NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 29 April – 5 Mins read
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- India loves its cash, despite fall of ₹2000 note and rise of UPI; doubled from 13.35lakh Cr in 2017 to 35.15Cr in Mar 2024
- AU Small Finance Bank aims to double balance sheet to Rs 2.5 lakh cr in 3 years; Banks may have to slowdown loan growth in FY25: S&P; Reliance Capital lenders urge Hinduja Group arm to stick to resolution plan deadline
- Bengaluru marks hottest day in nearly a decade; touched 38 deg Cels but still below the all-time high of 39.2 deg Cel registered in 2016
- Only AU Small Finance Bank eligible to apply for universal bank license now; ITPCL debt restructuring: NCLAT rejects SBI’s objection on liquidation value provided by PNB; Himadri Speciality to invest Rs 220cr in Bengal to expand speciality carbon black capacity
- Elon Musk Flies To China In Surprise Visit, Days After He Cancelled India Trip Citing ‘Obligations; visit coincides with the 2024 Beijing Auto Show
- Strong 6.1 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Indonesia’s Java at a depth of 68.3KMs no tsunami warning, Tremors Felt In Capital Jakarta
- US Makes Last-Ditch Effort To Save Close Ally As ICC Arrest Warrant Looms On Netanyahu; Saudi Warns Conflict Dampening Economic Mood; Hamas Official Says Delegation To Respond To Gaza Truce Plan In Egypt
- Fallout From Gaza War Continues To Affect US Colleges; US Govt Asks For ‘Peaceful’ Campus Protests After Hundreds Of Pro-Palestinians Held Over The Weekend; Protesters Hang Huge Palestinian Flag At Venue Of Biden’s White House Event
- Dr Debraj Jash, a pulmonologist at Kolkata’s Medica Superspecialty Hospital, performed the surgery and removed the screw of a gold nose pin from a woman’s right lung after she accidentally inhaled it; he called ”extremely rare case
- Study: Spike in traffic noise can increase risk of cardiovascular diseases; for every 10 decibel increase in noise coming from road traffic, risk of developing heart attack, stroke and diabetes, heightened by 3.2%
- Mount Ibu volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted, spewing an ash tower more than two miles into the sky and prompting officials to warn people to keep away
- *US: ‘Psychotic’ Break Leads Indian-Origin Doctor To Drive Tesla Off Cliff With Family
two doctors testified that Dharmesh Patel, experienced major depressive disorder* - LS Elections 2024: Repolling In Six Polling Stations In Outer Manipur On Apr 30; Just 8% of Women Candidates in First 2 Phases; SP Candidate Ravidas Mehrotra, 66, an alumnus of Lucknow University, Has Been Jailed 251 Times. He Has No Criminal Case, but that has not lessened his zeal for social work
- Railways Plans To Roll Out New-age Vande Metro, Trials To Begin In July 2024; will have many such features which are not available in currently running metro trains; Railways sets eyes on having 200 Gati Shakti Cargo terminals
- Navy Helps Panama-Flagged Crude Oil Tanker With 22 Indians Onboard after the vessel came under a missile attack from Houthi militants; Drugs Worth 600 Cr 14 Pak Men Caught In Massive Op Off Gujarat Coast
- Uttarakhand: 8 Fresh Forest Fires in 24 Hours, IAF Assists in Firefighting for 2nd Day; UP Tourists Missing After Being Swept Away in Ganga in Rishikesh, Search Ops On; Tripura Govt Extends School Holidays for Three More Days as Heatwave Continues
- Mosque Cleric Beaten to Death by Masked Men in Rajasthan’s Ajmer; Six children were also present inside the mosque when the incident occurred; no arrests made till now
- Manipur: 2 CRPF Personnel Killed In Militant Attack, CM Biren Singh Says ‘Such Actions Demonstrate Cowardice’
- Powerful tornadoes swept across the US state of Nebraska this week and damaged several homes; 4-Month-Old Child Among 2 Killed
- French Govt sent LOI to Atos with the aim of acquiring all of its activities that the state deems strategic, as the IT consulting firm strives to restructure its debt
- Maheshwari Chauhan Seals Spot in Paris Olympics After Winning Silver in Women’s Skeet at ISSF Final Qualifying Championship
- IPL 2024: Ton-up Will Jacks and Virat Kohli’s Fifty Help RCB Seal Clinical Win Over GT by 9 Wickets; Tushar Deshpande’s Blistering Powerplay Spell Helps CSK Beat SRH by 78 Runs; Purple Cap – Mustafizur Rahman moves to 2nd, Jasprit Bumrah continues to lead
- Today’s Word – Valetaille – Group of valets
