News highlights of the day: Kerala's monkeypox tally jumps to 3; I&B Ministry announces National Film Awards winners

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- Maruti Suzuki has increased ex-showroom price of Ertiga by ₹6,000

- Ertiga will now have a starting ex-showroom price of ₹8.41 lakh (CNBC TV18)

- Opposition members walk out of Defence Parliamentary Committee meeting alleging they were not allowed to discuss Agnipath scheme: Sources (PTI)

- Sachidanandan KR wins best director for Malayalam film AK Ayyappanum Koshiyum posthumously at the 68th National Film Awards 2020, in Delhi.

- Best Actress award goes to Aparna Balamurali for Soorarai Pottru and Award for Best Lyrics goes to Manoj Muntashir for Saina, IB Ministry announed today.

- Award for Best Hindi film goes to Toolsidas Junior

- Award for Best Feature Film goes to Soorarai Pottru (Tamil)

- Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment goes to Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior announced the IB Ministry today.

- Best film on Social Issues award goes to 'Justice Delayed but Delivered' & Three Sisters, the IB Ministry announced today.

- Best Music Direction award goes to Vishal Bhardwaj for '1232 Kilometers Marenge To Wahin Jaakar' announced the IB Ministry today.

- Best Actor award goes to Ajay Devgan for Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior and Suriya for Soorarai Pottru announced the IB Ministry today.

- The winners of the National Film Awards for 2020are being announced by the Press Information Bureau.

- Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur took to his Twitter on Friday morning to inform that the awards will be announced on Friday evening

- This is the first time in two years that the awards will be presented in a physical ceremony.

- An estimated 4 crore eligible beneficiaries have not taken even a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine as on July 18, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar informed the Lok Sabha on Friday.

- A total of 1,78,38,52,566 vaccine doses (97.34 percent) have been administered free of cost in Government Covid Vaccination Centres (CVCs) till July 18, she said in a written reply.

- "As on 18th July, an estimated 4 crore eligible beneficiaries have not taken even a single dose of Covid vaccine,” she said in response to a question on the number and percentage of people who have not taken even a single dose. (PTI)

Shops to display names in Marathi: SC notice to Maharashtra government on plea against state government's rule

- The Supreme Court Friday sought responses from Maharashtra and others on a plea challenging a Bombay High Court which refused to quash the state government’s rule mandating shops and establishments to display their names in Marathi (Devanagari script) language.

- A bench of Justices K M Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy issued notice to the Maharashtra government, Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, and others on an appeal filed by the Federation of Retail Traders Welfare Association challenging the February 23, 2022 order of the high court.

- The high court had noted that there was no bar on using any other language on their display board and the rule only mandated the shop’s name to be displayed in Marathi. Read more.

- National Investigation Agency produced seven accused in Umesh Kolhe murder case in Amravati, in a special NIA court.

- The court sent the accused to judicial custody for 14 days. (ANI)