NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 22 April – 5 Mins read
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- Chess Candidates 2024: Gukesh, the 17-year-old from Chennai, is the youngest ever World Chess Championship contender
- Peru-based top potato research centre CIP-SARC to set up India wing in Agra; will serve farmers not only in potato-belt states of UP, Bihar and WB but also in other South Asian countries
- As Summer Intensifies, Temp Crosses 40 Deg Mark In Many States; Intense heat swept large swathes of India on Sunday, with max temp settling 4-6 deg Cel above normal in many areas
- Only 40 of world’s 100 largest Pvt firms have set net-zero carbon emissions targets to fight climate change, lagging far behind public companies; IMD: The days are not far away when each & every person will need to monitor weather information as there are increased risks to life and property
- To stop CRPF personnel from posting “departmental issues” on social media, order from CRPF Delhi HQ asking all personnel to avoid sharing internal matters on social media
- 73 Trains On Ambala-Amritsar Route Cancelled As Farmers Protest Continues For 5th Day; Union health ministry asked all states & UTs to investigate any violations – suspension of registration, against hospitals performing illegal organ transplants
- Hero MotoCorp inaugurates assembly unit in Nepal; Dhoni is Citroen’s new brand ambassador; Expect rural sales contribution at record levels this fiscal says Hyundai; Tesla cuts prices in China, Germany, and around globe after US cuts of its Model Y, Model X and Model S vehicles by $2,000; Odysse Electric looking to raise USD 5-10MN for expansion
- Mass Grave: Dozens Of Bodies Found Under Gaza Hospital Raided By Israel; Germany’s Scholz warns Netanyahu against escalation; Baby In Gaza Saved From Womb Of Mother Killed In Israeli Attack; Israel To Summon Ambassadors Of Nations That Voted For Palestine At UN; To Increase ‘Military Pressure’ On Hamas In ‘Coming Days’ Despite International Outcry
- Direct tax collections up 18% in FY24, top revised budget estimate; Increased scrutiny, red flags bigger risks for FMCG cos; AdaniConneX in talks with banks to raise $900-950MN; HSBC Geneva leak: ITAT says data is old, bank balance can’t be taxed
- A caution for India as Iran’s one action can shoot up oil and LNG prices; THDC India aims to make Rs 12,000Cr coal-based thermal power project operational by Sep
- Apple may employ 5 lakh people in India in 3 years; plans to scale up production in India by 5 fold to 3.32 lakh Cr in the next 4-5 years
- Massive river flooding expected in China’s Guangdong, threatening millions; Massive avalanche triggers overflow in Birendra lake, prompts precautionary measures in northern Nepal
- Trump slows campaign spending as he tries to close cash gap with Biden; Crush of lawsuits over voting in multiple states creates a shadow war for the 2024 election; 66,000 Indians Got American Citizenship In 2022; 46MN foreign-born persons resided in US in 2022, approx 14% of total US population of 333MN
- Maldivian President Muizzu secures ‘supermajority’ in parliamentary polls by winning 60+ seats; litmus test for the pro-Beijing politician whose policies are being closely watched by India & China; Ecuadorians head to polls to toughen fight against gangs behind wave of violence
- Egypt welcomed home a 3,400-year-old statue depicting the head of King Ramses II after it was stolen and smuggled out of the country more than three decades ago
- Experts removed a bomb left over in a southern Serbian city from 1999 NATO bombing of the country, prompting the evacuation of more than a thousand residents
- IPL 2024: Rahul Tewatia’s Late-Innings Heroics Secures GT Gruelling 3-Wicket Win Over PBKS; Kohli Loses Cool, Shouts At Umpire After Controversial Dismissal; KKR Get the Rub of the Green as They Beat RCB by One Run at Eden Gardens
- Today’s Word – Obsidional – Of, like or pertaining to a siege
