News Digest (18th July 2021, Sunday)
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- Published: Sunday, 18 July 2021 01:32
News Digest (18th July 2021, Sunday)
- by AVM
Heavy rains remind us of CHALLENGES in life. NEVER ask for a LIGHTER rain. Just PRAY for a BETTER umbrella. That is ATTITUDE
Headlines
UP Government cancels Kanwar Yatra amid Covid pandemic; UP Kanwar bodies call off yatra after state government appeal
Full ‘operational freedom’ given to Assam Police to deal with drug menance: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
India condemns Danish Siddiqui’s killing; Taliban give body to Red Cross
Terrorism compounds twin problems of violence against humanitarian personnel, lack of accountability: India at UN
All gaps in Indian borders will be plugged by this year-end, says Amit Shah
Centre takes over control of Krishna, Godavari irrigation projects amid AP, Telangana water now; Centre notifies Krishna and Godavari river management boards, new tribunals in pipeline to address states’ concerns
India marching ahead by leaving behind old thinking on urban development: PM Narendra Modi
Still looking for pigeons to deliver bail orders: Supreme Court
South Africa unrest: Indian-origin people pay heavy price
Heavy rainfall likely over several parts of India, including northern region, in 6-7 days: IMD
Ram Lalla idols to be shifted to temple ‘garba griha’ for ‘darshan’ by 2023 in run-up to Lok Sabha pols
Election Commission blows bugle for Bengal bypolls
India falls to fourth spot in seven-day Covid count; Indonesia, Brazil and UK are in the top 3 spots
Terrorism compounds twin problems of violence against humanitarian personnel, lack of accountability: India at UK
Next 100-125 days critical for averting 3rd wave, says govt; Not just third wave, plan for third dose too: Experts
Two shots helped cut deaths by 95% in 2nd wave: ICMR
IIT-Hyderabad develops country’s first rapid electronic Covid RNA test kit
BSY meets PM Modi, laughs off buzz about change of CM in Karnataka; ‘Not at all’: Karnataka CM Yediyurappa dismisses rumours about his resignation
Central leaders asked me to continue as Karnataka CM: BS Yediruppa
BJP raising population issue for political motive, to target particular community: Shashi Tharoor
Bengal Chief Election Officer (CEO) Aariz Aftab, asks officials to check EVMs in vacant assembly seats
‘Early stages of 3rd Covid wave’: Cases, deaths rising as Delta become dominant variant worldwide
Congressmen afraid of BJP and RSS have left party, others like them should be shown the door: Rahul Gandhi
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on 3-day visit to Lucknow to chalk out poll plan
Priyanka Gandhi parries question on being Congress’s CM face for UP polls
Miffed over Navjot Singh Sidhu elevation buzz, Captain Amarinder Singh writes to Sonia
Punjab Congress tussle: Amarinder meets Rawat, Sidhu calls on Jakhar
Amarinder vs Sidhu: Congress truce attempts in Punjab hit a hurdle; Dissent refuses to die down in Punjab Congress
DRI unearth imported car racket involving foreign diplomats in Delhi; 5 cars, 3 persons arrested
J&K making efforts through creative waste management strategies for environmental sustainability
ED attaches over Rs. 4cr assets of ex-Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, wife
30 years on, Agar oil export to Middle East to be reality: Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb
Financial & Business News
Roads cleared for vintage tag for 50-year plus vehicles; registration, fitness to cost more in future
Industry giants skill 5k youth in data science, cloud computing; help 2k with jobs
Recovery on, India’s GDP on course for 7% yearly growth
Paytm eyes largest Indian IPO to raise Rs. 16,600 crore
Zomato IPO subscribed 38x led by institutional bidders
Petrol price moves up further, diesel rate unchanged
Honeywell’s India engineers develop next-generation satellite terminal
Central Bank of India to seek shareholders nod to set off accumulated loss of Rs. 18,724 crore
Top three IT companies hire 41,000 technies in Q1
Hiring activity witnesses uptick in June for most sectors: Report
Ola gets 1 lakh bookings for electric scooter
HDFC Bank Q1 net profit jumps 14.36% to Rs. 7,922 crore
New IMEI tracing tech by Delhi Police, DoT to block stolen mobiles
Mobile computing sales to grow in double digit in 2021: Report
Tesla launches subscription service for advanced driver assistance software
Google team helps Apple, Microsoft fix zero-day bugs in browsers
Corona Updates
India on Saturday reported 38,079 daily new Covid cases pushing the country's caseload to 3,10,64,908. With 560 more fatalities due to the virus, the toll is at 4,13,091. Meanwhile, 4,24,025 have recovered from the virus.
Govt buying Covishield at Rs. 215, Covaxin at Rs. 225
Telangana reports 715 new Covid-19 cases, four deaths
UP first state to administer 4cr Covid vaccine shots
Effect of common Covid-19 antibiotic found similar to that of placebo
First case of monkeypox detected in Texas resident
Abu Dhabi announces several coronavirus related curbs from July 19
UK coronavirus daily cases pass 50,000 for the first time since January
UK Delta variant infections high but hospitalisations in check, study finds
Mizoram reimposes total lockdown in AMC area as Covid-19 cases rise
France recognises India’s Covishield vaccine for travel
World: Confirmed: 189,482,312; Total Deaths: 4,074,688; Recovered: 124,738,844; Active Cases: 60,668,780
India: Confirmed: 31,064,908; Total Deaths: 413,091; Recovered: 30,227,792; Active Case: 424,025
State News
J&K govt orders review of employees' performance for retirement after 22 years of service, 48 years of age
Gujarat govt extends night curfew in 8 cities of the state till July 31
Govt orders 66 crore vaccine doses worth Rs. 14,505 crore
A month after lockdown was lifted, film theatres to open from today in Telangana
Telangana accused arrested by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Hyderabad in major Alprazolam drug racket reveals by NCB Hyderabad in major Alprazolam drug racket reveals links with Karnatak case
Telangana: Two arrested for helping conmen siphon off Rs. 1.96 crore from bank
Telangana CM suppressing Congress agitation against fuel prices on Modi’s directions: Revanth
Hyderabad pips all metros, clocks highest growth in housing sales
Hyderabad sees more road deaths than first half of 2020
A Sub-Inspector (SI) in Bhadradri-Kothagudem District and his team have seized 14.5k kg worth Rs. 31 crore ganja since 2020, more ganja than all the three city police commissionerates put together
Leopard sighted, public cautioned not to go near Kondapaka reserve forest
Open all public roads in Secunderabad Cantonment: Telangana minister K T Rama Rao to Rajnath Singh
Delhi HC gives two weeks to Centre to file reply on plea to open Nizamuddin Markaz
Delhi Cabinet approves bid for 160 low-floor AC buses, to be on roads by Nov: Kailash Gahlot
Delhi assembly monsoon session from July 29
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) issues notice to Delhi Police, seeks details about steps taken to reduce stalking cases
Delhi Cabinet approves bid for 160 low-floor AC buses, to be on roads by November: Kailash Gahlot
Delhi assembly monsoon session from July 29
Gurugram court dismisses bail plea of Jamia shooter arrested over inciting speech at Mahapanchayat in Pataudi
Water supply hit at Ramprastha City for nearly 2 weeks
BJP national president JP Nadda lauds Yogi for putting UP on accelerated growth trajectory
Sec 144 imposed at major forts, tourist spots around Pune
KCR & Jagan mortgaged interests of both states: Former irrigation minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah of Congress
Floods 2.0: Clogged Hyderabad drains continue to be huge concern
KCR should stop selling government lands to realtors: M Kodandaram
BJP to fight for rightful water share of Telangana: Bandi Sanjay Kumar
Covid-19 cases more in B Positive blood group: Study
Tiger count goes up in Amrabad Reserve of Telangana
Kuwait News
Kuwait Amir returns home after private visit
Kuwait lists 1,263 new Covid-19 cases, 19 deaths
KPC CEO inspects LNG facility
Kuwait oil price steady at US$ 73.40 pb: KPC
Kuwait categorically rejects social media humors of a conspiracy campaign against it allegedly launched by an Emirati group at the European Parliament in Brussels
Kuwaiti citizens residing in the Netherlands are safe and accounted for, the embassy says, after heavy floods which swept parts of western Europe left dozens of people dead and missing
Kuwaiti citizens residing in Belgium and Luxembourg are safe and accounted for, the embassy says, after heavy floods which swept parts of western Europe left dozens of people dead and missing
International News
Belgian PM heads to scene as flood tolls mounts
Angela Merkel to visit flood-ravaged western Germany on Sunday
German, Belgian flood deaths rise to 157 as search continues
Belarus expands crackdown on independent media
OPEC, non-OPEC holds the 19th Ministerial Meeting of DoC today
Britain Health Minister Sajid Javid tests positive for Covid-19
Thousands evacuated from flooded Dutch cities
Lambda strain found in Austria
US signs US$ 600 million grant deal with Jordan
Pilgrims begin arriving at Makkah Great Mosque, for second pandemic haj
Lebanon: No credits, no power
Five states affirm commitment to justice in Malaysian plane crash
At least 14 people in Belgium are killed as heavy floods, caused by torrential rain, struck parts of the country as authorities continue their search for another four missing people
US grappling with ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad says funds frozen in Lebanese banks biggest impediment to investment
Afghanistan: Curfew imposed in Kandahar after deadly clashes
US, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Pakistan announce new group for Afghan peace process
Afghan politicians, Taliban meet in Doha as fighting continues
Xi Jinping speaks to Afghanistan President Ghani
Suspending work at Dasu Dam in Pakistan after blast kills engineers: Chinese company
Unstable weather will continue to fuel huge Oregon blaze
Sports News
Tokyo Olympics: First batch of Indian athletes depart for Tokyo in presence of Sports Minister, SAI, IOA officials
India’s table-tennis contingent for Tokyo Olympics best ever, says Sharath Kamal
1st ODI: Das ton helps Bangladesh to convincing 155-run victory over Zimbabwe
ICC T20 World Cup 2021: India to face Pakistan in group stage
BCCI officials to leave for Oman and Dubai for T20 World Cup preparations on Friday
Opened to fit in players like Surya but no guarantee that Rohit and I will open in T20 World Cup: Kohli
Made a lot of sacrifices, I want to make them count in Tokyo: P R Sreejesh
3rd ODI: Malan blasts South Africa to victory against Ireland
Convert sacrifices into desirable results, Graham Reid tells hockey team
High chances of India finishing on hockey podium: Baskaran
Tokyo Olympics: Hockey team has great chance to stand on podium: Former skipper Bharat Chetri
Our shooters certainly among India’s top medal prospects: NRAI president Raninder Singh
Tokyo Olympics: Indian shooting contingent lands in Amsterdam from Zagreb
Tokyo Olympics: Quarantine not required, Indian shooters to start training at venue from July 19
Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu lands in Tokyo ahead of Olympics
India sailor Vishnu Saravanan trains in Tokyo ahead of Olympics
Tokyo Olympics: Sumit Nagal seals berth, Rohan Bopanna misses out
Tokyo Olympics: Usain Bolt sees only tough times in Tokyo for Jamaica’s men
P V Sindhu has improved on her defence, worked on motion skills for Olympics, says coach Park Tae-sang
If Virat or Ravi bhai has a player in mind for T20 World Cup, we will check them out: Dhawan
India tour of England: Indian player tests positive in UK
Sri Lanka seek wicketkeeper on eve of India series
Players were on leave, wearing mask not possible all the time: Sourav Ganguly
ECB chief executive says no strict bubble for India-England series
Shastri and Dravid have different styles of motivating players: Dhawan
Spinner Kuldeep Yadav running out of time
India vs Sri Lanka: WV Raman backs Prithvi Shaw to partner skipper Shikhar Dhawan in Sri Lanka series
It’s always pressure match against Pakistan but not thinking about it now: Bhuvneshwar Kumar on T20 World Cup clash
Team India begins training in Durham for warm-up match against County Select XI
India vs. Sri Lanka: India’s white-ball rookies start Lanka audition for vacant T20 World Cup slots
The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) to launch biometric code after 65 players identified with disputed documents
Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) Special General Body Meeting (SGM) to be held on today, deferred; talks held between Azharuddin and other Apex Council members
Jolt to Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA), Priya Punia parts ways with Rajasthan
Will have a fair idea about Australia, South Africa heading into T20 World Cup: Pollard
West Indies vs Australia: Love to captain whenever I get an opportunity, says Matthew Wade after Aaron Finch’s injury
England’s Liam Livingstone in T20 World Cup frame after stunning century
Jay Shah terms T20 World Cup as ‘huge moment’ for cricket lovers in Oman
India vs England: Virat Kohli and boys get into the groove ahead of Test series
Ben Stokes hoping operated finger won’t cause him problems against India