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July 1, 2023 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 1 July – 5 Mins read

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  1. Lausanne Diamond League 2023: Neeraj Chopra Finishes At Top Spot With Throw Of 87.66m, Murali Sreeshankar Ends At 5th
  2. Australian Radio Presenter Mario Bekes Hosts 55-Hour, 26-Minute Show from April 30 to May 1, 2023, in Sydney, Australia To Break World Record
  3. HDFC Bank-HDFC Merger Today, Biggest Transaction In History Of India Inc; total business of merged entity stood at ₹ 41 lakh Cr; Combined Profits would be over ₹ 60,000Cr; to be world’s fourth most valuable lender
  4. Manipur’s N Biren Singh “Almost Quits”, Torn Resignation Letter Emerges; Women gathered near Mr Singh’s residence and formed a human chain, saying that they do not want him to resign
  5. ₹ 6,000 Crore Approved For Relief Measures During 2022-24 Monsoons; will help states undertake relief measures during the current Monsoon season
  6. PM Modi, Vladimir Putin Discuss Ukraine, Armed Mutiny Over Call; $1.5BN loan Granted To Ukraine By World Bank For Reconstruction Aid; Ukraine War Seems To Have “No End” Warns Pope Francis As Envoy Returns
  7. Sensex, Nifty Reach New All-Time Closing High; Interest Rates On Select Small Saving Schemes Raised By Up To 0.3%; Market Value Of BSE-Listed Firms Hit All-Time High Of ₹ 296 Lakh Cr
  8. Study finds 97% Sanitation Workers, 95% Waster-pickers, 82% Security Guards Exposed to Air Pollution
  9. Monsoon Fury: Alert in Mumbai, More Rains Likely in Guj; Delhi Grapples With Traffic Jams; Delhi Registered 101 ‘Good to Moderate’ Air Quality Days in Jan-June 2023
  10. Apple’s Market Capitalisation Reaches $3TN as Company Explores VR Sector; Jio dials clutch of foreign banks for up to $1.5BN loan; Network Gear Co Alcatel-Lucent eyeing tie-ups to make in India
  11. Union Govt mulls floating LNG storages at major ports; World Bank approves $1.5 billion financing for India’s low carbon energy sector
  12. Share of loans bearing over 9% interest rate hits 56.1% in March, says RBI; Loans to services including NBFCs and aviation drive credit growth in May
  13. India’s first domestically built 700 MW nuclear reactor starts commercial operations in Gujarat; RIL & BP commence production from third deepwater field in India’s KG D6 block
  14. Aviation Regulator To Conduct Special Audit Of Crisis-Hit Go First; Average airfares on various domestic routes decline, shows DGCA data; IndiGo adds flights to Abu Dhabi, Dubai from Lucknow airport; DGCA issues advisory to airlines on unauthorised presence in cockpit
  15. Maruti offers dealerships support to drive small car sales in fast lane; Hero MotoCorp to hike two-wheeler prices by around 1.5% from next month; Lexus to hike price of ES 300h sedan range by up to 2% from July13; Porsche to conquer waterways with its $655,000 electric speedboat
  16. China’s Revised Anti-Espionage Law Comes Into Effect Amid Business Worries; law already meted out harsh punishment for those involved in alleged espionage, from life in prison to execution in extreme cases
  17. 800 Arrests, 250 Cops Injured; “Next Few Hours Will Be Decisive”: France Deploys 45,000 Police To Quell Riots; “France Must Address Deep Racism”: UN After Teen Shot Dead By Cops; President Urges Parents to Keep Teens at Home to Quell Rioting Spreading Across France
  18. Biden Announces Student Debt Relief Measures  to as many borrowers as possible, as quickly as possible After Court Setback
  19. Brazil’s Ex-President Bolsonaro Barred From Office Until 2030  as Brazil’s federal electoral court (TSE) barred him for his conduct during last year’s fraught election
  20. 59 Flights Cancelled In Geneva Airport Due Workers’ Strike over new wage policy contested by staff.; 8,000 passengers were estimated to be affected
  21. India Football Coach Igor Stimac Suspended For 2 Games, Fined USD 500 For Red Card Offence In SAFF Championship Game vs Kuwait
  22. World champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull snatched a sixth pole position of the season at his team’s home track for the Austrian GP
  23. 5.8 Magnitude Earthquake Shake Indonesia’s Main Island Causing Panic But No Reports of Major Damage
  24. Today’s Word – Lanameter – Instrument for measuring quality of wool