Today''s News. (3rd Sept 2021, Friday)

Category: News in Brief
Published: Friday, 03 September 2021 06:59

Today''s News. (3rd Sept 2021, Friday)

by Annadatha Venkata Murali Manohar

Headlines

Avani Lekhara takes aim at second medal, high-jumper Praveen wins silver

Day 11 of the Tokyo Paralympics began for India with a silver medal in Men's High Jump T64 final. India's Praveen Kumar jumped the bar set at 2.07m to set a new Asian Record to finish second on the podium. It was India's 11th medal in Tokyo so far.

Hurun India Future Unicorn List: Top 10 Indian startups could be 'future unicorns - Zilingo, MPL, Rebel Foods, Cure.Fit, Spinny, RateGain, Mamaearth, CarDekho, GreyOrange and MobiKwik

Study: US researchers developed a 'smart shirt' that can measure the wearer's heart rate by using conductive nanotube thread

Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada to be named Afghanistan’s Supreme Leader

Certain sections of media communalise everything, says CJI

*Lok Sabha without a Deputy Speaker for 830 days *

Kerala Mathur panchayat bans usage of Sir, Madam in office to bridge barrier; can call them as chettan (elder brother) or 'chechi' (elder sister) in Malayalam

Air pollution may cut life expectancy of 40% Indians by 9 years; NCAP would Sunday raise in overall life expectancy by 1.7 years and that of New Delhi 3.1 years

Pigeon with blue, yellow rings tied to legs captured near Pak border in J&K; blue ring bearing "No 0315-7827659" on the right leg; yellow ring on the left leg had "OK" written on it

Amid growing concerns over the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, India is expected to increased security vigil in the region.

Financial & Business News

3 IIM alumni (Srinivasu, Ajay Kaushal, Karthik Ganapathy) to make $500MN each from sale of (payments firm BillDesk to Prosus $4.7BN acquisition

Telecom war threatening to go out of hand, Trai steps in to get Jio & Airtel to play by the rules

Mahindra to have 7 'No Production Days' in Sept over chip shortage; will result in 20% to 25% drop

WhatsApp fined €225MN for privacy breaches in largest fine by Irish regulator; sharing personal data with other Facebook companies

Corona Updates

World: 219,915,345; Active 18,800,914 (8.55%); Recovery 196,558,748 (89.38%); Vaccinated 5.38BN

India: 32,902,345; Active 406,344 (1.24%); Recovery 32,056,085 (97.43%); Vaccinated 661.58MN

India reports 45,352 new cases and 366 deaths

Depression a serious illness in Covid context: Gujarat HC

One new case takes Covid-19 tally of Andamans to 7,567

65 Kerala students have tested positive for Covid-19 in a college in Karnataka's Kolar; Tamil Nadu sees uptick in Covid cases among kids since June amid 3rd wave threat; Low vaccine coverage among India's senior citizens raises third COVID-19 wave concerns

16% adult population fully vaccinated; 54% adult population received one dose; Sikkim, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, HP vaccinated 100% 18+ population with 1st dose; Tripura (89%), Ladakh (88%), Daman and Diu (88%), Lakshadweep (88%) and Mizoram (85%)

N Korea rejects 3MN Covid vaccine doses saying give to nations in need

Japan considering easing some Covid-19 emergency restrictions: Media

The Abu Dhabi Government Media Office stated that the emirate will cancel the requirement to submit to quarantine for all vaccinated travellers from abroad, starting from Sunday. He added that submitting a negative PCR test result would remain a requirement for travel to the UAE capital.

US hospitals hit with nurse staffing crisis amid Covid

WHO releases pictures of fake Covishield found in Myanmar; label reads 'Covisheld’

Biological E gets DCGI to conduct Phase 2/3 trials of its Covid-19 vaccine Corbevax on children aged between 5-18 years; Granules India gets licence from DRDO to manufacture, market Covid-19 drug 2- Deoxy-D-Glucose (2-DG)

Long-Covid now forces hospitals to offer rehabilitation programmes for Covid-survivors

In a letter to all states and Union Territories (UTs), the government said considering reports of new mutations in SARS-CoV-2 and rising number of Variants of Concern (VOCs) and Variants of Interest (Vols) globally, seven countries have been added in the list of countries whose travellers will have to get another RT-PCR test done upon landing at Indian airports apart from the one they need to get before embarking on the flight.

Only fully vaccinated should attend mass gatherings: Government

State News

Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanom (TTD) to provide coins as ‘Dhana Prasadam’

Dravidian Varsity seeks help in furthering Tamil studies

SP MP, booked for sedition, questions Delhi's talks with Taliban

99% of target population has got 1st dose in Noida

Prithviraj Sukumaran, Ashiq Abu quit ‘Variankunnan’, based on Malabar Rebellion hero

Sidharth Shukla passed away at the age of 40 on Wednesday; His body to be taken home from the hospital at 11 am

Kejriwal govt to earn Rs 3k cr from 12 retail liquor licences

986 fined for not wearing masks in Delhi

The UP government on Thursday set up a four-member special investigation team (SIT) to fix responsibility of officials for the construction of Supertech’s twin towers in Noida, which the Supreme Court earlier this week ordered demolished within three months.

Supertech: SIT to identify colluding Noida officials

Tihar inmate’s death a case of custodial violence: HC

Kuwait News

His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and US Vice President Kamala Harris commended on Thursday evening the exceptional ties linking Kuwait and the US. In a phone conversation between the two officials, Harris lauded the historic relations with Kuwait and the mutual interest in bolstering ties.

The Government of Kuwait is seeking new paths and ways to implement Kuwait’s 2035 Vision, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah

Member of the Board of Directors of Tourism and Travel Offices Hussein Al-Sulaiten said the decisions to increase the daily quota of arriving passengers at Kuwait International Airport to 10,000 and resumption of direct flights for the two largest expatriate communities in the country - Egyptians and Indians - will have a significant impact on ticket prices in the future as prices are expected to go down, especially for transit flights from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar and countries that citizens usually use as transit points for their flight to Kuwait, reports Al-Anba daily. He pointed out the arriving passengers quota should be increased further, taking into consideration the improvement of the health situation in the country.

The total amount of traffic violation fines increased in the previous fiscal year despite the partial and total curfews imposed most of the year. Official figures issued by the Ministry of Finance indicate that the traffic violation fines collected in fiscal 2020/2021 amounted to KD 61.6 million – KD 600,000 higher than the amount collected in fiscal 2019/2020 which recorded a total of KD 61 million.

In response to what was published by Al-Rai daily that a police officer working for the General Security Department had shot and killed a young ‘reckless’ motorist with a bullet to the chest in Taima new details of the incident and its motives have surfaced.

Air customs officers have seized approximately 33 grams of narcotic marijuana, 594 grams of marijuana wax, 72 ampoules of marijuana oil, and 2.57 kilos of psychotropic powder. The daily said the six packages of drugs came via the express mail.

The Public Authority for Manpower said on Wednesday that the results of its inspection campaigns regarding the decision to ban afternoon work in open places resulted in the detection of 2,773 violating sites and 1,988 workers present in the violating sites.

The Kuwait Met Dept: Humidity decreases Saturday

Hunt to identify person who dumped newborn at garbage container: The Farwaniya Governorate Investigation Dept

The official spokesperson and the Director of Public Relations and Media Department of the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) Aseel Al-Mazyed revealed that business owners can submit requests to open a new file for an employer, and to print service receipts, as well as requests to transfer a license between files via the authority’s service portal

“The chalet sector is inevitably going to record a big jump in its rental fees due to the government’s plans to amend the structure of state property fees. The rental prices are expected to be extraordinary figures”

MP Osama Al-Shaheen submitted a proposal to allow cooperative societies, public benefit associations and sports clubs to hold their general assemblies, considering the Health Ministry has vaccinated more than 70 percent of the targeted population against Covid-19 - a requirement for achieving herd immunity. Al-Shaheen also stressed the importance of strict compliance with health regulations for the safety of everyone.

Kuwaiti nurses working in government institutions covered by the Civil Service Commission Resolution No. 5 of 2009 will receive increase in allowances (be it for shift or risk or any other) of between 450 and 850 dinars, according to the job title of each nurse

Kuwait’s daily coronavirus cases rose by 111 to 410,072 as deaths increased by one to 2,421, the health ministry said on Thursday.

The Kuwaiti Public Prosecution has fined a Kuwaiti citizen KD 200 ($665) for telling his son 'you are donkey'

A policeman in Kuwait shot dead a reckless Kuwaiti motorist for trying to steal his weapon

His Highness Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Prime Minister, announced the launch of the unified government application “Sahel” to enhance the efficiency and speed of completing transactions next week, which will be the first digital transformation of the government and at the same time a test and challenge for leaders.

The Minister of Health discusses with the Ambassador of the European Union the health procedures and requirements for the travel of citizens

Afghanistan News

The Taliban’s top religious leader Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada will be named as Afghanistan’s supreme authority

Taliban angry as US troops destroyed helicopters, planes before leaving; India will restart evacuation after Kabul airport resumes operations; UK owes immense debt to Afghan refugees says PM; Qatar says working with Taliban to reopen Kabul airport as soon as possible

We have right to raise our voice for Muslims in Kashmir, say Taliban, reports Geo News

The Taliban were expected to form a government as early as Friday with the new regime under intense international scrutiny over its vow to rule Afghanistan with greater tolerance, especially on women's rights.

Taliban close to forming new government in Afghanistan

US defends strike that Afghan family says killed innocents

Government sources also said that Pakistan spy agency ISI, which shares good relations with Taliban leadership, will try to influence the Taliban but it will not be able to have an effect since the Taliban this time is in a position of strength and only weak Taliban can be influenced by ISI.

Torture cannot be justified in any situation, UN experts tell Afghanistan's new regime

Pakistan urges international effort to help Afghanistan

Fate of UN Afghanistan mission in the balance as humanitarian flights resume

The United Nations said it had restarted humanitarian flights to parts of the country, linking the Pakistani capital Islamabad with Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan and Kandahar in the south.

While the West has adopted a wait-and-see approach to the Taliban, there were some signs of engagement with the new leaders gathering pace.

Biden visits hospital treating US troops wounded in Afghanistan

Qatar and Turkey working with the Taliban to quickly reopen Kabul's airport, reports AFP

Afghan women protest as Taliban set to form government

UK will pay to shelter refugees in countries neighbouring Afghanistan, reports Reuters

International News

Alibaba pledges $15.5BN over 5 years years in support of President Xi Jinping common prosperity vision

8 killed as Hurricane Ida remnants hit New York, northeastern US; state of emergency declared in NY

New York City Mayor declares state of emergency after record-breaking rain

WHO: 55MN people worldwide are living with dementia; 78MN by 2030, 139MN by 2050; 60% with dementia live in low & middle-income countries

Sports News

Proud of Praveen Kumar for winning the silver medal at the #Palaympics. This medal is the result of his hard work and unparalleled dedication. Congratulations to him. Best wishes for his future endeavours. #Praise4Para: PM Narendar Modi

Team India players wear black armbands in memory of former mentor Vasudeo Paranjape; mentored cricketers including Gavaskar, Rohit, Manjrekar & Vengsarkar among others

India vs. Eng: India's batsmen, barring Shardul Thakur, fail yet again 191 all out before bowlers fight back to restrict Eng for 53/3; Kohli fastest batsman to reach 23,000 runs in int'l cricket taking 490 innings, breaks Sachin's record who took 522 innings

Congratulations to 18-year-old #PraveenKumar who has made a NEW ASIAN RECORD as he jumped 2.07m in Men’s High Jump and won the Silver, the youngest Indian Paralympian to win a silver: VVS Laxman