NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 27 September – 5 Mins read
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- Asian Games 2023: India claimed the team dressage gold in equestrian sport, breaking a 41-year-old jinx at the continental event; Men’s 4x100m Medley Team Finishes Fifth In Final, Sets New National Record; India Lose 0-3 To Pak, Finish Sixth
- CBI Team To Visit Manipur To Investigate Death of Teens; “Kidnapped, Murdered. What Wrong Did They Do”: Parents Of Manipur Teens
- Kerala Army Man Shine Kumar Fabricated ‘PFI Attack’ to Get National Attention, Posting of His Choice, Arrested
- Flying Officer Kunal Chaudhary – call sign ‘KC’, the youngest pilot in the squadron is cleared to fly solo the mighty Rafale; Before getting the prestigious solo badge from 101 Squadron’s CO, flying officer sits down, officers pour 2 buckets full of water on the young aviator – A unique tradition to welcome their new warfighter
- Billions of dollars from humanitarian aid and rising trade with Asian neighbours propelled Afghan currency to the top of global rankings this quarter – an unusual spot for a poverty-stricken country with one of the world’s worst human rights records
- Banking & financial companies go all out to retain staff; IL&FS Financial Services approves interim distribution payout of Rs 807Cr; Cosmos Co-operative Bank concludes 18 mergers; RBI cancels licence of Nashik Zilla Girna Sahakari Bank
- British International Investment eyes $1 bln investment in India clean energy projects; Tata Power’s EV arm partners with Kolkata Airport Authority to install chargers; Tesla’s China exports in crosshairs of EU anti-subsidy probe; India to set emission reduction mandates for 4 sectors, to start carbon trading from 2025
- Moody’s downgrades Vedanta Resources on debt rejig concerns; Texmaco installs highest capacity Gantry Crane at Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project; Availability of green hydrogen to reduce dependence on coal in steel making says Tata Steel CEO
- Barauni-Guwahati pipeline to provide gas in Guwahati by end 2023; REC partners with Punjab National Bank to finance projects in logistics, power, infra sectors; Power companies plug into smart meters for sustainable solutions
- Chinese company Itel brings out 5G mobile priced at less than Rs 10,000; DGFT opens registration of companies seeking to import IT hardware; India’s export of cut, polished diamonds may fall by 22 pc in FY24 on sluggish demand
- Byju’s plans to cut around 5,500 jobs to decrease costs amid a restructuring of its business; job cuts are only at Byju’s parent, Think & Learn (THIK.NS), and are not linked to any of its subsidiaries
- Officials in states continue to function like licence raj days, says Maruti Suzuki chairman; Mercedes on track to continue record sales in 2023 amid surging demand
- “No Merger Until Air India Gets To Level Of Vistara” says CEO but Singapore Airlines welcomed CCI’s approval of the merger and said the airline as well as Scoot will follow the commitments
- Canada Parliament Speaker Anthony Rota Quits After Praising Nazi-Linked Veteran; made the announcement in remarks to legislators
- 100 people, 150+ when a fire broke out during a wedding at an event hall in the northern Iraqi town of Hamdaniyah
- Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Loses Appeal Against 19-Year Jail Term; “Too Bad, Vladimir”: Hillary Clinton’s Jibe At Putin Over NATO Expansion
- Joe Biden Joins Protesting Auto Workers, First For Sitting US President; Biden told workers that the “Big Three” automakers — Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis — were “doing incredibly well, and guess what, you should be doing incredibly well too.”
- London’s Gatwick Airport Limits Flights As Covid-19 Outbreak Causes Staff Shortages; largest number of cancellations will be on Friday, Sep 29, with 33 departures affected; US, South Korea Pushing Peninsula To Brink Of Nuclear War, N Korea Tells UN
- China, Japan, South Korea Agree On Summit As Beijing Warns On Wanton Expansion of Military Alliances
- Leander Paes Becomes First Asian Man To Be Nominated As A Player To International Tennis Hall of Fame
- Today’s Word – Umbo – Central knob or boss of a shield
