NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 1 April – 5 Mins read
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- IISc in Bengaluru have created a promising new material that can replace natural sand in construction; also developed 3D-printable materials made of excavated soil stabilised with a combination of binders like Portland cement, blast furnace slag and fly ash
- India’s manufacturing sector growth climbed to a 16-year high in March on the back of the strongest increase in output and new orders since Oct 2020, amid reports of buoyant demand conditions
- Saclay, France: The world’s most powerful MRI scanner has delivered its first images of human brains, reaching a new level of precision that is hoped will shed more light on our mysterious minds — and the illnesses that haunt them
- Supreme Court refuses to accept apology tendered by Baba Ramdev, Patanjali MD in misleading ads case
- Communal’ slogans raised in Raipur right-wing rally, police add ‘promoting enmity’ charge; While the FIR mentions the right-wing groups, no one has been named as accused and no arrests have been made
- Vistara-Pilots Stand-off Continues, No Breakthrough Yet In Talks; A total of 52 flights were cancelled; DGCA Steps in, Scindia Seeks Report From Airline Amid Flight Cancellations
- Zomato Gets Service Tax Demand And Penalty Order Of ₹ 184 Cr; JK Cement Gifts Mahindra XUV 700 And Scorpio To 65 “Best Performers”
- 5 Maoists killed in 48 hours in Chhattisgarh as security forces step up combing operations ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2024; CRPF Struggling to Meet ‘Unexpected Demand’ for Troops During Polls; Trainings Suspended, Sports Team to be Used
- Bengaluru: Consumers, Who Use Over 40 Lakh Litres Water, To Face 10% Supply Cut Amid Rising Temperatures
- BMW Group, Tata Technologies To Form Joint Venture For Automotive Software; NCLAT dismisses Sundaram Brake’s plea against CCI cease and desist order on railways tendering; Komaki Cat 2.0 NXT electric moped launched at Rs 99,500
- Jio 5G user base crosses 100 mn, Airtel at 75 mn; Avoid switching off signal to DPOs, Trai urges pay-TV companies
- &India continues to rely heavily on coal to meet projected 260 GW peak demand in summer; Haldia Petchem plans $10 billion oil-to-chemical project in south India; UltraTech to commission 2 new units in Chhattisgarh & Tamil Nadu to surpass 150 mtpa capacity*
- “Happens In War”: Netanyahu On Israel Strike That Killed Gaza Aid Workers; White House Says “Heartbroken”; Bodies And Rubble At Gaza’s Al-Shifa, Israel Says “Gold Standard Raid Will Be Taught at West Point; Biden will host Muslim leaders at White House for a meeting on Gaza and a scaled-down Iftar dinner
- Election Interference At Its Worst”: Trump On New York Trial Gag Order Expansion; Outrageous: Biden Criticises Florida’s 6-Week Abortion Ban; Trump Pays $175MN Reduced Penalty In New York Civil Fraud Case
- A fire that raged from the basement of a 16-storey block in central Istanbul left at least 29 people dead, with flames and thick smoke billowing for hours despite a massive emergency response
- World Bank: Job creation in South Asian economies is not keeping pace with the rise in the working age population, putting the region on a path that risks “squandering its demographic dividend
- North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, Japan coastguard believed the missile had fallen; 6.1 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Japan, No Tsunami Warning Issued
- Egypt’s President Is Sworn In For Third 6-year Term After Running Virtually Unopposed; El-Sissi won 89.6% of the vote in Dec election, with turnout of 66.8% more than 67 million registered voters
- AUKUS Submarines & Nuke Waste? Australia Admits No “disposal pathway” Amid “Poison Portal” Concerns; Russia Claims “First-ever Mass Ground Drone Attack In Ukraine”, Boasts Of “New Chapter In Warfare
- Biden and Xi hold first call since Nov summit; discussed China-US relations and issues of mutual concern. issue of Taiwan, China’s ties with Russia, and a newly enacted national security law in Hong Kong
- IPL 2024: LSG beat RCB by 28 runs as Mayank Yadav rips through RCB with 3/14. Records another fastest bowling
- Today’s Word – Xerocopy – Photocopy
