NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 18 May – 5 Mins read
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NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 18 May Thursday – updated at 0655HRS IST; 5 Mins read
IPL 2023: IPL 2023: Liam Livingstone’s 94 Goes In Vain As DC Beat PBKS By 15 Runs; Rilee Rossouw slammed an unbeaten 82 supported byDavid Warner (46), Prithvi Shaw (54); PBKS out of playoff
Indian online video sector amassed an impressive 6.1 trillion minutes of consumption from Jan 2022 to Mar 2023; YouTube had the lion’s share of online video consumption in India, with 88%
Astronomers Discover Earth-Size World Gripped by Widespread Volcanism; the planet, the third detected orbiting this particular star, is likely covered with volcanoes
SP Hinduja, Head Of Billionaire Hinduja Family, Dies At 87; family says him as “visionary and mentor to the family bestowing the founding principles and values of our late father, PD Hinduja
CUET-UG Exam Days to Be Extended by 4 Days to Accommodate More Candidates; 14 lakh applications have been received, registering a 41% increase from the debut edition last year
CBI Arrests Journalist Vivek Raghuvanshi, Ex-Navy Commander Ashish Pathak for Passing Sensitive Info to Foreign Intelligence Agencies
US Court Clears Extradition of Mumbai Terror Attack Accused Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana to India
Advocate Zafaryab Jilani (73), the man who became the face of the Muslim side in the long-drawn legal battle of Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit, breathed his last in Lucknow yesterday
Bikes Which Gave Lift To Amitabh Bachchan and Anushka Sharma Fined under Sections 129/194(D), Sec 5/180 & Sec 3(1)181 MV Act
Rajasthan Man, A First-time Flyer, Smokes Beedi Mid-air on Akasa Air Flight, Arrested At Bengaluru Airport; Turbulence in Air India Flight Injures 7 Passengers
Zomato Recorded Highest Number Of Orders On Mother’s Day, Received 150 Cake Orders Per Minute
Rich Indians snap up luxury cars even as prices surge to their highest level in five years; Toyota Kirloskar commences third shift at Karnataka-based plant to enhance production, cut waiting period
Credit Card Spend In Forex To Come Under RBI’s Remittance Scheme; a resident can remit money abroad up to a maximum of $2.50 lakh/ annum without the authorisation of the Reserve Bank
Blackstone set to buy diamond-grading company IGI for up to $550MN; Cabinet approves PLI-II for IT hardware with Rs 17,000Cr outlay
Pharma companies ask Govt to exempt cheap drugs from price control; Non-communicable diseases responsible for maximum out-of-pocket expenditure on health; GSK India reports Rs 133Cr net profit in quarter four of FY23
Solar panel maker Waaree in talks to raise Rs 1,000Cr; G20 energy transition group backs ‘universal access’ to green power; E-scooters may get pricier on proposed subsidy cut
Financial bids for Shipping Corporation of India soon; land and assets unit likely to be listed in a month; SC orders SpiceJet to pay settlement amount to Credit Suisse by July 18; Go First informs pilots of resumption from 27 May
LIC Housing to focus on LAP, intensify its recovery efforts; Falling premiums at LIC drag life insurers’ income down by 30%; Vedanta Resources Ltd taps global banks for $500-600MN loan
A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old sold for $38.1 million in New York, setting a record for the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction
Montana – 1st US state to ban TikTok, with the law set to take effect next year as debate escalates over the impact and security of the popular video app
Russian economy shrank 1.9% in first quarter; Russia agrees to extend Ukraine grain deal
Overseas travel ban, which was imposed on former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa with regard to the May 9, 2022 clashes, was lifted by a Sri Lankan court
Prince Harry, Meghan in ‘Near Catastrophic Car Chase’ With Paparazzi Photographers in New York
Ireland Star Harry Tector Displaces Virat Kohli, Quinton De Kock After Entering Top 10 ODI Ranking; new rating of 722 points is also the highest an Ireland male batter has ever achieved in ODI cricket
Holger Rune beat a frustrated Novak Djokovic 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, sending the top seed spinning out in a dramatic rain-interrupted quarter-final at the Italian Open