Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Spooler News India | 15 October 2021
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Spooler News India | 15 October 2021
Listen to the latest news from India by Aastha in English for local, national, international, business, and entertainment stories that matter.
Podcasts are updated once a day.
Host: Aastha
Lead producer: Vishwapriya
Executive Producer: Khushboo Shah
Audio Branding: Side B www.sideb.in
Produced by: Spooler Studios www.spooler.in
Download Alexa Skill: https://amzn.to/3yQWQ6g
Social: https://www.instagram.com/spoolerstudios/
TRANSCRIPT:
NATIONAL:
India resumed Covid-19 vaccine export and sent 10 crore doses each to Nepal, Myanmar, Iran and Bangladesh. Earlier, India had suspended exports of vaccines in April to focus on inoculating its own population after the second wave.
The central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is planning to conduct the term-1 board exam for class 10 and 12 in offline mode in November - December. The exams will be objective-type of 90-minute durations and will start from 11:30 am instead of 10:30 am due to winter.
India's nationwide covid vaccine coverage on Thursday reached 97 crores. The Union Health Minister stated that announcements will be made at public places, including airports and railway stations, when India completes administering 100 crore covid-19 vaccines.
Development on Lakhimpur Kheri Violence case: Special Investigation Team took Ashish Mishra and 3 others arrested to recreate the sequence of events leading to the incident in UP’s Tikonia village as a part of their ongoing investigation.
INTERNATIONAL:
The Global Hunger Index launched on Thursday ranked India at 101 position out of a total 116 countries. India is also among the 31 countries where hunger has been identified as serious. India ranked 94 among 107 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) released last year.
A fire in a residential building in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung has killed at least 46 people and injured another 41, according to officials.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday its newly formed advisory group on dangerous pathogens may be "our last chance" to determine the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and urged China to provide data from early cases.
A Danish man who is in custody in Norway suspected of a bow-and-arrow attack on a small town that killed five people and wounded two others is someone who had previously been flagged as having being radicalized
Japan's new prime minister Fumio Kishida dissolved the lower house of parliament on Thursday, setting the stage for national elections later this month.
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) suspended flights to the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Thursday after what it called heavy handed interference by Taliban authorities, including arbitrary rule changes and intimidation of staff.
REGIONAL:
The Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party had been opposing the closure of temples during weekends for some time now. BJP chief Annamalai also gave an ultimatum to chief minister MK Stalin over the temple closure. However, after the key meeting, CM Stalin has now allowed temples to open during weekends in the state.
The Delhi BJP will launch ‘Jhuggi Samman Yatra’ Friday on the occasion of Vijayadashami to reach out to slum dwellers in the city ahead of the corporation polls. Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta said that in the first phase of the campaign, BJP workers will cover 33 Assembly segments between October 15 and November 29.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that the BJP was set to return to power with a full majority in Goa. On the other hand, Congress veteran P Chidambaram on Thursday expressed confidence that his party will win the Goa Assembly elections due next year and also the next Lok Sabha polls in 2024. Goa is expected to go to Legislative Assembly polls in February-March next year.
Karnataka' Chief Minister, Basavaraj Bommai, who was on a visit to Mangaluru and the Dakshina Kannada region in coastal Karnataka, when asked seemed to perceive nothing illegal in individuals taking the law into their own hands to engage in moral policing. His comments drew criticism from all over, including former Congress chief minister Siddaramaiah.
Condemning the Union government’s decision to extend the jurisdiction of the Border Security Force (BSF) from 15 km to 50 km in Punjab along the international border, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Punjab unit termed it a direct attack on the federal structure of the country under a big conspiracy by the central government
Talks were held in Chandigarh where Hussan Lal, principal secretary to CM Charanjit Singh Channi and few other officials met five farm union leaders of BKU (Ugrahan). However, the Talks ended in a stalemate.
BUSINESS:
Four Indian companies were among the top 100 in Forbes ‘World’s Best Employers rankings 2021’. The names that made it are Reliance AT 52, ICICI Bank at 65, HDFC Bank at 77 and HCL Technologies at 90.
Apple has announced a special event on October 19 where AirPods 3 could launch alongside the M1X MacBook Pro.
RBI Deputy Governor addressed the 5th annual day of Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association of India on Thursday. She stated that India is on the cusp of fundamental changes in direction of fuller capital account convertibility, that is, the ability or freedom to convert domestic currency for capital account transactions is increasing.
BMW on Thursday launched its new BMW 3 Series Gran Limousine 'Iconic Edition' in India with price starting at Rs 53.5 lakh. Locally produced at BMW Group Plant in Chennai exclusively for the Indian market, the car is available with immediate effect across BMW dealerships in the country in both petrol and diesel variants.
SEBI has given its approval for Nykaa’s Rs. 4000 Crore IPO. Nykaa is looking to raise Rs. 525 crore via fresh issuance of equity, the company is also looking at secondary share sale of 43.1 Million shares.
SPORTS:
Rahul Dravid is likely to be interim coach for India’s home series against New Zealand. It’s learnt that a few Australian coaches expressed interest in the job, but the BCCI isn’t keen as they are focussing on an Indian for the role, before they look elsewhere.
Update on SAFF Championship 2021: Sunil Chhetri broke Brazil legend Pele's 77 international goals. India captain Sunil Chhetri now has 79 international goals to his credit and He is now the third-highest active international goal-scorer. India beat Maldives to enter the final on Wednesday and will play against Nepal on Saturday.
Team Kolkata will face Team Chennai in a thrilling final that will be held today at 7:30 pm IST in Dubai International Stadium for the Indian T20 tournament.
Shardul Thakur has replaced Axar Patel in the 15-man main squad for the forthcoming T20 WC. The left-arm spinner takes Thakur's place in the list of standby players, that also includes Shreyas Iyer and Deepak Chahar.
Indian women’s football team beat higher-ranked Chinese Taipei 1-0 in an international friendly match to end their four-match exposure tour on a winning note.
ENTERTAINMENT
A film ‘Inja’, was conceptualised by the DLSA and funded by the state government. With cases rising under POCSO, the film aims to warn tribals in Kerala about perils of underage marriages.
Actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas shared another picture on Instagram from the streets of Spain. She is currently shooting from Spain for her upcoming web series Citadel. Backed by Avengers: Endgame director's Russo Brothers, Citadel also stars Game of Thrones actor Richard Madden.
In Bollywood, the latest movie to face the ire of the audience is Sanya Malhotra and Abhimanyu Dassani starrer ‘Meenakshi Sundareshwar’. As soon as the film’s trailer was released, netizens took to Twitter to express their displeasure for stereotyping Tamil culture and hiring two North Indian actors and thereby depriving South Indian actors of representation in mainstream Hindi cinema
Actors Nora Fatehi and Jacqueline Fernandez have been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case filed against alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekar.
Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha on Thursday announced his next feature film, a social drama titled Bheed with Rajkummar Rao as the lead. This marks the first collaboration between the two.
FIN
View all episodes
By Spooler StudiosListen to the latest news from India by Aastha in English for local, national, international, business, and entertainment stories that matter.
Podcasts are updated once a day.
Host: Aastha
Lead producer: Vishwapriya
Executive Producer: Khushboo Shah
Audio Branding: Side B www.sideb.in
Produced by: Spooler Studios www.spooler.in
Download Alexa Skill: https://amzn.to/3yQWQ6g
Social: https://www.instagram.com/spoolerstudios/
TRANSCRIPT:
NATIONAL:
India resumed Covid-19 vaccine export and sent 10 crore doses each to Nepal, Myanmar, Iran and Bangladesh. Earlier, India had suspended exports of vaccines in April to focus on inoculating its own population after the second wave.
The central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is planning to conduct the term-1 board exam for class 10 and 12 in offline mode in November - December. The exams will be objective-type of 90-minute durations and will start from 11:30 am instead of 10:30 am due to winter.
India's nationwide covid vaccine coverage on Thursday reached 97 crores. The Union Health Minister stated that announcements will be made at public places, including airports and railway stations, when India completes administering 100 crore covid-19 vaccines.
Development on Lakhimpur Kheri Violence case: Special Investigation Team took Ashish Mishra and 3 others arrested to recreate the sequence of events leading to the incident in UP’s Tikonia village as a part of their ongoing investigation.
INTERNATIONAL:
The Global Hunger Index launched on Thursday ranked India at 101 position out of a total 116 countries. India is also among the 31 countries where hunger has been identified as serious. India ranked 94 among 107 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) released last year.
A fire in a residential building in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung has killed at least 46 people and injured another 41, according to officials.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday its newly formed advisory group on dangerous pathogens may be "our last chance" to determine the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and urged China to provide data from early cases.
A Danish man who is in custody in Norway suspected of a bow-and-arrow attack on a small town that killed five people and wounded two others is someone who had previously been flagged as having being radicalized
Japan's new prime minister Fumio Kishida dissolved the lower house of parliament on Thursday, setting the stage for national elections later this month.
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) suspended flights to the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Thursday after what it called heavy handed interference by Taliban authorities, including arbitrary rule changes and intimidation of staff.
REGIONAL:
The Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party had been opposing the closure of temples during weekends for some time now. BJP chief Annamalai also gave an ultimatum to chief minister MK Stalin over the temple closure. However, after the key meeting, CM Stalin has now allowed temples to open during weekends in the state.
The Delhi BJP will launch ‘Jhuggi Samman Yatra’ Friday on the occasion of Vijayadashami to reach out to slum dwellers in the city ahead of the corporation polls. Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta said that in the first phase of the campaign, BJP workers will cover 33 Assembly segments between October 15 and November 29.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that the BJP was set to return to power with a full majority in Goa. On the other hand, Congress veteran P Chidambaram on Thursday expressed confidence that his party will win the Goa Assembly elections due next year and also the next Lok Sabha polls in 2024. Goa is expected to go to Legislative Assembly polls in February-March next year.
Karnataka' Chief Minister, Basavaraj Bommai, who was on a visit to Mangaluru and the Dakshina Kannada region in coastal Karnataka, when asked seemed to perceive nothing illegal in individuals taking the law into their own hands to engage in moral policing. His comments drew criticism from all over, including former Congress chief minister Siddaramaiah.
Condemning the Union government’s decision to extend the jurisdiction of the Border Security Force (BSF) from 15 km to 50 km in Punjab along the international border, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Punjab unit termed it a direct attack on the federal structure of the country under a big conspiracy by the central government
Talks were held in Chandigarh where Hussan Lal, principal secretary to CM Charanjit Singh Channi and few other officials met five farm union leaders of BKU (Ugrahan). However, the Talks ended in a stalemate.
BUSINESS:
Four Indian companies were among the top 100 in Forbes ‘World’s Best Employers rankings 2021’. The names that made it are Reliance AT 52, ICICI Bank at 65, HDFC Bank at 77 and HCL Technologies at 90.
Apple has announced a special event on October 19 where AirPods 3 could launch alongside the M1X MacBook Pro.
RBI Deputy Governor addressed the 5th annual day of Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association of India on Thursday. She stated that India is on the cusp of fundamental changes in direction of fuller capital account convertibility, that is, the ability or freedom to convert domestic currency for capital account transactions is increasing.
BMW on Thursday launched its new BMW 3 Series Gran Limousine 'Iconic Edition' in India with price starting at Rs 53.5 lakh. Locally produced at BMW Group Plant in Chennai exclusively for the Indian market, the car is available with immediate effect across BMW dealerships in the country in both petrol and diesel variants.
SEBI has given its approval for Nykaa’s Rs. 4000 Crore IPO. Nykaa is looking to raise Rs. 525 crore via fresh issuance of equity, the company is also looking at secondary share sale of 43.1 Million shares.
SPORTS:
Rahul Dravid is likely to be interim coach for India’s home series against New Zealand. It’s learnt that a few Australian coaches expressed interest in the job, but the BCCI isn’t keen as they are focussing on an Indian for the role, before they look elsewhere.
Update on SAFF Championship 2021: Sunil Chhetri broke Brazil legend Pele's 77 international goals. India captain Sunil Chhetri now has 79 international goals to his credit and He is now the third-highest active international goal-scorer. India beat Maldives to enter the final on Wednesday and will play against Nepal on Saturday.
Team Kolkata will face Team Chennai in a thrilling final that will be held today at 7:30 pm IST in Dubai International Stadium for the Indian T20 tournament.
Shardul Thakur has replaced Axar Patel in the 15-man main squad for the forthcoming T20 WC. The left-arm spinner takes Thakur's place in the list of standby players, that also includes Shreyas Iyer and Deepak Chahar.
Indian women’s football team beat higher-ranked Chinese Taipei 1-0 in an international friendly match to end their four-match exposure tour on a winning note.
ENTERTAINMENT
A film ‘Inja’, was conceptualised by the DLSA and funded by the state government. With cases rising under POCSO, the film aims to warn tribals in Kerala about perils of underage marriages.
Actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas shared another picture on Instagram from the streets of Spain. She is currently shooting from Spain for her upcoming web series Citadel. Backed by Avengers: Endgame director's Russo Brothers, Citadel also stars Game of Thrones actor Richard Madden.
In Bollywood, the latest movie to face the ire of the audience is Sanya Malhotra and Abhimanyu Dassani starrer ‘Meenakshi Sundareshwar’. As soon as the film’s trailer was released, netizens took to Twitter to express their displeasure for stereotyping Tamil culture and hiring two North Indian actors and thereby depriving South Indian actors of representation in mainstream Hindi cinema
Actors Nora Fatehi and Jacqueline Fernandez have been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case filed against alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekar.
Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha on Thursday announced his next feature film, a social drama titled Bheed with Rajkummar Rao as the lead. This marks the first collaboration between the two.
FIN