Daily Curated News –150

September 29, 2023 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 29 September – 5 Mins read

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  1. MP: ‘Helped’Gave Her Clothes, Called Cops”: Ujjain Priest Rahul Sharma Who Helped Teen Rape Survivor
  2. Man Arrested For Allegedly Raping 15-Year-Old – Tries to Esacpe; People Gave Her Clothes, Called Cops”
  3. MS Swaminathan, Father Of India’s Green Revolution, Dies At 98; Professor Swaminathan was also acclaimed by TIME magazine as one of 20 most influential Asians of 20th century; ‘Unfortunately, the British…’: Dr MS Swung the Spotlight on Millets Way Back in 2010
  4. Kamal Menghrajani, Indian-American cancer physician, is among 15 “remarkably gifted, passionate, accomplished” individuals chosen to the 2023-2024 class of White House Fellows
  5. A team of seismologists and geologists have discovered a continent that was hidden for 375 years. The small team has created a newly refined map of Zealandia or Te Riu-a-Maui, which is considered as the ‘eighth continent of the world’ that is beneath the Pacific Ocean
  6. In a tragic incident, a woman from Uttar Pradesh lost cash worth ₹ 18 lakh, which she had saved for her daughter’s wedding, to termites in a bank locker
  7. Amid Fight Against Terror, J&K Police Faces Major Manpower Shortage; no recruitment has been done over the past four years
  8. Staff On Video Call Keeps Bag On Throttle, Train Derails In Mathura; accident occurred after throttle, because of the pressure of the bag, went into a forward position pushing the train onto the platform; Probe finds he was mildly-drunk, was watching mobile; 5 suspended
  9. Russia is selling oil to India at a price of nearly $80 per barrel, which is $20 above the Western price cap; due to tight global oil markets and strong demand for Russian exports
  10. Study: Exposure To Higher levels of air pollution were also linked to a higher risk of death from stroke within 5 days
  11. UP: Teacher Orders Muslim Classmate To Slap Class 5 Boy after he could not answer a question asked by her, Arrested
  12. Senior Cop Rakesh Balwal from Srinagar Called Back To Manipur After Fresh Violence Hits; Manipur Continues Biometrics Drive, Gets More Time; Mizoram Won’t Do It; Mob Tries To Attack Manipur CM Family House In Imphal
  13. Student from Uttar Pradesh Preparing For NEET In Kota Dies By Suicide, 26th Such Case This Year
  14. BMW iX1 luxurious electric car with 440 km range, 1.6 lakh km battery warranty launched in India; Tata Punch EV spied, may compete with MG Coment and Citroen C3; Eveready launches new Ultima Alkaline batteries for high-drain applications, devices
  15. UP Cops Allegedly Plant Gun On Teacher’s Bike, Arrest Him For Arms Smuggling; The man’s sister spent the whole night outside the house of a senior police official to have their side of the story heard
  16. Malabar Gold Diamonds announces to invest Rs 1,000Cr and generate 4,000 jobs in Maharashtra by FY25; Emami acquires 26% stake in Axiom Ayurveda in all-cash deal; Myntra expects 8MN customers to shop during its upcoming festive sale
  17. Hyundai and Kia are issuing recalls for 3.3 million vehicles in the United States due to their risk of suddenly catching fire
  18. Cuddling Up To Putin”: Vivek Ramaswamy Faces Heat For Ukraine Stance; Calls For Ending Birthright Citizenship In US
  19. US Mission to India has exceeded its target by processing over 1MN non-immigrant visa applications in 2023
  20. Researchers in Japan confirmed microplastics are present in clouds, where they are likely affecting the climate in ways that aren’t yet fully understood
  21. 6 People Take 32 Countries To Court Over Climate Change; case was filed in Sepr 2020 against the 27 EU member states as well as Britain, Switzerland, Norway, Russia and Turkey
  22. London’s Office Market Plunged Into ‘Rental Recession’, Meta Pays $181MN To End Its Lease; utilization fallen 20% since the end of 2019 as remote and hybrid work has flourished
  23. 65,000 Armenians have fled Nagorno-Karabakh for Armenia, as exodus continued from breakaway enclave which Azerbaijan recaptured last week in a lighting offensive
  24. Maldives votes in a presidential runoff that could drastically rebalance its relations with India and China, two regional giants competing for influence in the geopolitical hotspot
  25. Ravichandran Ashwin Replaces Injured Axar Patel In India’s Squad For Cricket World Cup 2023
  26. Today’s Word – Washery – Location where industrial washing takes place