News Digest (17th July 2021, Saturday)
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News Digest (17th July 2021, Saturday)
-- by Annadatha Venkata Murali Manohar*
Keep your attitude like a king and Ego like a Slave and build your dynasty of happiness and success
Headlines
18-year-old student Oliver Daemen (1st paying customer) to fly to space with Bezos, to be youngest to travel to space; as of now Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov holds records to fly at 25 years
3 daughters Anshu, Reetu and Suman Saharan of Raj farmer Sahadev Saharan crack state civil services exam; 2 others Roma and Manju, cracked it earlier in 2011 & 2012
Mumbai boy regains 50% movement in thumb after 6 hours reattachment surgery done by Wockhardt Hospitals a month ago
'Miracle': All 18 On Board missing Russian An-28 plane found alive in Siberia; emerged with only cuts and bruises; found 155KMs from the airstrip in Tomsk
Pulitzer Award Winning Indian Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui killed in clashes in Afghanistan as Taliban takes over Pak Border area; Taliban denies role in his death, expresses regret
US navy hands over MH-60R helicopters to India
Drones spotted at Samba, Kathua near Vital Army Installation; multiple rounds fired
China building concrete camps near Sikkim, eastern Ladakh borders; camps also observed; allow China to deploy troops near the frontline areas
In Gujarat, PM Modi inaugurated robotic gallery, 5-star hotel, railway projects worth Rs 1100Cr & three new attractions at the Science City in Ahmedabad.
World's 1st 3D-printed steel footbridge unveiled in Amsterdam's Red Light District; measure, monitor and analyse" the bridge's performance as it handles pedestrian traffic
Union Govt presents Draft Drone Rules 2021; done coverage will increase from 300 kg to 500 kg; yellow zone will be reduced from 45 km to 12 km from airport perimeter
Connectivity an act of trust, India reminds China and Pakistan
LS Secretariat issues letters to MP Sisir Adhikari, 2 others under Anti-Defection Law Pleas; in response to petitions received under anti-defection law
Heavy rains continue in Kerala, yellow alert issued in 8 districts; heavy rain expected in Himachal, UP, Rajasthan & J&K for next 5 days
30 people fall into a well in Madhya Pradesh, 20 people were rescued, while 10 are still said to be trapped inside; 5 suffered minor injuries
Population Clock: India Fertility Rate sees massive drop than that of China; doubled since 1980 while that of China has increased by 42%
No ICU beds in 60% district hospitals in Assam; facility not there in any of sub-divisional civil hospitals
Poor infrastructure, laidback attitude behind well tragedy; village sarpanch, janpad panahayat of indifference in repairing the well that serves the entire population of the village; 5 dead after 30 people fall into well while rescuing girl in MP’s Vidisha, rescue ops on
Two more Test Positive for Zika virus in Kerala as total cases reach 30; of which 10 are active cases
Helicopter crashes in Maharashtra's Jalgaon, 1 dead, another injured; Scindia expresses condolences
Kerala HC grants relief to news broadcasters after NBA challenges new Cable TV rules; directed Union Govt not to take any "coercive action"
Following the revival of the Southwest Monsoon, heavy rainfall "Likely" over North India in 6-7 days
Air India engineering subsidiary staff protest second wage cut
Financial & Business News
Finance ministry releases Rs 75,000 crore to states and UTs, nearly half of FY22 GST compensation shortfall
Direct selling industry grows 4.7% in pandemic-hit H1 of FY21
Zomato ₹9,375Cr IPO subscribed 4.79 times on 2nd day; received bids for 344.76Cr equity shares against the IPO size of 71.92Cr equity shares; oversubscribed 10.7 times
In June exports jump 48.34% to $32.5BN; Imports increased by 98.3% to $41.87BN driven by oil and gold, resulting in a trade deficit of $ 9.37 billion
Reliance proposed investment in low-carbon tech shall clean energy business worth ₹2.7Lac Cr in 5 years
ITC Foods business expands global footprint to over 50 countries
India will play leadership role in area of renewable energy: Piyush Goyal
Petrol sales top pre-coronavirus level for first time since 2020 lockdown
Forex reserves rise by $1.88 billion to record high of $611.89 billion
Investors' wealth jumps by ₹2.22 lakh crore in 3 days of market rally; M-Cap of BSE-listed firms reached its fresh all-time high of over ₹233Lac Cr
Wipro posts 'best-ever' quarter in Q1, net profit rises 35% to ₹3,242Cr; secular growth across all SMUs, sectors and GBLs
Revolut becomes UK's most valuable startup with $800MN fundraise led by SoftBank's Vision Fund II and Tiger Global
Microsoft promises Clippy's comeback (in the form of an emoji in Microsoft 365) if tweet gets 20,000 likes; gets it in 1 hour
Paytm shares in high demand in unlisted market, trades at ₹2,400/share currently, which values Paytm at around $19.5BN
Paytm files draft papers for $2.2 billion IPO
Oyo raises $660 million term loan funding from global institutional investors
FedEx Express India to invest $100 million in Delhivery
Sensex surges over 100 points in early trade: Nifty tops 15,950
Reliance goes shopping again, buys 67% controlling stake in Just Dial for Rs 5222.8Cr to double down on local commerce and payments foray, capitalising on the 30.4MN listings database
Union Commerce Min: India has set 20% target ethanol-blending with petrol by 2023-24; ultimate goal is to have 100% ethanol-run vehicles
French MNC Alstom begins local manufacturing of train cars for Regional Rapid Transit System
Recovery Officer Debt Recovery Tribunal sells Rs 716-cr shares in United Spirits through an open market transaction
Tesla Cybertruck will have no door handles: Elon Musk
Atlantic City casinos win $345 million in June, a new monthly record
SBI led consortium recovered Rs. 792 crore more by selling Vijay Mallya’s shares
India’s growth to witness 6.5-7% FY23 onwards: Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Krishnamurthy Subramanian
The great wedding rush: Gurgaon hotel hosted 11 weddings on an auspicious day last month
PNB MetLife announces Rs. 532 crore bonus for policyholders in FY21
Near term prospect good for economy: RBI governor
Coming soon, community charging stations for e-vehicles
Mutual fund industry has potential to grow exponentially, says Deepak Parekh
Roads cleared for vintage tag for 50-year plus vehicles; registration, fitness to cost more in future
Reduction in NPAs for PSBs due to write-offs at Rs. 1,31,894 crore in FY21: RTI
Nirmala Sitharaman addresses US-India business roundtable, engages with top American firms
State govts must also take lead in instituting labour reforms: Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant
Rupee slips 3 paise to close at 74.57 against US dollar
Oil imports hit their lowest in 9 months in June
Investors to get option to block securities in demat accounts for sale transactions: SEBI
Corona Updates
India reports 38,949 new positive cases and 542 deaths during the last 24 hours
Lancet: Largest International study of people with long Covid-19 has estimated 203 symptoms on responses from 56 countries; symptoms - fatigue, brain fog, hallucinations, tremors, suicidality, vision loss, new allergies
Covid3.0: Unprecedented rise in cases in Southeast Asian countries; ICMR Body says 3rd wave likely to hit end of August, may not be as deadly as 2nd wave
WHO: Strong likelihood" of more dangerous Covid-19 variants; we're in early stages of 3rd Covid wave, virus continues to evolve
WHO: Africa destructive pathway amid Delta variant of Covid-19; detected in 21 African nations; 43% rise in Covid-19 deaths week-on-week; waning immunity, emergence of more transmissible variant can be reasons behind 3rd wave
Covid-19 cases rise to 6-month high in Tokyo 8 days before Olympics; mostly people in their 50s and younger who are largely unvaccinated.
Sputnik V advocates vaccine cocktail, urges Global Players to 'Join Forces' for Trials; to test the efficacy of vaccines after mixing
ICMR study to check effectiveness of vaccination in 2nd wave, 2 doses 95% effective in preventing deaths; study conducted 1,17,524 Tamil Nadu Police personnel
Union Health Ministry: Cases declining very slowly, this is a warning for 3rd wave. Next 3-4 months critical; India to see 1 lakh cases daily in 3rd wave
Zydus Cadila's Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 12-18 may be available soon; if approved will become 5th vaccine in India
Urban men lost more jobs than women in 2nd wave of Covid-19; most disproportionate loss of jobs because of 1st wave of Covid-19 was among urban women
China must cooperate to probe into pandemic’s origins; premature to rule out link, WHO chief says
Bahrain lists 108 daily Covid-19 cases
World update global coronavirus tallies, adding Morocco, France, Spain
World: 190,260,873; Active 12,695,924 (6.67%); Recovery 173,473,613 (91.18%); Vaccinated 3.48BN
India: 31,063,987; Active 430,681 (1.39%); Recovery 30,220,183 (97.28%); Vaccinated 391.34MN
State News
Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam (TTD) Goshala to be transformed into a knowledge and research hub of indigenous cow breeds
CBSE to open portal for class 11, 12 marks moderation from July 16 to July 22
Veteran actress Surekha Sikri (75) passes away due to cardiac arrest
You can’t cheat on stage: Super Singer Season 3 judge Sonu Nigam
It’s better to let the original singer lend his voice in a remix: Kumar Sanu
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Keralam fame Keerthana SK has tied the knot with Suraj Sathyan, an architect by profession
Bigg Boss Kannada 8: Chakravarthy Chandrachud to go on a strike?
Karthika Deepam preview: ACP Roshini to grill Priyamani
Roar of RRR: SS Rajamouli thanks his team for the making video’s success
Balakrishna raises questions about Movie Artists Associations premises
Kuwait News
* Uzbek Prez. Kuwait FM discuss ties*
Kuwaiti, Chinese FMs discuss Asian conference, bilateral relations
Kuwait’s FM meets his Turkish counterpart in Uzbekistan
Kuwait stands in solidarity with flood-hit European nations
Foreign Ministry denies alleged Emirati group working against Kuwait in Europe Parliament
Kuwait Embassy confirms no citizens among flood victims in Netherlands
Kuwait oil pice drops to US$ 73.50 pb: KPC
MoI detains drug dealer with 1.2 million Captagon pills
Kuwait sees room for improvement in Asia-Gulf Arab cooperation
Covid vaccination campaign for 12-15 year-olds to begin next week
Kuwait charity funds cataract surgery centre, orphanage in Yemen
Medical supplies and equipment donated by the State of Kuwait were flown to Tunisia to help the fellow Arab country counter the spread of the Coronavirus (Covid-19), the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) announced
Kuwait reports 16 Covid-19 deaths along with 1,385 infections
International News
Lebanese protesters block roads after Prime Minister-designate Saad Al-Hariri quits govt formation, just a day after he had proposed a new cabinet lineup to President Michel Aoun
UK calls on Lebanese leaders to form new govt. implement promised reforms
As France urges Lebanon to pick Prime Minister, country faces even tougher times
Russia says US mission in Afghanistan has failed
WHO proposes fresh mission to China and lab audits: Diplomats
China has confirmed one case of human infection with H5N6 strain of bird flu in Sichuan; risk of invisible epidemic is extremely low
Joe Biden says social media carrying Covid misinformation is ‘killing people’
A pilot has sued Delta Air Lines $1BN, alleging it stole the idea for an app QrewLive, he had developed and pitched to them
*93 dead, hundreds missing in huge floods in Germany and Belgium; water levels in the Rhine River, its tributaries are rising dangerously; 70 dead as rain breaks 100-year Record, 100s missing In Germany
Greenland decided to suspend all oil exploration as it "wants to take co-responsibility for combating the global climate crisis
Nepal Political Crisis: Oli faction to vote against newly-appointed Deuba Govt; decided to remain in the Opposition bench in Parliament
Stolen Range Rover driven on train tracks as police chase driver in UK; later dumped further down the line as the driver got out on foot, affecting services on the line
Air Cargo company that ditched plane off Hawaii is grounded
Vermont police: Pilot dies after fall from hot-air balloon
US warns Covid ‘becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated’
Trump: I wouldn’t have used military to illegally seize control of govt
Crime reporter Peter R de Vries dies after shooting: Dutch media
Los Angeles to reintroduce indoor mask mandate
Pakistan bus blast: China calls it ‘terror incident,’ cancels CPEC meet; steps in to probe
Pakistan announces cancellation of Afghan Peace Conference amid row over support to Taliban; may be rescheduled after Eid Al-Adha
Afghan fight against Taliban ‘a matter of will’: Pompeo
Texas county reports first case of monkeypox
Sports News
Tokyo Games: L Yathiraj, Manoj Sarkar get bipartite quotas; India to send 7-member Para Badminton Team
Winning the only goal, says Duplantis ahead of first Olympics
Virus hits chess World Cup: Aronian forfeits, Caruana in doubt after opponent tests positive, Indian masters safe so far
Viswanathan Anand draws with Russian Grandmaster Vladmir Kramnik in second game of No-Castling event; but defeated in the first game of their four-game match for the Sparkassen Trophy in Dortmund
Spain court dismisses fresh fraud case against Messi
Vijender Singh criticises Haryana government for not promoting sportspersons employed with state police
Roger Federer memorabilia fetches $4.7 million at auction
No particular format is priority and I am not looking too far ahead: Bhuvneshwar Kumar on Test future
Kuldeep Yadav had to find solution for himself as Dhoni is not behind stumps anymore: Venkatapathy Raju
Rahul Chahar’s attitude impresses Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
Shanaka replaces injured Perera as Sri Lanka captain for India series; Kusal Perera out of entire India tour, Binura Fernando to miss ODI series
France beat South Korea in Olympics prep match
Hockey in Tokyo 2020: Gold for both finalists in case of no title clash due to Covid