News Digest (25th June 2021) Friday
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- Published: Friday, 25 June 2021 07:24
News Digest (25th June 2021) Friday
-by Annadatha V Murali Manohar*
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Headlines
PM's all-party meet: Assembly polls in J&K soon after delimitation, statehood on cards; Article 370 & 35 A not discussed since it is pending before Supreme Court
Holding elections priority, PM Modi tells J&K leaders at all-party meet
It’s well recognised that Chinese actions led to LAC stand-off: India
NSA Ajit Doval, mounts pressure on Pakistan at SCO with plan on LeT, JeM, while calling for full implementation of UN resolutions and targeted sanctions against designated terrorists
Study: Over a billion people to be affected if melting of Himalayan glaciers continue; Rivers from the Indus to Brahmaputra depend on glaciers for water, continuous melting may end that source
At Shanghai Corporation Organisation (SCO) Meet, Doval's proposed 'Action Plan' against Lashkar, Jaish leaves Pakistan red-faced
Four students from Kargil detained over blast near Israel Embassy in Delhi that took place on Jan 29
NCB arrests drug kingpin from Punjab
US Scientist finds early virus sequences that were mysteriously deleted from early Covid cases in China
Won’t allow Class 12 exams unless sure of ‘no fatality’ due to Covid, SC tells AP
AP SSC, Inter Exams 2021: Andhra govt scraps Board Exams after SC rebuke, to set-up High-Power Committee to give grades
Declare boards marks scheme by July 31, SC directs states
Nishad Party chief Dr. Sanjay Nishad: Will retain power in UP, come what may; demanded the post of Dy CM, in the state if the coalition wins the election
Financial & Business News
India’s bank credit-to-GDP ratio inches up to 56% in 2020, but still way behind peers: BIS data
Twitter India MD may not appear before Ghaziabad Cops; Karnataka HC grants interim relief from coercive action by Ghaziabad Police
RIL AGM 2021: Ambani shares Rs 75,000-cr Energy Biz Plan to put India on Global Solar Map; RIL Retail to create 10 lakh jobs, on a Hyper Growth Trajectory; RIL-Saudi Aramco deal likely this year; Yasir Al-Rumayyan joins Board; Jio Institute set to commence academic sessions; RIL plans big 5G push, will launch Jiophone next from Sep
Jio’s ‘made in India’ 5G solution globally competitive: Mukesh Ambani
India's bank credit-to-GDP ratio inches up to 56% in 2020, but still way behind peers: BIS data
NAA nudges GST Officers to collect evidence against suppliers not cutting prices of Covid essentials
Tax Dept detects Rs 100Cr Hawala Transactions after raids in Chhattisgarh; 6Cr unaccounted cash seized
IRDAI: Insurers have settled 15.3 lakh health and 48,000 life claims amid lethal second wave
Global electronics firms Foxconn, Flex, Jabil, Sanmina among 29 registered under 12,195Cr production linked incentive scheme for the telecom sector
Detroit: Some used vehicles now cost more than original sticker price
High oil prices will throttle recovery, Dharmendra Pradhan tells Opec
India presses Opec for affordable oil price
Adani group to begin coal export from Australia mine this year
Mukesh Ambani throws a $10 billion clean energy challenge at rivals
Govt frees BPOs as global rivals rise
Corona updates
72-year-old UK man Dave Smith tested Covid-19 Positive for 10 straight months; tested positive 43 times, was hospitalised seven times and had made plans for his funeral
WHO: Delta variant now reported in 85 countries globally, expected to become dominant lineage
Sydney faces ‘scariest period’ in pandemic amid Delta outbreak
ICMR, NIV to study if vaccines in India enough to neutralise Delta Plus Covid variant; hopeful vaccines will work on Delta Plus; result likely in 2-3 weeks
India’s cumulative Covid-19 vaccination coverage crosses 30.72 crore
In UP's Prayagraj, mass graves open up as water rises in Ganga; local official cremated 40 such bodies in the last 24 hours
Kolkata cops seize ‘dust and liquid’ vials from fake vaccination site where Mimi Chakraborty took jab
Decoding Long Covid: Viral Thyroiditis, Covid induced diabetes are real threats for recovering patients
Lancet: Single dose of Pfizer/AstraZeneca vaccine offers around 60% protection against infection from SARS-CoV-2 in adults aged 65 years and above
Sputnik V is safest among all Covid-19 vaccines, no deaths recorded: Buenos Aires study
Meghalaya High Court orders shops, commercial vehicles to put up signage of vaccination status
Infections, deaths continue to soar in Russia
British PM suggests unrestricted travel for the fully vaccinated is coming soon
Delta variant puts Africa at risk of third wave, reports AP
Chile detects first case of Delta Covid-19 variant, reports Reuters
Five government facilities in Gurugram to give Sputnik V jabs soon
Reflecting the declining trend of Covid-19 deaths in the country, the nationwide daily toll from the virus stayed below 1,000 for the third time in the past four days, with 962 fatalities reported on Thursday
World: 180,746,386; Active 11,429,928 (6.32%); Recovery 165,401,005 (91.51%)
India: 30,133,147; Active 619,739 (2.06%); Recovery 29,120,340 (96.64%)
State News
UP bride calls off wedding after groom fails to read newspaper without glasses on; case filed by bride against the groom and his relatives for hiding his weak eyesight
Delhi inflated oxygen need by 4 times during peak, says SC panel
23 states at additional Covid risk due to bio-med waste
Couple who eloped a year ago shot in Delhi’s Dwarka
Delhi: Private school teacher commits suicide over non-payment of pending salary
Delhi reports 109 new Covid-19 cases, 8 deaths, positivity rate 0.14 pc; Maha reports 9,844 new cases and 197 deaths
Hilal Ahmed Qayomi, Afghan man held with Rs. 10 lakh worth foreign currency at Indira Gandhi Airport
Delhi HC allows man convicted in POCSO case to attend elder brother’s wedding
Delhi: Man involved in helping gangster escape held
Delhi: Bizman robbed of Rs. 70L, nobody arrested
DJB vice-chairman directs setting up emergency teams for redressal of water supply complaints
Delhi: 2 fake call centres busted, 30 held for duping UK-based residents
Delhi Police: Supplier of fake Indian currencies Habibur Rehman, resident of Malda in West Bengal, held
Shabana Azmi accuses alcohol delivery platform of allegedly duping her, tweets 'Beware I have been cheated'
Bengal local train services unlikely to resume after Covid curbs end on June 30
Kuwait News
Kuwait’s Amir arrives in Germany on private visit
Kuwait FM, Bahraini Ambassador discuss bilateral ties
Int’l Arab Banking Summit discusses post-Covid recovery
WHO hails ‘highest safety standards’ of Kuwait Covid-19 vaccine centers
Largest Kuwaiti oxygen shipment arrives in India’s port of Mumbai to support the dire shortage facing India, embattled by the fast-spreading Covid-19 Delta variant – Amb Al-Najem
KRCS distributes clothes 4,000 needy families for Eid Al-Adha
Kuwaiti Environment Public Authority launches awareness campaign on protecting islands, Bay
Kuwaiti Finance minister, EU Ambassador discuss economical cooperation
The European Parliament welcomes Kuwait Parliament Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim’s invitation for talks between lawmakers from the EU and GCC
Qatar’s 2020 World Cup stadiums inspired by Arab, Gulf culture
The price of barrel of Kuwaiti oil rose 82 cents to reach $74.65
Kuwait reports 1,761 new Covid cases with 9 fatalities
International News
EU must seek ‘direct contact’ with Putin: Merkel
Kremlin said Vladimir Putin is a "supporter" of a proposal from Germany and France for the EU to restart summits with Russia
A federal US body has announced that it will allow some foreign guest workers to re-submit their applications for (most after sought) H-1B visa
64 killed, 180 were injured in an air strike on a market in Ethiopia's war-torn northern Tigray region
The US sanctions five Chinese entities for human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims in the Xinjiang region
The Arab League slams Honduras relocation of its Tel Aviv embassy to occupied Jerusalem as a grave violation of international law
Biden says dmin. ready to offer federal assistance ‘immediately’ in wake of partial building collapse in Florida
White House, lawmakers strike deal on infrastructure
Official data show that the no of deaths in Britain has exceeded the no of births for the first time since 1976 and the British National Statistics Office confirms in a report that the no of births during the past year reached 683,000 while the no of deaths reached 690,000, at a time, when 13% of the total deaths due to Covid-19
The ruling political alliance in Sudan (Freedom and Change) and the Revolutionary Front) announce their support for the Sudanese PM’s initiative to fortify the transition and urge the ruling partners to expand it as a strategic project for the success of the transition
The Algerian presidency announces that President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has decided to start political consultations on Saturday, with party leaders and representatives of the winning lists in the recent legislative elections ‘for the purpose of’ forming the new government
130 Taliban terrorists surrender in western Afghanistan
Kabul could fall to Taliban before end of the year, say western analysts
Taiwan’s future lies in ‘reunification’: China
China challenges Australia anti-dumping measures at WTO
US, Germany confront rising anti-Semitism, Holocaust denial
Buckingham Palace must do better on diversity, royal sources says
Over 618,000 Pakistanis deported from 138 countries since 2015
Sports News
Tokyo Organising Committee relaxes Covid requirement for Indian athletes
Saurabh Chaudhary clinches bronze at ISSF World Cup in the men’s 10m air pistol event
Inter-State Athletics Championships: Dutee Chand, Hima Das among Top Athletes to make one last attempt at Olympic Berths
WTC Final: Best Test team should be decided by over at least three games, says Virat Kohli
Better team won in the conditions: Shastri on NZ’s WTC triumph
Ishant Sharma gets stitches on his right hand
Murray named in Britain’s tennis squad for Tokyo Olympics
Fitness-wise we are no less than any European team, says Indian women’s hockey team skipper Rani Rampal
Marijne expects Indian women’s hockey team to reach quarterfinals at Tokyo Olympics
UEFA abolishes away-goals rule in club competitions
Dutch cyclist Koen de Kort has three fingers amputated after crash
Euro 2020: England’s showdown with Germany tops last-16 billing
India vs. New Zealand, WTC Final: Team India eyes Test transition