Tuesday, April 6, 2021

President appoints N.V. Ramana as CJI with effect from April 24

CJI Sharad A. Bobde had recommended Justice Ramana, the seniormost judge of the Supreme Court, for appointment as the 48th Chief Justice of India.
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COVID-19 | India records 96,982 new cases, 446 fresh fatalities

With 446 new fatalities, the death toll increased to 1,65,547, the data updated at 8 a.m. showed.
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TN Assembly polls | Less than 10% voting percentage during first two hours in southern districts

Bypoll was also conducted in one Lok Sabha constituency in Kanniyakumari.
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EVMs, VVPATs found at TMC leader's home, poll official suspended

The EVMs and VVPATs were seized and the officer suspended.
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Brisk polling in many parts of western Tamil Nadu

Voters, with nil covid-19 compliance, were seen standing in long serpentine queues outside polling stations in many parts of the eight revenue districts in the region.
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Tamil Nadu Assembly elections | Polling begins on brisk note in Tiruchi, Karur

Voters queue up early to beat heat, crowds
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Cast your votes, India is counting on you: Rahul Gandhi to voters

Apart from the single phase polls in TN, Kerala, polling is also taking place for 31 seats in the third of the eight-phase West Bengal assembly elections, and for the final 40 seats in Assam
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Modi urges people to vote in large numbers

The Prime Minister tweeted in Bengali, Assamese, Tamil and Malayalam urging votes to strengthen the festival of democracy
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Kerala Assembly polls | Pinarayi leans on religious metaphor to claim LDF would coast to victory

Chennithala mocks the Chief Minister for invoking Lord Ayyappa on polling day
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U.S. Supreme Court backs Google over Oracle in major copyright case

Oracle and Google, two California-based technology giants with combined annual revenues of more than $175 billion, have been feuding since Oracle sued for copyright infringement in2010 in San Francisco federal court.
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Quake of 4.1 magnitude hits north Bengal, second in less than 12 hours

The earthquake, the second to hit the region in less than 12 hours, occurred at 7.07 am and the location was 64 km east of Siliguri
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Morning Digest | Pollling begins in TN, Puducherry and Kerala; key talks between Sergey Lavrov-Jaishankar to be held today, and more

A select list of stories to read before you start your day.
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Assam elections 2021 third phase live updates | Polling begins for 40 seats

A direct contest between nominees of the BJP-led NDA and Congress-headed Grand Alliance is on the cards in 20 constituencies
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Puducherry Assembly elections 2021 | Long queues seen outside polling booths

Voters would choose essentially between the fronts led by the Congress and the All India NR Congress.
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West Bengal elections 2021 phase 3 live updates | Section 144 CrPC in all 31 constituencies going to the polls

More than 78.5 lakh voters are eligible to exercise their franchise and decide the fate of 205 candidates
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Tamil Nadu Assembly elections 2021 live updates | Long queues seen as voting begins

The State will be witnessing a five-cornered battle.
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Kerala Assembly elections 2021 live updates | BJP's E. Sreedharan, Surendran among early voters

About 2.74 crore voters exercising their franchise to decide the fate of 957 candidates.
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UGC nod for online courses opens new avenues for teachers, students

Institutions can offer up to 40% of courses in a particular programme online/
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Coronavirus | U.K. to ease lockdown next week, will test vaccine passports

The government aims to give all adults at least one shot of vaccine by July, and hopes that a combination of vaccination and mass testing will allow indoor socialising and large-scale events to return.
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Pakistan issues global tender for import of 50,000 tonnes of sugar

Banned countries such as India and Israel exempted from the list.
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Nine persons arrested for murder of anti-terrorism court judge in northwest Pakistan

The FIR, registered by the slain judge’s son Majid Afridi, named 10 suspects including the Supreme Court Bar Association President and his son.
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TDP demands White Paper from Andhra govt.

The Telugu Desam Party on Monday demanded that the A.P. government immediately publish a White Paper on the Andhra finances. This demand comes in the
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₹50 lakh seized from bike borne youths in Odisha

Byelections are scheduled on April 17 in Pipili from where the seizure was made
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