Daily Curated News – E99

August 9, 2023 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 9 August – 5 Mins read

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  1. Manipur Police Files Case Against Paramilitary Force Assam Rifles; 6,500 FIRs Filed Over Manipur Violence Cases, But That’s Not The Whole Picture – 3 Related to Rape; Assam Rifles Out, CRPF Brought In At Key Manipur Checkpoint After Protests
  2. 100 Hectares Of Forest Land Diverted For Development Work In Delhi In 15 Years; only one-third of the trees transplanted during the period have survived
  3. LocalCircles: ‘Red’ Flag: 1 in 3 Houses (89%) Paid Over Rs 200/kg for Tomatoes Last Week; 17% households who were earlier buying tomatoes have stopped consuming them post surge in prices
  4. 2 BSF personnel and 21 civilians involved in infiltration attempts have been apprehended since 2021
  5. 29 FIRs, 7 Arrests Over Inflammatory Social Media Posts As Haryana Erupts In Communal Clashes; “Ethnic Cleansing” By State? Delhi High Court’s Big Question On Nuh Demolitions
  6. Govt Says No Plan to Phase Out Old Coal-based Power Plants; Parl Panel Committee Recommends Generating Tribal Disaggregated Health Data; National Dental Commission Bill & National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Bill Passed in Parliament
  7. Hero MotoCorp received 25,000 bookings for the world’s cheapest Harley Davidson motorcycle  X440 Bikes, sending shares up over 3%
  8. After SBI, BoI looks to put bad loans worth Rs 15k Cr on block; Banks reject proposal by corporates to club ‘fraud’ A/Cs & ‘wilful defaulters; CCI clears proposed acquisition of HDFC Credila Financial Services; Competition Commission approves Tata Capital merger plan
  9. NTPC arm wins bid for 80 MW solar project in Khandwa; VoltUp announces new PowerCore 2.0 tech in its swappable batteries; EV maker Vegh Automobiles to expand across 12 states with 100 new retail stores
  10. Calcutta HC stays operation of arbitration award of Rs 1,301Cr against SER; With operating ratio of 107.39%, Railways could not generate surplus in 2021-22: CAG; Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd raises $100MN from Japan’s MUFG; Parliamentary Committee flags termination of contracts in RLDA leases; SpiceJet insolvency plea maintainable, WLFC tells NCLT
  11. Lupin Digital Health launches first-of-its-kind digital heart failure clinic; CEPI to fund Gennova’s self­ amplifying mRNA vaccine against Disease X
  12. Vi, Adani data networks may not get exemptions over 5G rollout; India mobile market headed for effective duopoly by FY24 end with Jio-Airtel likely 83% RMS
  13. France To Offer 5-Year Schengen Visa For Indian Alumni Under New Programme; goal to welcome 30,000 students from India by 2030 is aimed at fostering academic excellence, boosting cultural links and enhancing long-lasting friendship between the two nations
  14. US: On Camera, Teen Girls Attack Family, Witness In Possible Hate Crime On New York Subway; the trio of girls sitting directly across from the family before one of them allegedly launched the assaults
  15. A 10-year-old girl from the United States who dreamed of being married has tied the knot with her childhood sweetheart just days before dying of leukaemia
  16. Drought Empties Reservoirs, Forces Limits On Water Use In Spain; Registered driest start to a year in 1st 4 months of 2023 since records began in 1960s, with Catalonia, Andalusia being most affected
  17. Norway To Fine Meta Nearly $100,000 A Day For Defying Data Use Ban on using users’ personal information to target ads
  18. Antarctica will “almost certainly” witness more common and more severe extreme events, such as ocean heatwaves and ice loss, having global implications; July Hottest Month Ever Recorded, Climate Watchdog Issues Warning
  19. 13,000 People Evacuated In German City After World War II Bomb Found; In Dusseldorf, authorities ordered all residents within a 500-metre radius of the bomb’s location to evacuate the area
  20. Ukraine Pizzeria Hit By Russia’s Iskander Missile, Putin Pushes Rostec For More Kub & Lancet Drones
  21. US Air Force Finds Carcinogens at Montana Nuclear Missile Sites amid Reports of Cancer Cases; A striking number of males and females who are part of Montana missile community have reported cancer diagnoses
  22. 3rd T20I: Suryakumar 83, Kuldeep 3 Wickets Guide India To Victory Over West Indies; Tilak Varma remained unbeaten on 49
  23. Today’s Word – Xylology – Study of wood