Daily Curated News – 364

June 13, 2024 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 13 Jun – 5 Mins read
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  1. Gallup Report – Only 14% of Indian workers report “thriving,” significantly lower than the global average of 34%; staggering 86% of Indian employees classified themselves as “struggling” or “suffering
  2. Kuwait Building Fire: 49 Workers, Including 40 Indians, Dead; Deputy PM Blames ‘Greedy’ Realtors
  3. T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma Says ‘Knew it Would be Tough’ in New York, After Beating USA; Arshdeep Singh first Indian bowler to pick up a wicket on the very first ball of a T20 WC match; 4 wickets in a T20 WC game by giving less than 10 runs
  4. Gunfight Between Terrorists, Security Forces In J&K’s Doda District, Third Encounter In 2 Days
  5. Maharashtra: Motorcycle Catches Fire at Petrol Pump Just When Rider Uses Mobile Phone; looks as if two-wheeler caught fire when its rider received a text on his mobile phone but it is not yet confirmed if this was the cause of the combustion
  6. Delhi: No Signs of Relief From Heatwave Yet, Monsoon To Arrive On This Date; Delhi BJP Urges Police to Register FIR, Form Special Team to Probe Water Theft; Monsoon Edges Towards Odisha, Chhattisgarh After Heavy Rain In Southern States
  7. Pune Porsche Crash: Cops Say Doctor Ajay Taware Took Bribes To ‘Expedite’ Cases Brought By Brokers; Ran ‘Blood Cleaning’ Racket
  8. Nagpur Woman Plots ‘Supari’ Killing Of Father-In-Law For Rs 300 Crore Property, Makes It Look Like Hit-And-Run
  9. Removing Girl’s Underwear And Getting Naked Not ‘Attempt to Rape’, But ‘Outraging Modesty’: Rajasthan HC
  10. Camps For Elderly, 500-Bed Ayurveda Hospital To Yoga Boost: Ayush Ministry Designs ‘100-Day Action Plan
  11. NEET-UG 2024: 63 Cases of Unfair Means, but No Paper Leak; Sanctity Not Compromised, Says NTA
  12. Odisha’s in its first Cabinet meeting approved a proposal to re-open all four gates of Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri; set up a corpus fund for immediate requirement of the 12th-century shrine
  13. Hamas Urges US To Put “Pressure” On Israel For Permanent Gaza Ceasefire; Day After Deadly Ramallah Raid, IDF Kills 6 Palestinians In West Bank’s Jenin, Says 4 Were Armed; Hezbollah Rains Rockets on Israel After Strike Kills Commander, Vows to Intensify Attacks
  14. Prioritise 6 GHz spectrum for 5G, roll out fair share data network usage norm: COAI to Govt; Trai move to charge for numbers will increase cost for users, telcos say
  15. Indian Railways sanction survey for 14 new routes connecting neighbouring countries; SpiceJet discontinues Hyderabad-Ayodhya direct flight; Go First granted 60-day extension by NCLT to complete insolvency proceedings
  16. &NBCC gets Rs 100Cr contract from Oil India to build centralised core repository with lab facilities; VinFast pushes ahead with Asia expansion, expects to open India plant ahead of schedule; Investment of USD 190-215 bn needed for India’s 500 GW RE capacity: Moody’s*
  17. Global wind installation growth pace slows on rising costs; Gensol Engineering emerges successful bidder for Rs 1,340-cr battery energy storage project; Costa Coffee posts 49 pc rise in revenue to Rs 152 cr in FY24, adds 67 new stores; HUL takes lead in reducing palm oil in soaps
  18. Banks, NBFCs well placed to seize opportunity from India’s strong economic prospects; Hindujas seek more time from NCLT to pay Reliance Capital lenders; ATM operators seek Rs 2 hike in interchange fee for viability; IRDAI asks life insurers to offer surrender value in first year; accepts registration withdrawal application of Paytm General Insurance
  19. India will need to build 100MN homes this decade amid rising household incomes; Restaurants face the heat in summer of ’24, business drops by up to 40%; Govt’s PMAY move to help boost affordable housing, drive economic growth; D2C brands reduce ads amid complaints about misleading claims
  20. Glenmark gets USFDA nod to market generic drug; Dr Reddy’s signs in-licensing pact with Ingenus Pharmaceuticals for cancer treatment injection; USFDA issues Form 483 with five observations to Torrent Pharma unit
  21. Millionaire Bryan Johnson Who Is Trying To Age Backwards Says His Birthday Now Comes Every 19 Months
  22. India Will Participate in Swiss Peace Summit on Ukraine at Appropriate Level: FS Kwatra; North Korea’s Kim Praises Russia As Putin Expected To Visit Neighbour, Vietnam
  23. Today’s Word – Jark – Seal or insignia on a counterfeit document