NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 19 April – 5 Mins read
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- Research shows Warming of the planet by 3 deg Cel may cost the world up to 10% of its GDP, Poorer, tropical countries could see worst effects – up to 17% GDP loss
- SC said there has to be sanctity in the electoral process, Asks If Voters Can Get VVPAT Slip, Poll Body Flags Big Risk; ECI counters its Kasaragod official, tells SC reports of extra vote for BJP in mock poll false; 1st phase of elections today – 102 constituencies spanning 21 states and UTs to vote ; 44-Year-Old Woman Is The Only Voter In An Arunachal Village, EC Team Treks 40km To Get Her Vote
- Reuters Photographer Wins World Press Photo Of the Year With Poignant Shot From Gaza; The World Press Photo jury praised the shot’s sense of care and respect and its offering of a “metaphorical and literal glimpse into unimaginable loss
- DRDO conducted a successful flight test of the Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile (ITCM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Odisha
- Doctors Reattach Severed Hand Of Worker After 10-Hour Surgery at Sir Gangaram Hospital In Delhi – Reuniting the broken bones, tendons, nerves, arteries, and veins that had been cut during the accident was a complex surgery
- Nestle may face strict action by Indian food regulator if found guilty(2.7 g sugar) in sugar controversy; brand issues clarification; says it reduced added sugar in baby food products in India by over 30% in 5 years
- UK’s Vodafone offers ‘no comment’ on Voda Idea backing; Bharti Airtel’s merger deal with Dialog Axiata in Sri Lanka gets regulatory approval
- Govt mulls allowing sale of common medicines in general stores; WhO & 500 experts agreed for 1st time what it means for a disease to spread through air, in a bid to avoid confusion early in COVID-19 pandemic that some scientists have said cost lives
- ReNew partners with Japan’s JERA to evaluate joint development of green ammonia project in India; Tesla advisor joins India’s 1st consultative meeting on new EV policy; Tesla Power India, E-Ashwa Automotive to launch India’s 1st electric two-wheeler with fire safety technology
- World’s Best Airports: Singapore’s Changi airport loses the crown to a new king; just 5 Indian airports in top 100 airports list; NHAI identifies 33 highway stretches for monetisation in FY25
- Tata Motors to use new $1 bln plant to make Jaguar Land Rover cars; MG Motor ties up with Epsilon Group for EV charging solutions, battery recycling; Talbros Automotive’s JV firm secures order worth Rs 1,000Cr
- S&P Global – Indian banks among best-performing lenders versus peers in Asia; India’s FY24 pulses imports hit 6-year high as red lentil purchases jump; India smartphone up 15% on year in Q1, continues recovery
- Iran Envoy Clarifies Indians On board Seized Cargo Ship can go back any time they wish; Woman, Part Of Indian Crew On Board Ship Seized By Iran, Returns Home
- WHO voiced alarm at the growing spread of H5N1 bird flu to new species, including humans, who face an “extraordinarily high” mortality rate
- Israel Bombs Gaza As West Sanctions Iran Drones Over Attack; “5,000 Lives In One Shell”: Gaza’s IVF Embryos Destroyed By Israeli Strike
- N Korea Creating “Poisoned Pens” For Germ Warfare Programme, Says US Report; Bio weapons release disease-causing organisms or toxins to harm or kill humans, animals or plants. Agents such as anthrax can cause disease and death
- 2 Indian-Origin Men Among 6 Arrested In Canada’s with a brazen multimillion-dollar gold heist at Toronto’s main airport – the biggest gold theft in Canada’s history
- Make It Stand Up Like…’: Netizens React To ‘Creepy’ Humanoid Robot Unveiled By Boston Dynamics; This version of Atlas will be “stronger, with a broader range of motion than” any of its previous versions, the company said
- UAE Struggles to Recover After Heaviest Recorded Rainfall Ever Hits Desert Nation; Airport allowed global carriers to again fly into Terminal 1; floodwater still covered portions of major highways and roads
- Germany Foils “Russian Sabotage Plot”, Europe “Needs To Take Responsibility For Ukraine Air Defence”; Germany Arrests 2 For Allegedly Spying For Russia, Planning Sabotage To Undermine Ukraine Aid; Putin Critic Alexei Navalny’s Wife Yulia Appears On Time’s ‘100 Most Influential People’ List; Russian Missile Barrage Kills 18, Injures 77 In Historic Ukraine City
- IPL 2024: Ashutosh Sharma’s pyrotechnics did not prove to be enough as MI edge Past PBKS In Last-Over Thriller; Rohit 2nd after Dhoni (256) to play 250+ IPL matches
- Today’s Word – Laic – Of, like or pertaining to lay people rather than clergy
