Today’s News (21st Aug 2021, Saturday)
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- Published: Saturday, 21 August 2021 07:44
Today’s News (21st Aug 2021, Saturday)
by Annadatha Venkata Murali Manohar*
Happy Onam. !
Headlines
Paralympics: Indian Powerlifters depart for Tokyo with eye on medal; India will win at least 15 medals including 5 golds says Chef-de-Mission; Organisers say situation 'very difficult' as hospitals stretched by Covid cases
Rajnath Singh, during his visit to the Army Sports Institute in Pune, is likely to name the stadium in the campus after Neeraj Chopra
India seals deal with Russia to procure AK-103 Rifles in push of Military Modernisation; purchased to replace its ageing and obsolete weapons; under emergency financial powers
Ex-militant's death: Meghalaya ministers, MLAs getting extortion notes from Militant Group, admits CM; DGP's warning gets cops to remove sympathy posts from social media
7 lakes supplying water to Mumbai has 12.35 lakh million litres; 85.34% of total useful content, and will last for nine months and 20 days
MP CM Shivraj Chouhan slams poor state of roads in Bhopal, scraps body overseeing infra upkeep
Hisar-Mumbai Duronto Express flagged off, Journey will take 22 hours via Sadulpur, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Rings, Jaipur, Sawai Madhopur, Ratlam & Baroda
Artisans deserve better facilitators than NGOs and govts for their businesses to thrive; poor have little trust in Govt or NGOs. For most, it’s just a new person to ask for dole from in face of rudeness, stonewalling
Finance & Business News
Skoda will drive in an all-new sedan early next year – 2nd product under strategic India 2.0 initiative; to shore up volumes in the Indian market
Easy money fuels inflation and world-beating stocks in India
Apple delays office return to at least January in Covid rise
San Francisco: Bit Tech platforms Facebook Inc and Google have been hit with a series of antitrust lawsuits by the US federal government and states on charges they are operating monopolies and abusing their power
India looks to work with US on market access issues: Goyal
Jet Airways employees reject Jalan-Kalrock resolution move; move NCLAT over compensation
Facebook teams up with Indifi to help provide loans to small businesses
Oyo to hire more than 300 tech professionals
St. Kitts and Nevis Awarded Best Citizenships by Investment Programme by FT PWM report
In a first for India, a desi aviation company in New Delhi has taken an aircraft by leasing it from India. Leading private aircraft and helicopter operator JetSetGo said it is the first Indian leasing business to directly import an aircraft (Hawker 800 XP) through a lease of IFSC GIFT City, Ahmedabad; Earlier, a helicopter was leased from GIFT City and this is the first time for an aircraft
Luxury car makers stepping on gas on used car platforms
Imports have stopped from Afghanistan: Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) Director General Dr. Ajay Sahai
Sensex tumbles 300 points; Nifty ends below 16,500
China eyes pushing US IPO-bound firms to hand over data control: Report
China passes new personal data privacy law, to take effect November 1
US, India discuss ways to increase trade
CRED launches lending product CRED Mint
Many Indian companies slip in global valuation ranking, highest ranked RIL dips 3 places
Space Perspective, wants to make space travel ‘affordable’
Microsoft invests $5 million in Oyo
Corona Updates
World: 211,487,421; Active 17,811,295 (8.42%); Recovery 189,249,634 (89.49%); Vaccinated 4.88BN
India: 32,392,506; Active 368,122 (1.14%); Recovery 31,590,390 (97.52%); Vaccinated 566.60MN
Zydus Cadila becomes 6th weapon in India's armour; 3-dose jab approved; India gets its first vaccine for children 12 years and above
Delta variant that caused second wave driving infections in vaccinated people; vaccination continues to be very effective in reducing severe disease and death
UK Regulator approves antibody drug Ronapreve to prevent, tackle Covid-19; injection or infusion; acts at lining of respiratory system where it binds tightly to Covid; prevents it from gaining access to respiratory cells
Sydney tightens Covid-19 curbs, lockdown extended through September
Record Delta wave hits kids, raises fear as US schools open
New Covid-19 infections on the march in South Korea
Study supports widespread use of better masks to curb Covid-19 indoors
Delta crisis: US health system overwhelmed; 5 states see record hospitalizations
Singapore plans first quarantine-free travel program
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques directs to provide additional support to Tunisia to meet the needs of the health sector to confront Corona
Kuwait News
Stranded expatriates oil sector employees, unable to return to Kuwait are considered on Annual leave
Corona pandemic has put an end to men kissing men
Change in working hours proposed to solve traffic problem
EPA completes relocation of over 20m tyres dumped in Arhiya Area
Two perish, 4 hurt in accident on King Fahd Road
Not possible to cut expenditure
Civil Service Commission (CSC) okays list for Covid-19 Frontliner Reward
Mixed reactions to removal of Venus statue from 360 Mall
19 domestic workers held in raid
Expats on vacation in dilemma over policy of jabs for under 18 years of age
Sheikh Dr Basil Al Sabah meets with Ambassadors
The Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) keen to increase percentage of Kuwaitis in private sector
MoH to work on accelerating pace of vaccinations
Kuwait records 226 new infections and two deaths
Britain adopts a new treatment against the Corona virus
The Iraqi Prime Minister will visit Kuwait next week
The price of a barrel of Kuwaiti oil decreased by $3.20 to $67.47
Bahraini Ministry of Health: 79 new cases of Corona virus were recorded
Afghan News
Taliban's mammoth task ahead as economy in doldrums. Currency down 90%, world halts aid; won't form govt until Aug 31 as per 'deal with US'; Taliban revenge fears grow as targeted door-to-door visits surge; resistance forces recapture 3 districts; several Taliban fighters killed; UN report claims one in three Afghans at risk of severe or acute hunger
Relationship with Taliban, good ties with US: Qatar & media houses helped Afghan scribes out of Kabul; US set to expand evacuation flights from Kabul to Europe; NATO wants inclusive govt
Joe Biden: Kabul evacuation among "Most Difficult" in history; will mobilize every resource necessary "to conduct a thorough evacuation; He added I cannot promise what the final outcome will be, or... that it will be without risk of loss"
Had no radical views’: Army Veterans recall 1982 IMA batchmate ‘Sheru’ who is now among Top 7 Taliban leader; “well-built, not too tall and never religiously inclined; Uttarakhand govt sends names of 110 natives stuck in Afghanistan to Union Govt
Merkel and Putin to discuss Afghanistan, other ‘big’ issues
UNESCO calls for protection of cultural heritage in Afghanistan
Over 18,000 people evacuated since Sunday from Kabul airport: NATO official
60 Hindus and Sikhs shifted to Afghanistan safe place for India evacuation
Guard against Afghanistan payment defaults, exporters warned
US President: We are continuing to communicate with the Taliban to facilitate the evacuation. Any attack on our forces will be met with a ‘quick and strong’ response
Britain: Finding a long-term solution to the Afghan crisis may require dealing with the Taliban
The UAE announces its agreement to temporarily host 5,000 Afghans before they head to other countries
The US Department of Defense: 6 thousand people left Kabul in the last 24 hours on 17 flights
The Turkish President and the Prime Minister of Greece discuss by phone the Afghan developments and their repercussions on immigration
Bahrain announces its contribution to supporting relief efforts in Afghanistan and facilitating the evacuation process
NATO foreign ministers call for an immediate end to violence and formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan
International News
China approves three-child policy with sops (reduce families’ burdens as well as the cost of raising and educating children) to encourage couples to have more children
In midst of Afghan crisis, US VP Kamala Harris visits Vietnam
Russian 'Devil worshipping' couple accused of two 'Human Sacrifices'; victims stabbed to deaths; also face charges of drug trafficking after large quantities of drugs were found in their home
UK sanctions seven Russian intelligence agents over Navalny poisoning; Angela Merkel asks Putin 'to free Navalny' on Moscow visit; Russian Prez denies charges
2 children killed, 3 injured in suicide bombing targeting Chinese nationals in Pak’s Port City Gwadar
Teen arrested after knife attack in southern Swedish school
German on trial for killing 5, injuring 18 in car rampage
11 Malian soldiers killed, 10 wounded in ambush in central Mali
Texas Democrats return, end 38-day holdout over voting bill
Three dead, four missing in Malaysian floods
Biden administration to review climate impacts of federal coal leases
Singapore gets sweet pandemic distraction as Museum of Ice Cream opens
Hurricane Grace makes landfall near Mexico’s Tulum temples
Hong Kong students charged with ‘advocating terrorism’ denied bail
400 booked for harassing, molesting Tik Toker girl in Pakistan: Lahore police
Women comes face-to-face with 3-metre long (10-foot long) snake in Australian Supermarket
Beirut: Lebanese President Michel Aoun calls on the United Nations to take action to put an end to the Israeli violations of his country’s sovereignity
Ramallah: Head of the Information Office in the Mobilization and Organization Commission of the Fatah movement, Munir al-Jaghoub, announces the postponement of the announcement of the Cabinet reshuffle on the government of Muhammad Shtayyeh
Beijing: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi says that the great changes currently taking place in Afghanistan reflect the Afghan people’s desire for security and stabilitiy, and their rejection of war and chaos that lasted more than 40 years
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s Royal Palace announces the appointment of the assistant head of the United Malays Organization *AMNO) Ismail Sabri as the new Prime Minister, weeks after a political crisis that toppled the previous government
Istanbul: Turkey announces that the death toll from the recent floods in three northern states of the country has risen to 79
Russian military official: Russian missile systems replied the Israeli attack in Syria
Sports News
Junior World Wrestling Champ: Silver for Sanju Devi, Bhateri; Saneh endures painful end to campaign; World Athletics U20 Champ: Sasha Zhoya breaks U20 110m Hurdles World Record
Rafael Nadal will not be playing in 2021 again as he is taking break to find a solution to his foot injury
Western & Southern Open to match Naomi Osaka’s prize money pledge for Haiti
Stefanos Tsitsipas angers Greek government over vaccination news
Virat Kohli, BCCI brass ‘informally’ chat over roadmap for T20 World Cup
We are gathering momentum nicely, says Eoin Morgan ahead of T20 World Cup
ICC T20 World Cup: Carlos Brathwaite to launch virtual trophy tour