NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 25 Jun – 5 Mins read
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- 18th Lok Sabha convened, where 280 first-time MPs are set to take oath. The momentous occasion elicited a medley of reactions from them – Goosebumps to nervousness and everything in between
- Hadjer Al-Ali, homeless for 18 months, finds wallet with $2,100 at Amsterdam central station while he was “doing his rounds” looking for empty plastic bottles to exchange for cash; returns money to Cops
- Ayodhya Ram Temple’s Priest: No Drainage System, Roof Leaking After Rains; Alleging negligence in the construction of the temple, he claimed no arrangement for drainage of rainwater from temple premises
- Solar System May Soon Have A 9th Planet. Courtesy: An Advanced Telescope – As per NASA, composition of Planet X is like Neptune, but its mass could be 10 times that of Earth
- Jammu Paper Leak “Kingpin” Under Scanner Amid NEET-NET Row; Govt Notifies Rules Under Anti-Paper Leak Law, Mandates SOPs For Exams; ‘Travelled 600 KM For Exam And It Was Postponed’: NEET PG 2024 Aspirant
- CBI Takes Over 5 More Cases in Bihar, Rajasthan Gujarat; 2 School Teachers Held in Maharashtra; 4-Phase Probe, 1,000 Phone Numbers: CBI’s Plan To Crack Paper Leak Cases; students who did not appear for the re-test will have to accept their original scores, minus the grace marks
- Are You Defending Lt Governor? Coming down heavily on DDA for felling of trees in Delhi’s Ridge area, SC said it cannot brush aside “brazen acts” that lead to the destruction of the environment
- Kerala Assembly Passes Resolution Seeking to Change State’s Name To Keralam in all languages included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of the country
- A new study has provided genetic evidence linking a common condition of the blood vessels in brain to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
- UK Boy Receives World’s First Epilepsy Device Implanted In Skull – The device, emitting continuous pulse of current, aims to block or disrupt these abnormal signals
- Julian Assange Freed from UK Prison after He Strikes Plea Deal with US; will plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate national defense information
- Gujarat: Factory Owner Among 2 Killed In LPG Cylinder Blast In Ahmedabad; fire broke out in compressor, which was located near the LPG gas cylinder and due to which the explosion occurred; In Kutch, 2 Men Drive SUVs Into Sea, Almost Drown During Stunt For Instagram Reel
- India’s Advay Misra, (11) from New Delhi, participated in International Academic Champ, won Science and Academic Bee Competitions at the Championships; runner-up in Geography Bee Competition
- Karnataka Bans Use Of Artificial Colours In Chicken, Fish Kebabs; food vendors violating the rule will be dealt with “serious action” including seven years of jail time and a fine of up to ₹ 10 lakhs
- Manipur’s Meitei, Kuki-Zo Groups who have been fighting since May 2023 call For Govt attention As Parliament Session Begins
- Netanyahu Says Israel “Committed” To Gaza Ceasefire Proposal; US Urges Israel’s Defence Minister To Avoid Lebanon Escalation; UN Agency Sued By Israelis Over Aiding, Abetting Oct 7 Hamas Attack; Senior Hamas Weapons Expert Killed During Gaza Offensive, Says Israel
- Trai invites views on norm for transferring ownership of machine-to-machine SIMs; TRAI directs telcos to make spam complaints user friendly on app/web; 96,000Cr spectrum auction of 5G airwaves kicks off
- Apple Becomes 1st Company Charged With Violating EU’s Digital Markets Act Rules; US lawmakers questions FDAs drug inspection programme in India and China; Tata Play’s loss widens 3-fold as DTH takes a hit
- Banks in a GST fix over RBI’s directive to levy penal charges; BSES has a new plan to keep Delhi’s lights on, debuts India’s largest battery storage system; Electric vehicles: Desi automakers are seizing export opportunities driven by increased demand for cleaner mobility
- 50 mins into its journey, the Boeing 737 Max 8 of Korean Air started descending sharply and fell about 26,900 feet in around 15 mins; Passengers Forced To Use Oxygen Masks; get nose bleeds, ear pain
- A Chinese probe carrying samples from the far side of the Moon is expected to return to Earth today, capping a technically complex 53-day mission heralded as a world first
- Macron told both the far right National Rally (RN) party and the left-wing New Popular Front coalition – front runners in parliamentary election- risked bringing “civil war” to France
- A new pill that slowly releases ketamine could treat people with severe depression without giving them the psychedelic side effects of the often-misused drug, early trial results suggested
- French Woman Sues Orange (Telco Co) That Paid Her To Do Nothing For 20 Years – Ms Wassenhove accused it of intentionally barring her from working after she tried to get transferred to a diff part of same firm because of her disability
- Hungary takes over EU 6-month rotating presidency on July 1, in face of fears perennial spoiler PM Viktor Orban could use it to take the bloc hostage at a critical time
- Rohit Sharma Headlines India’s Unbeaten March Into T20 World Cup Semi-finals With a 24-run Win Over Australia
- Today’s Word – Valienton – Bully, braggard
