Daily Curated News – E65

July 6, 2023 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 6 July – 5 Mins read

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  1. Data Protection Bill To Be Introduced In Parliament’s Monsoon Session; expected to have a far-reaching impact on privacy and data protection, while fostering growth in the start-up economy
  2. Sun Produces Highest Number Of Sunspots In June, Raises Solar Storm Concerns; also signal more coronal mass ejections, which are strong eruptions of the charged particles that make up solar wind that may result in poor space weather on Earth
  3. Scotland marked the coronation of King Charles and his wife Camilla with a grand procession, a fly-past and a service of thanksgiving
  4. Thailand’s Koh Samui Island Faces Water Shortage As Tourism Booms as a result of the El Nino phenomenon, which is connected with warmer conditions and less rain
  5. US: Man Wins Hot Dog Eating Contest For 16th Time; Joey Chestnut consumed 62 frankies in just 10mins
  6. Schools Reopen In Manipur, Attendance Extremely Low On The First Day
  7. Urban, Rural India Similarly Polluted, But Mitigation Focuses On Cities; PM 2.5 levels in rural and urban regions very similar. Deecline in the levels has also been not been very different
  8. ISRO Gears Up For Chandrayaan-3 Launch, Integrates Spacecraft With Rocket; to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface
  9. Samruddhi Expressway Tragedy: Maha Transport Commissioner Requests ARAI to Review Sleeper Coach Design
  10. Delhi HC Asks NIC to Develop Public Platform to Upload Names of Proclaimed Offenders
  11. Kedarnath: After Viral ‘Proposal’ Video, Temple Asks Cops to Keep Check on Those Making Videos, Reels
  12. Heavy Downpour in Kerala, Orange Alert & Schools Shut in Some Districts; Showers in Mumbai; Gujarat Braces for Another Bout of Heavy Rainfall as IMD Issues Warning
  13. Pennaiyar River Dispute: Two SC Judges Hailing from TN and Karnataka Recuse from Hearing Case
  14. RLDA invites bids for leasing railway land at Dibrugarh; Delhi HC dismisses plea against reduction in allowances of Air India pilots due to COVID-19; Delhi HC Allows Go First Lessors to Inspect Aircraft, Carry Out Maintenance
  15. HDFC Bank says merged loan book with HDFC at $273.8 billion as of June end; Banks told to push Rs 3L crore stuck budget home projects
  16. Bajaj Auto-Triumph launches Speed 400, Scrambler 400X bike; Maruti launches most expensive MPV Invicto starting Rs 24.79 lakhs
  17. China Hits US Defence Industry, Export Controls Tagret Metals Key To Advanced Radars On Jets & More
  18. Ukraine Shelling on Russian Border Regions, Crimea Maritime Show Cancelled For “Security Reasons”
  19. Italy Begins Audit of Meta in Tax Case That Could Cost Facebook Parent $925MN; case could have wider ramifications for the industry as it hinges on the way that Meta provides access to services such as FB & Instagram
  20. 9.5 Kg Of ‘Floating Gold’ Found In Dead Whale In Canary Islands; whale died after 20-pound chunk of ambergris, caused chronic obstructive inflammation in colon
  21. On Day Of Invicto Launch, Maruti Suzuki Shares Jump 4%; stock was the biggest gainer among the Sensex firms
  22. UK Could Soon Legalise Freezing, Seizure of Crypto Assets Linked to Criminal Activities
  23. Threads Launched by Meta Twitter Rival Comes to iOS and Android with accounts already active for celebrities such as Shakira and Jack Black and media outlets including The Hollywood Reporter, Vice and Netflix
  24. Iga Swiatek Breezes Into Third Round, Daniil Medvedev Advances
  25. Today’s Word – Quaquadrate – A sixteenth power