News Digest-20th June 2021, Sunday
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- Published: Sunday, 20 June 2021 01:09
News Digest-20th June 2021, Sunday
-- by Annadatha Venkata Murali Manohar
*Happy Father’s Day.
Welcome to the fresh morning, with a smile on your face; Love in your heart; Good thoughts in your mind and you will have a wonderful day!
Headlines
Miyazaki: This mango variety being grown in MP could cost you Rs 2.7 lakh/KG; found in just a handful of countries; MP couple deploys 4 guards, 6 dogs to protect world's costliest mango
Hyderabadis run campaign to gift bike to food delivery boy Aqeel; also pursuing his engineering received a brand new TVS XL 100
UEFA EURO 2020: Germany beat Portugal 4-2 in six-goal thriller
WTC Final: Bad light stops play again; India 146/3 at stumps on Day 2
Nasa report trouble with Hubble Space Telescope
Indian-origin man Mahmud Jamal 1st person of colour to be named for Canada Supreme Court
Milkha Singh cremated with full state honours
To commemorate the 7th International Day of Yoga on June 21, India Post will issue the special cancellation stamp with a pictorial design through its 810 head post offices across India including 36 head post offices in Telangana postal circle
Dundigal, Hyderabad: IAF inducts 161 air warriors at Air Force Academy
Centre invites J&K leaders for all-party meet with PM Modi on June 24
Monoclonal antibody Drug cocktail a game changer, say Hyderabad doctors
Centre sets target to reduce 50 percent road accident deaths by 2024
No intention to delay fixing minimum wages: Labour ministry
AIIMS chief’s 3rd wave warning; Telangana, Karnataka ease curbs
Telangana government lifts lockdown from today; Goa extends corona curfew till June 28
Sports University, Patiala to have a chair after Milkha Singh’s name
Compete abroad, stay dedicated: PT Usha remembers Milkha Singh’s advice
Retired IAS officer AK Sharma gets VP’s berth in UP BJP
India heading towards ‘social unease’, warns Uddhav Thackeray
Unable to fly back, NRIs stranded in India, worry about losing jobs
India, 3 European Union Nations begin Two-Day Naval Drill in Gulf Of Aden with a larger aim of improving operational interoperability
2.8 magnitude earthquake hits Assam's Sonitpur; no casualty reported; 2nd quake as a 4.1 magnitude earthquake had hit Sonitpur at 2:04 am, Saturday
11-month-old flown in from Dubai to Trichy in TN with mother's ashes after she loses battle to Covid
UP: Loni assault: Court grants bail to 4 accused of thrashing elderly man, main accused Parvesh Gujjar in custody
Khadeeja Kutty, the mother of jailed Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan passed away at the age of 90 due to age-related illness in Malappuram
Study: The coelacanth, a Fish still around from dinosaur era can live for 100 yrs, 1 pregnancy lasts 5 years
Financial & Business News
Paytm to raise Rs. 12,000 crore via new shares under IPO plan
HDFC Bank to buy stake worth over Rs. 1,906 crore in group’s general insurer from parent HDFC
Fragile demand prompted dovish policy: RBI governor
Tata Motors, Tata Power inaugurate India’s largest solar carport
2021 Mercedes-Benz S-Class launched at Rs. 2.17 crore
Hyundai Alcazar launched at Rs. 16.30 lakh; logs 4,000 bookings in a week
2021 Yamaha Fascino 125, India’s first of hybrid scooter, unveiled
Blink in miss: Revolt RV400, worth Rs. 50 crore, sold out in 2 hours; deliveries will start from Sept 2021
Auto show back in Detroit next year with focus on outdoors
It’s too early to focus on electric cars only: Toyota
US to invest over $3 billion for Covid antiviral medicines
China’s cryptocurrency-mining crackdown spreads to Sichuan
Investors juggle Fed forecast and post-pandemic recovery as Wall Street dips
Indians funds in Swiss banks: Govt seeks details from Swiss authorities
Tech hiring rebounds in May; overall job market still weak: Report
Finance ministry refutes reports of alleged black money held by Indians in Switzerland
Grofers co-founder Saurabh Kumar exits company
Fuel prices remain unchanged on Saturday; As fuel prices breach the Rs. 100/lt mark, Twitter laughs it out with memes
Petrol crossed psychological mark of Rs 100/litre (in 15 cities) everywhere & there's no relief in sight
Life insurers fear Q1 loss due to Covid, up provisions
Hit by a ransomware attack? Your payment may be deductible
MPs question Twitter on its organisational structure
Parliamentary panel turns down Facebook’s call for virtual appearance; says will vaccinate officials
India’s FY22 GDP expected to grow by 8.7%: MOFSL
Paytm to sell $1.6bn new shares, may remove Vijay Sharma as promoter before IPO to comply with market regulator SEBI's public listing norms
Wipro to Roll-out salary hikes for Junior Staff from Sep 1, 80% Employees eligible; 2nd hike in 2021 after Jan 2021
Ampere vehicles cuts scooter prices by up to Rs 9,000 as Govt raises subsidy; Maruti cuts Eeco ambulance price by Rs 88,000 as Govt reduces GST
World's 3rd richest person Musk's last remaining home 47-acre Bay Area estate, located in Hillsborough, California, up for sale for ₹277Cr
Corona News
Bharat Biotech: Intranasal vaccine Phase-1 data to be submitted by July
Russia reports 17,906 new Covid-19 cases, 466 deaths
Second wave: 910 dead in home isolation in Bengaluru in 107 days
Over 50% airline staff get first jab
In under 3 weeks, Boeing sets up 100-bed Covid care centre in Bengaluru’s Yelahanka
Verified vaccine certificates as good as vaccine passports, says official
Jharkhand on high alert as mucormycosis cases rise
Lambda: New Covid variant found in 29 countries; mostly in Latin America, designated 'Variant of interest' by WHO
Union Govt: Studies show hospitalisation chances 75-80% less in those who got Covid vaccine; needing oxygen support is 8% & ICU admission only 6%
443 Oxygen Express trains delivered over 32,000MT of liquid medical oxygen in over 1,830 tankers to 15 states
WHO: Delta variant on its way to becoming the globally dominant variant because of its increased transmissibility
Agra hospital's 'Mock Drill' a risk assessment exercise; did not kill 22 patients: Probe report
Latest testing confirms Australia’s Viraleze anti-COVID nasal spray highly effective against Alpha, Beta and Gamma Covid variants
WHO: Global failure to share vaccines equitably impacting world's most vulnerable countries
World: Confirmed: 177,764,675; Total Deaths: 3,849,865; Recovered: 115,752,100; Active Cases: 58,162,710
India: Confirmed: 29,823,546; Total Deaths: 385,137; Recovered: 28,678,390; Active Cases: 760,019
State News
Delhi riots: SC refuses to stay bail granted to 3 activists, to examine HC order on anti-terror law
Centre asks state / UTs to register FIR against those who assault healthcare professionals
Will continue fight till Lakshadweep gets justice: Aisha Sultana
Decision on pending entrance exams JEE, NEET soon: Ministry of Education
Tollywood pays tribute to ‘Flying Sikh’ Milkha Singh
Sanjay Dutt’s gets brutally trolled after his old video on ‘manliness’ goes viral
Delhi HC order will stop 'misuse' of UAPA, says Jamia activist Iqbal Tanha
Telangana: Investigations into factory accidents flawed, says scientists
At 43%, Telangana men way ahead in tipple chase in India, finds NFHS survey
Violence against women down in Telangana: NFHS survey
Call centre employee held for chain snatching in Hyderabad
Telangana: Reservor oustee makes own pyre, sets himself on fire in Siddipet district
2 teenage girls run mental health awareness programs in Hyderabad
Spurious seeds worth Rs.6cr seized, CA among 13 held
Hyderabad: Anaemia not linked to only iron deficiency, many factors behind spread, says Dr R Hemalatha, National Institute of Nutrition director, ICMR
Vax drive for hawkers proceeding at a snail’s pace
Telangana: CETs likely to be held in August, final semester exams in July
Karnataka government grants aid, banks deduct it for loans taken
Hyderabad schools double up as Covid vaccination centres
Telangana: CETs likely to be held in August, final semester exams in July
KCR failed people of Telangana on Krishna water issue: BJP
Hyderabad: 16-year-old girl commits suicide, upset over parents scolding her
Kuwait News
Tighten your belts… new taxes set to be imposed by end of fiscal year
DGCA to enforce new system – ‘inquiry, registration of passengers’
Kuwait missing from Global Competitiveness Index for 3rd year in a row
Top sports club officials in funds probe
Cancellation of ‘no work permit renewal’ decision for 60s ruled out; KWD 1,000 fee, high insurance on table
Travel Ban on non-vaccinated travellers: Several MPs have criticized the decision that the Council of Ministers took recently regarding Covid-19, accusing the govt of violating the Constitution by depriving citizens of the right to travel
Plans to recruit labor, several projects and contracts to be launched this year
Kuwait FM, Pakistan counterpart, discuss bilateral ties
NATO Officials lauds progress made by women in Kuwait, Gulf Region
14 days institutional quarantine for non-vaccinated returning domestic workers
Vaccine disparity reflects social inequities
One person dead, 2 injuries from warehouse fire
Public Authority of Manpower (PAM), Ministry of Interior join hands to curb fake absconding reports on employees
The summer season begins tomorrow, Monday
Dubai eases travel restrictions for passengers from India, other countries
Kuwait reports 11 Covid-19 deaths, 1,497 new cases
International News
Russia’s Vladimir Putin congratulates Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi on presidential election win: RIA news agency
Ultraconservative Raisi elected Iran president as rivals concede
Putin’s Covid-19 boasts sour amid explosive rise in infections
Myanmar protesters wear flowers to mark Suu Kyi’s birthday
North Korea leader Kim tightens ruling party discipline, appoints new politburo members
Dakar, Senegal: Guinea has declared an end to an Ebola outbreak that emerged in Feb and killed 12 people, according to WHO
Tropical Storm Claudette brings rain, floods to Gulf Coast
Deadly heat wave scorches US Southwest again
Ahead of CPC’s centenary, Xi Jinping administers loyalty pledge to senior leaders
South China airport cancels flights after Covid case
Hong Kong pro-democracy media executives appear in court
China countering foreign sanctions through ‘Wolf Warrior’ diplomacy
China fossils show new species of extinct giant rhino that roamed Asia
China pledges harsh penalties ahead of party anniversary
Georgia officials seek to remove 102,000 voters from rolls
At least 27 miners killed in Peru bus accident: Company
Israel strikes Gaza after Hamas fires incendiary balloons
Afghanistan running out of oxygen as Covid surge worsens
16 dead, 22 missing in a week as monsoon rains wreak havoc in Nepal
Australia takes China to WTO over wine duties
US doesn't have a vaccine passport policy, but colleges may have specific demands: Top Diplomat
Sports News
Indian players wear black armbands in memory of Milkha Singh
WTC Final: New Zealand opt to bowl against India in overcast conditions
Euro 2020: France held 1-1 by passionate Hungary at packed Puskas Arena; Portugal 1-2 Germany
Germany will aim to shut down Cristiano Ronaldo on Saturday with the hosts under pressure to beat holders Portugal in order to get their Euro 2020 campaign back on track. After losing their opening game 1-0 to France on Tuesday after a Mats Hummels own goal, Germany badly need a win in Group F - and to stop Ronaldo adding to his phenomenal goal tally.
UEFA Euro 2020: Cristiano Ronaldo's Coca-Cola snub shows sports stars are "Reclaiming their voice"
Ronaldo becomes world's 1st person to reach 300MN followers on Instagram; also the 1st to reach 200MN followers (Jan 2020)
Southgate accepts England boos after sluggish display
Verstappen pips Hamilton for French Grand Prix pole
MotoGP: Zarco snatches pole from Quartararo in Germany
Sneh Rana's gritty knock leads India's fightback. The one-off Test between India Women and England Women enters into the fourth and final day in Bristol with the visitors still needing to do a lot of work to save the match on Saturday. India were 83 for one when rain forced an early stumps on Day 3, trailing by 82 runs, after England enforced the follow-on.
WTC Final: Virat Kohli goes past MS Dhoni to lead India for record 61st time
World Test Championship is the ‘big daddy’ of all World Cups: Ravi Shastri
WTC Final: New Zealand opt to bowl against India in overcast conditions
Indian men’s hockey squad for Tokyo Olympics: Brave selection for the biggest stage of them all
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