THIS DAY, THAT YEAR: 4^TH JULY: 1785: The first Fourth of July parade was held in Bristol, Rhode Island and served as a prayer walk to celebrate independence from England.

THIS DAY, THAT YEAR: 4^TH JULY: 1819: William Herschel made his last telescopic observation of an 1819 comet.

4^TH JULY-“International Meat Free” day is observed to give an opportunity to try a vegetarian lifestyle for a day as it is recorded that vegetarians have better health benefits and it is not morally fair for anyone to slaughter the animal for their food

Beijing: China lures students who studied English Hainan, Sichuan and Xi’an Universities to work at a secretive technology company that masked the true nature of their jobs: researching western targets for spying and translating hacked documents as part of Beijing’s industrial-scale intelligence regime.

Seattle: Google,  the internet’s dominant internet search engine, to automatically purge information about users who visit abortion clinics that could trigger legal problems now that the U.S. Supreme Court has opened the door for states to ban the termination of pregnancies

4^TH JULY-“Independence” day is celebrated to mark the ‘nationhood’ of the United States and the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from the British colonial rule.

4^TH JULY-“Jackfruit” day is observed to help raise awareness of this incredible fruit and how it can serve to break one’s dependence on environmentally damaging meat products.

4^TH JULY-“National Youth” day  is observed to honour the ideals and thoughts of Swami Vivekananda who had tremendous faith in youth

New Delhi: After developing ‘CoVarScan’, a rapid Covid-19 test that detects hotspots on the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the team has developed a rapid Covid-19 test that might not only help in identifying different variants of the SARS-CoV-2 but also can differentiate the current variant of SARS-CoV-2 in just hours.

New Delhi: India’s light combat aircraft “Tejas”  emerges as the top choice for Malaysia to replace its ‘ageing fighter jets’ overcoming competition from China’s JF-17 jet, South Korea’s FA-50 and Russia’s Mig-35 and Yak-130 and the number of aircraft that Malaysia is looking to procure is not clear

New Delhi: NPPA [National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority] which is mandated to fix/revise the prices of controlled bulk drugs and formulations and enforce the prices of the medicines, fixes prices of 84 drug formulations, including those used for the treatment of diabetes, headache, and BP.

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Pyongyang: North Korea slams US, South Korea and Japan for pushing to boost their trilateral military cooperation targeting the North, warning that the move would prompt calls for the country to reinforce its military capability and be ready for its nuclear test.

Kathmandu: India gifts 75 ambulances and 17 school buses to Nepal as part of its ongoing efforts to build on the “robust and longstanding” partnership between the two countries and help the Himalayan nation bolster its infrastructure in healthcare and education sectors.

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS: Film stars Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Vijay Deverakonda and Samantha Prabhu to appear as guests to have an intimate and fun conversation in the upcoming season of popular chat show “Koffee with Karan”. The latest season will arrive on Disney+ Hotstar on July 7.

SPORTS

Cricket: IND tour of ENG: 5^TH Test: Day 3: IND 416 and 125/3. ENG 284. IND lead by 257 runs. IND lead the five-match test series 2-1.

Cricket: BAN tour of WI: 2^ND T20I: WI 193/5 beat BAN 158/6 by 35 runs. WI lead the three-match T20I series 1-0.