NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 21 April – 5 Mins read
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- Mumbai Lawyer Fights Off 21-Year-Old Molester in Mall’s Washroom, Prevents Attempted Murder; After Azad Maidan police station was alerted, the accused, identified as Ramashankar Gautam alias Sandeep Pandey, was apprehended
- UK’s India Gate To Honour Role Of Indian Soldiers Who Fought In Two World Wars; India Gate was presented to the people of Brighton by the “princes and people of India” as a gesture of thanks for the care provided by the town’s hospitals and is “dedicated to the use of the inhabitants of Brighton
- As voter turnout dips in first and largest phase, EC officials plan route ahead; SC notice to Govt on plea against prohibitory orders issued on grounds of polls; BJP’s Moradabad Candidate Sarvesh Singh Dies A Day After UP Constituency Went To Polls; 111-Year-Old Maharashtra Woman Votes At Poll Booth, Ditches Home Voting
- Govt plans to augment NCC strength to 27 lakh cadets in 10 years; Increase reach to more schools, colleges, focus on border areas; organisational structure of NCC units to be standardised
- Railways Ministry Dismisses Claims Of Mismanagement, Overcrowding; Says Don’t Share ‘Misleading’ Videos; 54 Trains On Ambala-Amritsar Route Cancelled As Farmers Sit on Tracks At Shambhu
- Heatwave Alert In Bengal: Mercury Likely To Cross 40 Degrees In Kolkata, Odisha Reports First Sunstroke Death; First sunstroke death in state amid severe heatwave alert
- Decoding Dubai Flash Floods: Experts Say Climate Change Has Clear Ties; Emirates and flydubai resume normal operations after Dubai floods
- Come 2026, hailing an air taxi may become a reality; Archer and Interglobe plans air taxi to cut down travel time in Indian cities
- Former Prasar Bharati CEO criticises Doordarshan’s new ‘saffron’ logo, raises questions of neutrality; After a record 2023, box-office kitty may decline this year
- Middle East crisis escalation may hurt pharma exports; CDCSO issues distribution guidelines for pharma products in market to curb substandard medicines
- Exceeding target: Oil PSUs made a capex of ₹1.28 lakh cr in FY24; Hindustan Petroleum to set up a global oil trading desk
- Bank credit surges 16% in fiscal year, marks fastest growth in a decade; In fight against online frauds, banks moot syncing systems with MHA’s cybercrime portal; Banks mull options on using iris scans for verifying transactions
- Clear Premium Water reaches 1600 HoReCa clients in March 2024; Bajaj Auto aims to make 10,000 Triumph units a month by Sep; Gems, jewellery exports in FY24 dip by 12.17% to Rs 2.65 lakh Cr
- Israeli Attack’ On Secret Nuclear Site Designed To Warn Iran Of Wider Consequences, Says Report; US Deploys ‘CHAMP’ Missiles Capable Of Penetrating Bunkers, Obliterating Iran’s Nuclear Facilities; Turkey’s Erdogan Meets Hamas Chief In Istanbul, Israel Reacts
- US Air Force Conducts First Successful Dogfight Between Manned F-16 And AI-Piloted Aircraft; carried out as part of the Air Combat Evolution program that the DARPA launched in 2019
- 1,300 people from Myanmar flee into Thailand after clashes break out; latest clashes were triggered when Karen guerillas launched an attack against Myanmar troops who were hiding near the 2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge
- As Russia Plans To Retake Kharkiv, Some Choose To Flee While Others Refuse To Leave; Moscow says 50 Ukrainian drones shot down as attacks spark fires at Russian power stations
- 2,100 people are evacuated as an Indonesian volcano spews clouds of ash; Manado City Intl airport less than 100KMs from the erupting Mount Ruang, still temporarily closed as volcanic ash was spewed into the air
- About a third of China’s urban population is estimated to be at risk due to land subsidence, shows a new finding which researchers said is indicative of a global phenomenon
- IPL 2024: SRH powered by Head, Abhishek, Shabhaz & Natarajan 4/19 (266/7) beat DC (199) by 67 runs; Orange Cap: Travis Head on heels of Virat Kohli after Delhi fireworks, leaves behind Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul
- Today’s Word – Narratology – Study of narrative structure of texts
