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Sunday, June 6, 2021

NEWS DIGEST to START the Day (06 JUN 2021, Sunday) 5 Minutes Read


*Parts of Bengaluru receive heavy rainfall, low-lying areas flooded; Temperature dips in Hyderabad after rains; thunderstorms expected; Monsoon Likely To Reach Odisha, Bihar, Parts Of Bengal By June 15*

_World Environment Day: London Tops the List of European Cities With Most Electric Vehicle Chargers_

93 Former Civil Servants Writes to PM, Raise Concerns Over Developments in Lakshadweep

*PNB eyes 3-fold rise in profit at nearly Rs 6,000 crore in FY'227 Hours ago; to transfer Rs 8,000 crore loans to bad bank*

_Nestle India to release campaigns to 'reassure consumers', after global reports about 'unhealthy portfolio_

Haryana MLA Says Sorry After Spat With Farmers Leads To Massive Protest over abusive comments

*Use Only Hindi & English': Delhi Govt Hospital GIPMER (that has 300 - 350 Malayali Nursing Staff) Bans Nurses from Talking in Malayalam*

_Jabalpur-based Activist Moves NGT Over Buxwaha Diamond Project; will adversely impact the 8,000 forest dwellers; hamper the ecology and also the groundwater sources of the forest_

*CBI Director’s New Rules: No jeans, T-shirts in office, male employees should come after proper shaving*

_Coastal Areas in Kerala Will Witness Increasing Sea Surge in Coming Years, Warn Experts_

*MoRTH : 1470 Kms Of National Highways Constructed In The First Two Months Of FY 2021-22*

JBM Renewables, CESL sign pact for setting up electric mobility ecosystem in India; undertake setting up of public charging infrastructure across

_GST revenue collection for May touches Rs 1.02 lakh crore, 65% higher compared to 2020; Above 1Lakh Cr for 8 Months in a row_

*Man harming self on live video saved after Facebook's US office alerts Delhi Police; traced his location with the help of his phone number linked to FB account*

_SpaceX Cargo Dragon En Route To International Space Station Seen Flying In Daytime_

*Landmine-sniffing rat Magawa retires after 5 yrs of service in Cambodia; found 71 landmines, 38 items of unexploded ordnance; helped clear mines 2,25,000Sq Mt land, equivalent of 42 football pitches*

_A Lamborghini supercar in China was damaged after its owner tried to grill kebab using its exhaust_

G7 Strikes 'Historic' Agreement Over Global Corporate Tax, Targeting Tech Giants; a global minimum tax "would end the race to the bottom in corporate taxation; plug tax loopholes used by some of the world's biggest companies

*Clash Between Myanmar Soldiers, Villagers Leaves 3 Civilians Dead, Witness Puts Toll at 12*

_100 civilians were killed in the deadliest attack in Burkina Faso since jihadist violence erupted in the country in 2015_

*US removes DPA ratings on AstraZeneca, Novavaxn and Sanofi vaccines; Many countries can now manufacture these vaccines by getting ingredients from US Cos*

_World No 1 Djokovic enters 4th round of French Open for record 12th consecutive year; Rafael Nadal Reaches Fourth Round For 16th Time With 103rd Win_

*F1: Charles Leclerc Claims Pole For Azerbaijan GP In Chaotic Qualifying*

_Tokyo Olympics: IOC Chief Thomas Bach Feels Political Boycotts Of Sporting Events Is Disrespectful_
  
 _*COVID-19 Updates*_

_COVID: Citizens aged above 60 for 33.9% of vaccination; 45-60 yrs for 42.3%; 18-44 for 23.8%; US, India, China received 60% of vaccine doses distributed globally_

*At Rs 500 for Both Doses, Biological E's Corbevax Could be Cheapest Vaccine in India; Firm In Malta Wants To Supply 60 Million Doses Of Sputnik V, Says Haryana*

_India Faces Indemnity Roadblock as US Readies to Ship Vaccines Globally; will promptly ship out 25 million doses around the world_

*'Fauci's Emails Has A Lot of Useful Information': Chinese Virologist Who Claimed Covid Leaked from Wuhan Lab*

_Putin: Russia Only Country in the World Which is Ready to Transfer Anti-Covid Vaccine Technology_

*Delta Variant of Covid-19 Now Dominant in UK, May Have Higher Hospitalisation Risk*

_Oxygen Express crosses milestone of delivering 25,000 tonnes of medical oxygen to states/UTs: Railways.
*Many US universities asking Indian students who have taken Covaxin or Sputnik V to re-vaccinate with WHO-approved vaccines before start of autumn semester*

*World: 173,704,677 Recovery 156,812,386 (90.28%) Active 13,156,530 (7.57%)*

_India: 28,807,855; Recovery 26,975,513 (93.64%) Active 1,485,570 (5.16%)_

Today’s Word - *Palanquin* - Light litter for one passenger

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