relief
Luv Kush Ramlila Committee has announced that only fully vaccinated people will be allowed to see the enactment physicallay from the mela ground in the Red Fort foreground
Surprise visit by minister, DCW chief find shelter to be ‘jail-like’
Kuwait News
Kuwait Deputy Amir, Crown Prince receives Turkish National Assembly Speaker
Kuwaiti charities donate 400 oxygen supply devices to Tunisia
OPEC’s crude basket price up $2.21 to $74.18 bp
Kuwait govt spokesman: Health minister Sheikh Dr. Basel Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, not resigning
Speaker Al-Ghanim receives his Turkish counterpart, holds meeting
Kuwait University reveals work for sustainable space sector
Chairperson of the Prisoners and Missing Affairs at the Foreign Ministry Ambassador Rabie Al-Adsani announced that DNA examination of 10 human remains resulted in affirming their identification as among Kuwait’s martyrs
Kuwati MoH: 1,490 new coronavirus infections, 1,626 recoveries and 17 deaths
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Kuwaiti Sheikh Abdullah Al-Nouri Charity inked an accord to grant financial aid to the UNHCR for securing vital assistance for some 2,600 Syrian refugee families in Jordan
International News
Setback for KP Sharma Oli as Nepal SC reinstates House, Orders appointment of Sher Bahadur Deuba as PM within 2 days
Rare 'glass octopus' spotted by deep-sea scientists in the Pacific Ocean; only visible features of the nearly transparent octopus are its optic nerve, eyeballs, and digestive tract
Air Defences installed at Afghanistan's Kabul Airport as Taliban gain ground to counter incoming rockets
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq held negotiation session, during which they reviewed the historical and solid brotherly relations between the two countries
Israeli court annuls parts of surrogacy law excluding same-sex couples
India’s investment seems sinking in Afghanistan, warns Pakistan army
China ‘drove away’ US warship on tribunal ruling anniversary
US warns China against attack on Philippine forces
China blames US for security crisis in Afghanistan
South Korea’s Harvard-taught political boss rips China ‘cruelty’
North Korea dismisses US humanitarian aid as ‘sinister scheme’
6 killed, 219 arrested in South Africa riots over jailing of ex-leader Zuma
3 killed, 3 injured in road mishap in Bangladesh’s Bandarban
Hong Kong police arrest 5 more in alleged bomb plot
No more ‘Gangam Style’: South Korea’s Covid rules demand slower workout music in gyms
Pakistan braces to fight fourth wave of Coronavirus, three-fold increase in new cases
Rare anti-government protests erupt in Cuba
Rohingya wary as Myanmar’s anti-junta resistance reaches out
EU allocates 22 million euro humanitarian aid package for Iran, Pakistan
Saudi media highlight Omani Sultan’s visit
Haitian arrested as alleged tie to assassination
Haiti suspects say they meant to arrest prez: Report
Verdict day in Jordan ‘coup plot’ trial
Syria hikes bread, diesel prices as crisis deepens
Turkey bus crash kills 22 people: Reports
Fires rage in several states as heat wave broils US West
Biden backs Trump rejection of China’s South China Sea claim
Lawyers representing Apple in the UK over a patent fight with Optis Cellular have threatened to leave the UK
254 rich Indians used "Golden Visa’’ to settle down in UK in 12 years through a large investment into the country
Virgin Galactic adds $841 mn in value after Branson's space flight; plans to begin flying tourists to space in early 2022
US woman tries to open Texas to North Carolina flight door mid-air, gets duct-taped to seat by crew
31 million under heat alerts as US West swelters; Death Valley temperature 54 Deg Celsius
Sports News
National Sports Awards selection process set to be delayed to include Tokyo Olympic medallists
Anurag Thakur chairs meeting of high-level committee to review India’s Olympic preparation
John McEnroe backs Novak Djokovic to reach 25 Grand Slam titles; Djokovic becomes first player to qualify for ATP Finals after Wimbledon win
Marija Cicak 1st female chair umpire to officiate in men's singles final in 144-year history of Wimbledon; Taiwan's Hsieh with her Belgian Elise Mertens wins her 3rd Wimbledon doubles title
Barty targets Olympic gold after Wimbledon triumph
Triumphant Italian team returns to Rome after Euro 2020 victory
Euro 2021: Sachin Tendulkar congratulates Italy for ‘hard fought victory’ over England in final
For those who missed the LIVE Penalty shootout Italy vs England, please view it here… https://youtu.be/XNGjkmXOv3Y
Amid scenes of violent disorder in London ticketless England fans breach Wembley for Euro Final
Euro 2020 Final: British police arrest 49 volatile fans, 19 officials injured
Euro final: Why blame Saka, Sancho and Rashford? The best of players have missed penalty kicks in the past
Italy ‘dominated’ England in Euro final, says Roberto Mancini
Heat risks add to challenges for Tokyo’s pandemic-hit Olympics
Tokyo Olympics: At almost 41, can Tejaswini Sawant win a medal in her maiden Olympic appearance?
Indian boxers training in Italy to leave for Tokyo on July 17
Neeraj Chopra keen to fix release glitch before Tokyo Olympics
It’s been a journey of self-realisation for the boys: Sreejesh
Bigger than circumstances: Orphaned at 5, sprinter Revathi Veeramani gears up to live Olympic dream
Youngsters will carry their IPL confidence into SL series, feels Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Shikhar Dhawan-led Indian squad gets into the ‘groove’ for Sri Lanka series
Australian cricketer Peter Handscomb tests positive for Covid-19
India pip England by 8 runs, stay alive in WT20I series
Kevin Pitersen slams racial abuse of England’s Black footballers after Euro final loss
Racist and violent behaviour by England fans leaves Twitter disgusted
Football Association (FA) condemns racist abuse of players following England’s Euro final loss
Shirtless pitch invader interrupts Euro final, turns out to be reality TV show singer Adam Harison, who participated in 'Little Mix: The Search
NCDV: Instances of domestic abuse in UK increase by 26% when the England national football team play and rise by 38% if they lose
Euro 2020: Marcus Rashford's Mural vandalised in Manchester after England's Euro Final Loss; he missed a penalty strike
Manpreet-led hockey side has lots of quality players: Dilip Tirkey