Today’s News (14th Aug 2021, Saturday)
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- Published: Saturday, 14 August 2021 06:01
Today’s News (14th Aug 2021, Saturday)
by Annadatha Venkata Murali Manohar
Headlines
Resolution reintroduced in US Congress to Award Country's Highest Civilian Honour to Mahatma Gandhi
100 students sing national anthem in Himalayas in full-throated voice
Afghan: Situation 'Bad to Worse', Indian embassy staff to be evacuated soon; UK vows to not abandon even as nation evacuates most Embassy staff
Won’t recognise any Afghan government imposed by force: India, others at Doha meet
Taliban near Kabul, seize 18 of 34 provinces as Govt says 'we stand firm; 12 nations decide not to recognise any Govt imposed by force
India vs England: Joe Root defiant, but India hold slight edge after See-Saw 2nd Day; 207 runs & 10 wickets; Eng 119-3 at stumps; still 245 runs adrift of India’s 1st innings 364
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the much-awaited Vehicle Scrappage Policy (VSP) with an aim to phase out old and unfit vehicles in an environment-friendly manner; urges youth, start-ups to join
Tough action likely against opposition MPs for Rajya Sabha scuffles
Girl from Centre for Advanced Learning (CFAL) tops JEE Main exam with 99.979 in Mangaluru
SII chief doubts if vaccine drive can cover all adults
SII chairman Cyrus Poonawalla says booster dose of Covishielf desirable
Lashkar terrorist from Pak killed in Kulagam encounter, aide flees
Government releases Rs. 7,200 crore to get 3rd-wave-ready
Delhi: 2 dead, one injured after portion of crane collapses inside US Embassy
Terrorist hideout in Doda busted, arms and ammunition found
Study: 45% kids living in child care homes in South, Southeast Delhi unable to identify 2 digit nos
Single-use plastic items like candy sticks, plates, cups to be banned from July 1, 2022; thickness of plastic carry bags will be increased to 75 microns from Sep 2021; 120 microns from Dec 31, 2022
Dewas, MP: Villagers risk their lives, use makeshift hanging trolley to cross overflowing River; can carry two persons at a time; mode is extremely dangerous
Kanpur: 3 people for allegedly beating up a Muslim man over charges of forcing forced religious conversion; one of them associated with VHP
Defence Ministry increases Honorary Commissions (as recognition of their exemplary service and contribution in the armed forces) granted to JCOs; revised to 15:1000
J&K cops & BSF apprehended a person in Poonch Dist; recovered Improvised Explosive Device (IED) with four “sticky" bombs from him; major tragedy was averted ahead of I-Day
July - World's Hottest Month on Record; 0.02 of a degree Fahrenheit higher than July 2016; 671 died, over 32,000 houses damaged in floods till Aug 5, says MHA; 9,700 houses, 45 buildings, 3,700 shops damaged in Mahad (Maharashtra) due to July floods
Communal sloganeering at Jantar Mantar: Delhi court denies bail to 3, says remarks undemocratic
Added costs of indirect routes concern students as Canada extends flight ban
Twitter biased, ‘interfering’ in India’s political process, says Rahul Gandhi
4 held with 55 pistols ahead of Independence Day in Delhi
Financial & Business News
Gautam Adani, KM Birla and Nita Ambani among list of top 100 Indian philanthropists; Indiaspora’s 2021 Philanthropy leaders list includes philanthropists from India and from geographies with significant diaspora migration, including UAE, US, Canada, Singapore & Australia
Adi Godrej to step down from Godrej Industries board, Nadir Godrej to take over as chairman; changes will come into effect from Oct 1
GMR Infra gets Rs 1,692Cr in first tranche from stake sale in Kakinada SEZ; Indian Oil plans to install electric vehicle charging facility at 100 outlets in Maharashtra
India 4th largest market for 5G phones, despite a lack of network support; S Korea’s Hanwha Systems invests $300MN in Bharti-backed OneWeb for an 8.8% share
Exports jump 49% to $35.43BN in July, Trade Deficit at $10.9BN; Imports in June increased by 62.99% to $46.40BN, driven by oil and gold, resulting in a trade deficit of $10.9BN
Flights to get costlier as government raises fare caps 4th time this year; 2nd time in just over two months by 9 to 12%
India’s economic progress now hinges on data its 1.4 billion-strong population generates
CCI okays Zomato buying 9.3% stake in Grofers; Ola gets CCI nod for investments by Temasek, Warburg Pincus, founder Bhavish Aggarwal
Twitter India chief Manish Maheshwari, moves to new role as Twitter’s senior director of revenue strategy and operations focused on new market entry, based out of San Francisco, USA
GeBBS Healthcare Solutions, acquires Aviacode Medical Coding & Coding Audit Services. Aviacode, is a US based company, with a footprint in Hyderabad in the Health Information Management (HIM) space
Nitin Gadkari asks states to shift from ‘harmful’ diesel buses to alternate fule
Domestic air travel costlier by 12.5%
Domestic flyers in July touch 50 lakh mark, up 61% from June 2021
SpiceJet announces SpiceScreen enabling passenger to book cabs while mid-air on flights
SpiceJet Q1 loss widens 23% to Rs. 729 crore
IndiGo introduces priority boarding facility
MM Forgings posts Rs. 23.83 crore net profit
Montra, the high-end performance bike brand of TI Cycle of India, launched its first electric bike, at a price of Rs. 27,279, specially designed to make the short distance commute comfortable and convenient
Investors richer by over Rs. 3.48 lakh crore as markets rally for second day
Ampere picks up 26% stake in MLR Auto for nearly Rs. 19 crore
Book domestic flights in advance at lower rates as no fare caps for flights sold beyond 30 days
Tata Motors ties up with Gujarat govt to support setting up of vehicles scrapping centre in Ahmedabad
Ashok Leyland to invest only in plant debottlenecking
Airtel, Jio conclude spectrum trading agreement
Exports up 49.85% in July to $35.43 billion; trade deficit at $10.67 billion
Sebi revises format for promoters, promoter group entities’ shareholding disclosure
CBIC asks field offices to allow only DoT-approved mobile signal boosters import
Reliance JioPhone Next cameras, processor and other features revealed before launch
Royal Enfield is not in a hurry to get into the E-Vehicles segment and will wait for the right time to enter the space which is witnessing a lot of action in the country, Eicher Motors MD Siddhartha Lal
Google may soon use nearby phones to help you track your lost Android Smartphone and car
Corona Updates
World: 206,955,609; Active 17,021,981 (8.22%); Recovery 185,575,460 (89.67%); Vaccinated 4.62BN
India: 32,155,827; Active 394,558 (1.23%); Recovery 31,330,507 (97.43%); Vaccinated 523.67MN
India reported 40,120 new Covid-19 cases, 585 death on Friday
Panic in Bengaluru after 543 children found infected with Covid in over 11 days; brings back focus on 3rd wave could affect children; infection spreading among them at a faster rate; Jabs first for kids above 12 with comorbidities; Kerala renews plan, vaccinate all those found negative in containment zones
Bharat Biotech's Nasal Covid vaccine gets Regulatory Nod for Phase 2, 3 Trial; J&J doses expected to arrive India in Nov-Dec, Zydus Cadila next; Govt release 7,000 Cr, 1,755 new O2 plants to be functional soon
Serum’s Cyrus Poonawalla claims that India will be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by December 2021 are far from real; Vaccine export ban 'very bad' move; son warned not to speak against it; SBI report claims India may vaccinate 70% eligible population by mid-March 2022
Covid-19: Mumbai’s first Delta+ fatality is fully vaccinated woman, 63
Covid: One-dose Sputnik Light set for rollout in September
State News
Delhi Police issues traffic advisory ahead of Independence Day
Class 12 student moves SC seeking time-bound decision to re-open schools
Delhi records zero Covid-19 fatality, 50 cases
Delhi HC restrains telecast of documentary based on death of student in Gurugram school in 2017
Free chle bhature for all Neerajs at this Delhi eatery Sita Ram Diwan Chand
Raj Kundra moves High Court for anticipatory bail
Raj Kundra pornography case: Mumbai Police forms a Special Investigation Team
NCB chief probing Bollywood drug case related to Sushant Singh Rajput's death, awarded 'Medal for Excellence in Investigation'
Shilpa Shetty served notice by Lucknow Police in wellness centre case
Free vaccination drive for Covid-19 continues in Visakhapatnam
Telangana: Volunteers group helps conduct final rites in Covid death cases
Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao set to announce sops for Huzurabad
Now, BJP dares KCR to contest from Huzurabad
Will seek Rs. 1,000 from each voter to survive: BJP leader Eatala Rajendrer
T govt treads cautiously on river water disputes with AP
Telangana HC overruled the objections of the HC registry
Won’t take stand on YSRCP repel MP Raghu Ramakrishna Raju plea: CBI
Amit Shah tour to Telangana’s Huzurabad on September 17
Andhra Pradesh diverting water, says Telangana to KRMB
24-year-old ends life in Hyderabad; blackmail suspected
No evidence to confirm if 9-year-old girl raped before being killed: Delhi Police tells court
Delhi HC restrains telecast of documentary based on death of student in Gurugram school in 2017
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal expected to inaugurate Delhi’s first smog tower on Aug 23
Two men threaten to blow up building, killed in encounter in northeast Delhi’s Khajuri Khas
Telangana: Duo steal Rs. 42 lakh items with YouTube tutorial, held
Kuwait News
Increasing the maximum number of arrivals through Kuwait airport to 7,500 passengers per day
The State of Kuwait condemns and denounces in the strongest terms the continued attempt of the Houthi militia to threaten the security of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MoH: 417 new cases of Corona, 602 recovered and 3 deaths recorded
Kuwaiti Defense Minister receives a phone call from his American counterpart to exchange views on many issues of concern to both sides and the most important regional and international developments
The US Food and Drug Administration allows the administration of a third additional dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine against emerging Corona virus – Covid-19 to some individuals to those who suffer from immunodeficiency
The Kuwait national under-17 basketball team is second in the Gulf Championship and qualifies for the Asian Cup finals
Jordon: One Silver and three bronzes for Kuwait in the Arab Table Tennis Championships
Kuwait Red Crescent distributes tons of baby formula to the Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinians refuges
The price of a barrel of Kuwaiti oil rose 74 cents to reach $72.59
The Coalition to support legitimacy intercepts a booby-trapped plane targeting the city (Khamis Mushait) in southern Saudi Arabia
The UAE strongly condemns the targeting by the Houthi militias of the Saudi (Khamis Mushait) region with a booby-trapped plane
The Bahraini Ministry of Health records 102 new infections with the Corona virus
International News
Mysterious 'Kill List' with Pak public figures (days after a former Taliban operative verified its existence and a leading British newspaper reported it) rattles nation; Parliamentary Panel orders probe
Back to old ways: Taliban forcing women to marry terrorists; give up their jobs
Men, money, training: How Pakistan has helped Taliban over the years
Over half of Afghanistan’s provinces fall to Taliban
Biden slamed for colossal US failure that is bringing Taliban to gates of Kabul
Marine vanguard lands in Kabul as US speeds up evacuations
Faceoff: Indians react as Taliban continues to capture Afghanistan at terrifying pace
New York Assembly to suspend Cuomo impeachment investigation
Federal judge leaves CDC evictions moratorium in place
Biden made ‘Obamacare’ cheaper; deadline for consumers to take advantage of a special sign-up period for private coverage made more affordable by his Covid-19 relief law
Moderate Democrats demand quick passage of infrastructure bill
Afghanistan: Nato, UN, EU confirm they will not recognise govt formed through military
UK: In rare (worst incident in a decade) British mass shooting, gunman kills 5, including 3-year-old girl
Canada to accept 20,000 vulnerable Afghans such as women leaders, Human Rights workers
UK Sikh Engineer's Low-Cost Washing Machines to head to India; got off to a good start following field research in camps in Iraq
The Pentagon: The arrival of the first American forces to Kabul to evacuate civilian employees
Tunisia: Controlling forest fires on the border with Algeria
US official: President Biden is following developments in Tunisia and has respect for its president
British PM confirms that there is no military or combat solution to the situation in Afghanistan
Jeddah: The leadership of the coalition forces to support legitimacy in Yemen confirms the interception and destruction of a booby-trapped march plane “launched by the terrorist Houthi militia” in a systematic and deliberate manner to target civilian objects in the city Khamis Mushait in souther Saudi Arabia
Washington: The US affirms its keenness on the security and stability of Afghanistan and confronting the violence it is witnessing after the Taliban movement managed to control a number of vital cities in the country, stressing that it “is still committed to maintaining a strong diplomatic and security relationship with the government of Afghanistan”
Beijing: Chinese authorities say 21 people have died and four others are missing in heavy floods in central Hubei Province
Tunis: A Tunisian official says that the fires that broke out in the governorate of Zaghouan in the north of the country have caused the destruction of 500 hectares of forest, pointing out that the firefighting teams have so far been unable to put out the flames burning two days ago
Istanbul: The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) announces that the number of victims of the floods that swept the north of the country has risen to 27
NY let childhood sex abuse victims sue; 9,000 went to court
US immigration advocates blast ‘cruel’ Biden policies on asylum
Las Vegas grocery storefront collapses at opening, injures 4
Coronavirus origins: China rejects WHO demand for further probe
US has decided that India is a strategic ally, says Pakistan PM Imran Khan
Federal judge leaves CDC evictions moratorium in place
First live ‘murder hornet’ of 2021 reported in Washington state
Major wildfires threatening towns in Montana, California
State of emergency in Russia’s Yakutia expanded over fires
Woman using gun’s laser sight to play with cat shoots friend
Moderate Democrats demand quick passage of infrastructure bill
Russia tells BBC journalist to go home in row with Britain - state TV
Moderate Democrats demand quick passage of infrastructure bill
Young loner with gun permit named in UK shootings
Australia urgently evacuates Afghans threatened by Taliban
The US Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour division maintains a list of employers who are debarred / disqualified under the H-1B visa programme
Washington military base briefly locked down amid report of gunman
Major wildfires threatening towns in Montana, California
US treasury sanctions Cuban officials, military unit over violence
Sports News
India’s late strike leaves 2nd Test evenly poised
Youth World Championships: India cadet and junior archers confirm 10 medals
Valencia opens the Spanish League competitions for this season by defeating Getafe with a clean goal
Bayern Munich begins the defense of the German League title with a draw with Monchengladbach
Indian women’s hockey team’s outgoing coach Sjeord Marijne opens up on his much-talked about Twitter exchange with Shah Rukh Khan
T20 World Cup: ICC allows participating nations to bring 15 players, 8 officials
New Zealand players cleared for IPL; NZC announces different squads for sub-continent tour and T20 World Cup
World Cup winning U19 India captain Unmukt Chand announces retirement
PCB confirms first England cricket tour in 16 years
Did BCCI medical officer in Sri Lanka delay Krunal Pandya’s Covid test despite player red-flaggering symptioms?
Neeraj Chopra’s coach Klaus says going forward, aim to be “stable” in technique
Roger Federer says return date ‘uncertain’
Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur upsets defending champ Bianca Andresscu in Montreal
US Open bars spectators at qualifying over Covid concerns
India vs. England: Ravichandran Ashwin sits out again as India punt on pace
Hockey skipper Manpreet Singh loves to binge on butter chicken, Neeraj Chopra says fruits are his ‘comfort food’
Olympic medal effect: Mirabai already seeing heightened interest in weightlifting
Olympians from Punjab honoured at felicitation function, 20 players handed Rs. 28.36 crore
Vinesh Phogat unsure of returning after Tokyo Olympics trauma
Tokyo Paralympics to be held without spectators: Reports
Tata Motors to present Altroz car to India’s Olympic fourth-place finishers
UP to shower monetary rewards on Tokyo achievers from all states
HC permits disabled girl to participate in Poland games event
Too early for Messi to take the field, says Pochettino
Clubs upset over changes to CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers
Jharkhand to host Indian women’s football team camp from Aug 16
Advance wishes to India's 75th Independence Day