Daily Curated News –149

September 28, 2023 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 28 September – 5 Mins read

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  1. Asian Games 2023: On Song Shooters Usher In Medal Rush, Roshibina Devi Shows Promise For Gold In Wushu
  2. UP Great-Grandmother Goes To School At 92, Can Now Read, Write, Count; Born in the early 1930s, Sameeran said she wanted to study after seeing her children and grandchildren going to school
  3. A bottle of deodorant, a mobile phone on charging mode, a blast that shattered every window in the vicinity – a strange episode unfolded in Maharashtra’s Nashik; Shatters Windows Of Parked Cars
  4. Madhya Pradesh: On Camera, 12-Year-Old Girl, Raped And Bleeding, went door to door asking for help but received none; Shooed Away; 1 Taken Into Custody says MP Minister
  5. Controversial Law AFSPA Extended In Manipur Hills, Not In Valley; Protesters, Cops Clash In Imphal Over Killing Of 2 Teens, Curfew Reimposed
  6. UN: Elderly population in India is expanding at an unprecedented rate, could surpass the children’s population by mid-century
  7. Several Detained, Weapons, Ammo Seized In Anti-Terror Raids At 51 Places connected to gangs run by Lawrence Bishnoi and Arshdeep Dalla
  8. Man Stays In Jail For 3 More Years As Authorities Fail To Open Bail Email; Gujarat HC ordered State Govt to ay ₹ 1 lakh
  9. Study: Land subsidence has affected around 65% of the houses in the pilgrimage town of Joshimath in Uttarakhand
  10. Google will roll out an earthquake alert service in India that works using sensors in Android smart phones to detect and estimate the intensity of earthquakes
  11. IATA allots three-letter code ‘DXN’ to Noida International Airport; In a relief to Akasa Air, Delhi HC says DGCA can act against pilots non-compliant with regulations; Bombay HC allows Akasa Air to proceed in Mumbai against pilots; Air India Express flight to Dubai diverted to Kannur due to fire warning light in cargo hold; lands safely
  12. Lenovo Premises In Bengaluru, Mumbai, Gurugram Searched By Tax Officials over allegations of tax evasion; Bank of Maharashtra fails to attract buyers for loans to Asian Hotels (North); Arunachal signs MoU with Norwegian Geotechnical Institute to explore harnessing geothermal potential
  13. Cement companies raise prices amid low demand to counter higher input costs; SIG to invest 100 mn euro on Gujarat plant, expects India to be in top ten markets; Sustainable utilisation of coal mine water resources by PSUs results in benefit for around 17.7 lakh people
  14. 70% of premature cancer deaths in 2020 preventable, 30% treatable: Lancet study; Apollo acquires under-development hospital asset from Future Oncology in Kolkata for Rs 102Cr; CVC may sell controlling stake in Indian hospital chain HealthCare Global
  15. India Unable To Export Iron-Ore To China Over Rail Wagon Shortage; Separately, NMDC is also on track to receive forest clearances for diamond mining in Madhya Pradesh
  16. Toyota To Set Up Third Car Plant In India As Vehicle Sales Soar; wants the plant to start with capacity of 80,000-120,000 vehicles a year, which could grow to around 200,000 over time
  17. India is considering importing cheetahs from northern Africa due to concerns that some of these big cats from Namibia and South Africa have developed a winter coat in Indian summer
  18. “Philadelphia Has Fallen”: Teens Loot US Apple Store In Mad Frenzy; Videos of a looted Apple Store, show iPhones and iPads scattered across display tables
  19. Taliban Regrets UN Talks on Diverted by ‘Small Topics’ Like Afghan Women’s Education, Work amid concerns about rights violations; Iran’s ‘Successful’ Satellite Launch Sparks Alarm in West Over Aerospace Tech Advancement
  20. Nijjar Met Senior Canada Intel Officials 6 Days Before Death, Claims Son; India Hints at ISI Role
  21. Russia Says US, UK Behind Last Year’s Nord Stream Pipeline Blasts in Baltic Sea; Russia’s Top Admiral in Crimea Attends Video Meet, Quashes Ukraine’s Claims to Have Killed Him; Azerbaijan Reports 192 Troops Killed in Nagorno-Karabakh Offensive
  22. China: Einstein’s Autographed Manuscript explaining development of his famous contributions to science — theories of special relativity (1905),  general relativity (1915) Auctioned for Rs 10.7 Cr
  23. Australia avoided an unprecedented series whitewash after registering a 66-run victory over India in the third ODI by 66 runs
  24. Today’s Word – Valgus – Club-footed; bow-legged