NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 26 April – 5 Mins read
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- Food insecurity worsened around the world in 2023, with some 282 million people suffering from acute hunger due to conflicts, particularly in Gaza and Sudan
- Vi 2.0: Vodafone Idea’s Rs 18,000 crore fundraise a ‘fresh lease of life’, says Kumar Mangalam Birla; Telcos need to invest in AI, large apps need to share revenue; COAI renews demand for revenue share between telcos and large traffic generator apps
- Xiaomi locks in over 75,000 orders for SU7 car, targets over 10,000 deliveries in June; Hyundai plans to scale up production capacity, introduce more EVs in India; Car giants vie for EV crown at Beijing’s Auto China show
- India’s pharma exports rise 10% to USD 27.9 bn in FY24; Nestle, Dr Reddy’s to form JV to market nutraceutical brands in India
- /Sampling and grading of coal at 427 mines completed; new grades to be applicable for FY24; REC to extend term loan of Rs 1,869 cr for Kiru Hydro Electric Project in Kishtwar; NTPC-NPCIL JV may invite bids for work on Rajasthan nuclear power unit this FY_
- ICEA bats for semiconductor chip design, manufacturing to be treated as strategic sector; ASK Automotive, AISIN Group enter into JV for passenger car segment; Large utility vehicles race past compact cars in growth lane
- India’s engineering exports up 10.7% in March, says EEPC; Higher generation capacity, gas-based plants to help meet India’s high summer power demand; Tata Steel to proceed with £1.25 bn Furnace in Port Talbot; closure of two Blast Furnaces by end of June, Sep
- Russia reinsurer backs firms to get India marine insurance permit; Online credit card spends rise 20% YoY in March to a record high of Rs 1 lakh Cr
- IndiGo, Air India plan for up to 170 wide-body planes in little over a year; In US, Airlines Will Now Be Required To Give Automatic Cash Refunds For Canceled, Delayed Flights
- IPL 2024: RCB won the match against SRH. It is RCB’s 250th IPL match; Virat Kohli Sits at the Top; T Natarajan Jumps to 5th
- US Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump’s claim of absolute immunity but decision’s timing is unclear; Trump Named “Unindicted Co-Conspirator”, Aides Giuliani and Meadows Charged In Arizona Poll Fraud
- Three India-Based Firms Among Dozen Companies Hit With US Sanctions For Trade Ties With Iran; Netanyahu Secures US Military Aid & “Nod” for Rafah Op As Israel-Iran Tensions Shift Focus Off Gaza; Chef José Andrés says aid workers killed by Israeli airstrikes represented the ‘best of humanity
- Pro-Palestinian Protests Across US Universities: Speaker Johnson Heckled During Campus Visit, Biden Backs Freedom Of Expression; Hamas Ready To Put Down Arms, 5-Year Truce For Pre-1967 Palestine, “Israeli Strikes Kill 10 in Gaza
- Lok Sabha Elections 2024: High-voltage Political Clash On Cards In South; 89 Constituencies Across 13 States voting today; In Chikkamagaluru, Women Participate In Raw Vegetable Eating Competition To Raise Election Awareness
- Portion of NH-313 Caves in Due to Landslide in Arunachal Pradesh; 6 Dead, 7 Critically Injured After Major Fire Breaks Out At Hotel Near Patna Railway Station
- *‘Relations Historical, Will Continue To Engage’: India Congratulates Maldives On Successful Polls⁴
- Europe Could Die” Macron Claims US-China Disrespect For Trade Rules, Warns On Russia Win In Ukraine; “Battlefield Dynamics Have Shifted in Russia’s Favor” US Doubts On Ukraine Win Despite $61b Aid; Lukashenko Says Russian Nuclear Weapons Deployed in Belarus
- Get Away’: Haunting Last Words Of Pilot Who Allowed His Children In Cockpit Moments Before Crash That Killed 75
- US Strengthening Military Ties With Taiwan Will Escalate Tensions, Beijing Warns; US to pull troops from Chad and Niger as African nations question its counterterrorism role
- ‘Poor Understanding Of India, We Attach No Value To It’: MEA Rebuffs US Report On Human Rights
- China sent 3 astronauts to its permanently inhabited space station for a six-month stay, in a regular rotation of Chinese astronauts onboard the “Tiangong” orbiting high above the Earth’s atmosphere.
- Today’s Word – Salariat – Salary earning class collectively
