News Digest (20th July 2021, Tuesday)

Details: Category: News in Brief; Published: Tuesday, 20 July 2021 10:07

News Digest (20th July 2021, Tuesday)

by Annadatha Venkata Murali Manohar*

Headlines

Organs of 13-year-old brain dead girl give new lease of life to four patients in Chandigarh, Mumbai

Arrival of Indian ship carrying medical aid to Indonesia delayed: External Affairs Minister Jaishankar

Pegasus row: Amit Shah says ‘chronology samajhiya’ as opposition calls BJP ‘Bharatiya Jasoos Party’

Disruptors and obstructers will not be able to derail India’s development trajectory through their conspiracies. Monsoon session will bear new fruits of progress: Amit Shah

SC staffer who accused former CJI & MP Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment was potential Pegasus target

Hospitals have become a big industry, laments Supreme Court

Parliament Monsoon session: IT minister Vaishnaw to make statement on Pegasus in Rajya Sabha

Rahul Gandhi, two new ministers, Prashant Kishor among Pegasus 'targets', says report

Peagsus row: NCP demands probe into ‘phone tappigng’

Government ready for a ‘constructive’ debate in Parliament on all issues: PM Modi

Spyware used to snoop on ministers, opposition, journalists, businessmen: Report

PM Narendra Modi assures supply of Covid-19 vaccines to Nepal

Should public know account balance of rich individuals, bank ask Supreme Court

No contempt of court, Lodha to head MP Birla cos: SC

Amid talks of his quitting, Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa may call MLA’s meet

Yoga training included in govt’s flagship program ‘Study in India’: Pradhan

Telangana minister requests Centre to allow regional languages’ use in competitive exams

Faceoff: Twitter debates Kanwar Yatra ban and Bakrid relaxation

Manipur-based activist Erendro Leichombam arrested under NSA released on SC Order; cannot be put in jail for even a night

Don't demand resident to remove pet birds from their terrace, Kerala HC tells police

SC refuses to direct Delhi Police to not register FIRs in vaccine posters row; asks petitioner to 1st bring to its notice the cases registered, No of people arrested for putting up the posters

ISIS footprint found in Kashmir with arrest of key founding member: Indian Intel

Kerala launches 'Pink Protection' project to check crimes (dowry-related harassment, cyberbullying) against women; would visit houses and speak to panchayat members to gather info on such cases

Lightning strikes see 34% jump from previous year; Experts link it yo climate change

2 more cases of Zika virus confirmed in Kerala, total reaches 37; 7 patients are undergoing treatment

NTC conducts drone survey, mapping of 5 mills to prevent encroachment

Moving car completely swallowed by sinkhole amid heavy rains in Delhi; pulled up by crane, policeman driving the car reportedly escaped unhurt

Financial & Business News

Shiv Nadar named chairman emeritus of HCL Technologies as he steps down as HCL Tech MD; President & CEO C Vijayakumar will also be the MD for five years

HCL Tech Q1 net profit rises 9.9% to Rs. 3,214 crore

‘Tatas welcome to invest in Bengal: TMC says no enmity with group

Fuel prices set to slide soon as OPEC+ agrees to boost supply

MoS Finance: Total of ₹81,179Cr GST compensation is due to 27 states and UTs for 2020-21

Govt tax collection on petrol, diesel rise 88% to ₹3.35Lac Cr in FY21 from ₹1.78Lac Cr a year back; excise duty petrol hiked to ₹32.9/litre, from ₹19.98 & diesel was raised to ₹31.8 from ₹15.83

MoS Finance: Adani Group Companies under SEBI, DRI probe for non-compliance of SEBI Regulations

Not everything is okay with India's private banks. HDFC Bank's June results paint a grim picture

Long waiting periods for a new car to be the norm as chip shortage persists; new plants take time to become operational; could take 2 years before supply can match the current demand levels

ITAT grants conditional stay to Voda India Services in transfer pricing case; to pay Rs 230Cr towards a disputed tax demand; corporate guarantee Rs 900Cr from an associate company

NCLAT stays Vedanta Group Co ₹2,962Cr (against claims of ₹64,838.63Cr) takeover of Videocon; Bank of Maharashtra, IFCI, filed a petition arguing that the 96% haircut is loss of public money

Union Govt: 34 lakh ton of plastic waste was generated in 2019-2020; increase of more than 10 lakh ton compared to 2017-18

Union Edu Min: 8 posts chairman at IITs; 21 posts chairman at NITs & 5 directors vacant in both IITs/NITs

Mahindra recalls 600 diesel vehicles made at Nashik plant to inspect, replace faulty diesel engines

Sensex dives 587 points as banking, financial shares plunge; Nifty settles at 15,752

Apple condemns Pegasus spyware attack; says adding ‘new protections’ for devices and data

At 6.96%, borrowing costs continue to remain high for states

Low taxes, low interest, and expenditure cut: Triple benefits for India Inc during Covid

Hyundai Alcazar 3-row SUV garners 11,000 bookings in 30 days

Growth in FY22 to be around 11% as projected in Economic Survey, says CEA

Droom’s Sandeep Aggarwal family office crosses Rs. 25 crore investments

Corona Updates

India on Monday reported 38,164 new Covid cases and 499 deaths

Those who get jabbed become ‘Baahubali’; Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in country surpasses 41 crore: PM Narendra Modi

Canada will extend ban on arriving passenger planes from India until Aug 21

Fully vaccinated US citizens and permanent residents of the United States will be allowed to cross the border into Canada for non-essential travel from August 9 without any quarantine requirements, the government in Ottawa said Monday.

France includes Covishield in list of approved vaccines for travel to country

Delta variant has spread to over 100 countries. The way it is spreading is slightly to soon become the most dominant Covid-19 strain globally. Among all variants of concern, delta spreads most rapidly: Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, regional director, WHO (South-East Asia)

India offered 7.5 Mn doses of Moderna Vaccine but no consensus on indemnity yet; US improves travel advisory for India; with trial underway, 2nd Covaxin dose to be administered to kids aged 2-6 next week

97-year-old Assam woman recovers from Covid-19 in 12 days; felicitated by Drs for being oldest survivor

A female doctor from Assam has reportedly been infected by both the Alpha and Delta variants of SARS-CoV-2 at the same time

Iran imposes week-long lockdown in Tehran amid Covid-19 surge; Taiwan approves local Covid-19 vaccine candidate for emergency use

Only 10 pc of vaccinated people need hospitalisation after Covid infection: ICMR

France registers 20 Covid-19 deaths, 4,151 deaths

Re-imposing a curfew throughout France is not ruled out in shadow of mounting coronavirus casualties: Clement Beaune, French State Secretary for European Affairs

Delta variant of Covid-19 spreading fast in Sri Lanka

Thai health workers use canals to get to remote Covid-19 patients

A new study in the UK has found that Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines, manufactured and administered in India under the trade name Covishield, offers protection which may last a whole lifetime.

World: 191,691,778; Active 13,031,275 (6.80%); Recovery 174,547,947 (91.06%); Vaccinated 3.66BN

India: 31,173,019; Active 412,375 (1.32%); Recovery 30,346,131 (97.35%); Vaccinated 404.93MN

State News

Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra has been arrested by Mumbai Police, in pornography case

Uttarakhand: Covid curfew extended for another week with more relaxations

Assam makes Covid-19 test mandatory for travellers from NE states

The Uttar Pradesh government has made it mandatory for passengers coming in from states having a high caseload, to carry their RT-PCR negative report.

Kerala: Markets in Thiruvananthapuram are witnessing a low footfall of shoppers ahead of Eid al-Adha. State Govt has given 3-day relaxation in restrictions on the occasion. (ANI)

Tamil Nadu 12th results 2021 declared at their website, mark sheets from July 22; Goa class 12th results are also released at the Directorate of Education at Porvorim

Amrita Sher Gil’s artwork becomes the second most expensive Indian Art globally

Mastermind who killed Suresh Raina’s uncle in Punjab, held

Karnataka: Cauvery fighter G Madegowda passes away in KM Doddi

Karnataka: Head constable can register FIR, says top cop

Karnataka: 1.2 lakh vaccinated staff on duty for SSLC exams

Delhi cabinet decides to implement ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ scheme

Court to pronounce judgment in Delhi riots case today

Delhi: Part of Kamla Nagar Market shut for Covid violations

Delhi: 27-year-old drowns taking selfie at Pul Prahladpur, 2 others lose life

Delhi: Shakuntala (18) killed husband, cops waited for 10 years to nab her

Moderate rainfall expected to continue in Delhi for next 24 hours: IMD

Delhi-NCR rain: Delhi PWD cancels leaves of engineering staff, orders recall to ensure no waterlogging

Delhi: Car sinks as road collapses in Dwarka

3 dead in building collapse amid heavy rains in Gurugram; waterlogging, traffic jams in several areas

Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express gets Tejas smart coaches

UP polls: All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) will not appeal for support to any party

Allahabad HC sets aside dismissal of govt staff sacked for having anti-marital live-in relationship

No anticipatory bail to auxiliary nurse midwife for chucking vaccine in bin: Allahabad HC

Cyber fraudsters dupe victims of Rs. 2 crore in Prayagraj range

Kuwait News

Kuwait Amir greeted in a cable by Prime Minister after successful trip

National Guard Chief congrats Kuwait Amir after successful trip

Kuwait Interior Minister congratulates Amir, Crown Price on Eid Al-Adha

MoH: new update for ‘Immune’ app

Kuwait Crown Prince receives greetings on Eid from state’s senior officials

Kuwait Olympic Committee Chairperson praises nationals’ participation in the Olympics

Kuwait MoH registers 17 Covid deaths; 1,107 cases

International News

Hajj 2021: Muslim pilgrims gather around Mecca to offer prayer; gather around Mount Arafat, known as Jabal al-Rahma (Mount of Mercy), southeast of the holy city of Mecca, during the climax of Hajj

Port-au-Prince: Haiti’s designated Prime Minister Ariel Henry will replace the country’s interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph, to honour the wishes of the country’s slain president: AP

Facebook defended itself against US President Joe Biden’s assertion that the social media platform is ‘killing people’ by allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to proliferate, saying the facts tell a different story

Chinese FM Wang Yi praises Kuwait’s unique role towards regional and international issues

Video clip claiming Kuwait has drilled for oil on border fabricated: Basra Co

Saudi Arabia employs technology to facilitate Hajj rituals amid pandemic

Saudi Ministry of Interior declared that citizens planning to travel must take two jabs of the anti-coronavirus vaccines, effective Aug 9

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince: Emirati-Saudi partnership very strong

Biden thanks Jordanian King for ‘enduring strategic ties with US

Pentagon: Russia’s new hypersonic missiles ‘potentially destablizing’

Iraqi PM vows to hold masterminds as Sadr City explosion accountable

US supports “free, fair, credible, secure” elections in Iraq

Syrian air defenses shot down Israeli missiles that were fired on areas around Al-Safira, outside Aleppo: SANA

China developing new fighter aircraft base near Ladakh

Afghan Army Chief to visit India next week amid ongoing conflict between Taliban and security forces

No evidence that Afghan envoy Najibullah Alikhil’s 26-year-old daughter Silsila Alikhil, was kidnapped: Pakistan police

US peace envoy visits Islamabad as Pakistan-Afghan ties sour

Three policemen shot dead in Pakistan’s Peshawar

Microsoft secures US court order to take down malicious 'homoglyph' domains used by cybercriminals

Joe Biden transfers 1st Guantanamo detainee to home country

US firms in Hong Kong face risks, say AmCham

Two more Texas Democrats who fled to DC test positive for Covid

Planes were deployed to seed clouds to trigger rains in an effort to fight the wildfires raging in Russia's Siberian region

Covid, Monkey B & now the vomiting bug: 'Highly Infectious' Norovirus is spewing fear in UK

Iraq: 18 dead in Explosion by a terror attack using a locally-made IED in Woheilat Market in Sadr City

Peru election authority set to name Castillo as President as rival says she will recognize result

Prince Harry working on ‘intimate and heartfelt memoir’

England’s ‘Freedom Day’ brings hopes of return of Brits to Greece

Two dams in China’s Inner Mongolia collapse after torrential rain

China’s Sichuan reports African swine fever in piglet truck

Nepal’s new PM wins trust vote amid Covid-19 crisis

Roadside bomb kills 18 and wounding 35 others, in Baghdad market: Iraqi Security Officials

Sports News

Bopanna, AITA in spat over Tokyo Olympics ‘non-entry’

Krejcikova closes in on WTA top 10 after win in Prague

Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva wins second career title in the final of the Hungaraian Grand Prix, Budapest

I have seen Virat Kohli grow as a cricketer in front of me, he became a legend by the time he was 30: Yuvraj Singh

Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) sans top stars, including R Ashwin, Dinesh Karthik, M Vijay

Mark Boucher says South Africa unrest taking a toll of Proteas in Ireland

South Africa won by 33 runs in the 1st T20 (Out of 3 matches) against Ireland; Score: SA 165/7 and Ireland 132/9 in 20 overs. South Africa leads 1-0 against Ireland, in Dublin (Malahide)

2nd ODI: Brilliant Shakib leads Bangladesh to series win in Zimbabwe

Today’s word - Gambeson - Ancient leather or quilted coat worn as armour

When the winds of life are pushing you back, that’s when you push forward the hardest

Wishing everyone a Happy Bakrid (Eid Al-Adha). Eid Al-Ahda Mubarak. May this day bring peace, happiness, and prosperity to everyone

Jai Siya Ram… Jai Veer Hanuman… Om Saravana BhavaHappy Bakrid. Today is also Aashada Ekadhasi vratham. News digest to start the day (20th July 2021, Tuesday)

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