News Roundup: Top 10 stories of the week

Team Udayavani, Jun 21, 2020, 3:22 PM IST

Actor Sushant Singh Rajput commits suicide

Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found hanging at his Bandra apartment on Sunday, June 14. He has starred in movies such as “Shuddh Desi Romance”, “MS Dhoni: The Untold Story”, “Raabta”, “Kedarnath” and “Sonchiriya”

India vs China

An officer of the Indian Army and two soldiers were killed following a violent face-off with Chinese troops at Ladakh’s Galwan Valley.

Indian Army in a statement said, “During the de-escalation process underway in the Galwan Valley, a violent face-off took place last night with casualties on both sides”

India’s Covid-19 tally crosses 4 lakh

India has been registering record single-day spike for the past four days.The jump of 15,413 cases took India’s case load to 4,10,461

Covid-19 vaccine at least a year away, say scientists

Scientists say, Vaccine design is still an empirical, trial and error process and a preventive against Covid-19 could be at least a year away.

The scientists also hold out hope that the process might be cut short by a few months if testing approvals and scale-ups in manufacturing happen simultaneously.

Argentina church turned into a bar to protest lockdown on religious services

A church in Argentina’s San Lorenzo has been transformed into a bar in protest against the lockdown on religious services. Bar tables were placed inside the church and pastors dressed as waiters served bibles on trays n a mock service as part of call for religious services to be allowed during Argentina’s coronavirus lockdown

Fans will be allowed in stadiums for T20 World Cup

Cricket Australia’s interim CEO Nick Hockley said that If 15 teams can be allowed to enter Australia for the T20 World Cup, then fans will not be stopped from watching live action from the stadiums,

Over 95% students appear for II PUC English exam ppr in K’taka

The II PUC examination for English paper was held in Karnataka today with social distancing and other safety norms amid the coronavirus pandemic. According to the department of pre-university education, 95.46 per cent of the students appeared for the exams today.

Indian Army to soon get Made In India ‘Sarvatra Kavach’ body armour

Indian army  will soon  get ‘Sarvatra Kavach’, a full body armour suit, for its soldiers which is designed, developed and manufactured in India

Sarvatra Kavach is a bulletproof jacket that can provide protection against various ammunition including that of sniper rifles. It provides protection from neck to ankle and upper arms.

Covid-19: AI monitor to ensure proper hand washing developed by Japan’s Fujitsu

Japanese IT firm Fujitsu has developed an artificial intelligence monitor which ensures healthcare, hotel and food industry workers wash hands properly

Sony PlayStation 5 price revealed accidentally

Sony PlayStation 5 was launched earlier this month but there was one important aspect that the company refrained from revealing, the price.But, gaming console was accidentally listed on Amazon France. A tipster in the region managed to grab a screenshot revealing the potential price of the product. The console was spotted with a price tag of 499 euros (roughly ₹42,700).