News Digest to (14th July 2021, Wednesday)
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- Published: Wednesday, 14 July 2021 04:56
News Digest to (14th July 2021, Wednesday)
- by Annadatha Venkata Murali Manohar
Headlines
S Jaishankar likely to have bilateral meet with Chinese counterpart
India will be sending a 228-strong contingent to the Tokyo Olympics, including 119 athletes, 67 are male and 52 female participants
Complete lockdown on July 17 and 18 in Kerala, says government
Norway: Oslo University Hospital study finds Remdesivir, Hydroxychloroquine show no antiviral effect against Covid-19
Tokyo Olympics: Deepak Kabra becomes First Indian Gymnastics Judge at Olympics; to officiate men's artistic gymnasts
Don’t use terror law to quell dissent: SC Judge
School closure: One in 3 countries not implementing programmes to mitigate learning loss; 1/3rd of the countries (mostly among high-income countries) taking steps to measure learning losses
Study: Addressing social needs may reduce distress, improve health of women with Cancer
Currency notes of denomination ₹500, worth ₹5 lakh, gone missing from Currency Note Press in Nashik
‘Can’t play around with lives in view of Covid-19 pandemic’: Pushkar Dhami calls off Kanwar Yatra; Uttar Pradesh to go ahead
Madhya Pradesh Govt to give ₹1,000/month additional pension to widows of Bhopal gas tragedy victims
Navjot Sidhu’s AAP tweet stokes buzz; Rahul Gandhi meets Amarinder’s adviser Prashant Kishor amid Punjab Congress crisis
Will he agree to lead Congress in Lok Sabha? All eyes on Rahul Gandhi
Hypersomnia: Purkharam (42) Rajasthan sleeps 300 days a year due to rare condition; sleeps for 25 days at a stretch; despite excessive sleeping, his body is fatigued most of the time
PNB Scam: Mehul Choksi’s aide Dhanesh Sheth gets bail
Delhi HC seeks MHA memos on deportation of migrants
India’s first Covid patient tests positive again for coronavirus
Financial & Business News
Adani Group takes over Mumbai airport
Azim Premji’s charity arms get Rs. 18,000 crore in 5 years
NPCI issues guidelines for prepaid UPI e-vouchers
Mehul Choksi will ‘only’ return to Dominica to face trail when fit, media reports citing bail conditions
Cabinet nod to mega LIC public offer
NRAI gives CCI more info on Swiggy, Zomato
Bhutan adopts India’s BHIM-UPI payment system; now you can use UPI apps in Bhutan for online payments
Launch of BHIM-UPI in Bhutan to further strengthen bilateral ties: Nirmala Sitharaman
NTPC to build India's single largest 4,750 MW renewable (Solar) energy park at Rann of Kutch, Gujarat
S&P Global Ratings maintained India's sovereign rating at the lowest investment grade of 'BBB-' for the 14th year in a row with a stable outlook
SBI Ecowrap: Budgets go haywire as relentless hike in fuel prices hurt Indians; spending on other items falls
Is bulls party on the Dalal Street over? Disappointing business profits cast a shadow on markets; Rupee continues winning streak, settles higher to 74.49 against Dollar
GST officers unearth Rs 35,000Cr fraud by misuse of input tax credit provision under GST in 2020-21, arrest 426 persons
Bye-bye to buy-buy? China-India trade on the rise, crosses $57 billion in first half of the year
Finance Ministry puts on hold examination for clerical cadre in PSU banks till a final view is taken on conducting tests in regional languages
New airline 'Akasa' in talks with the top management of Jet Airways; looking to be an Ultra Low Cost Carrier in the market
General Motors to invest $71MN for New Design and Tech (flying cars and lunar rover vehicles) campus In California
Sensex surges 397 points as banking, auto stocks rise; Nifty endsabove 15,800
Serbia curbs checkmate desi travellers
Flipkart to buy back Rs. 600 crore of employee stock options
France fines Google $593 million over copyright row
Elon Musk tells court he dislikes being Tesla CEO as SolarCity trial opens
India’s June palm oil imports down 24% from previous month
People cutting spends on health, grocery as fuel prices bite, say SBI economists
America’s 40-year experiment with big business is over. “Capitalism without competition isn’t capitalism”: US President Joe Biden
Cuba curbs access to Facebook, messaging apps amid protests-internet watchdog
Delhi high court recognizes woes of taxpayers owing to non-function of e-portal; quashes demand’ assessment to being anew
CIL engages Accenture Solutions as consultant for digitisation of mines
Power demand in India expected to grow 6% in FY22: ICRA
Gold climbs Rs. 90; Silver jumps Rs. 490
Corona Updates
India reported 31,443 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours. The number of new cases is lowest in 118 days. With 2,020 fatalities in last 24 hours, India's death toll reached 4,10,784, said the Union health and family welfare ministry data on Tuesday. This is the 35th consecutive day when India reported less than one lakh new coronavirus cases.
India’s Covid toll in 2nd wave tops 2.5 lakh, 1 lakh more deaths than in 1st wave
India’s cumulative Covid vaccination coverage has exceeded 38.50 crore (38,50,19,469)
US health official says Covid-19 boosters could risk more serious side effects
People treating third wave warning like weather update, not taking it seriously, says Govt
Bangladesh to lift lockdown for festival despite record infections
Sydney virus lockdown extended by two weeks, says state official (AFP)
Mexico reports biggest jump in Covid-19 cases since February (Reuters)
Delta variant ripping around the world at a scorching pace, driving new spike in cases, death: WHO
Facial recognition tech fights coronavirus in Chinese city
Thailand defends Covid vaccine ‘mix-and-match’ after WHO warning
WHO: Most cases vaccinated people infected by Delta variant are mild, asymptomatic; hospitalization happening mostly in areas with low COVID-19 vaccine coverage
Covid: Lambda variant is now in 29 countries; by April 2021 accounted 97% of all sequences in Peru
Health Ministry: People taking "predictions about 3rd wave like weather prediction reports, very casually”
Don’t wait for 3rd wave, try to avert it, says PM Narendra Modi
Rajasthan, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Assam, Maharashtra, Odisha and Puducherry has districts reporting 10% Covid-19 positivity rate
Vietnam to mix doses of Pfizer, AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines; Chinese drug makers agree to supply 550MN vaccines to COVAX; Delta Covid-19 variant cases nearly tripled in 7 days in Turkey
US Covid-19 case are doubling over three weeks, experts blame fast-spreading delta variant
11 cases of Kappa variant of Covid-19 detected in Rajasthan; Kerala's last bastion, Edamalakkudi a remote tribal village, struck by Covid-19 for the 1st time
Fully vaccinated people arriving in Mumbai can be exempted from RT-PCR test, recommends BMC commissioner
India on Tuesday reported 2,020 fresh Covid deaths, almost three times that of Monday’s numbers. In the last seven days, Covid deaths in India have risen nearly 33% compared to the previous week
More active black fungus cases than Covid in Delhi
World: 188,569,345; Active 12,105,143 (6.42%); Recovery 172,399,024 (91.42%); Vaccinated 3.47BN
India: 30,944,949; Active 436,414 (1.41%); Recovery 30,097,096 (97.26%); Vaccinated 381.47MN
State News
NEET PG 2021 exam to be held on Sept 11: Union Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya
Mukul Roy’s appointment as House panel chief triggers another BJP vs Trinamool face-off in Bengal
Delhi riots: HC to hear ex-AAP councillor Tahir Hussain’s bail pleas on Aug 6
India sees slowest weekly fall in Covid-19 cases in 2nd wave
Oxygen crisis: Court pulls up Delhi police for ‘casual’ reply on plea for FIR against Jaipur Golden Hospital for death of Covid-19 patients
Odisha Govt prohibits movement & congregation of Kaudias & Bol Bom devotees. They're not allowed to carry water from religious places or other sources & also not allowed to walk on public roads & pour water in temples during the month of Shravan (July/August), 2021, reports ANI
High Covid rates in North East: PM Modi to meet CMs
Delhi: 34-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh arrested for cyber fraud
21-year-old Pradeep (aka) Praveen, arrested for killing minor girl to take revenge from her father in southwest Delhi
Railway cop suffered heart attack, saved by another
Madras HC rips apart Tamil Actor Vijay, for his application for exemption from payment of entry tax on his imported Rolls Royce Ghost luxury car
Mumbaikars come to the aid of chaat seller outside Mithibai college
Relatives pay homage to victims of 7/11 Mumbai Train blasts at Mahim railway station
Maratha quota: Ex-Maharashtra MLA calls for a protest on August 9, at Jantar Mantar
Mumbai: Woman falls into sea at Gateway of India, man dives to save her
Sputnik V vaccine rolls out begins in Mumbai
Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) inspects Tihar women’s cell, suggests reforms to jail admin and government
BLACKPINK star Rose becomes first female K-Pop singer to get 200 million hits for debut solo track
Shah Rukh Khan and Sanjay Dutt come together for the multi-lingual film 'Rakhee'
Scarlett Johansson's 'Black Widow' smashes pandemic box office records; 'Avengers' stars Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner congratulate actress
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) gives final nod to affordable rental housing complexes
Finally, monsoon checks in, makes big splash on Day 1; Mercy from above, familiar woes on ground; heavy showers in Delhi cause waterlogging, traffic snarls
Ensure no waterlogging takes place during monsoon: Delhi PWD minister Satyendar Jain to officials
Fake Amazon call centre in Delhi which made over Rs. 4 crore by cheating Americans busted
Delhi: 72-year-old woman killed by couple unable to pay off loan
Man shot inside lawyer’s chamber in court complex in Delhi
Thermometers, BP machines, Oximeters set to get cheaper
Kuwait News
Kuwait Deputy Amir receives PIFSS officials
Kuwait France discuss security
Kuwait’s top diplomat, Turkey’s top lawmaker discuss ties
Deputy FM receives UK, Sudan envoys
OPEC’s crude basket price up 15 cents to US$ 74.33 pb
World should not wobble amid adversity, Kuwait tells NAM
Turkish parliament Speaker lauds exceptional ties with Kuwait
Arabian red fox thrives in Kuwait’s desert, in need of protection
The cabinet assigned the Ministry of Defense and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation to harnessing their hospitals to support health system in the country
In commemoration of the Day of Arafat and Eid Al-Adha, an official holiday will commence on Sunday July 18 and end on July 22 Thursday, said the Kuwaiti cabinet
The Health ministry announced 1,770 coronavirus (Covid-19) infections, 1,694 recoveries and 19 deaths
International News
Sher Bahadur Deuba replaces KP Sharma Oli to become Nepal's PM for 5th time; to form a small Cabinet, with around seven members
Linglong One: China start construction of world 1st commercial modular small reactor; power generation capacity of 1,25,000 kw/hr; annual 1 BN kw/hr; serving 5.26Lac households
Bouncy castles, with children playing in them, were swept off the ground (30 feet) due to strong winds during a festival in Belarus
N Korea forces married women living near border to make cement blocks to build border with China
Australian scientists develop pain-free, non-invasive low-cost blood sugar test for diabetics via saliva
Afghan says may seek India 'Military Assistance' if Taliban talks fail amid withdrawal of US troops
Nepal’s EC postpones November’s parliamentary poll after SC reinstates dissolved House
4 civilians killed, 5 injured in Kabul blast
EU foreign ministers said they do not favour resumption of meeting of the Association Council with Israel, which were suspended in 2013 due to Israeli atrocities against Palestinians
The losses and damages incurred on the Gaza Strip due to Israeli aggression last May are estimated at US$ 479 million, a report by the Palestinian governmental committee revealed
Saudi Arabia and Omani agreed to speed up opening of a highway all the way to the border crossing in a drive to facilitate transport of citizens and good with the objective of achieving economic integration
Tunisian authorities received 400 oxygen supply devices donated by Kuwaiti charities in support of Tunisia, amid the difficult Covid-19 health conditions their facing
Mayanmar junta hits Aung San Suu Kyi with more corruption charges
Pakistan govt to withdraw cases against 350 accused in temple burning incident, says Hindus pardoned them
Do not want to fight inside Afghanistan’s cities: Taliban
Taliban warn of ‘consequences’ if Turkey runs Kabul airport
Taliban surge in north Afghanistan sends thousands fleeing
In Sri Lanka, a dangerous climb for online school
China says it opposes US interference in internal affairs related to Hong Kong
Lhasa building book heightens divisions in Tibet
US: Wildfires threaten homes, land across 10 Western states
Cuba blames US for unprecedented anti-government protests
Democrats eye immigration action in budget, but outlook hazy
Iraqi health officials: 58 dead in fire at Coronavirus ward
Immunized but banned: EU says not all Covid vaccines equal
Pakistan seizes, blacklists textbook for Malala Yousufzai picture besides war hero
5 killed in crane collapse at residential tower in Canada
Power vaccum created by President’s killing rattles Haiti
South African security agencies probing if Zuma allies are behind riots
Biden pushes for voting rights law amid Republican opposition
Sports News
India’s 1983 World Cup hero Yashpal Sharma, 66, dies of cardiac, arrest
Yashpal Sharma: Guts, glory and less feted innings of 1983 World Cup that BBC didn’t cover
Don’t get bogged down by expectations, PM Modi wishes athletes luck ahead of Tokyo Olympics
PM Modi combines humour with sincerity in interactive session with India’s Olympic-bound athletes
Tokyo Olympics: Really thankful to our PM for interacting with us, says Paddler Manika Batra
Muhammad Ali is my favourite boxer: Mary Kom tells PM Modi during virtual interactive session
England vs. Pakistan, 3rd ODI: England beat Pakistan by 3 wickets; Pak: 331/9 in 50 overs and England made 332/7 in 48 overs
Ben Stokes lifts the trophy along with his teammates and they go into the T20I series with a lot of confidence. There is a possibility that none of these players will be involved and they will be playing a full-strength squad, pending a negative Covid-test. Pakistan, on the other hand, have a lot of thinking to do before the T20Is. The T20I series will begin on 16th July at 1830 local
You guys should be happy to still see me on the field: Chris Gayle