NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 24 Jul – 5 Mins read
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- Budget 2024: For The 1st Time, Private Sector Allowed to Invest in Atomic Energy; Scraps ₹ 30,000Cr Capital Support To Oil Firms; Rupee Slips To Record Low After Govt Raises Tax On Capital Gains; 1,000Cr For Space Tech; Credit Support For MSMEs, Mudra Loans Limit To Be Enhanced To ₹ 20 Lakh; ₹ 15,000Cr For Andhra Pradesh’s New Capital_
- Budget 2024: Rs 15,000 On First Job To Rs 5,000 For Interns In Top Firms, Skill & ITI Upgrade; 3 Cancer Drugs Trastuzumab Deruxtecan, Osimeritinib and Durvalumab Costing Lakhs to Become Cheaper as Govt Removes Customs Duty; “India’s Inflation Continues To Be Low, Stable And Moving Towards The 4% Target; proposes 800-MW power plant based on advanced ultra super critical tech
- In NEET Exam, Over 4 Lakh Students Will Lose 4 Marks Over Physics Question; No NEET Re-Exam, SC Says “Can’t Conclude Sanctity Breached; SC Admits NEET UG Paper Leak In Hazaribagh & Patna, Asks For Strengthening Of NTA
- Call Security”: Chief Justice Blasts Lawyer, He Quotes Bible In Reply; This is not the first time Advocate Mathews Nedumpara has been reprimanded by CJI DY Chandrachud for his conduct in the courtroom
- A new “vaccine-like” HIV drug that currently costs over $40,000 per person a year could be made for as little as $40
- WHO “Extremely Worried’ At Prospect Of Polio, Other Outbreaks In Gaza; Netanyahu Meets Families Of Israeli-American Hostages Held By Hamas In US; Hamas Announces Deal With Palestinian Rivals For ‘National Unity’ In Beijing; Campaign Raises $81 Million Since Biden Steps Aside
- July 21 Was World’s Hottest Day Ever Record – Global avg surface air temp reached 17.09C – slightly higher than the previous record set last July of 17.08C
- Govt Asks Pune Cops To Give Details Of Trainee IAS Puja Khedkar’s Parents’ Marital Status; allegations that she fraudulently availed of OBC non-creamy layer benefit by claiming that they were separated
- $8.5BN Reliance-Disney Merger Faces 100 Antitrust Queries including details on sports rights as it heightens its scrutiny of the deal; Upcoming 4G, 5G network roll outs to get costlier with customs duty hike; WhatsApp cuts business messaging prices to counter SMS, Google’s RCS
- IMD Predicts Heavy Rain In Mumbai; Red Alert For Thane, KDMC Says ‘Step Out Only If Necessary’
- Duty cut on precious metals to help contain smuggling, but cost Govt Rs 28,000Cr in revenues; Govt retains 14 pc rise in capital investment of Rs 67,000Cr by 8 power PSUs in FY25
- Air India Express inaugurates its maiden international flight from Bengaluru to Abu Dhabi; Govt plans flexible mode for financing leasing of aircraft; Civil aviation ministry gets Rs 2,357Cr; Tata Advanced Systems Ltd, Airbus seal contract to establish H125 helicopter assembly unit in India
- IndiGo Flight from UAE to Delhi Diverted to Muscat over Technical Issue; Airline Issues Statement; Even at take off time, the aircraft was vibrating a lot
- Vulture Population Decline In India Linked To Premature Human Deaths; Research places the annual monetary damage from this public health crisis at nearly $70BN
- Cocaine Sharks” Found In Brazil, Scientist Unsure Where They Get The Drug; While it is not known how the sharks have been feeding on the drug, some theories exist
- George Clooney Backs Kamala Harris, Hails Biden For Saving Democracy; KH Wins Support Within Democractic Party To Face Trump; KH Campaign Raises $81MN Since Biden Steps Aside
- Arrests Exceed 2500 Amid Unrest Over Employment Quotas; Bangladesh PM’s Office, Police Websites Hacked Amid Unrest Over Job Quota; “Not A Single Well Remains”: Gazans Scour Ruins For Water
- BAPS Swaminarayan Hindu Temple Defaced with Anti-India Grafitti in Canada; attacked Indian-origin Canadian MP Chandra Arya
- UK King’s Guard Horse Bites Tourist Posing for Photo Causing Her to Faint, Days After Biting Indian Traveller; Sunak to Remain Interim UK Opposition Leader Until Nov 2, 2024
- Today’s Word – Yearling – Animal or plant one year old
