News Headlines : 21st August 2021

  • Former Uttar Pradesh CM and former Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh passes away.
  • CM Yogi Adityanath, his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya, state BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh and others pay floral tributes to former UP CM Kalyan Singh.
  • Indian startups get 16.9 billion dollars venture capital funding in 2021, says GlobalData.
  • India achieves another milestone in COVID-19 vaccination with total vaccination crossing 58 crore mark; Recovery Rate stands at 97.54 per cent.
  • India’s first Covid vaccine for children above 12 years gets approval for emergency use in the country.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, country is fighting COVID-19 with full vigour and approval for ZyCov-D vaccine is a testimony to innovative zeal of India’s scientists.
  • In Tamil Nadu, schools and colleges to reopen on September 1.
  • State govt had decided to create 594 km-long expressway between Prayagraj and Meerut. 93 percent of land acquisation process is complete. Agra-Lucknow expressway has been completed. I’m grateful to PM Modi and Finance Minister for allocation of funds in Union Budget for big infrastructure development.
  • Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman lauds efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for launching several women-centric schemes.
  • Sports Minister Anurag Thakur emphasizes need to encourage states towards ‘One State, One Sport’ outlook.