News Digest (1st July 2021, Thursday)
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- Published: Thursday, 01 July 2021 05:24
News Digest (1st July 2021, Thursday)
--by Annadatha Venkata Murali Manohar
*Happy Doctor’s Day and Chartered Accountant’s (CA) Day.
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within ourself, in our way of thinking
Headlines
Bassam Al-Feeli, Founder and General Manager of Orbital Space said that QMR-KWT, an abbreviation of “Moon of Kuwait” has took off into space abroad SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in the State of Florida
Nine of the 11 finalists for this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee in the US are Indian-Americans; final on July 8
IIT-Hyderabad develops world's smallest microscope; uses only a few off-the-shelf electronic chips, namely an image sensor and a micro-LED display
Parliament's Monsoon session likely from July 19 to Aug 13; Opposition may corner Govt on Covid, Farm Laws
I pay Rs. 2.75 lakh tax on Rs. 5 lakh salary: President Ram Nath Kovind
TN's new DGP C Sylendra Babu, takes charge, instructs police to respect human rights; focus would be on crime prevention and maintaining law and order
5 Three militants were killed and two soldiers injured in an encounter in Kulgam area of Jammu and Kashmir
Cops begin house-to-house verification drive near Jammu Airport days after Drone strike; NSG, CISF chiefs inspect scene of Drone Strike at Air Force Station in Jammu
Two jawans spotted drones dropping bombs on Jammu IAF base, NIA to record statements
India received 10% excess rainfall in June this year and most states and Union Territories recorded either normal or above normal rain
3 LeT terrorists killed, 2 Army soldiers wounded in Kulgam gunfight
Delimitations Commission to visit J&K next week to hear views of political parties, lawmakers
Amid Drone spotting & misuse of internet, Indian Army personnel to be trained in US in Cybersecurity Tech
Drones again spotted hovering over Military & Air Force establishments in Jammu
2 Delhi students (Devanshi Ranjan & Kaif Ali) win Diana Award for humanitarian work amid Covid-19
8 China-made camera drones found in car near Nepal border in Bihar; 3 held
Nagaland declared 'disturbed area' for 6 more months under AFSPA to curb insurgency
Union Environ ministry offers ₹1 lakh for solution to bird droppings in Delhi's Indira Paryavaran Bhawan
Implement 'One Nation, One Ration' scheme for migrant workers by July 31: SC to all States/UTs
HC to accept affidavits of Mamata Banerjee and law minister in Narada case
Finance ministry curbs spending by depts. To help fight Covid
India shifts focus from Pak to China? Moves 2 lakh troops to border, 40% up from 2020: Report
India issues 13-point Security Advisory for its nationals in Afghanistan as Taliban gains ground
Delhi Police files FIR against Twitter under POCSO, give account details, IT Act on the basis of a complaint from NCPCR over allowing access to child sexual abuse material and links
SC asks the PM-led National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to fix ex-gratia for Covid victims in 6 weeks
Uttarakhand abuzz as BJP brass summons Tirath Singh Rawat to Delhi
Polls no guarantee against tyranny of elected: Chief Justice of India N V Ramana
Supreme Court asks Ramdev Baba to place original record of his statement on allopathy
Covid pandemic blues: Less than 200 IITians land international jobs
Monsoon unlikely over Delhi, Haryana and Punjab till July 7
Covid-19: Delta may be behind 100% of infections in MP in June
Financial & Business News
Indian Oil Corporation, India’s top refiner buys its first Guyanese oil: Report
Sundram Fasteners bags GM's supplier of the year award for 8th time; GM honoured 122 of its suppliers from 16 countries for supplier performance
Jindal Steel will set up a 2.25 million-tonne capacity integrated steel plant with a total investment of Rs 7500 crore in Andhra Pradesh's Nellore district
RBI: India reported a current account surplus of 0.9% of GDP in pandemic-hit 2020-21, as against a deficit of 0.9% in FY20
Investors' wealth has jumped by over ₹25.46 lakh crore in the first three months of FY 2021-22; BSE Sensex has zoomed 2,973.56 points or 6%
Removed 59,350 pieces of content: Google in 1st report under new IT rules; received 27,762 user complaints, of which 96% dealt with copyright infringement
Eight core sectors' output rises by 16.8% in May; India reports current account surplus of 0.9% in 2020-21; Investors get richer by ₹25.46 lakh crore so far in 2021-22
NCLT to Jet Airways: Slots can't be restored to the corporate debtor on...historic basis. The thumb rule being 'use it or lose it'
Tesla has been offered an estimated 1,000-hectare land in Gujarat's Mundra to set up an electric vehicle manufacturing or assembling unit
74% of hospitality sector companies face negative credit profile, 2nd wave delays recovery
Online stockbroking app Robinhood to pay record $70 mn for harming, misleading users in US
Adding fuel to the fire: Soaring petrol, diesel prices a threat to India's recovery & inflation
New kid on the block? Acko in talks to raise $200 million, may become India’s next unicorn
Electric mobility Startup DAO EV Tech partners with Avon for sourcing, manufacturing parts
Stuck between an inflation rock and a growth boosting hard place, RBI is left with little choice
Construction work for units 5 and 6 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant started; an important milestone in ramping up India's nuclear power capacity
UltraTech's integrated unit in Tamil Nadu sources one-fourth of fuel requirement through wastes; also successfully reduced CO2 emission by 2,250 ton/annum
Swedish commercial vehicles manufacturer Scania unveils long-distance biogas-powered bus
It’s an Alcazar: Hyundai India hits 10 million production milestone
Tata Motors to deliver 15 hydrogen-powered buses to Indian Oil
Govt issues draft notification on ethanol blending in petrol
Renault to invest 10 billion euros in cars electrification over next 5 years
Prosche’s fastest SUV Cayenne Turbo GT debuts
Vodafone Idea Q4 loss narrows to Rs. 7,023 crore
Investors’ wealth soars to Rs. 25.46 lakh crore so far this fiscal
World Bank approves $500m loan to India’s informal working class amid pandemic
SpiceJet lost Rs. 998 crore in FY21; to raise Rs. 2,500 crore via QIP & hive off cargo arm
‘If you invoke US laws, you must also be cognisant of local laws while operating in India’: Ravi Shankar Prasad’s fresh dig at Twitter
Govt keeps interest rates on small savings schemes unchanged for Q2
Govt removes import restrictions on refined palm oil till December
Amul raises milk prices by Rs. 2 from today
Corona Updates
Domestic pharma majors Cipla, Emcure, Sun Phama, Torrent join hands for clinical trial of Molnupiravir for Covid-19 treatment
Novavax may get DCGI approval for its Covovax vaccine by Sep; India urges EU members to exempt Covaxin, Covishield beneficiaries from Travel Ban; Promises Quid Pro Quo
Won’t recognise your vaccine certificates if you don’t clear Covaxin, Covishield: India to EU
Average daily Covid vaccinations in June touched 40L
Threat from variants looms, India may tweak rules for Covid test, give preference to those with symptoms
AIIMS Patna: Found abnormal rise in blood sugar level in people who were infected with Coronavirus during the second wave
NITI Aayog Dr VK Paul: Covid-19 in children is "often asymptomatic and seldom requires hospitalisation; no data to show that children will be seriously infected in subsequent Covid-19 waves
'Put curbs in high positivity districts, focus on vaccination': Union Govt to States on Covid Mmanagement
Cipla gets DCGI nod to import Moderna's Covid jab for Emergency use in India; 4th in India after Covishield, Covaxin and Sputnik; Pfizer deal soon
DCGI gives emergency use nod to Moderna’s vaccine
US announces $41MN additional Covid-19 assistance to India; 13.8 crore people aged 60 years & above vaccinated with first dose of Covid vaccine
Never caught Covid-19': Only Foreign (Australian) Scientist Danielle Anderson at Wuhan Institute on 'Lab Leak' Theory
Maharashtra: Thane woman gets jabbed thrice in a single day, Municipal Body receives flak for negligence of duty
Australians in virus lockdown as Brisbane becomes 4th major city to issue stay-at-home orders
No ban on Covishield, request must for approval process: EU Envoy to India
Lancet: Chinese Covid vaccine safe, effective in children, ddolescents aged 3-17 years
TIFR report: 80% of Mumbai already exposed to virus, third wave likely to be less severe
Brazil suspends $320 million order for 20m Covaxin jabs
No wrongdoing, followed all steps for approval: Bharat Biotech on row over Brazil Covaxin deal
Vaccination stats: World 3.04BN, India 327.42MN
State News
Rajasthan: Workers protest after 2 labourers killed at Rampura Hindustan Zinc Agucha mine, demand compensation
West Bengal CM launches ‘Student Credit Card’, offers loan upto Rs. 10 lakh
85% boys in India want a STEM – (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) career compared to 57% girls: Survey
Delhi govt schools will conduct physical Parent Teacher Meetings (PTM) from July 19-31: Sisodia
Candidates can opt out of CA exams if they, family members suffer from Covid-19: SC
22-year-old P Nisha, Tamil Nadu bride is breaking the internet for her wedding-day stunts
Delhi’s peak power demand inches close to 7,000MW
Delhi: Heroin worth Rs. 16 lakh seized, four drug traffickers held
Scorched by ‘severe heatwave’, Delhi recorded hottest day of year at 43.5 deg Celsius on June 30
Naseeruddin Shaha has been hospitalised for pneumonia, in Mumbai’s Hinduja Hospital
Initiative to educate professionals on transgender health
Delhi: 48-year-old woman, 3 kids die in Farsh Bazar Blaze; 29-year-old son survived with 30% burn injuries
Delhi: Outgoing CP SN Srivastava inspects the parade on last day at the office
Fake Covid vaccination camps in Bengal: Centre seeks report; Mamata hits back
BJP chief Nadda claims Covid-19 vaccination lowest in Bengal; TMC hits back
India’s Covaxin effectively neutralises Delta variant of Covid, says NIH
Marked increase in pace of Covid vaccination from June 21, 4.61 crore doses given in 8 days: Govt
States, UTs to get over 24 lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses in 3 days
Average daily number of tweets about Covid-19 from India jumped 7X in April-May: Twitter
PM Narendra Modi asks ministers to spread awareness among people about vaccination, Covid protocols
Urvashi Rautela awarded with ‘Stree Shakti National Award 2021’ by Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshvari
Preeti Sood, Sanober of MX Player’s Ashram: 'Cleavage and thigh exposure is a must, a filmmaker told me'
Mumbaikars speak in support of commuter who was caughter without a ticket in viral video
‘Marna hai to maro’, MP school education minister Inder Singh Parmar tells parents delegation that went to meet him seeking action against private schools charging fees other than tuition fees, courts controversy
Mandira Bedi’s husband Bollywood filmmaker Raj Kaushal passed away at 4:30 am on Wednesday morning, after he suffered a cardiac arrest; Bollywood and TV industry is shocked and mourns his tragic demise
Kuwait News
Kuwait’s first Satellite launched into space
Kuwait Deputy Amir, Crown Prince receives senior officials
Speaker Al-Ghanim adjourns session due to govt’s absence
Kuwait interior minister meets outgoing Senegal envoy, German diplomat
Central Bank of Kuwait attends BIS 91st Annual General Meeting
Kuwait interior minister, UK official discuss cooperation
Kuwait supports OPEC + efforts towards oil markets stability: Ministry
Kuwait lists eight Covid-19 deaths, along with 1,836 infections
Kuwaiti minister criticizes lack of coordination regarding parliamentary session
International News
IAF Chief First Foreign Service Head to review Bangladesh Air Force Passing-Out Parade
US: Questions mount about how Florida building could have crumbled into pile of smoking
Mexico’s richest man Carlos Slim to rebuild, pay for collapsed subway: President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
US: Luis Antonio Victoria Dominguez of La Paz, Mexico faces 20 years in prison after jumping from Plane in Los Angeles; was under influence of methamphetamine before he jumped from moving plane
US retaliates to Drone attacks with Air Strikes on Iran-backed militia In Iraq & Syria; strike hit operational and weapons storage facilities
1st person of colour: Indian-American cop Michael Kuruvilla, whose family hails from Kerala, is set to become the next police chief of Brookfield
Saudi Arabia seizes 4.5MN amphetamine pills hidden in oranges; last week seized 14.4MN amphetamine pills from Lebanon, hidden in shipment of iron plates
7-year-old thrown to floor 27 times by coach during Judo class, dies in Taiwan
Once-in-a-Millennium' heat dome or man-made causes? Hundreds are dying as Canada bakes in hot spell
A 25-year-old chef in Iraq died after he fell into a giant vessel of chicken soup and sustained third-degree burns on 70% of his body; dies after 5 days
Switzerland's backed the purchase of 36 F-35A fighter jets from Lockheed Martin to replace its fleet and five Patriot air defence units from fellow US manufacturer Raytheon
Princess Diana's 40-yr-old Ford Escort, gifted by Prince Charles, auctioned for ₹48 lakh
Viladimir Putin: Time would come when he'd name his possible successor in the Kremlin
Prototype of the convertible flying car 'AirCar' successfully completed a 35-minute test flight between Nitra & Bratislava in Slovakia; takes 135 seconds to transform from a car into aircraft; could fly about 1,000 kilometres at a height of 8,200 ft on a single fuel tank top-up
Myanmar junta to release 700 prisoners from Yangon's Insein jail; include some of the thousands of people detained for opposing military rule
Pentagon chiefs: Germany ‘one of our staunchest allies’
US Pres, Vice Pres, shed light on plans to combat wild fires, climate change
World Bank providing over USD four billion for Covid vaccines rollout to 51 countries
US former defense chief Rumsfeld dies at 88
Blast wounds 15 people in Iraq market
Von der Leyen: EU supports efforts for free, fair elections in Iraq
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune named Finance Minister Aimene Benabderrahmane as Prime Minister, to be tasked with forming the first cabinet following recent elections
Cheyenne: Wyoming man Wyatt Dean Lamb, accused of torching 2-year-old Athian Rivera toddler has bail set at $1 million
Police: Officer wounded in shooting in busy Atlanta district
#MeToo: Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction overturned by court
Activists, journalists included in Myanmar prisoner release
New Jersey gamblers can light up Sunday as smoking ban ends
Hong Kong freedoms fade as security law muzzles dissent
Charges expected today for Donald Trump’s company, top executive: The Associated Press
Britain starts planning for vaccine booster shots from September
‘Orange skies’: Joe Biden raising federal pay to fight wildfires
Toledo, Ohio: Another mild algae bloom forecast for Lake Erie this summer
Iceland removes Covid restrictions for citizens, eases them for travellers
Sports News
Abhimanyu Mishra becomes youngest Grandmaster (GM) in chess history, at 12 years, 4 months and 25 days, and broker the feat held by Russian Sergey Karjakin for almost 19 years, at his age of 12 years, 7 months
AITA Nominates Sunil Chhetri for Khel Ratna, Bala Devi, Ranta, Ankita Raina, Prajnesh Gunnswaran for Arjuna Award, Balram Singh, Enrico Piperno, Gabriel Joseph for Dhyanchand Award
Kane Williamson back on top of ICC Test rankings, Virat Kohli remains fourth; Rohit Sharma moved to the sixth sport and Rishabh Pant is seventh
Sri Lanka’s ‘terrible trio’ vice captain Kusal Mendis, opener Danushka Gunathilaka and wicket keeper Niroshan Dickwella, dropped from Indian series
Djookovic into Wimbledon last 32 despite more falls
Injured Gill could miss England series, Abhimanyu Easwaran likely in main squad
We should see multiple Olympic championships emerge out of the Tokyo Games: Abhinav Bindra
Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia books Tokyo Paralympics berth
Nursing mothers allowed to bring children in Tokyo Olympics
Dhone always gives guidance to youngsters: Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Svitolina battles past Van Uytvanck in Wimbledon opener
Everton hire former Liverpool boss Benitez as new manager
34-year-old Lionel Messi’s future up in the air as Barcelona contract ends
Need to overcome ‘unfair’ protocols to succeed in Tokyo: Narinder Batra to Indian athletes
Dutee Chand qualifies for Tokyo Olympcs in 100m and 200m events
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