NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 5 Jul – 5 Mins read
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- Huge Win For Labour, Historic Loss For Rishi Sunak’s Party; Keir Starmer: Ex-Rights Lawyer, Musician Set To Take UK’s Labour Back To Power; Labour would win 410 seats in the 650-seat parliament, ending 14 years of Conservative-led Govt
- Indian-Origin Schoolgirl Chess Prodigy To Be Youngest In England Team; Bodhana, from Harrow, will join England Women’s Team at Chess Olympiad in Hungary, in Sep; Bengal Girl Neha Bagh Shines At 3rd Asian Yoga Sports Cup 2024, Wins Four Gold Medals
- Hathras Tragedy: Don’t Know Where He Is, Don’t Need To”: Bhole Baba’s Lawyer; ‘Satsang’ Organisers Among 6 Arrested, ‘Bhole Baba’ Questioning “If Needed”; “If Baba Has Powers…”: Victims Of Hathras Tragedy Mourn, Pick Up Pieces; Police Say Sevadars Ran Away As Hathras Stampede Broke Out, Six Arrested But Main Accused Absconding
- 15-Year-Old Bridge Collapses In Bihar, 10th Incident In 15 Days; Overzealous Desilting May Be Behind Bihar’s Record Bridge Collapse; ‘Engineers, Contractors Not Diligent, Official Points Out Lapses
- Massive crowds converged at the promenade to watch the team that had brought T20 cricket’s most coveted prize home after more than a decade; Shoes Scattered On Road, Damaged Cars: Team India Parade’s Aftermath
- Delhi HC: Reasons for rejection of recommendations for appointment of HC judges by SC collegiums cannot be made public as it will be detrimental to interests of people concerned and will stifle the process
- 3rd Victim: Boy (14) in Kerala Kozhikode died from rare brain infection; contracted Naegleria fowleri infection caused by a free-living amoeba after swimming in contaminated pond
- Heatwave Persists In Kashmir, Srinagar Hotter Than Delhi And Kolkata; Death Count In Assam Floods Rises To 52, Over 21 Lakh Affected In 29 Districts – CM Says ‘Can’t Prevent Them Till China Builds Reservoirs On Their Side of Border; 115 Roads Closed Across Himachal Amid Very Heavy Rainfall
- PM2.5 Pollution Exposure Killed 33,000 Indians Annually, Most In Delhi with 12,000 deaths every year; AIIMS study finds 4.9 % Indian Children, Adolescents Suffer From Impaired Kidney Function; study based on CNNS of 24,690 children and adolescents aged 5-19 years between 2016 and 18
- Sensex, Nifty At Fresh Lifetime Highs Amid Gains For ICICI Bank, Infosys; Steel body wants merger of three Companies with SAIL for synergy; Railways to make 10,000 non-AC coaches over FY25 and FY26; HDFC Bank gross advances jump 52.6% on-year in Q1 to Rs 24.8lakh Cr
- ADB, ENGIE SA partner to build 400 MW solar power plant in Gujarat; FMCG sector expected to see 7-9 pc revenue growth in FY25, helped by a recovery in rural markets; Coal recorded 10.2 pc growth among eight key infra sectors in May; Regional airports found wind beneath their wings in FY24
- PESO to formulate safety norms to allow petrol pumps within 30-50 mtrs of habitation; Saks owner to buy luxury retailer Neiman Marcus in $2.65BN deal; Norms issued for funding of testing facilities, infra for National Green Hydrogen Mission; Airtel, Jio help telecom industry record 3.87% sequential growth in AGR in last quarter of FY24 to Rs 70,462Cr
- In a massive feat, the largest lab-grown diamond in the country has been sold by Bengaluru-based Krishniah Chetty Group of Jewellers; stunning 20.06-carat emerald-cut gem with an F colour and VS1 clarity boasts of beauty, innovation, and sustainability
- Israeli Army Officer Killed In Hezbollah Rocket Attack; US Sees “Significant Opening” In Israel-Hamas Hostage Talks; Israel To Send Delegation For Gaza Hostage Negotiations; Okays New Payment Of Over $140 Million To Palestinian Authority; Gaza Church Opens Doors To Injured, Sick As Hospitals Fill Amid Raging War
- A duo of Russian pranksters who often target and compromise people the Russian state is interested in have been given a top state award in the Kremlin
- An ancient sword, said to be indestructible and the sharpest in the world, disappeared from a French town, where it was lodged in a rock for over 1,300 years
- Philippines Doesn’t Have Iron Dome” Marcos Jr’s Sister Claims China Plans Hypersonic Missile Attack; Ships Out US Missile System Amid De-Escalation With China, Seeks Damages For Shoal Clash
- Today’s Word – Futtock – Rib of a ship
