Current Affairs – Today’s Headlines: July 6, 2021

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for July 6, 2021

– CoWIN, India’s technology platform for COVID vaccination, is being made open source and will be available to all countries: PM said in his address at the CoWIN Global Conclave

– Twitter failed to comply with to comply with Information Technology (IT) Rules 2021, losing its immunity as ‘intermediary’: Govt tells Delhi High Court

– CBSE announces new rules Class 10 & 12 board exams for 2021-22; session to be split into two terms, 50% syllabus in each term

– Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, accused in Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case of December 2017, dies at 84 in Mumbai hospital

– National Health Authority CEO Ram Sewak Sharma and Infosys non-executive chairman Nandan Nilekani appointed as members of an advisory council for creating an Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)

– Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrests Kewal Krishan Kumar, CMD of Shakti Bhog Foods Limited, on money-laundering charge

– Ministry of Tourism signs MoU with travel & tourism portal Yatra.com to strengthen Hospitality & Tourism Industry

– Tropical Storm Elsa brings strong winds, steady downpour to Cuba

– M. C. Mary Kom (boxing), Manpreet Singh (hockey) to be flag bearers of Indian contingent at opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics; wrestler Bajrang Punia will be flag bearer at the closing ceremony