Today’s News (6th Aug 2021, Friday)
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- Published: Friday, 06 August 2021 05:43
Today’s News (6th Aug 2021, Friday)
by Annadatha Venkata Murali Manohar
Tokyo Olympics
Ravi Dahiya gets Silver Medal after losing in Men’s 57 Kg Wrestling Final; Takes India’s medal tally to Five; Mirabai Chanu finally finds truck drivers who helped her during budding days as wrestler
Ravi Dahiya is only 23, he will surely win gold in 2024 Paris Olympics, says Yogeshwar Dutt
‘Wonderful outcome for hockey’: Charlesworth on Indian men’s team winning bronze*
Maybe I was good enough for silver only this time, will try for gold in Paris: Ravi Dahiya
Hockey sheds horrors of past for Olympic bronze
Headlines
Ancestral Dravidian languages were possibly spoken by many in Indus Valley civilisation, says study
Renegotiate Indus treaty with Pakistan: Parliamentary panel to govt
Retro Tax scrapped: Union Govt to amend I-T Act to withdraw Tax Demand on Cairn, Vodafone; help the country to emerge as the favourable investment destination with low tax rates, believed experts
Opposition stalling Parliament, scoring self-goals: PM Modi on monsoon session logjam
Truth has to come out in Pegasus issue, says Supreme Court
Pegasus a ‘serious issue’, but why were petitioners silent for 2 years, asks SC
Australian High Commissioner hosts a parliamentary reception at his residence
Atmosphere may be spoiled': UP locality residents warn of 'Exodus' as 2 houses sold to Muslims; Legal Action to be taken over attempts to displace Muslims in Moradabad locality
No Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) shall be allowed to fly within 25KMs from the international border including LoC, LAC & Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL)
3 lakh affected as Bengal flood situation remains critical; death count reaches 12 in Madhya Pradesh rain fury, 23 Districts on alert
Let’s bury the past: Assam and Mizoram decide to solve issues amicably; monthly meetings of District Commissioners part of plan to fix Assam-Mizoram Border Row
Judge's death: Handed over probe to CBI due to gravity, seriousness of case, Jharkhand to SC
Marriage between Muslims, non-Muslims ‘regretful’ and ‘unfortunate’, is banned in Sharia, says Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, general secretary of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB)
Kerala Assembly passes unanimous resolution against Union Govt's Electricity Amendment Bill
Rajnath Singh promised to resolve deadlock but did nothing: Mallikarjun Kharge
Home Ministry: Suicides in CRPF up by 40% since 2015; 680 personnel died by suicide b/w 2015 - 2020, more than double of 323 killed in encounters
Relief for NRIs as UAE brings in new exemptions for residency visa holders; Abu Dhabi’s Etihad to start flying newly allowed travellers from India starting Aug 10
Two arrested for casteist slurs on family of hockey star Vandana
Financial & Business News
Govt moves to scrap retro taxes law that led to disputes with Vodafone, Cairn Energy
Don't panic: Vodafone Idea's CEO Ravinder Takkar steps in to calm anxious employees; urges the to maintain focus on offering quality services to users
PV Sindhu considering legal options for Perfetti Van Melle, P&G, Pan Bahar, Apollo Hospitals, Aditya Birla Group and others for unauthorised use of her name and pictures for marketing
Kia takes less than 2 years to cross 3 lakh cumulative sales mark in India; Maruti reports 58% increase in July production at 1,70,719 units
Big rush to set up shop at GIFT city: Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Zerodha among 24+ applicants
ED may fine Flipkart up to Rs 31,800Cr for alleged FDI violations; Flipkart claimed it always complied with Indian laws including the FDI rules
In compliance with Indian laws, will cooperate with Enforcement Directorate on notice: Flipkart
Foreign investment case: Is custody of portal chief needed, asks Delhi HC
ByteDance to lay off staff, close businesses over China tutoring clampdown: Report
Swiggy, Reliance BP Mobility tie up to electrify food delivery
Delhi Court sends Avantha Group promoter Gautam Thapar to 10-day ED custody
Corona Updates
India saw a single day rise of 42,982 new coronavirus infections
Ayurveda suit filed to threaten IMA, says chief
Maharashtra reports 6,695 cases; Nagaland reports 118 new cases and 2 fresh fatalities; Punjab sees 40 fresh cases; Tamil Nadu records 1,997 new cases and 33 deaths; Telangana records 582 new cases and 3 deaths; Meghalaya reports 576 new cases with 8 more fatalities; Rajasthan records 40 fresh Covid cases, no death reported, in last 24 hours
France records 26,460 new coronavirus case; Italy reported 7,230 coronavirus cases; Britain records 30,215 new Covid cases
Vaccinating those with weak immunity could avert mutations
Double vaccinated 3 times less likely to get Covid-19: UK study
‘T cells may offer long-lasting Covid shield, research shows’
White House confirms US may require foreign visitors be vaccinated
Boost to India’s vaccine armour as 45 cr doses likely by Oct; Zydus, Novavax may join forces; WHO nod for COVAXIN is expected by Aug 15
Indonesia passes grim milestone of over 100k Covid-19 deaths amid New virus wave; UK to expand Covid vaccination First doses to all aged 16 years
US Covid cases hit 6 month high, Florida grapples with surge as Delta variant spreads
Analysis by Imperial College London and Ipsos MORI suggests double vaccinated people are also less likely to pass on the virus to others; three times less likely to get infected with Covid-19
Intel Agencies scour reams of genetic data from Wuhan Lab in Covid origins hunt; Moderna says its Covid-19 shot 93% effective six months after 2nd dose
France joins list of nations to give Third Covid vaccine 'Booster' shots; elderly top on list
Panacea Biotec to manufacture up to 25 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine
WHO: Covid-19 Delta variant now in 135 countries, Covid cases may exceed 200MN by next week
Study finds annual influenza vaccine may reduce the risk of stroke, sepsis, blood clots and several other severe effects in patients with Covid-19
Nagaland announces fourth phase of unlocking from August 1
Australia’s 2nd largest city, Melbourne, enters 6th lockdown
World: 201,632,417; Active 15,936,422 (7.90%); Recovery 181,416,693 (89.97%); Vaccinated 4.32BN
India: 31,855,783; Active 421,116 (1.32%); Recovery 31,007,882 (97.34%); Vaccinated 489.34MN
State News
NIT Rourkela: Three students get Rs. 45 lakh pa package, 9 bag jobs with Rs. 43 lakh pa salary
Stranded MP home minister Narottam Mishra had to be rescued by IAF chopper
3 Sudanese nationals held at IGI with Rs. 1.8 crore gold
Two women drug handlers from Delhi’s Dwarka
South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) seeks report on illegal mobile towers by Aug 31
South Delhi civic body to flag off mosquito terminator train on Aug 27
Minor girl rape: Police clear one carriageway of road near Delhi Cantt
Fake call centre dupes US citizens of over Rs. 10 crore, 32 arrested
Businessman held for trying to extort Rs. 40 lakh from former client
Raj Kundra Pornography case: Mumbai court to hear bail pleas of Shilpa Shetty’s husband on Aug 10
Raj Kundra pornography case: Another victim shares her ordeal, alleges her 'private parts' were shown in video on app
Gehana Vasisth says rape allegations are planted so she stops supporting Raj Kundra
Court denies pre-arrest bail to Deepika Padukone’s manager in drug case
Rain in excess, but Delhi yet to get any good air day this year
Inflation rise not structural, rate hike to begin from next June: Report
Kuwait News
Government offices to return to pre-pandemic working hours from Aug 15
MoE is considering weekly PCR for unvaccinated students before entering schools
Kuwait Economy to grow by 2.4% this year, 3.2% in 2022-2023
100,000 vaccination appointments are given every day
Indian Embassy publishes updated Travel Advisory for stranded Indian
Kuwait lost 400,000 Full-Time jobs in 2020
Council of Ministers determines categories that are exempt from vaccination requirement for travel
91.1% of July Covid-19 deaths were non-vaccinated
Health: The condition of the escalator accident child and his mother are stable
United States ranks Kuwait among the high-risk countries
Kuwait’s steady vaccination campaign leading to herd immunity
Kuwait reports five Covid deaths, 718 infections
Rain in Northern Kuwait due to formation of clouds due to humidity
New market for recruitment of domestic workers to open soon
Teachers stranded outside Kuwait for over one year, six months set for return
‘Earthquakes’ in Kuwait have nothing to do with Oil drilling
International News
Hardline Cleric Ebrahim Raisi sworn-in as Iran President amid tensions with west; clerical rulers facing growing crises at home and abroad
Greece battles to control fire close to ancient Olympic site
Delta variant challenges China’s costly lockdown strategy
Canada warns citizen about possible Hong Kong exit bans
Russia blocks websites linked to Kremlin critic Khodorkovsky
Brazil's Supreme Court orders investigation against president Bolsonaro over 'vote fraud' claims
Israel conducts first Lebanon strikes in seven years
Airstries pummel Taliban in south; insurgents gain in north
Fire that reached Turkish power plant contained, others burn
Pak PM Imran Khan says govt will renovate temple attacked in Bhong city, culprits will be arrested
Russia skips inviting India to crucial meet on Afghanistan; China, Pak, US invited
Walter Isaacson to write biography of Elon Musk
Bangladeshi actress Pori Moni arrested 2 months after she alleged bid to rape and murder her, drugs seized from her residence
California urges people to flee communities in Dixie fire path
Sports News
After flying its founder Richard Branson to space, Virgin Galactic is restarting space ticket sales beginning at $450,000
England vs. India, 1st Test Day 2: KL Rahul shines but "Ageless" James Anderson swings it in favour of England
If the ball is in my area, I will play my shots: Rohit Sharma
Argentina striker Lionel Messi to leave FC Barcelona despite both parties having reached an agreement over a new contract