Today we learn about more evidence that getting both shots of the Covid vaccine is extremely important. Kerala has won a case against Karnataka. Update your economics with a UN report on food prices and RBI’s expectations of GDP. And on the blog, watch how an elephant pays its respects to his dead mahout.
Coronavirus News
💉🦠🔍 Lancet Study: Confirming earlier studies, analysis finds that Delta virus, first reported in India, has increased resistance to vaccines. Pfizer and Covishield will have only around 33% efficacy for 1 dose, but higher with 2nd.
💉🏭 Approval: SII gets preliminary nod to manufacture Sputnik V.
💉🌍 India at G7: Vaccine passports at this time is immature, especially when developing countries are facing difficulties in vaccinating people.
💉🧒 For the Kids: UK approves Pfizer jab for 12 to 15 year olds.
🏥💉 Punjab revokes jabs: Govt recalls vaccines that it had sold to private hospitals at profit.
🦁 Cat victim: Lioness dies of Covid in Vandalur Zoo outside Chennai.
📰 Fake: Govt’s PIB debunks Nobel Prize winner Luc Montagnier’s alleged claim that people with Covid will die in two years . FB and Insta take it down, but later restores. FB says it was a mistake.
India News
⚓ Military: Defence Ministry clears Rs 43,000 cr project to build six subs through strategic partnership model – Indian maker with foreign collaborator.
✍🏽 CBSE Class 12: 13-member panel to fix marking scheme for students
👨🏻⚖️ Can’t Sack: Financial constraints or pandemic cannot be grounds for sacking employees, Delhi HC tells government.
✋ Cong Turmoil: After 5-day meeting, Congress tells Punjab CM to be more accommodative. MLAs complain Amarinder is not accessible and that it felt as if Akalis were behind the govt.
🍃No Place: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister EPS says Sasikala did not have place in AIADMK.
💬 Twitter Blues: Social media website removes Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu’s “blue” verification tweet.
🚌 Kerala Wins: Kerala says it won right to use acronym KSRTC (Kerala State Road Transport Corporation) over Karnataka. It was the “first user”. But Karnataka says it is yet to receive an order to settle this.
Dead: Renowned Telugu writer Kalipatnam Rama Rao (97, Yagna)
Business/Economy
📊 RBI cuts GDP growth to 9.5%, will pump in Rs 1.2 lakh crore money. Economy expected to do better in the second half of the year.
🚗 Electric Car: Tesla is testing its Model 3 electric cars [most affordable at just under Rs 30lakh] in Mumbai.
🍚🍕Tough to Swallow: Global food prices grew the fastest in May since Oct ’10 at 39.7%, says UN. Supply disrupted due to Covid lockdowns.
🔎FB Probe: The EU and UK are probing whether the firm has been violating rules and gathering info from advertisers to gain unfair advantage.
World News
🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇹🇫🇷🇩🇪🇨🇦🇯🇵 G7: Global company tax deal by weekend that will help curb MNCs abuse of tax system.
🇲🇲 Join US: Myanmar’s ousted politicians call on the Rohingya to join the fight against Army.
👾Digital Terror: FBI director says ransomware attacks could be compared to 9/11.
🇨🇳 Bingless: Microsoft’s Bing search engine blocks results for Tiananmen ‘tank man’ image on protest anniversary.
🇭🇰 Costly Parking: Someone in Hong Kong bought parking space for $1.3mn.
👽🛸 Neuraliser?: The US govt says sighting of UFOs does not mean aliens on Earth, but does not rule it out. China is also tracking UFOs.
SCIENCE & TECH
🤳 Police Post: FB to announce that it is going to police politicians’ posts on its website. Extends ban on Trump to two year.
💬 Tweet Ban: Nigerian govt bans social media website after it removed its President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet threatening to punish secessionists.
✈️ Next Concorde: United Airlines plans to bring back supersonic flight by 2029.
ENVIRONMENT DAY SPECIAL
🛬 Energy Neutral: Bengaluru Airport now powered by renewables.
More Money: With increasing cyclones, Kerala announces Rs 53,000 crore for coastal conservation.
🐣 Scaring Birds: Illegal drones force Elegant Terns to abandon 3000 eggs on a California beach.
🇩🇰 Danish Island: Denmark approves plans to build an island off Copenhagen to house 35K people.
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