Daily Curated News – E117

August 27, 2023 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 27  August – 5 Mins read

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  1. BWF World Championships Semifinal: HS Prannoy Loses In Deciding Game, Ends Campaign With Bronze Medal
  2. New video shows Chandrayaan-3 rover roaming around Shiv Shakti Point in search of lunar secrets
  3. NASA, SpaceX Crew-7 Of Four Lift Off To International Space Station; 7th routine mission to the orbital platform for Elon Musk’s SpaceX, with the first coming in 2020
  4. An eight-year-old elephant was rescued from a well and reunited with its herd in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district
  5. Lessor to Delhi HC: From fan blades to escape slides, critical parts are missing from at least two planes of India’s bankrupt Go First airline
  6. Booths run by women, apps to empower voters, cells to check fake news: ECI gears up for Chhattisgarh polls
  7. UP School’s Horror: I’m Handicapped, So; Teacher Justifies Slap Muslim Classmate Shocker; “Beaten For An Hour; pressure mounts on family to ‘compromise’
  8. Alternative road opened in Himachal’s Pandoh to divert vehicular traffic; Hundreds of people were stuck near Pandoh in Mandi district after landslides triggered by heavy rain on August 23 blocked the Mandi-Kullu Highway and the Kandi Katola Road
  9. Aviation Body Finds Lapses In Air India’s Internal Safety Audits – 13 spot checks shown to be carried out in stations Mumbai, Goa and Delhi were verified and were established to have not been actually performed
  10. Madras Lawyers Body Passes Resolution Against Renaming Of the Indian Penal Code, Indian Evidence Act and the Code of Criminal Procedure
  11. India’s grim reality: Over 98% of senior citizens devoid of health insurance on rising costs, reveals survey by PLUM
  12. SBI chief Dinesh Khara likely to get extension as govt mulls relaxing retirement age of PSB heads, MDs; Overcrowding of private credit funds leading to underpricing of risk
  13. FPIs invest ₹10,690 cr in Indian equities this month, sell ₹15,817 cr in cash market taking into account debt, hybrid, debt-VRR, and equities
  14. FinMin receives proposal to consider priority sector lending for EVs; not only reduce cost of finance, also provide funding to more people for such purchases and increase penetration of electric vehicles
  15. EU looking at petroleum products made from Russian crude oil in India finding way to its market; Govt considering inclusion of EVs in priority sector, to help increase funding access; L&T, IOCL & Renew form a joint venture for green hydrogen
  16. Ray of hope for 20,000 homebuyers as work begins in Jaypee Infra’s ‘ghost town’ in Noida; India’s real estate sector is expected to expand to $5.8 trn by 2047
  17. Airtel won’t buy 700 MHz in next auction, will only target spectrum expiring in 2024; Strong signals from investors, Vi may get much-needed cash soon
  18. Parents in Saudi Arabia could face imprisonment if their children stay away from school for 20 days without a valid reason
  19. Russia’s Wagner Mercenaries Face Uncertainty After the Presumed Death of Its Leader in a Plane Crash; Shelling Kills Civilians in Ukraine’s Northeast as Fears Grow of a Second Russian Takeover; Putin orders Wagner fighters to sign oath of allegiance after Prigozhin’s demise
  20. Vivek Ramaswamy Hints at Joining Trump as His Running Mate in Next Year’s Presidential Polls; Ramaswamy faces curiosity and skepticism in Iowa after center-stage performance in GOP debate
  21. Pope warns of social media perils: relationships reduced to algorithms, partisan propaganda, hatred
  22. China sends aircraft and vessels toward Taiwan days after US approves $500-million arms sale
  23. Mob attack on Christians suspected to be orchestrated as part of hate campaign against minority, says Pakistan’s top rights body
  24. Today’s Word – Palaeophile – Antiquarian