NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 28 April – 5 Mins read
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- LS elections 2024: Poll Body Orders Repolling In Outer Manipur’s 6 Polling Stations On Apr 30; Pension Hike, Vizag As Executive Capital Among YSR Congress’ Poll Promises
- Odisha Reels Under Intense Heat, Angul Hottest At 43.5 Deg; Himachal Pradesh Is Witnessing Tourist Rush; Severe Heatwave In West Bengal, Odisha, Weather Office Issues Red Alert
- Southern India is facing a water crisis as reservoir levels have plummeted to just 17% of capacity; Dipped to 10-Year-Low
- NCB And Gujarat ATS in Joint Operation Bust 1 Mephedrone Factory in State, 2 in Rajasthan; Drugs Worth Rs 300 Cr Seized
- Pune Man Quits “Toxic” Job, Dances To Dhol Beats In Front Of Ex Boss; Aniket, a sales associate, summoned musicians to his office and danced to the beats of dhol while his boss looked on
- Gold Watch Owned By Wealthiest Titanic Passenger Sells For $1.46 MN; It was a record sum for an object linked to the notorious 1912 shipping disaster
- An IAF helicopter was pressed into service to extinguish the raging forest fires in Uttarakhand’s Nainital district, a day after the flames reached the High Court Colony in the Pines area
- Officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) at Tiruchirappalli airport in Tamil Nadu seized a total of 977gms of 24 carat gold valued at ₹ 70.58 lakh from a passenger’s (rectum) arriving from Dubai
- Dr Reddy’s, Cipla & Biocon in weight-loss race for ‘the magic pill;.72k jobs cut: TCS, Infosys, IT giants witness drastic workforce reductions; ICAI charges 3 EY India affiliates with professional misconduct
- MDH says its products are safe; rejects pesticide allegations; US food regulator gathering information on Indian spices after alleged contamination in MDH and Everest
- Prices can’t dampen EV sales as it steps on leasing pedal; Suzuki making smaller hybrid cars for India with much better mileage: Maruti chairman; Japan’s Sharp plans to set up $3-5 billion display fab semiconductor unit in India
RBL reports 30 percent growth in net profit in March Qrtr; Madras HC orders RBI to conduct comprehensive asset valuations for DBS and Lakshmi Vilas Bank
- Maruti Suzuki’s annual sales volume crosses 2 million units; Indian auto industry poised to reach USD 300 Billion by 2026; Revving up for innovation and expansion
- Israel May Be Violating International Law In Gaza: US Officials’ In Internal Memo; Palestinian Journalists Call For Boycott Of White House Correspondents’ Dinner; Israeli Soldiers Kill 2 Palestinian Gunmen Who Opened Fire At Them In West Bank; Hamas Releases First Proof-of-Life Video Of American Keith Siegel Held Hostage in Gaza
- Will Suspend Rafah Operation If There Will Be Hostage Deal says Israel Minister; Police detained nearly 200 people at three US universities as they cleared pro-Palestinian encampments, in the latest campus clashes triggered by protests; “Constant Terror”: Gazans As Israel Vows To Push Ahead With Rafah Invasion; Student Anti-Israel Protests Refuse To Die Down, Over 550 Arrests So Far
- Russian Missiles Pound Power Facilities In Central, Western Ukraine; Russia Targeted Gas Facilities Important For Supply To European Union says Zelenskyy; Ukraine Says Russia Damaged 4 Power Plants In “Massive” Overnight Attack
- Iraq Passes Bill Criminalising Same-Sex Relations, Jail Upto 15 Years; Transgender people sentenced to three years’ jail under the amendments to a 1988 anti-prostitution law, which were adopted during a session attended by 170 out of 329 lawmakers
- Drivers in China who trade in an old car for a newer model are eligible for a subsidy of up to 10,000 yuan ($1,380 or ₹ 1,15,096)
- A Boeing 767 Delta Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency return to the John F Kennedy International Airport in New York City after its emergency exit slide fell off after take-off
- Earthquake Of 6.5 Magnitude Hits Indonesia, No Tsunami Alert Issued; At Least 3 Women Contracted HIV After Getting “Vampire Facial” At Spa, US Health Body Finds
- US intelligence agencies have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin probably didn’t order opposition politician Alexei Navalny killed at an Arctic prison camp in February, the Wall Street Journal reported
- IPL 2024: Samson, Jurel Take RR Closer to Knock-outs with 7-wicket Win over LSG; Fraser-McGurk, Rasikh shine as DC beat MI by 10 runs in high-scoring match
- Today’s Word – Umbilicanimism – Looking at the navel in search of enlightenment
