NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 6 August – 5 Mins read
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- Chandrayaan-3 Feeling Lunar Gravity”: India’s Mission Now Closer To Moon; ISRO also shared a message from the satellite to its centres, which read, “MOX, ISTRAC, this is Chandrayaan-3. I am feeling lunar gravity
- Tremors In Delhi, Surrounding Areas As 5.8 Earthquake Hits Afghanistan; Afghan frequently hit by earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, which lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates; Jammu And Kashmir Struck By 3 Earthquakes In A Day; 4.4 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Bay of Bengal
- Copparam Shreyas Hareesh, a 13-year-old prodigy from Bengaluru, succumbed to injuries that he had suffered following a crash in the third round of the Indian National Motorcycle Racing Champ
- BJP MP Ramshankar Katheria was awarded two-year imprisonment by an Agra Court in connection with a vandalism case at a company in a mall in 2011; may face disqualification
- Madras High Court Frowns at Widow Being Denied Entry into Temple; cannot happen in a civilised society governed by law and made it clear that a woman, by herself has an identity; Portion Of Tamil Nadu’s Srirangam Temple Collapses, None Hurt; Restoration Work Begins
- Officials Assure Gurugram Migrant Workers As Violence Triggers Exodus; Economic activity slows as Gurugram battles exodus of workers in wake of riots; : 45 shops razed in Haryana’s Nuh days after communal violence
- Five more, including father-son, killed as clashes continue; Area Where Manipur Mass Burial Planned Is Govt’s Sericulture Farm, Eviction Notice Shows; Solapur teacher Anant Allishe brings 14 kids from conflict-torn Manipur back to the classroom
- States, UTs put in over 4,200 entries for most beautiful public spaces competition; Govt to declare the most beautiful public spaces and municipal wards by Dec
- Gyanvapi survey gets 4-week extension, ASI asked to submit report by Sep 2; comes after standing GOI Govt counsel moved an application seeking more time to conclude the ASI survey
- Govt: Tourism Brings Foreign Exchange of Rs 5.54 Lakh Crore to India in Last 5 Years, Highest Earning in 2019
- Ranchi-Bound Indigo Flight Develops Technical Snag Mid-Air, Returns To Delhi within an hour after its take-off; IndiGo starts new daily direct flights between Mumbai and Nairobi
- HC judge laments “huge disparity” in legal profession, says only 15 % of practising lawyers are women
- Maruti plans 7-year-long drive with 10 new models; raises annual sales target to four million units by FY31
- Cabinet approved a last-mile broadband connectivity plan under the BharatNet project for 6.4 lakh villages across the country with a financial outlay of Rs 1.39 lakh crore
- Saudi Arabia Dives into Ukraine Peace Push with Jeddah Talks; India at the High Table of Peace Talks; After Warship, Ukraine Uses Sea Drones to Attack Russian Oil Tanker; Rare Flash Of Anger From China After Russia Blocks Tourists At Border | Sign Of Sino-Russian Strain?
- Syrian Baby Born Under Earthquake Rubble Turns 6 Months, Happily Surrounded by Her Adopted Family
- Imran Khan Arrested In Corruption Case, Barred From Politics For 5 Years; Was Expected, Be Peaceful”: Imran Pre-Arrest Message To Supporters; “Abduction At Gunpoint – Party Moves HC Over Arrest; Inflation Touches 29.8% In Pakistan Amid Rise In Food, Energy Prices
- As Typhoon Khanun makes a U-turn, residents of Okinawa brace for another lashing with wind and rain; More people go missing and thousands are evacuated as northeast China is hit by more floods
- BCCI expecting to breach the US$1BN mark in its cumulative earnings from selling separate TV and digital rights for India’s 88 home games during the five-year period till March 2028
- Today’s Word – Underlap – Piece of material that extends under another
