Daily Curated News – 368

June 19, 2024 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 19 Jun – 5 Mins read
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  1. A woman who previously suffered seven failed pregnancies recently delivered a healthy child with AIIMS Delhi Drs help after they successfully treated her foetus suffering from a rare blood disorder thro transfusion of O D phenotype red cell units brought from Japan
  2. Indians Lost Rs 25,000 Crore to Cyber Frauds in Last 3 Years, Says Govt Estimate; Tech Giants Urged to Act
  3. Bridge Built At Cost Of 12Cr Collapses In Bihar’s Araria Before Inauguration; Built on Bakra River connected Sikti & Kursakanta blocks. 2nd bridge collapse in less than 1 year
  4. Russia Starts Sea Trial Of Nuke Submarine, Stations Hypersonic-Armed “Arkhangelsk” Near Norway; Russia, Ukraine Make Contradictory Claims On Kharkiv, NATO& China Trade Barbs Over Moscow Support
  5. Ukraine To Get German “Frankenstein” Leopard Tank With Anti-Aircraft Missiles To Down Russian Drones; Russia’s Pacific Fleet Flexes Naval Muscles With Drills Close To South Korea As Putin Visits Kim
  6. Chinese Coast Guard Severely Injured Philippine Navy Officer When It Rammed Vessel, Manila Claims; Australia Flags Chinese Bid To Block Journalist During Premier Li’s Visit, Beijing Says “Don’t Know”
  7. Ex-US House Speaker Pelosi In India To Meet Dalai Lama As US Seeks To Pressure China Over Tibet; Trudeau Says He Sees An ‘Opportunity’ To Engage With New Indian Govt After Interacting PM Modi In Italy
  8. Delhi, Parts of North India Reel Under Heatwave; Relief Expected Soon; Delhi’s Peak Power Demand Touches All-Time High at 8,647 MW Amid Intense Heat
  9. Railways Spent Rs 1.78 Lakh Crore From 2014-24 To Make Train Travel Safer, 2.5 Times More Than 2004-14; Out of around 10 lakh sanctioned posts under the safety category in the Indian Railways, more than 1.5 lakh are vacant
  10. From Delhi to Chennai, Several Airports on High Alert After Receiving Bomb Threats Via Email; Mumbai-bound IndiGo Flight Receives Bomb Threat Message; Lands Safely; Woman De-boarded From Plane After Chaos, Bites Hand of Security Officer In Lucknow
  11. Telecom industry AGR in FYQ4 grew 1.9% on-quarter, Airtel narrows RMS gap with Jio; NHAI to offer Rs 44,000Crr worth of BOT road projects in FY25; PPP mode may return to fast lane
  12. Expert panel to soon weigh plan to use generics for prescription drugs; Cipla makes additional investment in German mRNA biotech; Nvidia Beats Apple, Microsoft To Become World’s Most Valuable Company On Stock Market
  13. Coal India exploring lithium assets in Argentina with U.S. companye; BikeGo plans to expand e-two-wheeler fleet to 1 lakh units by FY26; Investment in renewables to go up in FY’25 and FY’26; NTPC ropes in Macawber Beekay to supply green coal for power projects
  14. PCB dumping duty hits IT hardware making under PLI; Four lakh workers face salary delays as lab diamond prices fall; Central banks around the world have positive outlook on gold, according to WGCF
  15. Banks draw attention of Govt, RBI to ATM shortage; Digital loans up 49% in FY24 by value, Rs 1.46 lakh cr disbursed: PFC board okays Rs 15,000Cr loan to Shapoorji Pallonji; Net Direct Tax Collection In FY25 Surges By 20%, Reaches Rs 4.62 Lakh Cr
  16. ADP’s annual survey – 41% Of Indian Workers Have 2 Or More Sources Of Income; salary satisfaction jumped from 49% per cent to 73% in 2023, highest among 18 countries
  17. Unprecedented Behaviour”: Black Hole Observed ‘Awakening’ For The First Time; The galaxy 300 million light years from Earth in the Virgo constellation had been quiet for decades until late 2019, when it suddenly began to shine brighter than ever before
  18. India’s Olympic and world champion javelin throw star Neeraj Chopra claimed his maiden gold medal at Paavo Nurmi Games – 85.97m in his 3rd attempt
  19. Today’s Word – Palafitte – Prehistoric lake dwelling