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Spooler News India | 16 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.
In Uttar Pradesh, one person was killed and 16 others injured after a speeding car ran over a group of devotees in Pathalgaon of Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur district during Durga idol immersion. The two accused, who were arrested shortly after the crime, are residents of Madhya Pradesh, and were passing through Chhattisgarh.
A terrorist involved in the targeted killings of civilians from minority communities in Srinagar was gunned down Friday in an anti-terror operation in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.
India was re-elected to the U.N. Human Rights Council for the 2022-24 term on Thursday with an overwhelming majority in the General Assembly.
In an update on the gruesome lynching and killing of a Tarn Taran resident at the Singhu border earlier today, the Haryana government said the police had detained several suspects. Home Minister Anil Vij, ACS (Home) Rajeev Arora, Haryana DGP PK Agrawal and ADGP (Law and Order) Navdeep Singh Virk, who were present at the meeting chaired by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar at his residence, discussing the incident.
INTERNATIONAL:
India has “noted” and expressed wariness, at the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Thursday between Bhutan and China on “three-step roadmap for expediting the boundary negotiations” which may also include discussions on Doklam.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Thursday that those involved in the recent vandalism of Hindu temples in the country will be “hunted down and punished.”
A suicide bomber attacked a Shia mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar during Friday prayers, Taliban officials said, killing at least 33 people and injuring 74 others.
US former president Bill Clinton was in a California hospital on Thursday with an infection and responding well to two days of treatment, his doctors said.
The UK has eased the travel rules for fully vaccinated passengers. Now passengers arriving in England from low-risk countries from October 24 will no longer have to take expensive Covid-19 tests, but will have to take the lateral flow tests instead.
The United States will reopen its land and air borders on November 8 to foreign visitors fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
India will attend the Moscow Format talks on Afghanistan that will take place on October 20 and will see participation by the Taliban, the government said Thursday.
REGIONAL:
Kochi is all set to become India's first 'dementia-friendly city'. The official announcement will be made by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan online on Saturday at CUSAT Science Seminar Hall.
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to BJP leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya, Jisnu Basu and Pradeep Joshi in a case of alleged assault on a woman and criminal intimidation.
AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam and joint coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami will pay floral tributes at the memorials of former chief ministers C N Annadurai, M G Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa in Marina on Sunday to mark the 50th founding day of the party.
Energy minister V Sunil Kumar on Thursday dismissed speculations that coal shortages have resulted in thermal plants being shut down in the state and blamed it on lack of demand for power in Karnataka for restricted generation of power.
A doctor with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was allegedly raped by a senior doctor in South Delhi’s Hauz Khas. The police said the accused is absconding and teams have been sent to arrest him.
Speaking at Shiv Sena’s annual Dussehra rally, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said there is a need to have an honest discussion on federalism and rights of states in the country.
BUSINESS:
PM Narendra Modi has hailed the Indian economy's swift recovery after the brutal second wave of the coronavirus. Addressing an event yesterday, PM Modi was referring to IMF's latest report, which has made a projection that India will grow at 9.5% in the current fiscal. India will be the fastest growing economy among big countries of the world, says the IMF.
During his annual Vijay Dashmi speech in Nagpur, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat said that 'uncontrolled’ currency such as Bitcoin has potential to destabilise the economy of all countries. The statement by Bhagwat comes at a time when the bitcoin craze is spreading among the young investors with India having the largest number of cryptocurrency owners globally .
Acer has confirmed a cyberattack on its India servers earlier this week. The hackers, the Desorden Group, claimed to have stolen 60GB of data after breaching the company’s servers. Acer is notifying all customers potentially affected by the breach.
After many red flags, PNB Housing Finance calls off its share subscription agreements executed with Pluto Investments, an affiliated entity of Carlyle Asia Partners IV, and Carlyle Asia Partners V.
The Sensex on Thursday soared 569 points, or 0.94 per cent, to close above the 61,000 mark amid favourable inflation data and bullish fervour in IT stocks.
SPORTS:
In the thrilling Indian t20 tournament finals, Chennai scored a 192 for 3 wickets, in 20 overs. With Team Kolkata being unable to chase the target of 193, Team Chennai emerged victorious for the 4th time in the tournament. MS Dhoni on Friday, became the first player to captain 300 T20 games.
Ace cueist Pankaj Advani, who recently won the Asian Snooker Championship and World 6-Red crown, will be the star attraction in the ‘GSC World Snooker Qualifiers’, a national selection tournament, that will be played from Sunday at the Goregaon Sports Club (GSC) from October 17 to 27, 2021.
Seven-time champions India will start title favourites when they take on first-time finalists Nepal in the summit clash of the SAFF Championships today.
Neymar dismissed the reservations voiced by many after his poor performance in a World Cup Qualifying match earlier this week. All by providing key elements in all of the Brazil goals in Thursday’s 4-1 win against Uruguay
ENTERTAINMENT:
The teaser of Suriya’s upcoming courtroom drama Jai Bhim was released yesterday. The film is directed by TJ Gnanavel, and produced by Suriya and Jyotika’s 2D Entertainment, and will release on November 2.
Hrithik Roshan has started shooting for his upcoming film Vikram Vedha on the auspicious occasion of Dussehra. the film also stars Saif Ali Khan.
Honsla Rakh, the Punjabi Rom-Com also starring Diljit Dosanjh, Shehnaaz Gill and Sonam Bajwa has received positive reviews for the storyline, comedic timing and the performances of the actors.
Samantha Ruth Prabhu has signed her next film, a bilingual production by Dream Warrior Pictures. The film will be released in Tamil and Telugu, and will be directed by Shantaruban Gnanasekharan.
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has announced yet another film. He has collaborated with filmmaker Sanjay P S Chauhan for a war film titled, Gorkha. The film will be based on war hero Major General Ian Cardozo.
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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
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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.
In Uttar Pradesh, one person was killed and 16 others injured after a speeding car ran over a group of devotees in Pathalgaon of Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur district during Durga idol immersion. The two accused, who were arrested shortly after the crime, are residents of Madhya Pradesh, and were passing through Chhattisgarh.
A terrorist involved in the targeted killings of civilians from minority communities in Srinagar was gunned down Friday in an anti-terror operation in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.
India was re-elected to the U.N. Human Rights Council for the 2022-24 term on Thursday with an overwhelming majority in the General Assembly.
In an update on the gruesome lynching and killing of a Tarn Taran resident at the Singhu border earlier today, the Haryana government said the police had detained several suspects. Home Minister Anil Vij, ACS (Home) Rajeev Arora, Haryana DGP PK Agrawal and ADGP (Law and Order) Navdeep Singh Virk, who were present at the meeting chaired by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar at his residence, discussing the incident.
INTERNATIONAL:
India has “noted” and expressed wariness, at the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Thursday between Bhutan and China on “three-step roadmap for expediting the boundary negotiations” which may also include discussions on Doklam.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Thursday that those involved in the recent vandalism of Hindu temples in the country will be “hunted down and punished.”
A suicide bomber attacked a Shia mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar during Friday prayers, Taliban officials said, killing at least 33 people and injuring 74 others.
US former president Bill Clinton was in a California hospital on Thursday with an infection and responding well to two days of treatment, his doctors said.
The UK has eased the travel rules for fully vaccinated passengers. Now passengers arriving in England from low-risk countries from October 24 will no longer have to take expensive Covid-19 tests, but will have to take the lateral flow tests instead.
The United States will reopen its land and air borders on November 8 to foreign visitors fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
India will attend the Moscow Format talks on Afghanistan that will take place on October 20 and will see participation by the Taliban, the government said Thursday.
REGIONAL:
Kochi is all set to become India's first 'dementia-friendly city'. The official announcement will be made by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan online on Saturday at CUSAT Science Seminar Hall.
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to BJP leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya, Jisnu Basu and Pradeep Joshi in a case of alleged assault on a woman and criminal intimidation.
AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam and joint coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami will pay floral tributes at the memorials of former chief ministers C N Annadurai, M G Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa in Marina on Sunday to mark the 50th founding day of the party.
Energy minister V Sunil Kumar on Thursday dismissed speculations that coal shortages have resulted in thermal plants being shut down in the state and blamed it on lack of demand for power in Karnataka for restricted generation of power.
A doctor with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was allegedly raped by a senior doctor in South Delhi’s Hauz Khas. The police said the accused is absconding and teams have been sent to arrest him.
Speaking at Shiv Sena’s annual Dussehra rally, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said there is a need to have an honest discussion on federalism and rights of states in the country.
BUSINESS:
PM Narendra Modi has hailed the Indian economy's swift recovery after the brutal second wave of the coronavirus. Addressing an event yesterday, PM Modi was referring to IMF's latest report, which has made a projection that India will grow at 9.5% in the current fiscal. India will be the fastest growing economy among big countries of the world, says the IMF.
During his annual Vijay Dashmi speech in Nagpur, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat said that 'uncontrolled’ currency such as Bitcoin has potential to destabilise the economy of all countries. The statement by Bhagwat comes at a time when the bitcoin craze is spreading among the young investors with India having the largest number of cryptocurrency owners globally .
Acer has confirmed a cyberattack on its India servers earlier this week. The hackers, the Desorden Group, claimed to have stolen 60GB of data after breaching the company’s servers. Acer is notifying all customers potentially affected by the breach.
After many red flags, PNB Housing Finance calls off its share subscription agreements executed with Pluto Investments, an affiliated entity of Carlyle Asia Partners IV, and Carlyle Asia Partners V.
The Sensex on Thursday soared 569 points, or 0.94 per cent, to close above the 61,000 mark amid favourable inflation data and bullish fervour in IT stocks.
SPORTS:
In the thrilling Indian t20 tournament finals, Chennai scored a 192 for 3 wickets, in 20 overs. With Team Kolkata being unable to chase the target of 193, Team Chennai emerged victorious for the 4th time in the tournament. MS Dhoni on Friday, became the first player to captain 300 T20 games.
Ace cueist Pankaj Advani, who recently won the Asian Snooker Championship and World 6-Red crown, will be the star attraction in the ‘GSC World Snooker Qualifiers’, a national selection tournament, that will be played from Sunday at the Goregaon Sports Club (GSC) from October 17 to 27, 2021.
Seven-time champions India will start title favourites when they take on first-time finalists Nepal in the summit clash of the SAFF Championships today.
Neymar dismissed the reservations voiced by many after his poor performance in a World Cup Qualifying match earlier this week. All by providing key elements in all of the Brazil goals in Thursday’s 4-1 win against Uruguay
ENTERTAINMENT:
The teaser of Suriya’s upcoming courtroom drama Jai Bhim was released yesterday. The film is directed by TJ Gnanavel, and produced by Suriya and Jyotika’s 2D Entertainment, and will release on November 2.
Hrithik Roshan has started shooting for his upcoming film Vikram Vedha on the auspicious occasion of Dussehra. the film also stars Saif Ali Khan.
Honsla Rakh, the Punjabi Rom-Com also starring Diljit Dosanjh, Shehnaaz Gill and Sonam Bajwa has received positive reviews for the storyline, comedic timing and the performances of the actors.
Samantha Ruth Prabhu has signed her next film, a bilingual production by Dream Warrior Pictures. The film will be released in Tamil and Telugu, and will be directed by Shantaruban Gnanasekharan.
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has announced yet another film. He has collaborated with filmmaker Sanjay P S Chauhan for a war film titled, Gorkha. The film will be based on war hero Major General Ian Cardozo.
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