Current affairs 13 may 2021 (The Hindu)

 Israel­Palestinian clashes trigger fears of a ‘full­scale war’

Relentless rocket fire and rioting in mixed Jewish-Arab towns fuelled growing fears on Wednesday that deadly violence between Israel and Palestinians could spiral into “full-scale war”.

Israel’s Defence Minister Benny Gantz vowed more attacks on Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups in Gaza to bring “total, long-term quiet” before considering a ceasefire.

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Litterateur Homen Borgohain passes away

Noted Assamese litterateur and journalist Homen Bor­gohain, 88, breathed his last on Wednesday at a hospital here. Doctors attributed the death to cardiac arrest. A former president of the Assam Sahitya Sabha, Mr.Borgohain tested positive for COVID­19 on April 24. He was discharged from a Gau­hati hospital after testing ne­gative on May 7. His body of work includes  11 novels and four non­fic­tions. He won the Sahitya Akademi in 1978 for his no­vel Pita Putra but returnedthe award in 2015 to protest the growing intolerance in India. He was serving as the editor­in­ chief of Assamese daily Niyomiya Barta until his death.

“Deeply pained by the de­mise of eminent litterateur and veteran journalist Ho­men Borgohain,” Chief Mi­nister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

‘WHO has not termed B.1.617 Indian variant’

he World Health Organi­zation (WHO) has not asso­ciated the term “Indian variant” with the B.1.617

mutant of the coronavirus in its 32­page document, according to the Union Health Ministry.

In fact, the word “In­dian” has not been used in its report on the matter, noted a release issued by the

Ministry on Wednesday.

It added that some re­ports had covered the news of classifying B.1.617 as a variant of global con­cern and termed the B.1.617 strain of the corona­virus an “Indian variant”.

Bangladesh rebuffs China on Quad warning

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Arjuna­winning veteran paddler Chandrasekar passes away

Three­time National table tennis champion and former International paddler V.Chandrasekar passed away here on Wednesday due to COVID ­related complica­ tions. He was the current

president of Tamizhaga Ta­ble Tennis Association

(TTTA).

a 1982 Arjuna Award

winner,

• Singapore Open cancelled due to COVID­19

Manchester City back as PL champion

Manchester City was crowned Premier League champions for the third time in four seasons after Man­ chester United crashed to a 2-­1 defeat against Leicester on Tuesday.

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