08-06-2021 News HEAD lines
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- Published: Tuesday, 08 June 2021 04:54
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