Daily Curated News – 387

July 16, 2024 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 16 Jul – 5 Mins read
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  1. In a major cyber heist, over ₹ 16 crore was cleaned out of Nainital Bank’s Noida branch after its servers were hacked and money was transferred to 89 different accounts
  2. Scientists found evidence for an accessible cave conduit beneath the moon’s surface. The location of the underground cave is not far from Apollo 11’s landing site; Could Shelter Humans In Future
  3. A new “high efficacy” malaria vaccine co-developed by Serum Institute of India (SII) & University of Oxford was officially rolled when Cote d’Ivoire – 1st country to begin administering R21/Matrix-M
  4. MP: BJP MLA advised students to open “motorcycle puncture repair shops” since nothing would be gained by obtaining degrees, ironically at an event to inaugurate a ‘PM College of Excellence
  5. One Army Officer, 3 Soldiers Killed In Encounter With Terrorists In J&K’s Doda; Punjab Cops Bust Interstate Weapon Smuggling Racket, Arrest Aides Of Canada-Based Terrorist
  6. Schools, Colleges Shut In Due To Heavy Rain; Red Alert Issued; In UP 8 Killed In Rain-Related Incidents; Assam Flood Situation Improves But 3 More Die; Death Count Reaches 112; 40 Killed, 230 Injured After Heavy Rainfall In Eastern Afghan
  7. Proving Me Guilty By Media Trial Wrong”: Trainee IAS Officer Puja Khedkar; Disability Request Was Denied by hospital; 2nd time she made attempt to get certificate
  8. Akali Dal Chief Sukhbir Singh Badal Summoned By Top Sikh Body Over Rebels’ Allegations that “he did not represent the sentiments of the panth
  9. A visit to the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital for nagging back pain on Saturday turned into Ravindran Nair’s (59) worst nightmare – stuck in a lift for 42 hours with no light, food and water, unsure if someone even knew he was inside
  10. At West Bengal’s Digha Auction Centre, A 200 Kg Fish Sold For Rs 51,000; This year, the kai Bhola fish is the first large-sized fish was the first to appear in the Digha Estuary
  11. Eviction Notice Given To 200 Ex-MPs For Overstaying In Official Bungalows under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act
  12. Govt Implements Uniform 5% Tax For All Aircraft, Engine Parts; Windfall Tax On Crude Petroleum Hiked To ₹ 7,000 Per Tonne; AI Chip Demand Drives Taiwan Chipmaker TSMCs’ 2nd Qrtr Profits Up By 30%
  13. Food Delivery Giant Zomato’s Deepinder Goyal Enters Billionaire Club on Stock Surge; Rs 12 lakh cr in a month: PSU stocks turn into ‘Govt goldmine’ and are still partying hard on D-St; DoT yet to seek payment for 5G spectrum sold in June auction
  14. No final bids from ARCs for IDBI’s Stressed Assets Stabilisation Fund assets; Automobile retail sales up 9 pc in Apr-Jun; Ashok Leyland wins order worth 981.45Cr from Maharashtra State Transport; Petronet, Shell, Adani-Total push back against PNGRB’s attempt to regulate LNG terminals
  15. Eutelsat OneWeb, Jio seek provisional satellite spectrum to be future-ready; SC to mull listing of Vi’s curative petition on AGR dues; Survey finds 89 pc people facing call drops, 9 in 10 use wifi to make calls through OTT
  16. Indian Oil Corp receives two bids for green hydrogen plant amid scrutiny and industry concerns; Temasek planning to invest $10 bn in India over 3 yrs amid China slump; Tata Steel UK to go ahead with electric arc furnace plans
  17. India Sends First Tranche Of $2.5MN For Palestinian Refugees to UNRWA that is making efforts to keep up its functioning in middle of war in Gaza; Houthis Target Israeli Ship With Missiles & Drones, Release “Confessions” Of US Spies In Yemen
  18. Trump Selects Republican Ohio Senator JD Vance As VP Candidate – Vance Supports Big Tech Antitrust Crackdown; “Trump Rally Shooting Calls On Us To Take Step Back”: Biden In Rare Address; Trump’s Classified Documents Case Dismissed By Florida Judge; 30 Hours Since Trump Survives Assassination Bid, Hunt Continues For Motive
  19. Romania approved the culling of 500 bears in a bid to control the protected species’ “overpopulation” after a deadly hiker attack sparked nationwide outcry
  20. Shooting incident near mosque in Oman’s Wadi al-Kabir; Four people killed, several others injured in shooting
  21. Today’s Word – Qoph – A Hebrew letter