NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 04 May – 5 Mins read
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- IPL 2023: CSK, LSG Split Points After Ayush Badoni’s Classic Knock In Rain-Marred game; Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav Shine As MI Beat PBKS By 6 Wickets In Run-Fest; IPL takes Star Sports to 9 out of 10 pay TV homes
- Indian-Origin Ajay Banga Confirmed As Next World Bank President; handing him the reins at a pivotal time as it looks to reshape its role to better address climate change
- Woman Breaks Guinness World Records By Rotating Her Feet Back-To-Front by almost 180 degrees. Kelsey Grubb has the largest foot rotation (female), can turn her foot 171.4 degrees; tried rotating her foot while standing on a piece of paper and realised that she had a good chance at smashing the record
- Violence At Delhi Protest Site Over Beds, Wrestlers Allege “Thrashed By Drunk Cops”; “Did We Win Medals To See Such Days?” Wrestler Vinesh Phogat Breaks Down; Wrestler Bajrang Punia Urges People To Reach Delhi After Violence At Protest Site
- RSF: India slips 11 positions on World Press Freedom Index; media associations voice concern; “The situation has gone from ‘problematic’ to ‘very bad’ in three other countries: Tajikistan (down 1 at 153rd), India (down 11 at 161st) and Turkey (down 16 at 165th)
- Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Wanigam Payeen Kreeri area of Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir
- UIDAI Allows Citizens to Verify Email, Mobile Number Linked to Aadhaar via New Feature on App, Website
- 1st Cargo Ship To India-Funded Myanmar Sittwe Port (as part of the Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport project) To Be Flagged Off Today from SP Mookerjee Port
- Russia Claims Ukraine Attempted Putin Assassination, 2 Drones Shot Down; Putin not injured, no material damage to the Kremlin building, the Kremlin said; 21 Killed, 48 Injured In Russian Strike In Ukraine’s Kherson; US announces $300MN aid
- We Didn’t Attack Putin, Says Zelensky; Blinken Says Take Kremlin Report of Drone Attack by Kyiv With ‘Shaker of Salt’; “Eliminate Zelensky”: Russia After Drone Attack
- Manipur suspended mobile internet for the next five days in the state to tackle the worsening law and order situation after tribal groups took out rallies in several districts of the state
- One scheduled airline on an average has gone out of business every year since private airlines took to the skies nearly three decades ago; Go First Airlines Owes $798MN To Financial Creditors; Ghosts of Jet, Kingfisher Airlines come to haunt Go First lenders; IOC to encash bank guarantees
- Zoom Secures Pan-India Telecom License, Can Now Offer Telephone Services to Users as well to enterprise customers
- Ather, TVS, Hero MotoCorp to refund charger cost to buyers; UK-India ‘superpower’ partnership launched to drive transport decarbonisation efforts; Regulations, policies need to be updated to reduce carbon emissions: RBI report
- India’s oil imports from Russia seen peaking in May amid China competition; Auditor named in Hindenburg report resigns from Adani company; NTPC Group’s total installed capacity touches 72,304 MW; Govt approves 687Cr for upgradation of power distribution infrastructure in Ladakh
- Okinawa in talks to raise $100 million for third manufacturing plant; Temasek set to invest $130 million in Niva Bupa for a minority stake; Apax leads race for $450-$500M stake buy in IBS
- Coal Ministry sets Rs 50,000Cr asset monetisation target for FY24; India’s coal production rises 22.6 pc in 5 years to 893.08 MT in FY23; Govt aims 1 bn tonne coal production in FY24 under Action Plan
- UK to Ban Cold Calling for Crypto, Insurance Deals to Zero Down on Fraud Activities Draining Billions
- US data regulator threatens Meta over privacy violations; found “several gaps and weaknesses in Facebook’s privacy program
- US Approves GSK’s Arexy Vaccine for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), a Virus Causing Pneumonia and Bronchiolitis
- Paris Saint-Germain Set For Lionel Messi Divorce After Suspending Superstar For Unauthorised Trip To Saudi Arabia
- Today’s Word – Gallize – To bring wine to standard proportions
