PM Modi remembers Sushma Swaraj on her death
anniversary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered senior BJP leader and former Union minister Sushma Swaraj on
her
first
death anniversary on Thursday, saying she served India selflessly and was an articulate voice for
the
country at
the world stage.
Former external affairs minister Swaraj died of cardiac arrest last year at the age of 67.
Hours before she died, Swaraj had tweeted praising the decision of the Modi government to abrogate
Article
370,
which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Hindustan Times, , Thursday, 6th August 2020,
9:11
am
PM Modi condoles loss of life in Ahmedabad fire
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed condolences over the death of eight people
who died in
the
fire which broke out at Shrey Hospital in Ahmedabad, Gujarat today morning. ANI, Times of
India, ,
Thursday, 6th August 2020, 6:04 am
Manoj Sinha appointed as new lieutenant governor of Jammu and
Kashmir
President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday appointed former Union minister Manoj Sinha as the next
Lieutenant
Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. He will replace Girish Chandra Murmu who resigned on Wednesday.
In a release confirming this same, the President house said, “The President has been pleased to
appoint Shri
Manoj Sinha, to be the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir with effect from the date he
assumes charge
of
his office vice Shri Girish Chandra Murmu.” hindustantimes.com, Hindustan Times, ,
Thursday, 6th
August
2020, 2:34 am
Temple to give us confidence to be Atmanirbhar: Mohan Bhagwat
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Wednesday that the
foundation-laying ceremony
for
the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya will give the country the confidence to become
atmanirbhar
(self-reliant). ET Bureau, Economic Times, , Thursday, 6th August 2020, 5:58 am
HC notices to Centre, J&K on 100% job quota for
domiciles
The J&K HC on Tuesday issued notices to the Centre and the Union Territory administration on a
petition
challenging the legal validity of 100% reservation of government jobs for permanent residents,
including
those
who have recently acquired domicile certificates. TNN, Times of India, , Thursday, 6th
August 2020,
6:19
am
Sebi chief Ajay Tyagi gets an extension
The finance ministry on Wednesday extended Ajay Tyagi’s tenure as the chairman of Securities and
Exchange
Board
of India (Sebi) by 18 months, opting for continuity amid an uncertain economic
environment. Jayshree
P.
Upadhyay, Mint, , Thursday, 6th August 2020, 6:18 am
India needs to look beyond what rating agencies think, says
ex-RBI
governor
Raghuram Rajan
Former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan said on Thursday that overly focusing on
what sovereign
rating agencies think can take one’s eyes off what needs to be done for the economy.
“It is also important to convince both domestic and international investors that after the
crisis associated
with the pandemic is over, we will return to fiscal responsibility over the medium term, and the
government
should do more to convince them of that,” Rajan told the Global Markets Forum. Reuters,
Hindustan
Times, ,
Thursday, 6th August 2020, 9:13 am
Repo rate unchanged at 4%, surge in Covid-19 subdued early
signs of
revival:
RBI governor Shaktikanta Das
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday left the repo rate unchanged at four per cent after
the meeting
of
its six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The reverse repo rate was also kept unchanged at
3.3 per
cent,
RBI governor Shakti Kanta Das said at a press conference.
“The renewed surge of Covid-19 infection in major economies in July has subdued early signs of
revival that
had
appeared in May and June,” Das said. hindustantimes.com, Hindustan Times, , Thursday, 6th
August 2020,
9:15 am
India records its highest single-day recoveries
Even as Covid-19 cases continue to increase, India recorded 51,706 recoveries, the highest in a
day so far.
With
this the overall recovery rate has improved to 67.19%. The total active cases in the country is
now nearing
6
lakh, which is less than a third of the total Covid-19 burden in the country. In the last 24
hours, 52,509
fresh
cases were reported. TNN, Times of India, , Thursday, 6th August 2020, 6:02 am
Indian-origin scientists find novel way to treat severe
Covid-19
A team of Indian-origin researchers has found that patients experiencing severe Covid-19
symptoms had
improved
outcomes when administered an Interleukin-6 (IL6ri) inhibitor, sarilumab or tocilizumab used in
treating
autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other several inflammatory conditions.
IANS, Times of India, , Thursday, 6th August 2020, 12:12 am
Migrants return in strength as J&K gets back to
business
Jammu & Kashmir, which had seen outbound movement of 40,000 non-Kashmiri migrant workers
starting May 19 on
account of the Covid-19 crisis, has reported reverse migration of around 25,000 labourers in
recent
weeks. TNN, Times of India, , Thursday, 6th August 2020, 12:24 am
Greenland Ice Sheet: Indian-origin scientist to lead drilling
project to
understand ice sheet bedrock
An Indian-origin scientist is all set to lead the project on Greenland Ice Sheet! The rapidly
melting
Greenland
Ice Sheet due to climate change has left the scientists worried, since the sheet has enough ice
to increase
the
water levels by nearly 24 feet. Even a few feet of rise in the water levels is enough to
threaten the cities
and
regions lying on coastal areas. To understand the formation and past of the ice sheet in depth,
researchers
from
Pennsylvania State University, University at Buffalo, University of Massachusetts and Columbia
University
have
come up with a new project to drill through the ice. Bulbul Dhawan, Financial Express, ,
Thursday, 6th
August 2020, 7:05 am
Indian-Americans celebrate Ram Temple foundation stone laying
ceremony
Indian-Americans across the US celebrated the foundation stone laying ceremony of the historic
Ram Temple in
the
holy city of Ayodhya by lighting diyas and taking around a tableau truck displaying digital
images of the
Ram
Temple around the US Capitol Hill. PTI, Times of India, , Thursday, 6th August 2020, 9:27
am
How immigrant businessman-turned-politician Shri Thanedar
turned a
gubernatorial loss into a Michigan House win
Multimillionaire Indian-American businessman Shri Thanedar may have lost the 2018 race for
governor, coming
in
third behind Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Abdul El-Sayed, but he did carve out a somewhat
surprising victory:
he
wound up getting more votes than Whitmer in Detroit.
So Thanedar decided to dust himself off and try again, putting his opulent Ann Arbor mansion
up for sale and
moving to Detroit's Palmer Woods neighborhood, and launched a campaign for the Michigan
State House in
District
3. Lee DeVito, Detroit Metro Times, , Thursday, 6th August 2020, 9:22 am
Tipirneni wins race to take on Schweikert; House
incumbents on track to
win
primaries
Hiral Tipirneni won the Democratic primary in the Scottsdale-based 6th Congressional
District on Tuesday,
clinching perhaps the state’s most compelling House race this year against Republican Rep.
David Schweikert.
With Tipirneni’s win, Democrats now send one of the best-funded challengers in the nation
against one of the
House’s worst-funded incumbents. azcentral.com, , Thursday, 6th August 2020, 9:25
am
Mayor appoints Indian American Physician Health
Commissioner of New York
City
Dave Chokshi, an Indian American physician, has been appointed New York City's health
commissioner to lead
the
next phase of the city's fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Making the appointment, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Aug. 4 that Chokshi was a "leader and a
visionary" who was
"ready to fight this fight" against the pandemic as city girds itself against the risk of a
second flare up
and
the oncoming flu season. IANS, India West, , Thursday, 6th August 2020, 12:39 am
Texas scientist and mother of two killed during her regular
morning
run
A 43-year-old scientist and mother of two was found dead near a creek in Plano, Texas, on
Saturday morning
after
going out for her regular morning run, police said.
Sarmistha Sen had gotten up early for a run and at some point in time came across her attacker,
according to
Plano Police Department public information officer David Tilley.
Less than two hours later, a witness saw what she believed was a body about 20 to 25 feet below
near the
creek.
Police were called to the scene and discovered Sen's body. Jennifer Henderson and Eric
Levenson, CNN,
,
Thursday, 6th August 2020, 9:35 am
