News Digest (30th June 2021, Wednesday)

Details: Category: News in Brief; Published: Wednesday, 30 June 2021 00:58

-- by Annadatha Venkata Murali Manohar

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Headlines

Euro 2020: Switzerland beat France on penalties to reach last eight; England reach Euro 2020 quarters as they sealed a 2-0 to end Germany curse; Ukraine beat Sweden 2-1 after extra time to enter quarters

Madras HC questions TN govt over panel on NEET

PM holds high-level meeting with Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Ajit Doval

US appoints Indian-American Atul Keshap as interim envoy to India

Covid-19: Govt’s five-fold strategy of management; Moderna gets nod as 4th vaccine in India; Pfizer approval likely soon

MHA asks states to carry out ‘carefully calibrated’ process of relaxing Covid curbs

Krishna Ella, 52, the Chairman of vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech, has recently been provided a “Y” category armed security cover by the Union government

Jammu attack: ‘LeT hand likely, drones may have come from across border’

SC dismisses plea challenging High Court order that rejected PIL to halt Central Vista work

Delhi Police team sent to Jammu to study terror attack at IAF station

Punjab Congress infighting: Rahul Gandhi denies ‘scheduled meeting’ with Navjot Singh Sidhu

With high-rise collapse, Miami reprises Mumbai amid concern over multi-storied seafront dwelling

Financial & Business News

After Cairn, Devas sues Air India to recover $1.5 billion award

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk set to invest up to $30 billion in Starlink satellite internet service

Blocking of accounts: Parliamentary panel asks Twitter to explain in 2 days

Google rolls out two new features to Messages app in India

Honda’s first electric SUV to be named as Prologue

Audi e-tron booking commences ahead of July 22 India-launch

Volvo XC90 electric flagship SUV debut in 2022

India to allow ethanol-based ‘flex engines’ in vehicles, launch scheme in 3 months: Nitin Gadkari

Skoda Kushaq launched in India at Rs. 10.50 lakh; costlier than Creta, Seltos

Mahindra XUV700 to offer segment-largest sunroof

Tata Motors plans 10 new electric vehicles by 2025

Facebook, Google representatives depose before parliamentary panel on social media misuse

Nirav Modi renews UK extradition appeal, to be heard on July 21

Oil prices ‘very challenging’, need them to sober a bit: India to Opec

Govt cuts import duty on crude palm oil to lower retail edible oil prices

Cabinet may soon clear proposal for government guarantee to bad bank

Sebi tightens norms related to independent directors; listed companies to disclose their resignation letters

Bharati to invest additional Rs. 3700 crore into OneWeb; to become largest shareholder

Reliance signs pact to invest in Abu Dhabi Petrochemical hub

SBI to charge for cash withdrawal beyond 4 free transactions per month from July 1

Twitter vs states: Multiple FIRs against social media giant

Corona updates

India reports 37,566 new cases, 907 deaths in last 24 hours

Countries weigh ‘mix and match’ Covid-19 vaccines

Marked increase in pace of Covid vaccination from June 21, 4.61 crore doses given in 8 days: Govt

BJP chief Nadda claims Covid-19 vaccination lowest in Bengal; TMC hits back

EU picks antibody treatments, arthritis drug as preferred Covid-19 therapies.

US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced $41 million in support to help India respond to the Covid-19 pandemic and strengthen the country’s preparedness for Covid-19 and future health emergencies

World: Confirmed: 181,388,210; Total Deaths: 3,928,804; Recovered: 118,949,270; Active Cases: 58,510,136

India: Confirmed: 30,316,897; Total Deaths: 397,637; Recovered: 29,366,601; Active Cases: 552,659

Educational News

ICAI CA Exam 2021: SC favours CA exam in July, agrees to consider opt-out option for students

Have some authority to certify if candidate can’t take CA exams due to Covid issues: Supreme Court (SC) to Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)

Schools get 26.45 cr enrolment, 42.3L more than 2018-2019

Odisha minister allays students’ admission concerns over class 10 results

Covid forced Delhi University to hold online exams, give digital degrees

Mumbai University students join hands with NGO to fight vaccine hesitancy

CBSE to declare Assessment Policy for 2022 soon

National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) On-Demand Exams 2021 cancelled

Sisodia reviews EMC, launches web app to access learning material

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) on Tuesday declared the Combined Graduate Level Exam Tier-III cut-off marks; results on July 9

State News

Delhi Police commissioner Sachchida Nand Shrivastava IPS (AGMUT; 1985) to retire today

Delhi scorched by severe heat wave; mercury soars to year’s highest

Asian, tropical coastlines most vulnerable to rising seas: Study

Agra: Youth kidnapped by friends for Rs. 2 cr ransom, murdered and cremated as Covid positive patient

People forced to climb atop tankers amid water scarcity in Delhi’s Chanakyapuri

Snake gets stuck in AC’s compressor, rescued in Delhi

Passengers boarding the train from Maharashtra to Karnataka are requested to have a negative RT-PCR certificate not older than 72 hours or vaccination certificate of at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine before boarding: Chief PRO, South Western Railway, Hubballi

Patnaik hints extension of partial lockdown in some districts

Woman rider sustains injury caused by kite string in northeast Delhi’s Seelampur: Police

Prostitution racket busted in Noida; 16 men, 12 women held

101 new Covid-19 cases, 4 more deaths recorded in Delhi

Delhi Police books Twitter over access to child pornography on platform

TV actor Anuj Kohli escapes drone bomb attack at Jammu Air Force base, shares the scary experience

Kuwait News

Kuwait takes part in Arab Civil Aviation Organiation’s meetings

Kuwait parliament to adjourn Thursday by Amiri decree, says chief lawmaker

Nice university delegation visits Kuwait’s primary health center

Speaker Al-Ghanim denies rumors regarding decrees ‘harming citizens’

GCC countries log more Covid casualties

Kuwait Deputy Amir, Crown Prince receives Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad

Kuwait reports 18 Covid-19 deaths, along with 1,718 infections

International News

Arab Parliament condemns Houthis continued targeting of children in Yemen

Three civilians die in Houthi missile attack on Marib-Saba’

Austria announces wide-range opening by Thursday

EU raises 15 bin euro to finance Europe’s recovery from coronavirus crisis

Von der Leyen: Europe’s economy is back on track

Indian-Americans community rally behind the bicameral Nullifying Opportunities for Variants to Infect and Decimate (NOVID) Act

Brazil redeploying troops to Amazon rainforest, bans fires

Eritrean forces withdraw from key towns in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Tigray forces seize regional capital, say Ethiopia led troops are on the run

Chinese students in Australia threatened by Beijing: Report

3 injured in explosion, fire at suburban Kansas City duplex

France to legalize IVF for lesbians, single women

US eyes more stable, profitable ties with Russia, Blinken tells paper

Communist Party of China celebrates its 100th anniversary

South African court orders ex-president Jacob Zuma to jail for contempt

America plans to spend billions of dollars to counter China

Gates divorce speeds divergence of separate investing goals

Sports News

Joe Root guides England to five-wicket win over Sri Lanka in ODI series opener

Roger Federer survives Wimbledon scare to reach second round

Messi contract saga goes to the wire, but club still optimistic

Aditi Ashok becomes 1st female Indian golfer to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

T20 World Cup to be held from Oct 17 to Nov 14: ICC

AITA nominates Ankita, Prajnesh for Arjuna; Balram, Piperno for Dhyanchand

Wimbledon: Ash Barty reaches second round after wobble

We are trying various options to see what works in next year’s World Cup: Jhulan Goswami

Dutch coach Frank de Boer quits after Euro 2020 exit

Manu Bhaker to switch off from social media till the end of Olympics

Parents look forwar to Deepika Kumari making country proud in Tokyo Olympics

Veteran Seema Punia books Tokyo ticket; Hima, Shivpal disappoint

‘I’m good at what I do’: Venus Williams marks 90th Grand Slam with opening Wimbledon win