NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 16 Jul – 5 Mins read
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Akali Dal Chief Sukhbir Singh Badal Summoned By Top Sikh Body Over Rebels’ Allegations that “he did not represent the sentiments of the panth
- 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
- 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
- Eviction Notice Given To 200 Ex-MPs For Overstaying In Official Bungalows under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act
- 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%
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Romania approved the culling of 500 bears in a bid to control the protected species’ “overpopulation” after a deadly hiker attack sparked nationwide outcry
- Shooting incident near mosque in Oman’s Wadi al-Kabir; Four people killed, several others injured in shooting
- Today’s Word – Qoph – A Hebrew letter