Today’s News (21st Nov 2021, Sunday)

by Annadatha Venkata Murali Manohar

Headlines

ISL: Bengaluru FC open campaign with 4-2 win over NorthEast United; Entertaining contest saw six different goalscorers

Telangana: ₹ 3 Lakh for families of 750 farmers who died during protest; also wants Union Govt to give ₹ 25 lakh to each of the farmers who died during the anti-farm law protests

In marathon meet with top cops, PM briefed on DarkNet, drug trafficking

Rajnath Singh warns Pak and China, says 'This is new and powerful India'

Farm laws: Modi move may change Punjab poll equations

PM Modi sounds poll bugle for BJP’s poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab

700 lives": BJP's Varun Gandhi needles PM on delaying Farm Laws' rollback; SKM appeals protesting farmers to make Nov 22 Lucknow Kisan Mahapanchayat 'great success

Indore Tops Swachh City in India 5th time in a row, Surat 2nd; Andhra Pradesh's Vijayawada 3rd

75 star Olympians to take PM's 'Fit India' Mission to schools across India; to meet, inspire students

Army to rethink plan to scale back troops in NE as Manipur attack brings focus on insurgent groups

J&K: Forces rescue 60, including school children, from encounter site in Kulgam; 1 terrorist killed

Hizb district commander killed in south Kashmir's Kulgam

Damaged crops, thinning supply: Vegetable prices zoom in rain-hit Chennai; 3 killed, 10,000 displaced as Tamil Nadu receives 68 percent excess rainfall

Rajasthan Cabinet reshuffle: Congress calls MLAs' meet at 2 PM today to decide Portfolios; Oath at 4 PM

All Rajasthan ministers resign ahead of cabinet reshuffle

Rajasthan cabinet to have 12 new faces, 5 from Pilot camp: Sources

INS Visakhapatnam, India's Lethal Destroyer Ship, to be Commissioned today; as many as 39 naval ships and submarines are currently being constructed in various Indian shipyards

Tamil Nadu's DNA Search Tool to track criminals, find missing kids, reuniting abducted with parents based on DNA; releases Child Policy with focus on their overall well-being

Tawang at India-China Border gets its First Movie Hall; run by all-women crew, tickets priced just at Rs 100

Samyukt Kisan Morcha calls farmers to gather at protest sites on November 26 to mark first anniversary of their agitation

Farm unions may write to govt for talks on MSP

KCR to Centre: Enact MSP law, junk electricity Act

PM Modi decided to repeal farm laws now for UP, Punjab polls: SKM leader and AIKS general secretary Hannan Mollah

Aryan Khan Case: Bombay HC Order obliterates at least 5 of NCB's biggest allegations - agency did not have enough evidence to sustain these charges, Charges of conspiracy, case built on WhatsApp chats

After HC's detailed order in Aryan case comes out, Malik seeks action against Sameer Wankhede

Rains wreck Andhra Pradesh; toll increases to 29; 50 still missing

CM Jagan Reddy conducts aerial survey of flood-hit areas in Andhra Pradesh

Navjot Singh Sidhu bats for trade, ‘new friendship chapter’ between India & Pakistan as he visits Kartarpur

Clip shows Sidhu 'calling' Pak PM 'bada bhai'; BJP hits out

Sidhu walks into a Pakistan and sets off a raging debate in India

Court gives first bail in Antilla bomb scare case

CBI chargesheet against three in Giri death case

HC: Submission doesn’t mean consent for sex

 

Financial & Business News

GST could see major overhaul; reducing tax slabs, pruning exempt list on table; new regime may have just three major tax rates against four now

Reliance, Saudi Aramco call off proposed investment deal, withdraws NCLT application for O2C hive off

EPFO approves public sector InvITs, bonds as investment options; to invest up to 5% of its annual deposits in alternative investments funds including InvITs)

Govt puts on sale MTNL, BSNL assets worth about Rs 1,100Cr; BSNL properties located in Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Bhavnagar and Kolkata Rs 800Cr; MTNL assets in Vasari Hill, Goregaon Rs 270Cr

Maruti Suzuki Ciaz-based Toyota Belta Sedan revealed for the Middle East; only gets a slightly tweaked grille to accommodate the new logo

Ola Electric expands S1 Electric Scooter test rides to over 1000 cities; initially open only for those who have purchased or reserved the Ola S1 and S1 Pro scooters

MG Astor's batch one deliveries (aims to deliver 5000 units of the Astor SUV by the end of Dec 2021) could be delayed because of the semiconductor shortage

Joint bank account not mandatory for spouse pension: Government

Visa’s chief financial officer expects to resolve fee row with Amazon

SpiceJet resumes passenger flights on Boeing 737 Max after 2.5 years

RBI’s proposals restrict e-loans to regulated companies

 

Corona Updates

World: 257,223,833; Active 19,850,772 (7.72%); Recovery 232,213,575 (90.28%); Vaccinated 7.66BN

India 34,499,925; Active 124,868 (0.36%); Recovery 33,909,708 (98.29%); Vaccinated 1.15BN

CoWIN now showing fully/ partially vaccinated badges, platform made available globally as Open-source software

Service Providers can now check people's vaccination status at CoWIN

No masks, no vaccines: Scientists mystified as Africa avoids Covid-19 disaster; emphasise obtaining accurate Covid-19 data, particularly in African countries with patchy surveillance, is extremely difficult

Covid cases in Ladakh rise 362%, worried govt urges enhanced testing

US Study: Covid significantly raises risk of stillbirth; Analysis, carried out by the CDC was based on more than 1.2 million deliveries between March 2020 & Sep 2021 from a large US hospital database

Booster-dose policy likely by month end, says NTAGI member

Slovakia records unprecedented numbers of injuries since the outbreak of Corona epidemic

Bahrain records one death and 26 new infectious with the Corona virus

Singapore relaxes tight Covid-19 social curbs from Monday

Singapore plans to vaccinate children below 12 from January 2022

Europe’s Covid crisis pits vaccinated against unvaccinated

Thousands rally against Covid curbs in Austria and Australia

Canada set to recognise Covaxin from Nov 30

Russia’s record virus death toll persists

Unicef opens largest Central Asia vaccine warehouse in Uzbekistan

With 'backlog' deaths, Kerala makes up 65% of Oct Covid toll

No jab, no ration: Vax drive at PDS shops in Aligarh

 

State News

Kerala rains: Sabarimala Temple pilgrimage suspended today amid heavy rains

Shocking: Woman's body found in a suitcase near Delhi-Agra National Highway

Rajasthan: 2 crushed by car outside railway station in Jaisalmer, 5 injured

Rajasthan: Valuables worth Rs. 22 lakh looted from Nagaur jeweller

Rajasthan: Magnitude 4.6 earthquake shakes Jalore

Agra: Busy playing PUBG, two boys run over by train

Denied teacher’s job despite topping merit list, man gets post after 30 years

Hyderabad: More rain forecast for city in next 24 hours

Hyderabad: GO on in-service quota for government hospital doctor sparks row among medical students

Hyderabad: A first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training for parents and teachers, ‘Empower’, was conducted in the city on Saturday

Many buildings in Hyderabad will be lit blue on Nov 24, as part of World Health Organization’s ‘Go Blue’ campaign, to spread awareness about antimicrobial resistance

10% workers to be brought under e-Shram every month, to make it easy for workers to access social security benefits from state and central governments

Hyderabad: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation flooded with over 5k complaints on sanitation, streetlights

Hyderabad: Rains disrupt over 100 trains, many stranded

Five modern fish markets planned in Hyderabad, to cost Rs. 19.4 crore

Corporates in Hyderabad collaborate with startups to boost innovation

Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) and District Medical & Health Officer (DMHO) drive to administer second dose

TRS govt should procure every grain of Vaanakalam paddy, says Congress leader

Hyderabad: Congress holds candle rally for farmers, on Necklace Road

Visakhapatnam: Major scuffle between TDP supporters & police personnel amid protest against YSRCP leaders

Amitabh Bachchan sends notice to pan masala brand to stop broadcasting ad featuring the megastar

Chandrapur: Most-popular Tadoba tigress kills woman forest guard

 

Kuwait News

The Acting Head of the National Security Apparatus stresses the importance of the Manama Dialogue conference in its 17th session

The National Military Service Authority receives conscripts from the 49th batch

Embassy of India will organize an Open House with Ambassador Shri Sibi George on Wednesday, 24 November 2021 at 03.30 PM at the Embassy Auditorium.

Kuwait condemns and denounces the Houthi militia’s storming of the US embassy in Sana’a and the detention of local employees at the embassy

The Kuwait national football team loses to its Iraqi counterpart in the West Asian Youth Football Championship

The Kuwaiti Football League: Al-Arabi beats Al-Tadamon, by four and Al-Nasr beats Salmiyah 3-2

A Kuwaiti rider wins first place in the first round of the Emirates International JetSki Championship

The Kuwait Agriculture Authority launches the ninth phase of the greening and afforestation campaign by planting 450 seedling the walkway of the Mishref area

Kuwait Red Crescent distributes 5,000 winter bags to workers in the industrial and commercial sectors

The Ministry of Health warns against promoting unapproved herbal products and nutritional supplements

Kuwaiti Ministry of Health: 14 new cases of Corona virus and no deaths recorded in the past 24 hours

The Kuwait Motocross Championship concludes its first round

The price of a barrel of Kuwaiti oil rises by $2.22 to reach $81.89

Kuwait's Gulf Bank 7th marathon kicked off Saturday with the participation of more than 7,000 participants.

The Ministry of Finance recently released official data showing that the total amount of fines for various traffic violations in the last six years reached KD380.39 million

MP Mehalhal Al- Mudaf forwarded queries to Minister of Finance and Minister of State for Economic and Investment Affairs Khalifa Hamada about the refusal of France Bank in Beirut, Lebanon to return the two fixed deposits of the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) amounting to $226.97 million and $120.1 million

Protecting public property is national responsibility: Governor Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled

Expatriates who were abroad and unable to return or renew their residence permits in time when Kuwait applied a ban on the entry of foreigners to the country due to the Covid-19 pandemic, are among the 316,700 who have had their residence permit cancelled.

Economists and citizens voiced different views on the economic impact of tens of thousands of expatriates who have had their residence permits rescinded, due to their inability to renew them on time.

Airfares into and out of Kuwait International Airport (KIA) have dropped substantially following the resumption of full activities at the airport on 24 October.

Residents have started living in West Abdullah Al-Mubarak area, which is one of the new residential areas, for more than 18 months, but their suffering continues day after day due to the lack of fresh water reaching the area. The people have not yet found a solution that is suitable and modern enough

The Health Ministry said that it had handled the COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait with high proficiency, leading to the curb of the virus spread.

The Criminal Court sentenced a Kuwaiti woman to ten-year imprisonment with hard labor, and gave her husband a suspended one-year prison sentence, in a case filed against them for torturing a domestic worker to death.

Inspectors from the Commercial Control and Consumer Protection Sector of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry raided 3 stores at an unidentified location and seized counterfeit branded products – 32,000 counterfeit branded watches, in addition to 2,000 pieces of accessories; 1,000 bags, 300 women’s shawls, 12 pairs of shoes and the third store was a printing press that helped print trademarks on bags and boxes

An 44 yr old Indian expat committed suicide by hanging himself by rope from the ceiling in Kabd area

Ahmadi security patrols arrested an Arab expat in connection with state property theft, for stealing manhole covers in the Ahmadi area. 4 manhole covers were found in his possession

The Public Relations and Media Department at Kuwait Firefighting Force (KFF) said the Fire Prevention Sector carried out an intensive inspection campaign on Friday, in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, Environment Public Authority (EPA), Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR), and Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA)

 

Pakistan & Afghanistan News

Fire guts 100 huts in slum in southern Pakistan’s Karachi

Pakistan: Sindh Assembly objects to unilateral negotiation of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tareek-e-Insaf (PTI) with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)

Pakistan lifts ban on TikTok after assurances to control ‘immoral & indecent’ contents

Pak says ‘empty’ containers seized at Mundra Port earlier used for shipping fuel from China for Karachi nuclear power plants

Taliban to start paying overdue salaries of Afghan government workers

Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, ISIS-K stronghold, is a no-go zone for Taliban

US tells Taliban to ‘earn’ the release of frozen funds: Thomas West, the US Special Representative for Afghanisan

Chabahar sees increase in traffic as Taliban backs trade via port

 

International News

Biden declared Healthy and 'Fit' for Presidency after Medical Exam; on a raft of tests, Biden came out with high marks; Kamala Harris was holding Presidential post for 85 minutes

In a first, H-1B aspirants get a third chance in lottery

US defense chief to vow to counter Iran in visit to Bahrain

Dutch Police fire warning shots as Covid-19 riots hit Rotterdam; 7 injured, including cops

US: Cloudy with a chance of money? Drivers scrambling to pick up cash after bags of money fell out of an armored truck on a Southern California freeway

Nestle backs US Startup that will develop 'Vegan Chicken' with Skin and Bones; also said to be involved in developing cultured meat with an Israeli cell-based startup

Bahraini King: The Middle East is of crucial importance to the entire world; The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf is a safety valve for the region

Austria: Tens of thousands demonstrate against compulsory vaccination and the closure of Corona

The Coalition to Support Legitimacy confirms the implementation of a qualitative operation that destroyed 13 military targets of the Houthi militia

Manama: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says that, the US commitment to the Middle East is ‘strong and certain’, stressing that it will continue to enhance security and support its interests and the interests of countries in the region against any potential threat

Vienna: The executive heads of the main United Nations organizations located in the Vienna International Center announces the curtailment of the activities of their bodies and conferences, while recommending their employees to work from home after the imposition of the general closure in Austria against the background of the rise in infections with the virus Corona emerging Covid-19

Ramallah: The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemns the British government’s decision to consider Hamas a ‘terrorist organization’ and considers it an ‘unjustified attack on the Palestinian people, who are subjected to the most heinous forms of occupation and historical injustice for which the Balfour Declaration established

Ramallah: The Palestinian Prisoner’s Club says that the Israeli occupation forces are holding 160 minors in their prisons, distributed among the prisoners of Ofer, Damon and Megiddo

Yemeni government report: The displacement of 113 thousands citizens as a result of the escalation of the Houthi militias in the governorates of Marib and Hodeidah

Emphasizing tolerance, fraternity, compassion and bringing about a better understanding among the global community is apparently a major theme of the EXPO 2020 currently underway in the United Arab Emirates. The ‘Tolerance and Inclusivity Week’, which ran from 14 to 20 November, focused on the need for greater common understanding to enable more tolerant and inclusive societies around the world.

The designated governor of Khartoum announces the formation of a committee to investigate the demonstrations of November 13 and November 17

Boise, Idaho: If anyone has a good idea on how to put a nuclear fission power plant on the moon, the US government, NASA and the nation’s top federal nuclear research lab wants to hear about it

Tokyo conveys concerns to Beijing as Chinese ships enter Japanese waters

Death toll of Sudan anti-coup protests rises to 40: medics

Protest cast spotlight on Chinese factories in Serbia

Nepal not to allow third country nationals to travel to India via Kurtha-Jayanagar railroad

 

Sports News

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Defending Champions Tamil Nadu thrash Hyderabad by 8 wickets, storm into Final

Karnataka beat Vidarbha by 4 runs to qualify for Syed Mushtaq Ali Final

Indian campaign ends as Kidambi Srikanth crashes out in Indonesia Masters semis after PV Sindhu's loss

Qatar announces the readiness of “Stadium 974” to host the 2022 World Cup

Peng Shuai situation may force IOC to take hard line with China, says senior IOC member Dick Pound

Pakistan thump Bangladesh in second T20I by eight wickets, to seal series

Pakistan team arrives in Bhubaneswar for Junior Hockey World Cup

Unity and team bonding is our strength, says Indian hockey skipper ahead of Junior World Cup

Hockey India announces ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) as official partner for Junior World Cup

Kiwi pacer Mitchell McClenaghan terms ongoing India-New Zealand T20I series ‘meaningless’

Dream T20I debut brings Harshal Patel in an elite group of Indian cricketers

It’s been a hectic schedule, we failed to adapt: Tim Southee

Hope to play my last T20 match in Chennai, says MS Dhoni

Will think about participation in IPL 2022, there’s a lot of time: MS Dhoni

SRH dropping David Warner not a cricket decision, he was just out of match practice: Brad Haddin

IPL 2022 will be played in India, it’ll be more exciting with two new teams: Jay Shah

Steve Smith is one of candidates for Test captaincy after selectors approach Cricket Australia

Retired in 2018, AB de Villers now frees himself of all franchise commitments

Was wonderful watching AB de Villiers bat all these years: R Ashwin

J&K alpine skier Arif Khan qualifies for Beijing Winter Olympics next year

F1: Lewis Hamilton on pole for inaugural Qatar Grand Prix

Title-chasing Ogier regains lead in Monza finale

EPL: Watford hammer Manchester United to leave Solskjaer on the brink

EPL: Smith off to winning start as Norwich beat Southampton 2-1

EPL: Pulisic back among goals as leaders Chelsea stroll past Leicester

Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe tests positive for Covid-19, to miss Brentford game

Premier League: Raul Jimenez strike gives Wolves 1-0 win over West Ham

Espanyol defeats Barcelona with a clean goal in the first match led by its new coach, Xavi, in the Spanish League

Atletico Madrid snatches a valuable victory from Osasuna in the Spanish League

Spain’s men’s and women’s national teams win the World Paddock Championships in Doha

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