Morning Digest: 8 July 2022

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigns

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson said after leaving office, “the process of choosing that new leader must begin now.” “And today I have appointed a cabinet to serve as I wish, until a new leader is replaced,” he said. However, critics say that he should not be allowed to stay on as caretaker PM and should be removed from office at the earliest.

Jaishankar meets Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Bali, discusses border resolution, student visa and G20

“The EAM (External Affairs Minister) called for early resolution of all outstanding issues along the LAC in Eastern Ladakh. A statement by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that while recalling the disengagement achieved in some frictional areas, the EAM called for maintaining the pace of complete disengagement from all remaining areas to restore peace and tranquility in the border areas. reiterated the need. That the two ministers agreed that they should continue regular contact in military and diplomatic meetings, and look forward to the next 16th round of senior commanders’ meeting “at the earliest” at the Chushul-Moldo border point.

Zubair’s bail rejected in UP case, sent to six-day police custody

A Sitapur court on Thursday denied bail to AltNews co-founder Mohammad Zubair in a case related to his May 2022 tweet where he referred to Hindu saints accused of hate speech as “haters”. Referred to, observing that the offenses with which he was charged were serious. Cognizable and non-bailable in nature.

Eknath Shinde takes charge as Chief Minister of Maharashtra in Mantralaya

A puja was held at the splendidly decorated office of the Chief Minister before Mr. Shinde took charge. He had a large picture of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray in his chamber and Anand Dighe, Shri Shinde’s guru next to him.

Kerala gold smuggling case Swapna Suresh accuses crime branch of harassment

Swapna Suresh, a suspect in the gold smuggling of diplomatic goods, alleged that the crime branch had threatened to implicate her in riot cases unless she stayed away from HRDS India, which had already terminated her service, and her Advocate R Krishna Raj. On the petition of former Kerala minister KT Jalil, the CB had registered a conspiracy case against him.

Police officer removed from post for making objectionable remarks against UP CM Yogi Adityanath

Asandra police station in-charge Dhyanendra Pratap Singh had allegedly made remarks against the UP chief minister while talking to someone in his office room. A journalist forwarded the video of this conversation to BJP District President Shashank Kushumesh, who had lodged a complaint against the officer with the Superintendent of Police Anurag Vats a few days ago.

It is too early to fully understand the nature and gravity of BA.2.75: Experts

India’s top scientists and doctors said on Thursday that it is too early to understand the nature and severity of the new sub-variant of Omicron – BA.2.75 – reported in the country. The highly transmissible Omicron version of COVID-19 is increasing infections globally. The World Health Organization said it was monitoring the BA.2.75 version, which has been reported from more than 10 countries.

CSE report says monsoon temperature now higher than summer

An analysis based on weather data made public by the environmental group Center for Science and Environment on Thursday said that the monsoon usually means a respite from the heat of the summer months, but a rise in temperature during the monsoon months. Growth – June to September – is witnessing growth.

England vs India 1st T20I | India beat England by 50 runs in first T20 International to take lead in three-match series

India defeated England by 50 runs in the first T20I of the three-match series here. Opting to bat, India posted 198 for 8 in Hardik Pandya’s 33-ball 51. Suryakumar Yadav (39), Deepak Hooda (33) and Rohit Sharma (24) were the other contributors.

Nadal out of Wimbledon with stomach injury, Kyrgios in final

Rafael Nadal announced on Thursday that he is withdrawing from Wimbledon after failing to recover from a stomach injury that has ruined his calendar Grand Slam hopes.

Sania Mirza bids goodbye to Wimbledon after losing in mixed doubles semi-final

Trailblazing Indian tennis star Sania Mirza’s swansong appearance at Wimbledon ended with a semi-final loss to defending champions Neil Skupski and Desira Kravczyk in the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon. Mirza and his Croatian partner Mate Pavic, seeded sixth, lost 6-4 5-7 4-6 to Great Britain’s Skupski and American Kravczyk in two hours and 16 minutes on Wednesday night.