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PM Narendra Modi attends World Youth Skills Day Program
- This is the second time when we are observing this day amid Corona pandemic. The challenges of this global pandemic have increased the importance of World Youth Skill Day, he says.
- Skill development of the youth of the new generation is a national requirement and a major foundation for Aatmanirbhar Bharat
Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson yet to apply for license of COVID19 vaccines in India, say sources
Reports of Sharad Pawar being a presidential-poll candidate are baseless. There are no pres polls soon. Conditions after polls in 5 states will be reviewed. There has been no such talk in the party or with other parties. News is fabricated.
– NCP leader &Maharashtra Min Nawab Malik
Five more people in the state have been diagnosed with the Zika virus – two people in Anayara, one each in Kunnukuzhi, Pattom and East Fort. With this, a total of 28 people in the state have been diagnosed with the Zika virus
– Kerala Health Minister Veena George
India central bank chief warns of downsides to direct financing of govt deficit
Direct financing or monetisation of the government’s fiscal deficit by the central bank has several downsides, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said in a media report. “This (creating new money to finance the deficit) was done away with as part of the economic reforms … and it was further repudiated when the FRBM Act was enacted,” Das said.
Virus cluster at Japan hotel hosting Brazilian Olympians
At least eight staff at a Japanese hotel hosting Brazil’s Olympic judo team have tested positive for coronavirus, local officials said.
Four tourists from Punjab arrested in Himachal Pradesh
Four tourists from Punjab arrested for attacking public with swords in Manali after they were asked to reverse their car, which was causing traffic jam; one injured. A case has been registered under relevant sections of IPC and Arms Act, Gurdev Sharma, SP Kullu said.
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Kanwar Yatra
Keeping the lives of everyone on priority, we have cancelled the Kanwar Yatra. Protection of people’s lives comes first for us, he said. “We have stopped it in our state,” says the CM on UP Govt’s decision to allow the Yatra.
Another drone spotted near Jammu Air Force Station
Days after terrorists used armed drones to attack the Air Force Station (AIF) in Jammu, another drone was spotted in the same area in the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. Further details of the incident are awaited.
Recovery rate increases to 97.28%, active cases constitute 1.39% of total cases, weekly positivity rate remains below 5% currently at 2.21%, daily positivity rate at 2.15%, less than 3% for 24 consecutive days. Testing capacity ramped up, 43.80cr total conducted
– Health Ministry
India reports 41,806 new cases
- New recoveries: 39,130
- New deaths: 581
- Total cases: 3,09,87,880
- Total recoveries: 3,01,43,850
- Active cases: 4,32,041
- Death toll: 4,11,989
- Total vaccinated: 39,13,40,491 (34,97,058 in last 24 hrs)
Fires threaten Indigenous lands in desiccated Northwest
Extremely dry conditions and heat waves tied to climate change have swept the region, making wildfires harder to fight. Climate change has made the American West much warmer and drier in the past 30 years and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive.
Jammu and Kashmir: A drone was spotted near the Air Force station in Jammu last night. Details awaited.
ANI
Two Indian cricketers tested positive in UK
The spread of COVID-19 wasn’t restricted to just the England team in the recent past, even two Indian cricketers were affected by the virus in the UK. But fortunately, both are doing fine now. While one has even returned negative tests since, the other will be tested on July 18 as he completes his 10th day in isolation on Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh today. He will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects during the visit.
No immediate surgery for Brazil’s president
Bolsonaro, 66, was admitted to the Armed Forces Hospital in the capital of Brasilia in the morning and was “feeling well,” according to an initial statement that said physicians were examining his persistent hiccups.
Covid containment zones in Delhi down to below 500
) With the second wave of COVID-19 subsiding, the number of containment zones in Delhi has gone down from over 58,000 to less than 500 in the last two months, according to official data.
New South Wales reports 65 locally acquired cases
New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, on Thursday reported 65 locally acquired cases of COVID-19, down from 97 a day earlier, as total cases in the latest outbreak neared 1,000.
Olivia Rodrigo urges youth get vaccinated
Pop star Olivia Rodrigo, whose album “Sour” is No. 1 on the charts, took to the podium at the White House on Wednesday to encourage young people to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
US Olympic basketball player enters Covid protocols
A member of the US Olympic men’s basketball team has been placed in Covid-19 health and safety protocols, USA Basketball confirmed on Wednesday. Officials did not release the name of the player, but The Athletic reported it was Washington Wizards All-Star guard Bradley Beal.
New Zealand team named for second Fiji Test
Richie Mo’unga has been restored as fly-half and the loose forwards have been revamped as a chastened All Blacks look to make an emphatic statement in the second Test against Fiji in Hamilton on Saturday.
