News Digest (27th June 2021, Sunday)
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- Published: Sunday, 27 June 2021 07:53
News Digest (27th June 2021, Sunday)
-- by Annadatha Venkata Murali Manohar*
Life is like a badminton match... If we wish to win, we must; SERVE WELL, RETURN WELL and remember the game starts with 'LOVE ALL'
Headlines
Kasper Dolberg double powers Danes in an emphatic 4-0 past Wales into Euro quarters; Italy beat Austria 2-1 in extra time to enter Euro quarterfinals
15 ex-IPS officers praise PM’s outreach to J&K parties, also laud decision to revoke Article 370
'Can we kill people, throw money & say our job is over': Madras HC's sharp remarks on Tuticorin May 2018 firing during peaceful protests against Sterlite
DRDO successfully Test Fires Enhanced version of Pinaka Rockets in Odisha's Chandipur; 122 mm Caliber rockets were launched from a Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL)
"Dragon Man": Scientists say New Human Species is our closest ancestor; skull dates back at least 146,000 years, placing it in the Middle Pleistocene
Sajan Prakash creates history, becomes first-ever Indian swimmer to make Olympic ‘A’ cut
Hockey India nominates veteran Indian goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and former women’s team player Deepika for this year’s prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
Don’t generalise to say Delhi sought 4X oxygen needed: AIIMS chief Dr. Guleria
Insurance-backed ex gratia for Covid victims likely, says govt
Taking Selfies? Social Media outraged as murder accused Wrestler Sushil Kumar snapped before going to jail
One militant killed, another surrenders after calling family during encounter with security forces in J&K's Shopian
Cyclone Yaas Relief: West Bengal govt receives over 3.5 lakh applications for Compensation; Highest (162371) from South 24 Parganas district
President Kovind notifies appointment of five ministers in new Puducherry Cabinet; 3 AINRC, 2 BJP
Sri Lankan Navy 'Open Fires' on 9 TN fishermen near Palk Strait; they escape unhurt; boats riddled by bullets
MEA: India, China agree on need to find early resolution to issues along LAC in Eastern Ladakh
Former Kullu SP, Himachal CM security staffer suspended after video of their scuffle goes viral
Financial & Business News
With the latest version of Telegram’s iOS, Android and desktop apps, encrypted messaging app Telegram users can turn their group voice chats into video conference calls
ED: SBI-led consortium gets over Rs 5,800Cr in Mallya Loan Default Case after shares of UBL, earlier attached under the anti-money laundering law, were sold recently
CAG: TN power sector Cos incurred 13,000Cr loss; TANGEDCO last fiscal increased loss of 4,862Cr due to higher costs; incurred additional cost 7,396Cr in higher power purchase, generation costs
Indian Oil, Bongaigaon Refinery & Bongaigaon District Administration sign MoU for medical oxygen plant at Bongaigaon Civil Hospital
Tout menace: Plan afloat to link Aadhaar, PAN to passengers' login info for Railway Ticket Booking
Union Govt extends the deadline of EV promotion scheme FAME-II as only a fraction of targets achieved so far
PharmEasy seals India's first-ever acquisition of a listed company by an Indian unicorn with Thyrocare
Corona Updates
PM Modi reviews Covid vaccination progress
India reports 48,698 Covid cases, 1,183 deaths in last 24 hours. 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
Record vaccinations may not stop third wave in India
Serum to start Covovax traials on children; first Delta Plus variant-linked death reported in Maharastra
51.6 crore vaccine doses would be made available by July 31, 35.6 crore already provided: Centre to SC
‘Interim report, oxygen needs dynamic’: AIIMS chief amid row over Delhi’s ‘inflated’ demand
Vaccination of 60+ population sluggish after initial high
Apart from Delta, Delta Plus too should be treated as variant of concern: Former ICMR chief scientist
Union Govt: Covishield, Covaxin vaccine work against Covid variants Alpha, Beta, Gamma & Delta
UK reports over 35,000 more Delta variant cases, probes Lambda variant; Israel brings back Mask Rule amid new Covid surge, says rise likely due to Delta variant seen in India
ICMR: Covid vaccine should be given to pregnant women, it’s useful for them; small study on children in the 2-18 age group has been conducted and results are likely to come in by Sep 2021
IJMR: 3rd wave COVID-19 if it occurs is unlikely to be as severe as 2nd wave given the extent of spread of coronavirus infections that has already taken place in the country
New Covid-19 wave hits Iraq
World: Confirmed 180,361,382; Total Deaths: 3,908,254; Recovered: 118,060,692; Active Cases: 58,392,436
India: Confirmed: 30,183,143; Total Death: 394,493; Recovered: 29,193,085; Active Cases: 595,565
State News
Paintings by Hyderabad students on display in Iran exhibition
Acharya director Koratala Siva quits social media
Fearing Covid, Maoist-couple surrenders before Telangana police
Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao orders probe into dalit woman’s death
Students want jab before entering colleges in Telangana
A Revanth Reddy appointed Telangana Congress chief
Gyms to open, weddings with 50 people allowed in Delhi
Gujarat recorded 122 new positive cases and 3 deaths; Telangana reports 1,028 new cases and 9 deaths; Maharashtra reports 9,812 new cases with 179 deaths; Manipur reports 561 new cases with 14 deaths, in the last 24 hours
Debanjan Deb, Kolkata: ‘Family pressure and hunger for fame drove conman to hold fake vaccination drives’
Delta Plus variant: Centre asks Karnataka to take up immediate containment measures
Telangana: Invisible killer stalking Maoists, several top guns fall to Covid-19; Fearing Covid, 12 Maoists escape from Chhattisgarh forests
Pvt firm eyes forest land close to sea for Vizag beach resort
Twitter accepts restricting Ravi Shankar Prasad's account, says did it due to copyright issues over complaint from Sony Music; IT Parl panel chief Tharoor to seek explanation from Twitter
Kuwait News
Civil Information Al-Qurain branch to reopen today
Kuwaiti oil prices down 21 cents to USD 74.58 pb
Kuwait list 1,661 new Covid-19 cases, six deaths
A Kuwait-chaired a UNSCO ad hoc committee endorsed the final draft text of the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson are approved vaccines for entry and exit, for Kuwait
International News
UK health secretary Matt Hancock quits after breach of Covid-19 measures; Ex-chancellor Sajid Javid replaces Hancock as UK health secretary
Iraq, Egypt, Jordan to meet in Baghdad Sunday in tripartite summit
Jordan’s initiative to grow wheat to enable self-sufficiency for families
US President Joe Biden pledged sustained support to Afghanistan after completing the pullout of the US troops from the worn-torn country by Sept 11, 2021
At least 5 soldiers were killed after militants targeted a security patrolling party in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province, said ministry
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched ‘Kanal Istanbul’; a USD15 billion canal project aimed at relieving pressure on the busy Bosphorus Strait by laying the foundation of a bridge over the planned route
Two Indian Ayurvedic doctors, Dr. Shyam Vishwananthan Pillai and Dr. Jasna Jamal, both from Kerala, get UAE’s Golden Visa, by the UAE’s Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA)
Pakistan PM Imran Khan wants relationship with US like the one Washington has with New Delhi
China says no string attached to vaccine shipments overseas
Prince Harry back in UK for Princess Diana’s statue unveiling in Kensington Palace
2 astronauts on ISS undertook spacewalk to continue with the installation work of the new, roll-up solar arrays, to upgrade the power supply on the ISS
India dispatches state-of-the-art Naval Ship to help Sri Lanka Survey gutted cargo vessel
US: After John McAfee dies by Suicide, Edward Snowden says Julian Assange (WikiLeaks) could be next
Miami Building collapse: Crew using drills through heavy damage from parking garage in search for 100 Missing People
Motion tabled in UK parliament condemning anti-Indian racism in country as found by a study conducted by the 1928 Institute
China launches first bullet train in remote Himalayan region of Tibet, connected provincial capital Lhasa and Nyingchi, a strategically located Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh
A Trump-era EB5 rule was scrapped by a judge; But, it may not be the good news you were expecting
UN, Govt say child soldiers aged b/w 12 & 14 carried out Burkina Faso massacre in which 130 died
Sports News
May shift T20 World Cup to UAE due to Covid-19 situation: BCCI secretary Jay Shah
Bajrang Punia says ‘I am fine’ after injuring knee; extent of damage to be assessed after 48 hours
Nico Ali Walsh, grandson of Muhammad Ali, signs pro boxing deal
IPL: Investment firm RedBird picks up 15 pc stake in Rajasthan Royals
Nick Kyrgios wants to be ‘better player and person’ at Wimbledon
Roger Federer ready to get on a roll at Wimbledon
Jelena Ostapenko storms to Eastbourne title, with a dominant 6-3, 6-3 win over Anett Kontaveit
Tokyo games: PV Sindhu frontrunner to become one of India's Flag-Bearers at Olympics
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