NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 14 August – 5 Mins read
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- Bengaluru Woman Forgot Her Bag With Wallet At Airport Toilet, Then Help Arrived in the form of CISF Officer who helped her to get back lost things in 10Mins; coordinated with Vistara, got it done
- Maharashtra: 18 Deaths in 24 Hrs at Thane’s Civic Hospital; Minister Warns of Action if Negligence is Found; a mob gathered at the hospital and questioned the authorities alleging the death of five persons in a day due to “negligence”
- CAG: Dwarka Expressway Cost 14 Times More Than Sanctioned; Expressway, b/w Delhi – Gurugram by developing it into a 14-lane national highway, was built at a “very high” per km cost of ₹ 250.77Cr against the CCEA approved per km cost of ₹ 18.20Cr
- US: “Terrifying” Experience For Passengers As American Airlines Plane Drops 15,000 Feet In 3Mins; crew decided to safely descend at a lower altitude because of the pressurisation issue
- IND vs WI 5th T20: Brandon King’s Heroics Guide West Indies to 8-Wicket Win, Claim Series 3-2
- Haryana Mahapanchayat Demands Nuh Merger with Palwal-Gurugram, Arms for ‘Self Defence’; VHP Yatra on Aug 28; Admin Lifts Internet Curbs In Nuh
- CBI Set To Take Over 9 More Cases On Manipur Violence, Taking Total To 17; Any other case related to crime against women or sexual assault may also be referred to it on priority; facing critical task of avoiding allegations of bias
- Study: With every 500- 1000 more steps you take, your chance of dying from any cause or from cardiovascular disease is dramatically reduced
- ChatGPT Costs ₹ 5.80Cr Daily to run just one of its AI services, Maker OpenAI May Go Bankrupt In 2024
- 13-Year-Old Boy Survives After Nearly 100-Feet Grand Canyon Fall; airlifted to hospital with nine broken vertebrae, a ruptured spleen, collapsed lung, a concussion, a broken hand, dislocated finger
- IIT Delhi revamped its evaluation system and dropped a set of mid-semester exams to reduce students’ stress
- Himachal Rains: Heavy Showers Trigger Landslides, Traffic Affected; Beas Swells, Schools & Colleges Shut; Heavy Rain Likely In 6 Districts Of Uttarakhand; Flood Situation Persists in Assam’s Dhemaji, 46,000 People Remain Affected
- Fiscal Health Report: Based on FY24 first budget estimates, top 3 states – Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, and Telangana & bottom 3 states are Bengal, Punjab and Kerala
- India, China Dynamics After Galwan Clash: Enhanced Air Defence, Deployment in Western Sector of LAC; 68,000 Army soldiers, around 90 tanks and other weapon systems were airlifted by IAF
- Indeed’s new survey ‘The Job Search Process – Salary Takes Backseat As Indian Job Hunters Prioritise Work Flexibility Now; 48% jobseekers want to know the salary range from employers before applying for a role
- IT completed its investigation into alleged malpractices in the payment of commissions by insurance companies and uncovered evasion of more than ₹15,000Cr; Tax on this ₹4,500Cr; covered more than 25 insurers and over 250 businesses
- Nepal PM likely to sign power pact with China during Sept trip; India loads up on Russian dirty fuel with crude supply cuts; Electricity output sees marginal growth of 1.3% in Apr-Jun due to unseasonal rains; OVL seeks another 3-yr extension for Vietnamese oil block in South China Sea
- Deutsche Bank’s Go Airlines loans settled out of court; Go First asks lenders for urgent funding of Rs 100Cr; Direct flight services from Kerala to Vietnam launched from Cochin International airport
- Niger Putschists Vow to Prosecute Deposed Bazoum for High Treason; Niger Regime Leader ‘Open to Explore Diplomacy’ says Mediators
- Russia Fires At Black Sea Ship, Ukraine Chopper Lost, Kyiv “Gains In South”, Belarus Funding Wagner?
- “Iranian Anti-Tank Missiles” At Stake? Hezbollah Truck Crash Sparks Lethal Street Fight In Lebanon
- Xi’s Pirate Army? Philippines Video Shows Blue Boats Working With China Coast Guard To Control Seas
- US Woman Erin Honeycutt (38), Suffering From PCOS, Breaks Guinness World Record For Longest Female Beard 29.9 cm; previous record of 25.5 cm belonged to Vivian Wheeler (75) from US
- North Korea: Kim Jong Un berated “irresponsible” officials for failing to prevent damage from a tropical storm that swept through the Korean peninsula
- Today’s Word – Caenogenesis – Process of growth in individual not common in its species
