Today’s News (20th Nov 2021, Saturday)
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Today’s News (20th Nov 2021, Saturday)
by Annadatha Venkata Murali Manohar
Headlines
2nd T20: India beat New Zealand by 7 wickets to win series; Southee took 2 quick wickets in last over, Pant hit two consecutive sixes to seal the deal
ISL 2021-22: Hugo Boumous Magic helps ATK Mohun Bagan thrash Kerala Blasters 4-2 in curtain-raiser
Apologising to Nation": PM says 3 Farm Laws to be cancelled; defended the laws saying they were meant as reforms, mainly for small and marginal farmers; Asks protesters to return home
Mix of relief and caution at Singhu Border as farmers say ‘no question of leaving’ before Parliament Action; Meghalaya Governor says concerns over a legal assurance for MSP are at the core of farmers' protests against Union Govt's three controversial farm laws
Repeal of farm laws: Worry over Punjab unrest drove decision
Let’s recognise that Modi tried hard
PM handed over indigenously designed light combat helicopters to the IAF in Jhansi; light combat helicopter incorporates advanced technologies and stealth features for effective combat roles
9, including 4 children, killed after house collapses due to heavy rains in Tamil Nadu's Vellore; 8 dead, 12 missing after flash flood in Andra Pradesh, life thrown out of gear
Shipment containing possible radioactive substances was seized by Govt authorities at Mundra Port in Gujarat. The cargo was on its way from Karachi in Pakistan to Shanghai in China
Kerala tea seller, who toured 26 countries with wife, dies at 71; owned a tea stall "Sree Balaji Coffee House" in Kochi’s Gandhinagar and travelled to 26 countries in the past 14 years
Gold worth ₹ 42 cr smuggled into Delhi as Machine Parts; being melted and moulded into different shapes by 4 foreign nationals (2 from South Korea, 1 from China & Taiwan)
Road Secretary: 15 states have rolled out BH-series so far for seamless transfer of vehicles across India
Shutdown over Hyderpora encounter civilian killings cripples normal life across Kashmir
China should be in no doubt about India’s stand: Jaishankar
PCC President among 3 ministers to quit ahead of Rajasthan cabinet rejig
Now, no more boring, ready-to-eat meals on Trains, Railways brings back hot food; review by the railway ministry shows that there were not too many takers for packaged and ready-to-eat meals
In a first, IITs to hire quota-based faculty
Financial & Business News
IDFC First partners up with HPCL to facilitate fuel payments using FASTag; Survey finds majority of insurance buyers prefer physical copies of policy document
You may have to pay 20-40% more for life cover next year as large reinsurance companies are likely to raise charges that are likely to be passed on to customers.
Retail Direct bond scheme gets 32,000 registrations in 6 days reflecting investor eagerness for the asset class that was hitherto an institutional monopoly
With the one-year moratorium on an emergency credit scheme ending soon, banks and non-banks are concerned that the end to the standstill could give rise to a fresh round of bad loans
IndiGrid consortium lowest bidder for Rs 170Cr project; Transmission system for evacuation of power from Renewable (RE) Projects in Osmanabad area (1 GW) in Maharashtra
AYUSH ministry transfers AYUSH-64 drug technology an effective drug in treating 'mild, asymptomatic' and 'mild to moderate' cases of Covid-19, to 46 companies
Jindal Steel plans to start building Coal Mine in Botswana's southeastern Mmamabula coalfields in 2022, aiming to supply the export market and a planned coal power plant
Biocon and Viatris to distribute Insulin Glargine through Walgreens in US offering its members savings of up to 80% on the cash price of comparable long-acting insulins now sold
Reliance and Saudi Aramco to reevaluate proposed O2C investment; oil majors reiterated their desire to remain preferred partners, with Reliance set to continue as the Saudi company's collaborator in the subcontinent
Sundaram Asset Management gets Sebi nod to acquire Principal Asset Management Company purchase
Amazon not cooperating in drug probe: MP police
Tech talent crunch to last for a decade: IBM chairman & CEO Arvind Krishna
Bengaluru-based Manipal Group is in takeover talks with Amri Hospitals, run by Kolkata-based Emami, which has diverse business interests ranging from FMCG, edible oil, real estate to health care
IndiGo largest airline by capacity in APAC & 10th largest airline globally: OAG
Sonu Nigam and JetSynthesys partner to launch music industry’s first-ever NFT series
Govt to change tax laws in budget to tax cryptocurrency gains
India may create obstacles to crypto trading and holding: Sources
Forex reserves decline $763 million to $640.11 billion
IMF urges China to tackle financial risks in ‘clear and coordinated’ fashion
The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) sees 7-7.5% of FY23 growth
Cognizant makes muted guidance, to grow at 8-11% till 2024
Govt’s decision to repeal farm laws will strengthen atmosphere of mutual harmony in society: Piyush Goyal
PhonePe announces ESOP buyback worth Rs. 135 crore for employees
Mindhouse raises $6 million in seed capital
SpiceJet Boeing 737 Max performs ‘operational readiness’ flight today
Corona Updates
World: 256,650,729; Active 19,697,378 (7.67%); Recovery 231,801,616 (90.32%); Vaccinated 7.62BN
India 34,489,623; Active 126,620 (0.37%); Recovery 33,897,921 (98.28%); Vaccinated 1.15BN
India reports 11,106 daily new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours
Maha's Palghar District to give extra funds to Gram Panchayats that complete 100% vaccination by Dec 31
Germany is 'One Big Outbreak', says Disease Control Chief as Covid infections surge in Austria's neighbour; Germany to limit public life for the unvaccinated
Covid spectre back in Europe
Merck Covid pill backed for EU emergency use
Austria First Country in Western Europe to reimpose Full Covid Lockdown amid fresh wave
Study: 1st confirmed case of symptomatic Covid-19 can be traced to a female seafood vendor at a wholesale food market in China's Wuhan, not an accountant who lived far away; WHO inquiry on early chronology of the pandemic wrong
The participants in the International Community Aid and Development (IDEX) Forum, an International relief organizations, face difficult challenges due to the Corona pandemic
The US Centers for Disease Control & the US Food and Drug Administration recommends giving a third dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to all adults
Fully-vaccinated tourists from ‘green’ countries welcome, having lifted quarantine and PCR-test rules: Philippines
Canada approves Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for young children
Lebanon registers 1,175 new Covid-19 cases, 9 deaths
Italy reports 48 coronavirus deaths on Friday, 10,544 new cases
French islands of Guadeloupe placed under curfew amid Covid unrest
Iran reports 5,784 daily Covid-19 cases, 6,069,559 in total
Quad has resilient, reliable supply chain of Covid-19 vaccines: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
20 cr doses in stock & more on the way, vaccine surplus may push India to start Commercial Exports
Assam logs 190 new Covid-19 cases, one fatality on Friday
Gujarat records 36 Covid-19 cases, one death
Active Covid-19 infections drop below 9,000 in Tamil Nadu
Punjab sees 39 new Covid cases, three more die
Haryana records 22 fresh Covid-19 cases
Kerala reports 5,754 new Covid-19 cases
Covid cases at 140, one death in Telangana
State News
Kangana Ranaut calls PM Narendra Modi’s decision to repeal 3 farm laws ‘Sad, shameful, absolutely unfair’; Taapsee Pannu, Richa Chadha, Dia Mirza celebrate the move
Granddad in UP mourns farmer killed on Jan 26
Girl who tilled fields will now return to college after PM Modi’s announcement
Farm laws: Boost for Rahul line on ‘street politics’?
Farm laws: ‘No govt will dare to bring full reforms’
Seat-sharing with BJP 110% on: Captain
17 dead, 100 missing in AP flash floods
‘Humiliated’, Chandrababu Naidu breaks down, says YSRCP leaders making personal remarks about his wife
Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao’s maha dharna led to repeal of farm laws, says TRS
High spirits for booze business licence flood Telangana with cash
KBR park theft: Accused nabbed in Hyderabad
Guns & glory: Hyderabad women take to shooting
The Telangana HC on Friday appointed advocate K Kiranmayee as amicus curiae to study the facilities and services available at Koti maternity hospital
Hyderabad: In a major boost to the grassroot innovation ecosystem in rural Telangana, state-led prototyping lab, T-Works and GE Appliances, a Haier company, on Friday said that they will be collaborating to convert 14-year-old student innovator Srija’s idea of biodegradable pots into a micro enterprise in Gadwal
Healthy move: Telangana likely to increase Aarogyasri coverage to Rs. 5 lakh soon
Telangana nominates Chary as MLC under Guv quota
Andhra Pradesh: Tirupati witnesses rain fury, people stuck in floods, rescue operations continue
Farm laws repeal: Elections, protests forced PM Modi to rethink, says Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi
Oppn: Farmers lives could have been saved
Ex-Bigg Boss contestant and Haryanvi dancer Sapna Choudhary lands in trouble, Lucknow court issues arrest warrant
Kuwait News
Kuwaiti Agriculture: Afforestation is a national and global requirement that requires concerted efforts by all government and private sectors
Kuwaiti Ministry of Health: 16 new cases of Corona and the recovery of 23 cases and no deaths recorded during the past 24 hours
The Kuwaiti Disabled Authority reviews its activities in support of the disabled at Expo 2020 Dubai
The price of a barrel of Kuwaiti oil fell 2.36 dollars to reach 79.67 dollars
The Kuwaiti Football League: Kazma beats Fahaheel with a clean goal in the first meeting of the season 2021-2022
Pakistan & Afghanistan News
Pakistan eases advance intimation norm for Sikh pilgrims visiting Kartarpur till Nov 30
‘We thought he had Covid but it was smog’: Life in polluted Pakistan
Pak U-turn on chemical castration for habitual rapists; drops chemical castration as punishment for serial rapists
International News
Joe Biden declared healthy and ‘fit’ for presidency after exam
US teen Kyle Rittenhouse cleared over protester deaths
Biden mulls Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Olympics; China says 'Politicising Sports' hurts Olympic Spirit
Sotheby: Rare original copy of US Constitution auctioned for $43MN; It is one of only 11 known surviving copies of the US charter, signed on Sep 17, 1787 at Philadelphia's Independence Hall
Kamala Harris to become first woman with Presidential power as Biden undergoes Colonoscopy
Brazil's Amazon Deforestation hits record 15-year high after 22% jump in last year; the state of Para accounted for 40% of deforestation from Aug. 2020 to July 2021
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation condemns the field executions carried out by the Israeli occupation forces
European Union: Leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia meet in Brussels next month
The UN National Security Adviser confirms that his country is determined to strengthen and revitalize the Biological Weapons Convention
The United States condemns the Houthi detentions of dozens of Yemeni citizens who worked for it
The Iraqi Joint Operations Command confirms that the withdrawal of US combat forces from Iraq is fixed on its scheduled date at the end of this year, and that there is no extension for it after that
Riyadh: The leadership of the coalition forces to support legitimacy in Yemen announces that the Saudi air defenses intercepted and destroyed three booby-trapped drones heading towards southern Saudi Arabia and also announced that the Houthis had failed to launch two ballistic missiles from southern Sanaa, which fell inside Yemen after they were launched
The leadership of the coalition forces to support legitimacy in Yemen announce the implementation of 28 targeting operations of the mechanisms and elements of the Houthi militias in Ma’rib and Al-Bayda in Yemen during the past 24 hours, which included the destruction of 19 military vehicles and an air defense system and the elimination of more than 105 terrorist elements, in addition to the implementation of seven Targeting operations in the Western coast to support the coastal forces and protect civilians
Washington: The US House of Representatives passes a $1.75 trillion package for social spending and the fight against climate change known as ‘Building Back Better’ by 220 to 213, and includes spending initiatives directed at reforming federal health care, education, immigration and tax laws
Britain announces the designation of the Palestinian movement (Hamas) with its political and military wings, as a ‘Terrorist’ organization, and it is forbidden to join or call for its support
Sudanese police deny using firearms against protesters
Turkey: A 3,250-year-old seal of an Emir in the era of Hittites was found in the south of the country
The US Secretary of Defense affirms Washington’s commitment to the Philippines and stands by it
Malaysia ex-PM Najib defends asking for $24 million property gift
Judge throws out two Malcolm X murder convictions
Fuel rationed, travel limited in flooded western Canada
EU awaits counterproposals from UK in Brexit standoff
Taxi bomb could have caused ‘significant’ harm: UK police
South Korea scrambles fighter jets as China, Russia aircraft enter air defense zone
Those who labelled protesters who stood with the Indian farmers as ‘terrorists and separatists’ should apologize: UK Sikh MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Sports News
2nd T20I: Dominant India pocket series against New Zealand; KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma guide India to comfortable win, help pocket series
AB de Villiers retires from all forms of cricket
Tim Paine steps down as Australia’s Test captain after ‘sexting’ scandal
India vs New Zealand, 2nd T20I: Rohit Sharma attributes success to team effort, lauds application of players
India vs New Zealand: Guptill surpasses Kohli to become highest run-scorer in men’s T20Is
India vs New Zealand: Hand injury forces Siraj to miss second T20I
Harshal Patel has become the first Indian bowler to bag two wickets on T20I debut against New Zealand, eclipsing the 1 for 33 by Lakshmipathy Balaji at Chennai on Sept 11, 2012
India vs New Zealand, 2nd T20I: Couldn’t have asked for a better debut, says Harshal Patel after his match-winning performance
37 number of sixes by Martin Guptill, Evin Lewis and Mohd. Rizwan to share the most such hits in T20Is this year
New Zealand don’t have Australia ‘phobia’, Aussies just play swing better than India: Mike Hesson
India vs New Zealand, 3rd T20I: Toss could well be boss at Eden Gardens too
Pakistan beat Bangladesh by four wickets in first T20I
England pacer Olly Stone considering retirement from Test cricket
Rasheed, Gautam named India U-19 A and U-19 B captains for tri-series involving Bangladesh
Confident Tamil Nadu up against unbeaten Hyderabad in last-four clash
Alex Hales defends 2009 image appearing to show him in blackface
Gautam Gambhir launches East Delhi Premier League
India vs New Zealand: Hand injury forces Siraj to miss second T20I
Sao Paulo GP: F1 stewards reject Mercedes request for review
Valtteri Bottas quickest on Formula One’s first day in Qatar
Red Bull’s Verstappen fastest in first Qatar GP practice
Red Bull ready to protest Mercedes rear wing, says Christian Horner
Italian Matteo Berrettini to miss David Cup due to injury
UN wants proof of missing Chinese tennis star’s well=being
WTA threatens to pull tournaments out of China over Peng Shuai
Serena Williams ‘shocked, devastated’ as concern mounts for Peng Shuai
Ruud fights back against Rublev to book ATP Finals last-four spot
Davis Cup to go ahead in Innsbruck, despite new Austrian lockdown
Indonesia Masters: Srikant beat Prannoy to move into semis
World No. 1 Kento Momota powers into Indonesia Masters semis