NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 29 August – 5 Mins read
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- Rover Pragyan Faces Large Crater During Moon Walk, Sent On “New Path”; spotted the crater a safe three metres from the edge and had been directed to a safer path; ISRO’s Solar Mission Aditya L 1 To Be Launched On 2nd Sep; is a fully indigenous effort with the participation of national institutions
- 5 doctors from Delhi hailed as heroes after they saved child’s life during mid-air medical emergency on board a Vistara Airlines flight from Bengaluru; As the situation got critical, airline team efficiently coordinated with Nagpur airport authorities for emergency landing in Nagpur
- Only Union Govt Can Conduct Caste Census, Supreme Court Told; The affidavit mentions that under the Census Act, only the Union Govt is empowered to conduct a census
- You Are Not Neeraj Chopra’s Javelin”: Delhi Police’s Witty Traffic Advisory For Drivers, Riders; Cops posted a photo along with a caption, “Be like #NeerajChopra. Win hearts, not Challans
- CJI: Article 35A of the Constitution has deprived people not residing in Jammu and Kashmir of some key constitutional rights
- G20: In Call With PM Modi, Putin Says Russian Foreign Minister To Attend; AAP, Lt Governor At Loggerheads Over Funding For Delhi’s Makeover; 50 Ambulances To Be Stationed At Venue, Hotels, Airport During summit
- “Won’t Seek Resignation”: ML Khattar On Minister Sandeep Singh Accused Of Sex Harassment & after Chandigarh Police filed a charge sheet in the sexual harassment case against him
- “I Made A Mistake, But There’s No Communal Angle”: UP Teacher Apologises; I asked some children to slap him a couple of times so that he starts studying; Boy Moves To Another School
- ‘Half-Day Study, Half-Day Fun’ Among Measures To Curb Kota Suicide Cases; been asked to form a committee of subject experts in an attempt to reduce burden of courses on students
- North Goa Airport Announces Direct Indigo Flight Services To Abu Dhabi; Jet Airways’ Winning Bidder Gets Extension To Repay ₹ 350 Crore To Lenders
- Reliance aims ‘2G-Mukt India’ with JioBharat V2 4G phone at Rs 999, to have UPI feature; Jio AirFiber to be launched on Ganesh Chaturthi, Sept 19
- Assembly polls raise loan waiver pitch, but impact may be minimal; Incremental CRR: As liquidity tightens, banks push CDs; Lenders working on common portal to handle digital frauds; Bank deposit growth touches six-year high of 13.5% in fortnight ended Aug 11
- Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Recalls 1,200 Bottles Of “Subpotent” Hypertension Drug In US; Higher chance of dying within 1 year of Covid hospitalisation finds ICMR study; Sun Pharma aims to spend 7-8% of sales on R&D this fiscal; Venus Remedies gets marketing approval for anticoagulant drug in Saudi Arabia
- Dalmia Bharat draws closer to taking over Birla Tyres; Ashok Leyland expands product offering in CNG, launches truck in 18.5 tonne segment; India’s automotive industry poised to rank number 3 in world by 2030; Schaeffler India to fully acquire auto spare parts platform Koovers for Rs 142.4Cr
- 7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Indonesia’s Bali Sea region; epicentre 201KMs north of Mataram, Indonesia and 518KMs below the Earth’s surface; No Tsunami warning
- Study: “Kissing rocks”, a popular tourist spot in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay, are at risk of collapse; rising sea levels and fishing boats travelling too close are causing the rocks to erode
- North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Calls For Strengthening Naval Forces accusing US of turning waters near the Korean peninsula into “the most unstable waters with the danger of a nuclear war
- From Elon Musk To Sundar Pichai, Top CEOs To Meet At Mega AI Event; AI forum will also feature OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
- Russia Says It Intercepted Two US Drones Near Crimea; Russia Detains Ex US Consulate Employee For Passing Ukraine Intel To US
- UK Air Traffic Control Glitch That hit country’s air traffic control systems “identified and remedied” but the disruption caused with hundreds of flight
- Indonesian School Shaves 14 Girls’ Hair Over Teacher’s Hijab Complaint; Teacher suspended, call for teacher to be sacked; School apologises to the parents
- Paris Bans Rental E-Scooters, First European Capital To Do So; leaving fans desolate but relieving those who loathed their “nuisance” factor
- Japan’s space agency postponed the planned launch of what it hopes will become the first Japanese spacecraft to land on the moon due to strong, high-altitude winds
- Poland, Baltic States Warn They Could Seal Border with Belarus if Military, Migrant Tensions Grow
- Today’s Word – Raguly – Having short alternating projections and depressions
