News in Brief (8th July 2021, Thursday)
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News in Brief (8th July 2021, Thursday)
-- by Annadatha Venkata Murali Manohar*
Headlines
Haiti President Jovenel Mosie assassinated after a group of unidentified people attacked his private residence; wife First Lady Martine Moise is hospitalized
Euro 2020: England beat Denmark 2-1 in extra-time; reach (maiden) final against Italy at Wembley
Minimum age 35, none over 70: PM to fuel engine of growth with 'Youngest Cabinet ever; aims for greater synergy between ministries; focus on Health & Edu; maximum govt, maximum representation
In a major reset of the Union Cabinet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inducted 36 new faces to his council of ministers and dropped as many as 12 Union ministers
OBCs, women, youth: PM Modi’s new ‘rainbow’ Cabinet
Mansukh Mandaviya is new health minister; Vaishnaw railways & IT, Scindia civil aviation; Ministries of health, & chemicals and fertilizers have been clubbed; Hardeep Puri to get petroleum ministry. He will continue to hold charge of housing and urban affairs; Smriti Irani to be the woman and child development minister, will also look after Swacch Bharat Mission; Meenakshi Lekhi to be MoS external affairs; Giriraj Singh gets rural development ministry; Anurag Thakur gets Information and Broadcasting as well as sports ministry; Bhupendra Yadav named minister of labour; Sarbananda Sonowal given charge of ports, shipping and waterways as well as Ayush ministries
Dr Harsh Vardhan, other ministers have submitted their resignation ahead of Union Cabinet expansion
Union Cabinet expansion: BJP MP Babul Supriyo says ‘asked to resign’, then adds a correction
Cabinet big-ticket losers - Harsh Vardhan, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Santosh Gangwar, Sadananda Gowda, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Prakash Javadekar, Babul Supriyo
Cabinet Top 5 gainers - Anurag Thakur, Meenakshi Lekhi, Narayan Rane, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Mansukh Mandaviya
Anurag Thakur replaces Kiren Rijiju as new Sports Minister just few days before Olympics
PM to monitor Science & Tech, while Amit Shah gets charge of newly created Ministry of Cooperation from NDA allies JD(U) leader RCP Singh, LJP's Pashupati paras to join PM's new team; ADMK nothing
New digital pension platform for ex-servicemen; but concerns raised over data breach, internet access
Study suggests adults with ADHD at higher risk of wide range of physical conditions - nervous system, respiratory, musculoskeletal, and metabolic diseases.
Bhopal tragedy survivors call proposed memorial on ‘Highly contaminated plant site’ as ‘Planned cover-up
Dilip Kumar News
Dilip Kumar laid to rest with full state honours at Juhu Qabrastan
Thank you @PMOIndia and @CMOMaharashtra for according Dilip Shah burial with state funeral protocols: Saira Banu Khan
The remarkable journey of Dilip Kumar: From selling sandwiches to becoming a Bollywood legend
Shah Rukh Khan, Anil Kapoor and Karan Johar among the many public personalities and celebrities were seen arriving at legendary actor Dilip Kumar’s residence to pay their last respects
Kamini Kaushal on Dilip Kumar: 'The public liked to see us together'
Khushbu Sundar, Radikaa Sarathkumar, Kamal Haasan and other Tamil celebrities mourn the demise of legendary actor Dilip Kumar
Chiranjeevi, Jr NTR, Tamannaah Bhatia and other celebrities mourn the demise of iconic actor Dilip Kumar
Shantanu Moghe shares a throwback picture with Dilip Kumar and father Shrikant Moghe; says ‘One of my most pried possessions’
Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor were both born in the same month, December, same year (1924) and at the same place (Peshawar). That there was only a difference of three days between their birthdays. Dilip being born on the 11th and Raj on the 14th!
Saira Banu’s grandniece Sayyesha pens an emotional note for her ‘Phuponana’ Dilip Kumar; says ‘It’s an end of an era
Tragic loss: Dilip Kumar and his two brothers Aslam and Ehsaan pass away in the span of a year
Dilip Kumar funeral: Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan arrive to pay their last respects to the legendary actor
Priyanka Chopra pens an emotional note as she mourns the loss of legendary actor Dilip Kumar
Financial News
Sensex rises 194 points to hit record closing of 53,055; Nifty ends at 15,880 for first time ever
Gold prices fall marginally to Rs. 46,903 per 10 gm, silver tumbles by Rs. 762
Ivanhoe Cambridge, Lighthouse Canton to invest $100 million in life science R&D asset in Hyderabad
37 telecom gear companies apply for Rs 12,195 crore production-linked incentive scheme
RBI imposed penalties - ranging between ₹ 50 lakh to ₹ 2 crore, on 14 banks for contravention of regulatory norms
GNPAs of banks to improve in FY22 on higher recoveries: Report
In fresh trouble for the SBI, hackers of Chinese origin are targeting bank users with phishing scams, asking them to update their KYC using a particular website link and offering free gifts worth Rs. 50 lakh from the bank via a WhatsApp message, cybersecurity researchers warned
Billionaires Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani face off in race to solar domination
Finance ministry gets bigger: Department of Public Enterprises now part of it
Fitch cuts India growth forecast to 10%, says rapid vaccination to support revival
Zomato plans to advance its date with the Dalal Street, may now go public on July 14
Govt sets up 25-member development council for cement industry to eliminate waste, obtain maximum production, improve quality, reduce costs and promote standardization of products
Mahindra acquires subsidiary Hisarlar's farm equipment unit as it reshuffles business in Turkey; Citroen India commences home delivery of C5 Aircross SUV from factory
IATA: India's domestic traffic was 71% lower in May 2021 compared to May 2019
NCLAT allows plea for setting aside insolvency case against subsidiary: Oyo
Ola Electric’s facility ready, e-scooter production and launch soon
Citroen India commences home delivery of C5 Aircross SUV from factory
China’s cyberspace regulator has launched a probe into ride-hailing giant Didi Global, calling for it to stop adding new users and for app stores to remove it, days after it went public in a $4.4 billion New York stock sale
Jeff Bezos hits wealth record of $211 billion on Pentagon move
Corona Updates
India has reported 43,733 fresh cases of Covid-19 and 930 deaths in the last 24 hours. Recovery rate has increased to 97.18%.
India expects 3 to 4 million Pfizer, Moderna vaccine doses through COVAX by Aug 2021
Union Govt: Covid control measures to be strengthened in nine states reporting surge in cases
US: Delta dominant variant in US, makes up more than half of Covid-19 cases; 80% of new cases
Sri Lanka gives Pfizer shots to some as 2nd dose
73 districts still have over 10% Covid positivity: Govt
World: Confirmed: 184,567,320; Total Deaths: 3,992,229; Recovered: 121,515,778; Active Cases: 59,059,313; Vaccinated 3.29BN
India: Confirmed: 30,633,665; Total Deaths: 404,211; Recovered: 29,799,534; Active Cases: 459,920; Vaccinated 354.31MN
State News
Centre calls for stricter action to control Covid spread
93 new Covid-19 cases; 4 more deaths in Delhi; Maharashtra reports 9.5k cases
Nearly 50 people with post-Covid gastrointestinal problems admitted to Delhi hospital
Gurugram records highest Covid recovery rate at 99.44%
3rd Covid wave: Delhi govt panel devises colour-coded mechanism, ‘Red’ alert means strict curbs
Man who killed his aunt, her son in Delhi traced using UPI transaction
Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has issued a notice to Delhi Police and sought a detailed action taken report in a matter where photos of Muslim women were uploaded by an unidentified group on an app
Cabinet reshuffle meant for distribution of the spoils of power: Congress
Congress launches stir over fuel price hike
ED attaches 3 land parcels worth Rs. 106 cr of Gurugram-based Unitech Group
Petrol price breaches Rs. 100 per litre-mark in Delhi
Delhi: Robbers pose as electricians take away cash and jewellery
Over 90 held in fake call centres bust in Delhi
Two little boys Anwoy Chakraborty and Anwesh Kanjilal sing Bengali version of ‘Five Hundred Miles’; This song has been released in various languages around the world but the Bengali version came up for the first time
Viral video shows a little boy instructing tourists to wear mask, in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh
Khatron Ke Khiladi's Rahul Vaidya: I am happy that I have managed to make the singers' fraternity very proud
Shagufta Ali gets financial aid from Manish Goswami, Ashoke Pandit and Ashok Shekhar and thanks them for their timely support
Naseeruddin Shah discharged from the hospital; son Vivaan Shah shares his pictures with Ratna Pathak Shah
Kuwait News
International News
Interim PM Claude Joseph says Haiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated at His Home by group of armed individuals; he was now in charge of the country
Pak expects five lakh fresh Afghan refugees in case of civil war in Afghanistan
Rockets hit Iraqi base housing US forces, wounding three; accuses Iranian-backed militia groups of launching regular rocket attacks
Swedish PM Stefan Lofven wins support in Parliament to form new govt: 117 votes in the 349-seat Riksdagen; 58 abstentions
Ex-cop Eric Adams appears set to become New York's next Mayor; has 1% lead over nearest rival and fellow moderate Kathryn Garcia
Flight in US delayed by a day as 'Yelling, cursing' 30 high school students teens refuse to wear masks
Bangkok Chemical fire: 2nd blaze in Thailand capital highlights health risks; 60 injured, 30 in hospital
Study: Climate change made North America / Canada heat wave 150 times more likely; "virtually impossible" without human-caused climate change
US 1st lady Jill Biden to attend 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals; 9 Indian-Americans in fray
Ever Given container ship under way for departure from Suez Canal; Suez Canal says deal reached to free seized vessel, after Egypt ends impounding of ships that got struck in Suez Canal
Qatar to provide food and aid Lebanese soldiers amid economic crisis
Iraq sizzles as blackouts hit
Taliban launch assault on Afghan provincial capital Qala-i-Naw: Local officials
Heathrow to fast-track vaccinated passengers
Chinese Communist Party, leading the world’s second-biggest economic power, a secret society
Donald Trump to sue Facebook, Twitter and Google
Donald Trump reportedly said Hitler ‘did a lot of good things’: New book
11 convicted for harassing French teen Mila over her anti-Islam videos
‘Bubble man’ roams San Francisco streets, bringing joy
Norway postpones reopening to prevent spread of Delta variant
Sports News
Japan to impose virus emergency in Tokyo during Olympics: Reports
One-off Test: Liton Das falls just short of Test ton as Bangladesh score 294/8
Federer crashed out of Wimbledon after losing to Hubert Hurkacz 3-6, 6-7(4),0-6 in QF; Novak Djokovic into 10th Wimbledon semi-final; receives "an ovation for 22 years”
Sania Mira-Rohan Bopanna pair ousted from Wimbledon Championships
History of controversial selections: Abhimany Easwaran selection again pits alpha male captain against selectors
Virat Kohli retains fifth spot, KL Rahul climbs to 6th in ICC T20I rankings
Only in India commentary is seen as post-retirement option, I want to break that stereotype: Dinesh Karthik
Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal to continue playing in Lanka series
Canadian Denis Shapovalov produced storming finish to beat Karen Khachanvo in five sets and reach the Wimbledon semi-finals on Wednesday, his deepest run at a Grand Slam tournament
Boxer Panghal requests PM Modi, CDS Rawat’s intervention after coach Dhankar, physio Kashyap’s omission from Tokyo contingent list