Today's Main News Headlines (Sunday, 8 August)

HeadLines

08.08.2021 #7, Sunday

1. Tokyo Olympics

- Neeraj Chopra wins gold medal in javelin, first athletics gold for India in Olympics.

- Bajrang Punia wins bronze for India in wrestling despite injured knee, beats Niyazbekov 8-0.

- German pentathlon coach thrown out for punching horse.

2. 1st dose vaccination of senior citizens to be over by August 15; malls to open from Wed.

3. Kerala HC allows man to appear via video conference to register marriage.

4. Air India to start Kochi-London direct flight from August 18.

5.  ' Render unto Caesar ': Kerala HC says nuns and priests have to pay income tax.

6. Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account suspended.

7. Greece wildfires spread, causing mass evacuations.

8. Taliban seize second provincial capital in two days.

9. In England, hundreds of vaccinated people hospitalised with Delta.

Headlines Vocab

1. pentathlon (noun)

 /penˈtæθlən/

​a sporting event in which people compete in five different sports (running, riding, swimming, shooting and fencing) .

2." Render unto Caesar " is the beginning of a phrase attributed to Jesus in the synoptic gospels, which reads in full, "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's" .