NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 25 August – 5 Mins read
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- PM Modi, Xi Jinping Agree On “Expeditious De-Escalation” In Ladakh where tensions have been high since the violent face-off in June 2020 in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan Valley
- “Mentality Monster”: R Praggnanandhaa Gets Viral-worthy Tag From Magnus Carlsen After Terrific Chess World Cup Final
- 9 Cops Among 15 Injured against a public hearing for the expansion of a cement plant Turns Violent In Meghalaya; Railways To Give ₹ 10 Lakh To Families Of Mizoram Bridge Collapse Victims who were killed as an underconstruction railway bridge collapsed
- Defence Ministry Clears Acquisition Proposals Worth ₹ 7,800 Cr that included procurement of electronic warfare suite for Mi-17 V5 helicopters; India To Upgrade Ladakh Landing Strip To Airbase, Just 35 Km From LAC that can operate numerous fighter jets like Rafale, Sukhoi-30MKI, LCA Tejas
- Delhi HC: Maternity benefits are a fundamental, integral part of the identity and dignity of a woman who chooses to bear a child, while holding that a contractual female employee is entitled to relief under the Maternity Benefit Act
- Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) expects to commercially launch its dengue fever vaccine by early 2026, as the race to develop the country’s first such vaccine heats up
- BRICS Expands Membership: Saudi Arabia, Iran and UAE Among 6 New Nations Set to Join on Jan; Rejects ‘Double Standards’ in Countering Terrorism
- Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon share the Best Actress award for their performances in Gangubai Kathiawadi and Mimi. Allu Arjun was named Best Actor for the blockbuster Pushpa: The Rise; The Kashmir Files’ Wins ‘National Integration’ Award; The Rocketry Best Film
- Gauhati HC acquitted all six convicts in the 2004 bomb blast in Assam’s Dhemaji, which had killed 18 people, including 13 schoolchildren
- Reliance Commercial to infuse Rs 1,043Cr in Reliance Infra, Reliance Power; Bandhan drops anchor in Delhi and Mumbai to drive growth
- Delhi HC asks SpiceJet to pay ₹100 cr to Kalanithi Maran by Sept 10; WR cancels 36 trains between Ahmedabad and Mumbai from August 25 to 28 for non-interlocking work near Surat station; Air India pilots” grouping flags fatigue concerns over new rostering system; 20 National Waterways, projects worth over ₹ 800 crores being developed in the Northeast
- CCI imposes penalty of Rs 1 crore on Bharti Airtel; Jio adds the most number of wireless subscribers in June, outpacing Airtel; Jio ends its cheapest Rs 119 data plan; Tata Communications plans to raise Rs 1,750cr via NCD issuance
- NHPC, APGENCO to set up 2 hydel, renewable energy projects in Andhra Pradesh; Mandate on green Hydrogen use by companies may be sent for Cabinet nod soon; Revolt pays back FAME subsidy with interest to Govt
- SriLankan Airlines Flight From Colombo To Delhi Suffers Hydraulic Glitch; also claimed that news reports of the plane making an emergency landing were false and that no emergency was declared
- Billionaire George Soros-Backed Group OCCRP Plans another ‘expose’ on certain corporate houses in India after Adani damning report
- “Talented Man Who Made Mistakes”: Vladimir Putin On Wagner Chief; An investigation is currently underway into what caused; Prigozhin’s Jet Had “Bomb Hidden in Wine Crate”? Putin’s “Revenge” 60 Days After Wagner Mutiny?
- Trump to be Arrested in Georgia Election Case; accused of conspiring with 18 codefendants to try to overturn the 2020 election result in the key southern state
- US Justice Department Sues SpaceX Over Hiring Practices; discriminating against asylum seekers and refugees
- UN Atomic Watchdog Backs Japan, Says Water Released From Plant Below Limit; Japan Orders Immediate Removal Of China Seafood Ban Amid Atomic Waste Row
- In a first, 2 Indian-origin candidates clash in US Republican presidential debate; Vivek Ramaswamy Draws Criticism from GOP Rivals, Dubbed ‘Amateur’ Obama, ChatGPT
- UK PM Sunak Apologises for ‘Inadvertent’ Code Breach Over Wife Akshata’s Shares in Childminding Agency
- US Sanctions Russians Over Ukraine Children Deportations; Ukraine Says it Raised Flag on Crimea in Overnight ‘Special Operation’
- Today’s Word – Nariform – Shaped like the nostrils or like the human nose
