HeadLines
12.08.2021 #10, Thursday
1. Covid continues to rage in Kerala: 23,500 new cases, 116 deaths.
2. No salary advance during Onam for state govt employees; bonus/allowance to be paid.
3. Kerala HC gets two additional judges.
4. Ex-DGP Jacob Thomas booked for disclosing official secrets.
5. Kerala women's commission submits draft bill to check dowry harassment.
6. India hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh to get Rs 2 crore from Kerala government for his Tokyo 2020 bronze.
7. Dhanbad judge death case: CBI remand of accused extended.
8. Communal slogans at Jantar Mantar | Delhi court grants bail to former BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay.
9. Samsung launches first water-resistant folding phone and Google watch.
10. U.S. calls on OPEC and its allies to pump more oil.
Headlines Vocab
OPEC
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is an intergovernmental organization or cartel of 13 countries. Founded on 14 September 1960 in Baghdad by the first five members (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela), it has since 1965 been headquartered in Vienna, Austria, although Austria is not an OPEC member state.
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