NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 30 August – 5 Mins read
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- Chandrayaan-3 Mission Detects Sulphur On Moon’s South Pole; measurements were made by an instrument onboard Chandrayaan-3’s rover, Pragyan
- China Goes Underground In Aksai Chin – The site identified in this report lies in Aksai Chin, East of the Line of Actual Control, in territory held by China and historically claimed by India
- Neeraj Chopra Asked By Woman For Autograph On India Flag. World Champion Refused as mark of respect to National Flag, instead autographed on lady’s shirt sleeve
- Asked About Son’s Win Over Arshad Nadeem, Neeraj Chopra’s Mother Gives Stunning Reply – Look, all have come to play in the field. One or the other will definitely win. So there is no question of being from Pakistan or Haryana
- Union Govt move to impose 20% duty on exports of parboiled rice prompted buyers and sellers to postpone shipments of 5 lakh metric ton to after mid-Oct to avoid paying the tax
- The Lancet Regional Health: Suicide Rate 2.6 Times Higher Among Indian Men Compared To Women; suicide among Indian men have grown over one-third in the past seven years
- US: Xylazine, the “zombie drug” that’s causing alarm in the US, has been linked to several deaths on the American streets; Doctors Alarmed By Spread
- Delhi HC: Insulting Woman, Being Rude To Her Is Not Outraging Modesty; gender-specific laws are not meant to be “anti-opposite gender” but to serve the purpose of addressing unique issues faced by a particular gender
- Prayagraj Tense as Schoolboy Killed for ‘Protesting Cousin’s Molestation’; Cops Say ‘It’s Rumour’
- On J&K Statehood Timeframe, Govt To Inform Supreme Court On Thursday after it asked for a “timeframe” for such a move
- 62-day long Amarnath Yatra commenced on July 1, set to end on Aug 31. Till Aug 21 more than 4.70 lakh people paid obeisance; No Terror-Incident Reported; 2022 – 3,04,493 pilgrims
- Onam & Rakhi Gift: Union Cabinet has announced a subsidy of ₹ 200 on all domestic LPG cylinders
- Study: People Of World’s Most Polluted City Delhi On Track To Lose 11.9 Years Of Life To Pollution; PM2.5 shortens an average Indian’s life expectancy by 5.3 yrs, relative to what it would be if 5 g/m3 pollution limit of by WHO
- Climate change induced by human activity likely to be responsible for premature death of 1BN people over the next century, if global warming reaches two degrees Celsius
- ONGC to invest $24.2 billion to meet net-zero emissions goal; Tata Power arm to set up 4.4 MW solar project for ANAND Group; Road, renewables capex likely to rise by 35% in FY24 & FY25: Crisil
- Last Used In Jan 2023, Hindon Airport On Standby To Welcome Guests For G20 Summit; Joe Biden at ITC Maurya, Xi Jinping At Taj; Advance liaison teams from the US, the UK, and China among other countries have already arrived in India for preparations
- Uber completes 10 yrs in India; says drivers earned over Rs 50,000 cr via platform since 2013; India’s Tata Motors, Mahindra and Mahindra gain certificates for production-linked payouts
- Toyota Halts Production at Japan Factories After “Massive” System Glitch but that it did not appear to be a cyberattack.; Toyota Innova Hycross: Nitin Gadkari launches world’s first 100% ethanol-powered car
- Delhi Metro on August 28 recorded the highest-ever count of daily passenger journeys – 68.16 lakh – for the period spanning before and after the COVID-19 pandemic; DGCA Suspends Boeing Simulator Training Facility for Air India after inspection team allegedly found lapses in its internal safety audit reporting
- Russia Rushes Troops to Zaporizhzhia, Can Elite 76th Guards Stop A Major Ukrainian Breakthrough?; Ukraine Claims Allies’ “Absolute Consensus” On Crimea Strikes, China Powering Russian Drones?
- US Wants To Work With China to solve problems such as climate change and artificial intelligence, Says Biden Official Gina Raimondo; Kim Visits North Korean Navy With Daughter, Vows Arms for “Nuclear Deterrence” Amid US-led Drills
- No Cops Allowed”: US Restaurant Refuses To Sell To Officers In Uniform – It’s against allowing guns inside its businesses
- A county in eastern China is offering couples a “reward” of 1,000 yuan ($137) if the bride is aged 25 or younger – latest measure to incentivise young people to get married amid rising concern over a declining birth rate
- Today’s Word – Sappy – that is overly sentimental and emotional
