News Digest (23rd June 2021, Wednesday)
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- Published: Wednesday, 23 June 2021 01:55
News Digest (23rd June 2021, Wednesday)
--by Annadatha Venkata Murali Manohar
Life ends when you stop dreaming, hope ends when you stop believing, love ends when you stop caring. So, dream and love! Make life beautiful!
Headlines
India vs. New Zealand WTC Final: India 64/2 at stumps on Day 5, take 32-run lead
Faceoff: Twitter erupts as SC judges Aniruddha Bose and Indira Banerji from Bengal recuse from cases against TMC leaders
SC approves CBSE, ICSE's evaluation criteria for Class 12 students
Financial & Business News
Largest Boeing 737 MAX model set for maiden flight
Jet Airways restart approved by bankruptcy court
Jet Airways shares 5%; hit upper circuit limit
M&As help India record 5th highest FDI inflows
Skoda Auto set to announce new development strategy
MG Motor relaunches ‘MG CARE at Home’ to offer certain doorstep services
Nissan CEO says performance for April, May better than expected
Gujarat announces Electric Vehicle (EV) policy, predicts 1.1 lakh vehicles on road by 2023
Corona Updates
Delta Plus variant of coronavirus is a 'Variant of Concern' in India, says Union health ministry
India on Tuesday reported 42,640 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest in three months. Also, 81,839 people were discharged and 1,167 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, the Union health ministry said. The country's active caseload has declined to 6,62,521.
Madhya Pradesh administered highest number of doses over 17 lakh. Over 11 lakh doses in Karnataka, over 7 lakh in UP, 5.75 lakh in Bihar, 5.15 lakh in Haryana and Gujarat, 4.60 lakh in Rajasthan, 3.97 lakh in Tamil Nadu, 3.85 lakh in Maharashtra and 3.68 lakh in Assam -top 10 states, says health secretary
Rural coverage of vaccines has been remarkably emphasized. 63.7% of the total vaccine doses administered yesterday were in villages and 36% in urban areas: Dr VK Paul, Member-Health, Niti Aayog
‘Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin shows 77.8% efficacy in phase 3 trials’
Vaccines key solution to fight third wave of COVID, say experts
UK Health minister: Data looking good on easing Covid lockdown
Vietnam to receive 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine weekly from July
Pakistan to receive 13 million doses of Pfizer vaccine
Australia struggles to quash persistent coronavirus outbreaks
Abu Dhabi opens up free Covid-19 vaccines to tourists
‘Over 2.14 cr Covid-19 vaccine doses still available with states’
Covid-19: Fears of deadly third wave unfounded, say virologists
As crowds swell, AIIMS director Dr. Randeep Guleria, warns of early 3rd wave
Children unlikely to be hit in third wave: Health experts
Rahul Gandhi releases ‘white paper’ on Covid-19
With three Covid-19 vaccines approved for use, government authorities are now in talks with foreign vaccine manufacturers to enter the Indian market and facilitate ramping up vaccination drives.
CCMB: Covid test protocol for captive animals
Indonesia records 13,668 new Covid-19 cases, reports ANI
World: Confirmed: 178,743,520; Total Deaths: 3,872,088; Recovered: 116,722,166; Active cases: 58,149,266
India: Confirmed: 29,977,861; Total Deaths: 389,302; Recovered: 28,926,038, Active cases: 662,521
State News
Had to lift lockdown for livelihoods: Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao
Recovery rate in Telangana climbs to 96.6%
Can collect Aadhar details of farmers, while uploading ownership details of agri land into the Dharani portal: Telangana government
NIN to commence sero survey in Telangana from today
Telangana government yet to decide on physical classes for younger students
Is Covid wave 2 over? Positivity rate below 5% for 15 days, but experts say end still far
Warangal to get 33-floor hospital, to tower over Hyderabad
Telangana Congress in a fix over Huzurabad by-election
Huge ganja haul: 2,000 kg worth Rs. 15 crore seized in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Doctor siblings Dr Goutham (28), an Ayurvedic doctor in Bihar and his younger brother Nandan (26), a doctor at a private hospital in Alwal, drown in Shamirpet lake
AAP vs BJP: Unending clash over Delhi’s governance
Dehradun: Female para shooter Dilraj Kaur, who won 30-odd national level medals and winner of gold at 20th Uttarakhand State shooting competition, selling chips for a living
Kamaal Rashid Khan (KRK) asks Abhishek Bachchan, Varun Dhawan, Ajay Devgn and others to act in his movies then only he will 'stop reviewing films'
Abhijeet Bhattacharya says 'I am not Shah Rukh Khan’s voice' as he opens up on his rift with SRK
Vijay Deverakonda dismisses reports of OTT release of 'Liger'
Shruti Haasan excited to return back to sets after Lockdown 2.0
Kuwait News
Expats stuck outside Kuwait for 6 months can still renew residency permits
No spending 14 days in a third country for returning expatriates
Indian Embassy start registration drive to address Covid-19 vaccination certificate related issues of stranded Indians
MoH launches 4th phase of vaccination for workers
Kuwait Commerce Ministry monitoring construction materials prices
439 violations of noon time work ban reported
Saudi Foreign Minister calls for swift inspection of Iran Nuclear sites
Parliament approves government department’s budgets
Cabinet holds weekly meeting, follows up on Coronavirus development
Kuwait affirms states must coordinate in combating Covid-19
Record number of Coronavirus cases and increased rate of vaccination in Kuwait
Corona deaths in Kuwait are among the lowest in the Arab world and globally
Kuwait reports 1,962 new infections, 11 deaths
International News
Kim’s sister: US has ‘wrong’ views on talks with North Korea; slams US, dismisses chance for talks to resume
Pakistan PM Imran Khan refuses to acknowledge China’s repression of Uighurs
‘If you raise temptation, young guys have nowhere to go’, Imran Khan’s take on sexual violence against women
Let the vaccinated travel, UK air industry demands
Finland ‘World’s happiest country’ seeks migrants
Turkmenistan capital Ashgabat tops Hong Kong as world’s costliest: Survey
Hong Kong leader says press must not ‘subvert’ government
France’s Nicolas Sarkozy faces jail term in campaign financing trial
US chambers seeks to double H-1B quota
BTS' Butter extends hold over number 1 spot on Billboard's HOT 100 music charts for fourth consecutive week
Sports News
The World Test Championship Final seems to be heading for a tight finish after both India and New Zealand battled hard on the fifth day of the rain-hit showpiece match in Southampton on Tuesday. India pacer Shami sizzled with a four-wicket haul but could not stop New Zealand from taking a crucial 32-run lead. India ended the day at 64 for 2, taking a lead of 32 runs.
India lost openers Shubman Gill (8) and Rohit Sharma (30) in the final session but Cheteshwar Pujara (12 n.o.) and Virat Kohli (8 n.o.) ensured that no further damage was done as India ended their second innings on Day 5 of the WTC Final at 64/2, taking a marginal 32-run lead.
WTC Final: Two people thrown out of stadium after hurling racist abuse at Ross Taylor
Younis Khan steps down as Pakistan’s batting coach
I was devastated for three days after NZ lost the 2019 WC final, but was also delighted for the likes of Jos Buttler & Joe Root: Shane Bond
Devon Conway has an amazing ability to clear his head of all distractions, says his Wellington coach Glenn Pocknall
WTC Final: ‘Incredibly important game’ should not be played in UK, says Kevin Pietersen
‘ICC should come up with formula to find winner in case of drawn WTC final’: Sunil Gavaskar
Conway can clear his head of all distractions, says Coach
Unlikely to play remainder of IPL if it clashes with England series: Jos Buttler
Australia players missing tours will find it hard to justify IPL return: Finch
Australia chief selector Trevor Hohns expects players to forgo IPL if it clashes with planned T20 tri-series involving West Indies and Afghanistan
IOA asserts its authority to use digital, video and image rights of Olympic-qualified athletes
Tokyo Olympics: Manpreet Singh to lead 16-member India men’s hockey team
Euro 2020: Self-isolating Chilwell, Mount ruled out of England’s game with Czech Republic
Euro 2021: UEFA turn down request for ‘rainbow lights’ in Munich
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