08-06-2021 News HEAD lines

08-06-2021 News HEAD lines


-by Annadatha V Murali Manohar*

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.” “If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining.

Headlines

Agra: Doctors successfully operate on newborn (14 days old) infected with Black Fungus; had a black spot and blister on her left cheek

PM Speech: Vaccine supply to bump up in coming days, free ration for 80 Cr people; Free vaccine for all, Centre to handle inoculation process from June 21

Home minister Amit Shah, BJP hail PM Modi, say announcement will put to rest fears, disinformation

Madras HC bans ‘cure’ for LGBTIQA+ members

Kerala’s Rahu Rajasekharan to represent India at Mister Supranational 2021 in Poland

No Internet, Mizoram (Mawhrei village in Saiha district) students climb hill to catch signal for Online Test; makeshift bamboo hut with banana leaves on top provides them protection from inclement weather

Jeff Bezos fo fly fo Space with brother Mark on July 20 on his company's first suborbital sightseeing trip on its spacecraft, New Shepard; Trip will last for 10 minutes - including 4 Mins that passengers will spend above the Karman line that marks the recognized boundary between Earth's atmosphere and space.

Days before Centre's Policy Change, Supreme Court's tough remarks; you're wrong is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength," Justice DY Chandrachud

A microscopic animal called a bdelloid rotifer came back to life after being frozen for 24,000 years in Siberia and then successfully made clones of itself

‘New coronavirus variant detected by NIV may cause severe symptoms’

Europe Union’s new move may hit India, South Africa’s patent waiver plan

Steam rises as India (largest $6.8BN), Pakistan (4th $2.2BN) take Basmati battle to EU for Exclusive Trademark

Lakshadweep residents on hunger strike to protest against draft regulations; recall of administrator

In 2020-21, Lokpal received 110 corruption complaints, 4 against MPs; 57 against Group A or Group B central Govt officials; 44 against chairpersons, members/boards/corporations/autonomous bodies

IMD: Indian monsoon is likely to get much more dangerous, wetter as global warming alters the system

Operation P-hunt 21.1: Kerala Police arrest 28 in special operation to stop sharing of pedophile content

Total of 23 people have lost their lives in three districts due to lightning in South Bengal; PM condoles

35 IPS Officers owe about Rs 4 Cr fines for staying in Govt Quarters despite Transfer from Post

UP Crime graph witnessed a sharp rise in serious crimes like loot, dacoity, rape, and kidnapping during the Covid-19 lockdown and curfew

3 passengers onboard Mumbai-Kolkata Vistara flight critically injured due to turbulence right before landing; DGCA inquiry begins into Vistara flight turbulence

Indian Navy set to receive Three MH-60 'Romeo' Multi-role Helicopters from US in July

Dominican PM calls Mehul Choksi 'Indian Citizen', says 'His Rights Will be Respected; Choksi claims Barbara, mercenaries were hired to 'abduct' him from Antigua

‘Keep getting threats, abuses’: Assam Doctors practicing amid extreme fear after attack on colleague

Doctors under national health mission threaten stir over Covid benefits

18 workers dead, several feared trapped in fire at Chemical Plant (SVS Aqua Technologies) in Pune; fire started during packing of plastic materials in the premises; PM announces Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia

Speak against party, face action: Cong to workers

ICSI CS exam date 2021 announced, to be held from Aug 10

“NEET an injustice,” TN Cong Committee president K S Alagiri, urges CM Stalin’s intervention

Financial & Business News

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance announced an annual bonus of Rs 867Cr, highest ever for its eligible policyholders for FY 2020-21; bonus amount increase 10% YoY; 9.8 lakh policyholders to benefit

Piramal Group gets a step closer to takeover DHFL as bankruptcy court okays resolution plan

Bank Privatization: Central Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank may be privatized this fiscal; FM says interests of workers of banks which are likely to be privatized will absolutely be protected

Banks identify NPAs worth Rs 89,000 cr to be transferred to NARCL in initial phase

Hyatt shuts down Hyatt Regency Mumbai temporarily, citing non-availability of funds from owner Asian Hotels (West)

SEBI bars Franklin Templeton from launching new debt schemes for 2 years, imposes Rs 5 crore fine; SEBI fines ex-Fidelity trader, 10 others for front-running trades

Israel PM targets Facebook & Twitter, says they are trying to silence the right-wing

Twitter blinks, to appoint officers as required by law; Social media platform Twitter is learnt to have approached the government seeking more time to comply with the new IT rules

Facebook names Spoorthi Priya as grievance officer for India on website

Apple pays millions to 21-year-old student after explicit content from her iPhone was put on Facebook: Report

Paytm’s IPO official, staff invited to sell their shares

Flipkart looks to raise $3 billion at $35 billion valuation

Facebook owned online chatting app WhatsApp is getting a new feature for voice messaging that will let the user speed up the voice messages playback. The feature has started rolling out in India also and has arrived already on many smartphones already with the new WhatsApp updates

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) clears Piramal bid to acquire DHFL

Google to change global advertising practices in landmark antitrust deal

Skoda Kushaq production begins, launch in June

Tesla Plaid+, Elon Musk’s ‘quickest production car’, cancelled

Corona Updates

CoWin Certificates to be linked to Passport of Olympic Athletes, students going abroad; for these specified purposes in the period up to August 31, 2021

Travelling abroad for studies, jobs or Tokyo Olympics: Govt reduces Covishield second jab gap to 28 days under a special dispensation

Government new Covid prescription drops many ‘common’ drugs

Over 30,000 kids orphaned, lost a parent or abandoned due to Covid-19, Child Rights Body tells SC

DGHS drops Ivermectin, Doxycycline from Covid-19 treatment; ICMR rules unchanged; dropped all medicines, except antipyretic and antitussive, for asymptomatic and mild cases

India may raise vaccine spending to ₹45,000 crore ($6 billion) this fiscal

Moderna seeks approval of Covid vaccine for teens in Europe, Canada in a boost for inoculation campaigns as the summer begins

Study: Seropositivity rates to anti-spike antibody were significantly higher in Covishield recipients compared to Covaxin after 1st dose

Post-Covid, teenager suffers rare heart issue

Government issues advisory for rational use of Remdesivir in Covid-19 treatment

Maha govt taking calculated risk: Uddhav Thackeray on easing of curbs

Global cases at slowest pace since March

World: 174,360,879 Recovery 157,885,962 (90.55%) Active 12,723,251 (7.30%)

India: 28,996,949; Recovery 27,336,799 (94.27%) Active 1,308,806 (4.51%)

State News

Delhi: Confusion and snarls as Phase 2 of unlock begins

Kerala extends Covid-19 lockdown till June 16th amid surge in cases

Speculation over change in UP government a media creation: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

AAP government to vaccinate 45+ at polling booths in Delhi

At 231, lowest single-day Covid case tally in 3 months in Delhi

SC orders Faridabad Municipal Corporation razing of 10,000 houses on Aravali Land

Noida toll in 15 months a sixth of Covid cremations since March

‘The Lunchbox’ casting director Seher Aly Latif passes away: Bollywood celebs mourn her demise

Saira Banu pens a strong worded statement urging fans to not believe in Dilip Kumar’s death rumours; the Thespian to be discharged soon

Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to conduct mini-draw for surrendered flats

Migrant workers returns to Delhi as unlock begins

Covid: Cases related to financial fraud, black marketing under control, informs Delhi CP

Telangana: Nageswar Reddy, farmer in Mothey village of Suryapet district, arrested for ‘starving’ parents N Ramachandra Reddy (90) and Anasuyamma (80) to death

Uranium Corporation of India Limited wastewater floods fields in Cuddapah, farmers fear pollution

To India via Africa: Drug cartels chart new route

Telangana: Patients allegedly denied hospital beds despite availability

Telangana MLA of Mulugu, distributes Covid-19 relief material on bullock cart

Telangana: Property owners move HC over Attapur land sale deeds

Two doctors held for selling mucor drug at Rs. 50,000 in Hyderabad

Rhea Chakraborty makes serious allegations on Sushant Singh Rajput’s family in her statement to NCB: ‘His sister Priyanka and brother-in-law consumed drugs with him’

Ahead of Sushant Singh Rajput’s first death anniversary, Vivek Oberoi admits ‘There is something systematically wrong in the industry’

Puducherry government cancels Class 12 board exams

International News

Disturbed, jobless man kills 6, injures 14 in deadly knife attack in China; 3rd such indiscriminate assault on civilians by disgruntled citizens

Mysterious brain illness reported in 48 people in New Brunswick situated on Canada’s Atlantic coast

US Vice President Kamala Harris' plane forced to return due to technical problem; landing gear was not storing as it should

US unveils task force on human smuggling as Kamala Harris meets Guatemala President Alejandro Giammattei; Kamala Harris says leaders need to restore hope in Guatemala

Police: 4 people fatally shot in home in Portland, Oregon

US has recovered ransom payment made after pipeline hack

US administers 302.8 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines: CDC

Fleeing Texas inmates outsmarted jailers by placing dummies in bed

France opens graft probe into Lebanon’s central bank chief

France fines Google $268m for unfair online ads treatment

Iran nuclear ‘breakout time’ could be weeks if not restrained: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

Pakistan train accident: 50 killed, 70 injured as trains collide; Army called in; Millat Express derailed and the Sir Syed Express train hit it soon afterward

Amid pandemic, 5% of World Nuclear Arms spending swelled $1.4BN, Half of It by US at $37.4BN accounting for roughly 5% of its total military spending last year

Amid accusations of genocide from the West, China policies could cut millions of Uighur births in Xinjiang, says report

Canadian family killed in hit-and-run was targeted for being Muslim; pickup truck jumped the curb and ran them over were deliberately

Maldives FM Abdulla Shahid elected President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly winning 143 votes of the 191 ballots cast; will preside over the 76th session of the UN body

FDA approves much-debated Alzheimer's drug (developed by Biogen) panned by experts; did not reverse mental decline, only slowing it in one study

Ashish Lata Ramgobin, Mahatma Gandhi's 56-year-old great-grandaughter, who was an accused in a six-million rand fraud and forgery case, has been jailed for seven years by a Durban court in South Africa

Sports News

IPL 2021 set to resume from September 19, Final to be played on October 15: Report

As a chief selector, I took tough decisions against legends: MSK Prasad

India’s limited over tour of Sri Lanka to be displayed between July 13 and July 25

In 2010, I thought MS Dhoni didn’t know how to bat: South Africa speedster Anrich Nortje

Sunil Chhetri brace helps India beat Bangladesh 2-0 in World Cup qualifier

Bhavani Devi trains with Italian team in lead-up to Tokyo Olympics

Tokyo Olympics: Para-athlete Sundar Gurjar confident of living up to expectations

Novak Djokovic survives French Open scare before teenager Lorenzo Musetti quits

Merciless Rafael Nadal marches into French Open quarter-finals

Today’s word - Ramellose - Having small branches

There is no market for your emotions, so never advertise your feelings, just show your attitude

Have a great day and observe all Covid protocols, while going out. Stay home… stay safe