NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 10 Jul – 5 Mins read
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- Kerala Agricultural University Successfully Tests Drones For Paddy Sowing; 50 kg of seeds are required to sow in one acre of field but for the experiment, 30 kg of seeds used
- Special Role Of Our Friendship: PM Modi Thanks Putin For Fertilizer Supply; PM Receives Russia’s Top Honour; Visits Exhibition On India-Russia Cooperation In Civil Nuclear Energy; India, Russia Eye USD 100 Bn Trade By 2030, Cooperation In Energy, Agri
- 65% transactions by consumers in small-town India are now digital, while in larger cities this ratio was around 75%
- Goooooooooooood Night’: Novak Djokovic’s Jibe At ‘Disrespectful’ Fans After Wimbledon Quarters Entry Goes Viral
- Politician’s Son Mihir Shah Arrested 72 Hours After Mumbai BMW Hit-And-Run; Bar sealed; Mihir Was Drunk, Dragged My Wife, Did Not Stop BMW Even After I Shouted says Husband
- Every SC Judge Is ‘Very Experienced’: CJI Tells Lawyer, Reprimands Him For Complaining About Another Judge; CJI tried to convince the advocate, said sometimes matters do escalate in courts and result in heated exchange between judges & parties
- India Becomes Exporter of Sniper Rifles For The First Time As Bengaluru Firm SSS Defence Bags International Contract for the supply of .338 Lapua Magnum calibre sniper rifle
- Only 5 BJP MPs Achieve Over 50% Victory Margin In 2024 LS Polls; Congress had highest No of winners with victory margin less than 10% of, followed by SP, AITC, and DMK
- UP: Two Cops Suspended After Rape Accused Attacks Survivor’s Family, Kills Mother In Unnao; The rape survivor, her sister and father were injured in the attack by Anurag Pal (22), who was out on bail, and had to be hospitalised
- Experts say Although dengue is known to cause mild flu-like symptoms, the mosquito-borne viral illness has profound neurological implications that are often overlooked
- Israel’s Targeted Starvation Campaign Causing Gaza Children Deaths; 90% Gazans Displaced Amid War; 27 Killed In Strike On Gaza School Sheltering Palestinians; Israel Says It Struck Terrorists
- India Records 6.3% Rise In Domestic Air Travel At 132.8 Lakh In June; Sensex, Nifty Hit New All-Time Closing High Levels, Maruti Top Gainer; F&O Trading: Sebi Panel Suggests Rs 20-30 Lakh Minimum Lot Size, One Weekly Options Contract Per Exchange
- Airlines are mastering the art of upsell; raw deal for basic-fare flyers; H2GO: Reliance Industries, L&T, Adani and John Cockerill to manufacture electrolysers by 2025; Lava to decouple production arm to boost PLI targets and attract new business
- Finmin ask private banks to give more thrust on serving the marginalised sections of society; Gross written premiums of general insurers up 13.3% in Q1; India races to build power plants in region claimed by China; ONGC to invest Rs 2 lakh cr to meet net zero emission target; Delhi HC upholds CCI’s approval of Vistara-Air India merger
- Govt says 19 coal mines allocated to 13 thermal power plants for fly ash disposal; Kesoram committed to Cygnet after cement demerger, aims turnaround with Japanese Futamura
- Greece’s main opposition party Syriza said that the recent introduction of a six-day working week for certain companies was a disgrace
- Russia Court Issues Warrant For Putin Critic Alexei Navalny’s Wife; War Crime: Russia Under Fire At UN For “Systemic” Attacks On Ukraine; Russia Studies Captured Storm Shadow Missile, Trains Soldiers to Hit US Abrams Weak Spot In Ukraine; Children Hospital Probably Directly Hit By Russian Missile
- US: A pet dog’s curiosity almost turned deadly for a family after pet accidentally switched on while its owners were asleep; saved from disaster after Apple HomePad sent them an alert
- US aviation regulators said 2,600 Boeing 737 airplanes would need to be inspected, due to concerns that passenger oxygen masks could fail in emergencies
- Rwandan Govt said controversial migrant deal with UK did not stipulate the return of funds, following the decision by Britain’s new Govt to scrap the scheme
- UK PM Keir Starmer Addresses Parliament For First Time; Hails New House As Most Diverse In Terms of Race And Gender
- Today’s Word – Kalpis – a water jar