Daily Curated News – E113

August 23, 2023 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 23  August – 5 Mins read

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  1. Chandrayaan-3’s Latest Pics Show Moon 70 Km Away Ahead Of Touchdown; Countdown Begins as India Set to Become 1st Nation to Reach Moon’s South Pole
  2. Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, is getting ready for the launch, most likely in Sep7 first week
  3. R Praggnanandhaa, Magnus Carlsen Play Out Scintillating Draw in Chess World Cup Final Game 1
  4. Union Govt Assurance As Asia’s Largest Onion Market Stays Shut For 2nd Day; Govt Buying 2 LMT Onions at Rs 2,410/Quintal, to Sell at Rs 25/Kg via NCCF, NAFED Outlets
  5. “Unacceptable”: Supreme Court On “Article 370 Ceased To Exist After 1957 after drafting the state’s Constitution” Argument
  6. Nuh Violence Accused Arrested After Gunfight With Cops In Aravalli Hills; Cops looking for other accused people who have allegedly been hiding in the Aravalli hills
  7. Surprise Night Inspection Finds 89 Girls out of 100 Girls Missing At UP School Hostel; Warden Sarita Singh could not give a satisfactory answer; FIR against 4
  8. IMA Seeks Withdrawal Of Mandatory Prescription Of Generic Medicines till there is quality assurance of all medicines
  9. Manipur Governor Ends Suspense, Summons Assembly Session On August 29; SC appointed panel has urged the top court to pass a slew of directions to ensure Aadhaar cards are made available to those displaced and the victims’ compensation scheme is broadened
  10. ‘Terrorist in Mumbai…’: ‘Jealous’ Man Tries to Frame Friend in False Case, Calls Pune Police from US
  11. Delhi Govt Offices, All Schools to Remain Shut on September 8-10 in View of G20 Summit; comes as move to alleviate any potential traffic congestion and logistical challenges
  12. Supreme Court Setback For Lakshadweep MP Mohamed Faizal In Attempt To Murder Case; has remanded the matter back to the Kerala High Court for fresh adjudication in six weeks
  13. PM In South Africa For BRICS Summit, Buzz Over Possible Xi Jinping Meet; US Prez Joe Biden to Visit India for G20 Summit; IMF, World Bank Reforms On Agenda
  14. Reliance Industries to commission first phase of solar module factory by March; After Tata Motors and M&M, Ola Electric files for PLI sops; Renewables to account for 65 pc of India’s energy mix by 2030
  15. Kshema looks to double its premium by this fiscal end; Banking system liquidity in deficit as incremental cash reserve ratio kicks in; Creditors see better rate of recovery from large firms; Total banking transactions at GIFT IFSC reach USD 508 billion by July 2023
  16. Air India Express readies flights to take 2nd spot; Air India flyers can now enjoy simplified European travel experience with intermodal ticket partnership; Indian pilots to unite to raise fatigue woes after colleague’s pre-flight death
  17. 2 Pak Children Saved From Stuck Cable Car 900 feet above the ground after 6 Others Left due to a breakage in one of its cables
  18. UK’s National Army Museum Marks Indian Army’s First World War Contributions With New Display
  19. Hong Kong To Curb Some Japan Food Imports Over Fukushima Water Release; Japan has said the gradual release into the sea of more than 500 Olympic swimming pools’ worth of water — 12 years after the Fukushima disaster — is safe, a view backed by the UN atomic agency
  20. Thai Parliament Elects Srettha Thavisin As PM. His Party Came 2nd In Polls; Srettha Thavisin easily secured a majority across the houses of parliament to be approved as Thailand’s 30th PM
  21. Indian-Origin Ex-Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam In Final 3-Way Race To Be Singapore President
  22. Cambodia Ruler’s Son Appointed PM After “Sham” Election; Hun Manet’s new government includes a number of his relatives and several children of Hun Sen’s allies in top jobs
  23. North Korea’s first international commercial flight Air Koryo flight JS151 in three years landed in Beijing; Tropical Storm Khanun Floods North Korea, Kim Jong Un Slams Premier Kim Tok Hun
  24. China Wants to Dock ‘Research Vessel’ Shi Yan 6 in Sri Lanka, Rears Its Head in Indian Ocean Again
  25. Pakistan’s cash-strapped national carrier has grounded 11 aircraft, including three of its Boeing 777s, due to the unavailability of funds to replace parts
  26. Today’s Word – Lagostoma – Harelip