Today’s News (12th Aug 2021, Thursday)
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- Published: Thursday, 12 August 2021 02:45
Today’s News (12th Aug 2021, Thursday)
by Annadatha Venkata Murali Manohar
Headlines
Neeraj Chopra’s gold winning feat named one of 10 magical moments of track and field in Olympics
Himachal landslide: 10 dead, many trapped under debris in Kinnaur; rescue ops on
Stormy Parliament session comes to early end; Naidu breaks down, LS speaker ‘extremely hurt’
First flight to Tezu, India’s easternmost tip, on Aug 16
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal among 11 AAP MLAs discharged in chief secy Anshu Prakash assault case
Independence Day: Delhi Police issues traffic advisory
First time since 1996: Ulfa-I does not call bandh on I-day
Delhi court grants bail to former BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay in Jantar Mantar communal sloganeering case
Govt rejects claims on new Supreme Court branches
Sulking over portfolio allocation, Karnataka minister hints at resignation
Lalu Prasad threatens to boycott census, if caste-wise headcounts is not allowed
Navjot Sidhu appoints four advisers, picks Fatehgarh Sahib Congress MP Amar Singh, ex-DGP Mohammad Mustafa
23 MPs meet Union health minister over treatment to patients with rare genetic conditions
Owners of green fuel rent vehicles cannot be denied licences under Rent A Cab scheme
Maharashtra malls to reopen for fully vaccinated; timings of shops, restaurants extended
Experts want government agencies to focus on conserving monuments in Maharashtra’s Marathwada region
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik felicitates state’s Olympic-returned hockey players
Punjab government announces increased cash awards for Olympic athletes
Financial & Business News
Excess interest, late fee paid while filing ITR to be refunded, says I-T department
Ashok Leyland and CCBSS launch electric bus service in Chandigarh
Sensex, Nifty end flat; Tata Steel rallies 4%
Fuel demand rebound to drive earnings of oil firms: Moody's
Government expecting very robust tax revenue this fiscal: Revenue secretary
Alibaba worker’s desperate plea for help sparks #MeToo reckoning
Covid-19 Updates
Luxembourg reports 61 new Coronavirus cases
Herd immunity a ‘mythical’ goal that will never be reached: Oxford Vaccine Head
Covid-19 takes 66 lives in Iraq, sickens 8,635 others
Cumulative Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in India cross 52 cr: Health ministry
Not too late to send data on oxygen deaths: Centre to Delhi govt
China approves first mixed-vaccine trial as Delta spreads
China keeps guard up as Covid outbreak enters 4th week
Nothing like ‘zero Covid’, waiting for that is not scientific, say experts
World: Confirmed: 203,980,078; Total Deaths: 4,314,007; Active Cases: 199,666,071
India: Confirmed: 32,036,511; Total Deaths: 429,179; Recovered: 31,220,981; Active Cases: 386,351
State News
Delhi Community School provides free education to underprivileged students
No likelihood of rainfall in Delhi over next 6-7 days, says IMD
Tihar: Jailed Bengaluru man may have extorted Rs. 200 crore
Delhi: Trials on runway 4 of IGI likely from Nov, but actual operations not before New Year
Delhi: Cremation of remaining human tissue and feet of Dalit girl held
Delhi records zero Covid-19 fatality, 37 fresh cases
Delhi: 20-year-old stabs man to death over friendship with ex-girlfriend
Uttar Pradesh and Mumbai police reach Shilpa Shetty’s residence to question the actress and her mother in alleged 'fraud' case
Shilpa Shetty, mother Sunanda booked for 'fraud' in wellness business; company claims they parted ways long ago
Sushant Singh Rajput drug case: Siddharth Pithani's bail plea rejected again; court didn't find any merit in plea
Porn case: Raj Kundra's jail time extended
Pornography case: Being a British citizen Raj Kundra may try to escape if granted bail, Mumbai Police tell court
Visakhapatnam: Man goes nude on video call, blackmailed into paying Rs. 24 lakh
Ganja worth Rs. 3.5 crore seized in East Godavari, 11 held
Youth arrested after bid to rob gold chains for girlfriend foiled in Andhra Pradesh
Delhi: Two members of 'Tillu gang' held in Karala area for killing man over gang rivalry
Kuwait News
Clarity on return of Indians expected soon; Ambassador held meeting MoH Undersecretary
Kuwait Amir His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives a letter from King Salman Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, inviting His Highness the Amir to visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Kuwait Crown Prince receives Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad
Kuwait celebrates International Youth Day, themed, ‘Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health.
Kuwait FM receives call from Japanese counterpart
Kuwait Dep. FM inaugurates GCC meeting on human rights
Kuwait FM receives Egyptian Ambassador to mark end of tenure
Kuwait women’s handball side set to compete in first international event
Kuwait lists 424 new Covid-19 cases, three deaths
National Security Advisor: High gas prices ‘risk harming ongoing global recovery’
Kuwait FM sends condolences to Algeria over victims of wildfires
New scholastic year in Kuwait begins on Oct 3
Employers coercing labourers to work in days’ scorching heat penalized in Kuwait
Kuwait Gulf Oil Company (KGOC): Pumping gas from Al-Khafji Joint zone to Kuwait Oil Company’s networks, kicks off
Kuwait crude oil went down USD 1.90 during Tuesday’s trading session to reach USD 70.93 pb vs. USD 72.83 pb the day before
Kuwaiti firefighting team participants in putting out fires in Turkey
MPs Osama Al-Shaheen, Abdulaziz Al-Saqaabi and Hamad Al-Matar submitted a proposal to establish a company that will manage public parking areas located in State properties
‘Failure of brakes led to collision’
Criminals, violators of law in Jleeb ‘face deportation’
Young Kuwaiti girl (14) Ayat Al-Ma’atouq, one of the youngest Covid-19 patients in Kuwait, after a long suffering in ICU, Jaber Hospital fights Covid and recovered from the virus
Occupancy rate of residential flats see decline by over 24%
Alternate days classroom study for students; weekly PCR tests for unvaccinated students
Kuwait to buy one million more Moderna vaccine doses
Dubai Travel: Expired Residency Visas of some residence automatically extended until Dec 9
Temperature expected to reduce in coming days
MP Dr. Muhammad Al-Huwaila submitted a proposal to reduce the price of PCR exam in the labs approved by the Ministry of Health in Kuwait from KWD 20 to KWD 10
Public Debt to be implemented soon
The cost of recruiting Filipina domestic workers on the rise
Ethiopian Domestic workers agreement awaits Kuwaiti response
International News
Biden says even with economic progress, many families ‘feeling the pinch’
Taliban takes control of ninth Afghan provincial capital
Kabul could fall to Taliban in 90 days: US intelligence
5 people jump from Myanmar building to escape police: 2 die
Inoculations reach half of Cambodians as vaccine diplomacy intensifies
WHO estimates globally more than 10 Cr people get infected with Hepatitis A every year
US envoy meets Libyan commander to push for elections
New Zealand moves closer to passing ‘self-identification’ law
Sports News
Tokyo Olympics: Fourth place at the Olympics is always disheartening, but I don’t have any regrets because I gave my 100%: Aditi Ashok, India’s golfing senation
Boxer Lovlina Borohain eats home-style Assamese food with Union Minister Sabananda Sonowal
Professional coaching key to success for Indian sportswomen: PV Sindhu
Below-par showing in Tokyo, social media trolls taking a toll on athletes
Hockey players from Punjab, Haryana get rousing welcome on returning a home
His words of wisdom and motivation shall always stay with me: Mirabai Chanu after meeting Sachin Tendulkar
Nobody in NRAI wanted me as coach except president: Coach Jaspal Rana
Mankind Pharma to give Rs. 11 lakh each to 20 players who missed medals at Tokyo Olympics
Calf injury rules Stuart Broad out of rest of the Test series against India
India, England players docked 40 per cent of match fees, 2 penalty points for slow over-rate
As a team not pleased with being docked two WTC points because of slow over-rate, says Kohli
India vs. England: England dwell on ‘best approach’ for Indian bowlers
India vs. England, 2nd Test: Shardul Thakur unavailable for selection due to injury
We won’t plug in someone in place of Shardul Thakur for just few runs, 20 wickets more important: Virat Kohli
India vs. England: We have a big bright chance of winning the Test series in England because we have a very good team, says Ravindra Jadeja
Virat Kohli believes a lot in fitness, so everyone has to raise their fielding standards: Ravindra Jadeja
England greats Anderson, Broad doubtful for second India Test; Saqib Mahmood called as cover for 2nd Test
Bowling attack going to be slightly depleted if both Stuart Broad and James Anderson are ruled out: Jonny Bairstow
Rafael Nadal out of Cincinnati, adds to doubt over US Open
Bianca Andreescu advances in Montreal opening match
Kei Nishikori high after deep run at Tokyo Olympics