NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 31 May – 5 Mins read
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- Trump found guilty on all 34 counts in New York hush-money case, sentencing hearing on July 11; first US president to be declared a felon, Judge Merchan thanked the jurors
- All Eyes on Rafah’: 44MN Instagram Users, Global Celebrities Share AI Image To Draw Focus On Gaza Crisis; India Says Rafah Deaths ‘Heartbreaking, Reiterates Support For Two-State Formula; Xi Jinping Calls For Independent Palestinian State, Pledges $69MN Aid; Backs Gaza Justice In Arab Meet As China Looks To Leverage Unease Over US’s Pro-Israel Stand
- Hamas says ready for “complete agreement”, including hostage exchange, if Israel “stops war in Gaza; Israel Takes Control Of Key Gaza-Egypt Border Area, Claims Half Of Hamas Fighter In Gaza Eliminated; Yemeni Houthis Down “Sixth” US MQ-9 Reaper Drone, Attack 6 Ships In 3 Seas With “Domestic” Missiles
- Singapore Airlines Makes Changes To In-Flight Service Protocol (meal service to be paused)After Turbulence Injures Flyers, Passengers React
- Prajwal Revanna arrested at Airport upon arrival from Germany; SIT had taken two suitcases from the Bengaluru airport; Prajwal brought to CID office; to be produced in Court
- Monsoon Arrives In Kerala, Northeast India: When Will It Hit Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, & ‘Boiling’ Cities?; Peak Power Demand Hits All-time High at 246 GW
- China’s Most Advanced Stealth Fighters Deployed 150 Km From Sikkim – Shigatse, where the Chinese J-20 has been spotted, lies less than 290 km from Hasimara in West Bengal, where India bases its 2nd squadron of 16 Rafales
- Air India Flight 8 Hours Late, People Fainted With No AC, Say Passengersd; eplaned and not allowed to enter the terminal because immigration was done
- RBI To Allow Opening Of Rupee Account Outside IndiaShare Of Rs 500 Note Jumps To 86.5% After Rs 2,000 Note Withdrawn
- Offensive Body Odour’: Crew Member Allegedly Ordered Black Males On Flight To Get Off Citing This Reason; they sue American Airlines over alleged ‘egregious race discrimination
- Noida’s Great India Place Mall Among Properties Worth Rs 291.18 Cr Attached by ED in Cheating Case; Mumbai set for another vertical boom, high rise buildings projected to rise over 30% this decade
- Telecom service providers seek urgent intervention from DoT to curb rising equipment theft; Top tech, aviation Cos may dial DoT for service call numbers
- IndiGo derosters 6 crew members in connection with Delhi-Varanasi flight bomb scare incident; French flight simulator provider Simaero to invest USD 100 mn in India; Resolution plan at implementation stage; FY24 results delayed: Jet Airways
- Anti-diabetic drugs lead growth in pharmaceuticals market; Pharma bosses told to submit affidavits on ethical practices
- JSW Steel eyes 50% market share in coated steel segment; Tata Steel announces $2.1BN plan to meet twin objectives; Pricey ore, tepid local demand, Chinese imports weigh on steelmakers’ margins
- Tesla Power India asks vendors to remove Tesla marks from EVs amid trademark dispute; Sterlite Power secures Rs 1,373Cr funding for Neemrana II Kotputli transmission project; Smart TV shipments fall 14% y-o-y in India; Samsung takes lead
- Financial frauds declined by 46.7% during 2023-24 as per RBI annual report; RBI to allow opening of rupee account outside India; Kewal Kiran Clothing acquires 50% stake in Kraus Jeans for Rs 166.51Cr
- RIL was placed in TIME’s list of 100 World’s Most Influential Companies of 2024 under the ‘Titans’ category
- Rising sea levels due to climate change have forced an Indigenous Guna community to leave their homes on an island off Panama’s coast that is fast disappearing
- Biden allows Ukraine to use US-supplied arms to strike inside Russia near Kharkiv area, say US official; World Bank says 1.8MN additional Ukrainians in poverty as Russia’s war drags on
- Slovak PM Fico released from hospital; hospital & Govt office did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but confirmed positive development
- Chinese Man Yunhe Wang, 35 Who Likely Ran ‘World Largest Ever Cybercrime Botnet Targeting 200 Countries Arrested; hijacked over 19MN Windows computers, of which 613,000 were from US
- N.Korea’s Kim guided guided a firing drill of 600mm “super-large” multiple rocket launchers; fired a salvo of 10 short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast
- Today’s Word – Yate – Species of eucalyptus tree with strong wood
