NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 28 May – 5 Mins read
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- Study: Longer, Intense Heatwaves Linked With Rise In Premature Births; found that over the 25-year period, preterm births increased by 2%, while early-term births increased by 1%
- Pune Crash: 3-Member Panel Formed After 2 Doctors, 1 Staffer Arrested; 2 Doctors, Hospital Staff Sent To Police Custody Till May 30; Crime Branch Recovers Rs 3 Lakh Given to Change Teen’s Blood Sample
- Hospitals in Delhi Directed To Conduct Fire Audit By June 8; Owner Dr Naveen Khichi, Co-Accused Sent To 3-Day Police Custody In Delhi Hospital Fire Case
- Varanasi-Bound IndiGo Flight Gets Bomb Threat At Delhi Airport; Quick response team was immediately deployed, which has so far not found any suspicious items
- Amid Intense Heatwave, Number Of Heatstroke Patient In Rajasthan 3,622; Mercury Breaches 48 Deg At 17 Places In Northwest, Central India As Heatwave Continues; Heavy Rain In Tripura Under Influence Of Cyclone Remal, 11 Flights Cancelled; Heatwave To Sweep Across Most States In June; Expect Relief After 3 Days; Monsoon On Track, Above-Normal Rain Likely In Most Of India, Heatwave to Abate
- Plea in SC Seeks Exemption for Lawyers from Wearing Black Coats during Summer considering that the same may cause hardships and health issues in the extremity of the growing summer heat
- Key Accused Dhawal Thakkar In Gujarat Game Zone Fire, arrested In Rajasthan; 9 Bodies Recovered From Gujarat Fire Tragedy Identified Through DNA Test; 3 Accused Sent To 14-Day Police Remand; Partner 3rd to be arrested
- Israel concerned over possible ICC arrest warrants related to Gaza war; PM Netanyahu Says Deaths Of 45 Palestinians In Rafah Strike ‘Tragic’, IDF Launches Probe; Canada pledges more visas for Gazans, says it’s ‘horrified’ by Israeli attack in Rafah; Israeli-Turkish trade on life support as relations hit bottom; EU agrees to revive Rafah mission, Borrell criticises Israel’s Netanyahu
- Salil Parekh steers Infosys towards GenAI with $18.6 bn war chest; LIC mulls entering health insurance, explores acquisition opportunities; Four European Union banks seek RBI nod for clearing model; EQT’s growth fund to pursue deals of $50m-250m in India
- LNG terminals get busier as imports balloon; Govt offers two discovered oil and gas fields, one coal bed methane block in special bidding round; India offers a special auction of discovered small oil, gas fields
- TV broadcasters hope ad revenues to bounce back in FY25, expect flat or degrowth in FY24; Google leases 6,49,000 sq ft office space in Bengaluru; India’s biryani craze keeps food, delivery companies on their toes
- Voda Idea launches extra data for new 4G and 5G smartphone users; may find it tough to raise tariffs after polls, say analysts; Govt blacklists 8 principal entities in fresh strike down on SMS scammers
- Lectrix EV to invest INR 100Cr in FY25; plans multiple launches to strengthen EV market position; In-house solar power generation saving 2,300 tons of CO2 across RRTS corridor: NCR transport body
- 2,000 Buried In Landslide In Papua New Guinea; India, US, France, China Send Condolences; 7,900 People Evacuated Under New Landslide Threat
- 1st Time Since WWII, US Turns to Canadian Mines Amid Threat From China & Fear of War Over Taiwan; US Lawmakers Urge Unity Against “Tyranny” During Taiwan Visit, China Gives “Interference” Warning
- Russia May Take Taliban Off Terrorist List, Putin Seeks To Tap Anti-US sentiment In Afghan?; Ukraine commander says French military instructors to visit Ukrainian training centres; “Not In Next 30 Years…” Scholz Warns Ukraine On NATO Entry, Putin On Uzbek Trip, Zelensky In Spain
- North Korea Fired “Unidentified Projectile” Over Yellow Sea, Says South Korea; but N Korea it exploded in sky
- Archaeologists Discover 2,300-Year-Old Gold Ring In Jerusalem; the ring, set with a red gem, was “exceedingly well-preserved” with no signs of rust or weathering
- Study: Popular diabetes and weight loss medications like Ozempic and Wegovy have been linked with an increased risk of developing stomach paralysis
- Mexico is on course to elect its first woman president this weekend, with two front-runners (one a candy seller & the other one The “Ice Lady” Scientist competing to break the highest political glass ceiling in a country with a history of gender violence and inequality
- Today’s Word – Valetudinarian – Anxious about health
