News Headlines -- 15th June 2021, Tuesday
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News Headlines -- 15th June 2021, Tuesday
--by Annadatha V Murali Manohar*
Headlines
From today India will be known as BHARAT
135 Indian Peacekeeping Troops received UN medals for stellar service in South Sudan
PM at UN Meet: Sacred Earth Our Mother, India leads in fighting land degradation through novel ways
India has managed to increase forest cover, PM says at UN meet on land use
Wholesale inflation drove retail prices to six-month high in May; India's retail inflation jumps to 6.3% in May from 4.2% in April, breaches RBI target
Navy completes mapping vertical shaft of flooded Meghalaya Mine where 5 remain trapped for 15 days
One year of Galwan clash: China still knocking at the door, India ready for a long grind
LJP implodes as uncle Paras isolates Chirag Paswan; Pashupati Kumar Paras elected as LJP Leader in Lok Sabha as Chirag Paswan faces revolt from party MPs; Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) says ‘you reap what you sow’
India records nearly 85% increase in ‘Extremely Heavy’ rainfall since 2012; mainly due to active monsoon circulation and the formation of a low-pressure area over Bay of Bengal; Monsoon covers two-third of India earlier than usual, to accelerate crop sowing
Supreme Court should take cognisance of Ram Temple land purchase deal: Congress
Last-mile coverage: Centre invites bids for delivery of Covid vaccines to remote areas by drones
2-DG drug initially developed for cancer treatment, lures coronavirus by looking like glucose: Former DRDO scientist
India may join G7’s infra push to counter China’s influence
A mentally unstable 22-year-old man was apprehended at IG International Airport soon after boarding a Delhi-Patna SpiceJet flight on Monday, as he made a hoax call regarding presence of a bomb on the flight
Weekly deaths up 19%; half the toll due to old fatalities
WHO blames India’s 2nd wave on premature opening up, social mixing
Scramble for student visas on Day 1 of reopening freezes US embassy portal
First bi-annual agenda of Biden admin scraps proposed move of fixed visa tenure for international students
India behind China & Pakistan in nuclear-warheads but not worried
Financial & Business News
Another blow for Franklin Templeton AMC, Sebi imposes fine on CEO, fund managers, others
India plans to remove a key hurdle that may hinder BPCL sale - may raise foreign investment limit to aid sale; overseas funds would no longer need government approval to purchase a 100% stake
Adani Group says report of freezing 3 FPI accounts worth ₹43,500 cr 'Blatantly Erroneous'
In a first, rating agencies set up a self-regulatory body to avoid repeat of IL&FS-like fiasco
NGT refuses to quash Environmental Clearance for modernisation of Navlakhi Port in Gujarat
Sebi slaps show-cause on Aditya Birla Finance for realty loans to a shell firm to help Thapars
DGTR reviewing the need for continued imposition of anti-dumping duty on ammonium nitrate from 3 nations
Jio, Airtel, Vi ask Trai not to intervene in fixing validity spans of prepaid tariffs; could disrupt, destabilise mobile tariff structures, hurting
Elon Musk is selling his "Last Remaining House", is looking for "A large family who will live there"
Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy's JV with Amazon, faces 5.5 Million Pound Tax dispute: Report
Regulator in talks with govt for National Pension Scheme (NPS) overhaul
Tesla to accept Bitcoin again when greener
PE/VC investments fall in May to $3.6 billion: Report
BHEL shares tumble 19% after quarterly earnings
Life insurance companies see 5-10x surge in Covid claims in April; 1.9 lakh Covid-related deaths since Apr 1, 2021, which is 17% higher than lives lost to pandemic in the entire FY21
Honeywell says partnering with government to ramp up oxygen production
Mahindra Group taps Pratap Bose as Executive VP and Chief Design Officer
WPI inflation hits record high of 12.94% in May on costlier fuel
Sensex, Nifty scale fresh peaks
Petrol price crosses Rs. 100-mark in Ladakh
Toshiba blames woes on former CEO’s ‘confrontational approach’ to shareholders
Microsoft will end support for Windows 10 in 2025
Covid-19 Updates
India on Monday reported 70,421 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours, the lowest since April 1, data from the health ministry showed. The total Covid-19 case load now stands at 2,95,10,410, while total fatalities are at 374,305, the data showed. 3,921 deaths were reported in last 24 hours.
The number of active cases of Covid-19 in India, which had swelled to over 37.2 lakh at the height of the second wave, has fallen below 10 lakh after 66 days.
New: Identified as a driver of the second wave of Covid-19 infections in India, the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has further mutated to form the 'Delta plus' or 'AY.1' variant
CSIR study finds extracts of velvet leaf can prevent viral replication of SARS-CoV-2 by up to 98% in cell cultures; used to treat dengue, was found to work like several other antivirals
India reports lowest Covid cases since April 1; West Bengal (+1403) & Maharashtra (+167) see uptick
Union Govt likely to renegotiate the price at which it buys Covaxin, Covishield as from June 21 free drive to cover all adults making it necessary to buy more doses (75% of what is made in India)
Single dose of vaccine sufficient for already infected people, says study by Hyderabad hospital
Covid norms up in the air as hundreds of people flock tourists spots in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Himachal
Data shows 26,000 adverse events, 488 deaths reported in India during Covid vaccination drive
American vaccine maker Novavax said its vaccine against Covid-19 was 90% effective overall; also protected against variants
Covid-19: Novavax set for India launch with Serum Institute of India as manufacturing partner
Maharashtra govt inclined to undertake door-to-door vaccination, HC told
1 lakh Covid-19 tests during Kumbh festival fake: Report
60% in rural areas unaware of how to enrol for vaccination: Poll
Russia reports 13,721 daily Covid-19 cases, 371 deaths
World: 177,015,580; Active 11,988,782 (6.77%); Recovery 161,199,401 (91.07%)
India: 29,570,035; Active 920,194 (3.11%); Recovery 28,272,708 (95.61%)
State News
CISF took over security of Bharat Biotech, Hyderabad with sanctioned strength of 64 personnel
Cancelled board exams: CBSE panel yet to submit report on evaluation criteria for Class 12 students
Bengal extends Covid-19 curbs till July 1
Karnataka: Bed occupancy falls, percentage of patients in ICUs still high
From today, no RT-PCR report required to enter Himachal
UP Journalist Sulabh Srivastava dies days after claiming threat to life from Liquor Mafia, Police term it 'Accident'
AAP to contest all 182 seats in Gujarat
People violating Covid norms have been prosecuted: Delhi Police
No grand reopening as Delhi tests waters; Delhi restaurants start operations after two months with 50 pc capacity
Aamir Khan: I was disappointed when Lagaan didn’t win the Oscar, but cinema is subjective
CBI on Sushant Singh Rajput death case: It is being looked into meticulously
Sushant Singh Rajput death, one year on: No chargesheet, more questions than answers
Challans rise by 45% as Delhi doesn’t heed advice
131 Covid cases, 16 deaths: Lowest single-day tally in almost 4 months in Delhi; Noida’s home isolation patients down to 72
Covid-19: ‘Mass gatherings, virulent variants create perfect storm for virus to spread’
850 oxygen plants being set up in various districts from PM Cares Fund: DRDO chief
Karnataka reports 6,835 new cases, 15,409 recoveries and 120 deaths; 599 fresh cases, nine more deaths reported in J&K; Rajasthan reports 20 more deaths, 277 new cases; Telangana reports 1511 new cases, 2,175 recoveries and 12 deaths; Goa reports 253 new cases, 729 recoveries and 9 deaths; Kerala reported 7,719 new cases, 16,743 recoveries and 161 deaths; Andhra Pradesh reported 4,549 new cases, 10,114 recoveries and 59 deaths in the last 24 hours
Delhi: Ukraine woman ‘holds key’ in Sushil Kumar case
Delhi: Single-window process to install Electric Vehicle chargers
Delhi BJP seeks opening of parks, gardens
Kannada actor Sanchari Vijay passes away after a tragic bike accident: Kichcha Sudeepa, Puneeth Rajkumar and others mourn his death
Rhea Chakraborty begs late Sushant Singh Rajput to come back to her, pens a heartbreaking note: I wait for you everyday to come pick me up
AIADMK’s stern warning to those in touch with Sasikala, expels 17 party workers, OPS elected deputy leader and former minister SP Velumani as party whip
Won’t allow stint in BJP for power ride, warns Dilip as dissent grows
A 22-year-old Pankaj, world interschool rope skipping champion arrested over firing in Delhi
Covid vaccination going on successfully in Delhi at rapid pace: Gopal Rai
Delhi court denies bail to ex-GTB hospital employee accused of selling fake Remdesivir injections
Third Covid wave preparation: Private hospitals in Delhi setting up own PSA plants
Covid-19: States came to each other’s rescue at the peak of oxygen crisis
Fire breaks out in Safdarjung Airport building
Kerala sees 149% rise in weekly deaths during lockdown, but 59% drop in cases
UP: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University to bear expenses of Covid orphan students
Maharashtra: Over 40k teachers to get lifetime Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) certificates
Taking a leap in innovation, the Atal Bihari Vajpayee School of Management and Entrepreneurship, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) releases admission notification for full-time MBA program
CBSE class 10 syllabus cut poses new challenges
TN CM M K Stalin may take up NEET, farm laws with PM Narendra Modi
Kuwait News
Cabinet holds weekly session, urges people to avoid gatherings
Kuwait confirms eight Covid019 fatalities along with 1,563 new cases
Kuwait condemns Houthi attacks on civilians in Saudi Arabia
NATO leaders underline importance of ICI ctr in Kuwait
Kuwait commemorates World Blood Donor Day
MOI evacuates 140 civilians stuck on Failaka Island
Kuwaiti research centre earns invention patent from US
Kuwait-Japan commemorative stamps to be launched with Tokyo Olympics
International News
Iran approves first homegrown Covid-19 vaccine
US assessing 'Leak' at Chinese Nuclear Power Plant as French firm warns of 'Imminent Radiological Threat'
New Zealand's Ardern Pans Mosque attacks Film amid backlash; poorly timed and focussed on the wrong subject
Historic lakeside villa spruced up for Biden-Putin talks
5 killed when a glider and a small plane crashed about 0.6 miles apart in Swiss Alps; Authorities were trying to determine whether the crashes were linked
French nuclear firm seeks to resolve ‘performance issue’ at China plant
Nato chief says ‘no new Cold War’ with China
5.7 Magnitude Earthquake rocks southern Philippines; warning of possible damage as a series of aftershocks shook the natural disaster-prone region
No breakthrough expected from first Biden-Erdogan meeting
Iraqi forces launch operation against IS West of nation – security cell
Israel’s new government gets to work after Netanyahu ouster
A Chinese worker attacked an employee in Sierra Leone in West Africa. The African national too kicked away the Chinese manager. The incident exposed Chinese influence in Sierra Leone.
Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli virtually lays foundation stone of liquefied oxygen plant in Nepal’s Rupandehi district
Justices defer Harvard case on race in college admissions
Schools across US brace for surge of kindergartners in fall
Ukraine reports lowest number of Coronavirus cases in a year; Germany records fewest virus cases in 9 months
Bangladesh high court seeks documents on ex-PM Khaleda Zia’s birth date
Sports updates
Novak Djokovic gifts French Open title-winning racquet to the boy who was ‘coaching’ him
Euro 2020: Scotland 0-2 Czech Republic, Poland 1-2 Slovakia and Spain 0-0 Sweden; Czech Republic's Schick scores wondergoal from Halfway Line, breaks UEFA Euro Record
ICC: World Test Championship final winners to get USD 1.6 million and Test Championship Mace
Best-of-three WTC final not realistic, says ICC
ICC looking at same points per Test win from next WTC cycle: Interim CEO Allardice
WTC Final: New Zealand’s variety of fast bowlers will challenge Virat Kohli, feels Parthiv Patel
India have got enough time to prepare, how quickly they adapt will be key: Venkatesh Prasad
Swinging ball could be a problem for Rohit Sharma: Scott Styris
Rahane offers Test batting tips to Mithali & Co ahead of England Test
Picked Rahane’s brains, we are mentally prepared for England: Harmanpreet
India women’s team seems to be more fearless than before, says Nat Sciver
There are a lot of battles we fight within ourselves; when you are playing at the highest level, there is constant pressure of performance; being in bio-bubbles is mentally challenging: Krunal Pandya
Southampton curator aims for ‘pace, bounce and carry’ in WTC Final pitch
WTC Final: Rohit Sharma would want to prove himself against the moving ball in England, it will be a big test for him, says Monty Panesar
Christian Eriksen in ‘good spirits’, remains under observation: Agent
Andy Murray downbeat on chances of return to top
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