Daily Curated News – 349

April 29, 2024 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 29 April – 5 Mins read
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  1. India loves its cash, despite fall of ₹2000 note and rise of UPI; doubled from 13.35lakh Cr in 2017 to 35.15Cr in Mar 2024
  2. AU Small Finance Bank aims to double balance sheet to Rs 2.5 lakh cr in 3 years; Banks may have to slowdown loan growth in FY25: S&P; Reliance Capital lenders urge Hinduja Group arm to stick to resolution plan deadline
  3. Bengaluru marks hottest day in nearly a decade; touched 38 deg Cels but still below the all-time high of 39.2 deg Cel registered in 2016
  4. Only AU Small Finance Bank eligible to apply for universal bank license now; ITPCL debt restructuring: NCLAT rejects SBI’s objection on liquidation value provided by PNB; Himadri Speciality to invest Rs 220cr in Bengal to expand speciality carbon black capacity
  5. Elon Musk Flies To China In Surprise Visit, Days After He Cancelled India Trip Citing ‘Obligations; visit coincides with the 2024 Beijing Auto Show
  6. Strong 6.1 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Indonesia’s Java at a depth of 68.3KMs no tsunami warning, Tremors Felt In Capital Jakarta
  7. US Makes Last-Ditch Effort To Save Close Ally As ICC Arrest Warrant Looms On Netanyahu; Saudi Warns Conflict Dampening Economic Mood; Hamas Official Says Delegation To Respond To Gaza Truce Plan In Egypt
  8. Fallout From Gaza War Continues To Affect US Colleges; US Govt Asks For ‘Peaceful’ Campus Protests After Hundreds Of Pro-Palestinians Held Over The Weekend; Protesters Hang Huge Palestinian Flag At Venue Of Biden’s White House Event
  9. Dr Debraj Jash, a pulmonologist at Kolkata’s Medica Superspecialty Hospital, performed the surgery and removed the screw of a gold nose pin from a woman’s right lung after she accidentally inhaled it; he called ”extremely rare case
  10. Study: Spike in traffic noise can increase risk of cardiovascular diseases; for every 10 decibel increase in noise coming from road traffic, risk of developing heart attack, stroke and diabetes, heightened by 3.2%
  11. Mount Ibu volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted, spewing an ash tower more than two miles into the sky and prompting officials to warn people to keep away
  12. *US: ‘Psychotic’ Break Leads Indian-Origin Doctor To Drive Tesla Off Cliff With Family
    two doctors testified that Dharmesh Patel, experienced major depressive disorder*
  13. LS Elections 2024: Repolling In Six Polling Stations In Outer Manipur On Apr 30; Just 8% of Women Candidates in First 2 Phases; SP Candidate Ravidas Mehrotra, 66, an alumnus of Lucknow University, Has Been Jailed 251 Times. He Has No Criminal Case, but that has not lessened his zeal for social work
  14. Railways Plans To Roll Out New-age Vande Metro, Trials To Begin In July 2024; will have many such features which are not available in currently running metro trains; Railways sets eyes on having 200 Gati Shakti Cargo terminals
  15. Navy Helps Panama-Flagged Crude Oil Tanker With 22 Indians Onboard after the vessel came under a missile attack from Houthi militants; Drugs Worth 600 Cr 14 Pak Men Caught In Massive Op Off Gujarat Coast
  16. Uttarakhand: 8 Fresh Forest Fires in 24 Hours, IAF Assists in Firefighting for 2nd Day; UP Tourists Missing After Being Swept Away in Ganga in Rishikesh, Search Ops On; Tripura Govt Extends School Holidays for Three More Days as Heatwave Continues
  17. Mosque Cleric Beaten to Death by Masked Men in Rajasthan’s Ajmer; Six children were also present inside the mosque when the incident occurred; no arrests made till now
  18. Manipur: 2 CRPF Personnel Killed In Militant Attack, CM Biren Singh Says ‘Such Actions Demonstrate Cowardice’
  19. Powerful tornadoes swept across the US state of Nebraska this week and damaged several homes; 4-Month-Old Child Among 2 Killed
  20. French Govt sent LOI to Atos with the aim of acquiring all of its activities that the state deems strategic, as the IT consulting firm strives to restructure its debt
  21. Maheshwari Chauhan Seals Spot in Paris Olympics After Winning Silver in Women’s Skeet at ISSF Final Qualifying Championship
  22. IPL 2024: Ton-up Will Jacks and Virat Kohli’s Fifty Help RCB Seal Clinical Win Over GT by 9 Wickets; Tushar Deshpande’s Blistering Powerplay Spell Helps CSK Beat SRH by 78 Runs; Purple Cap – Mustafizur Rahman moves to 2nd, Jasprit Bumrah continues to lead
  23. Today’s Word – Valetaille – Group of valets