NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 26 Jun – 5 Mins read
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- Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Is The Leader of Opposition In Lok Sabha – His First Constitutional Role; It’s NDA’s Om Birla vs Cong’s K Suresh in Lok Sabha Speaker Elections Today; 7 MPs Yet To Take Oath
- Pune Porsche Crash Case: Teen Released From Remand Home After Bombay HC Orders His Release; Understand My Pain, Says Porsche Car Crash Victim’s Mother as HC Orders Release of Teen Accused
- WHO: Alcohol kills 3 MN people annually, while the death rate had dropped slightly in recent years it remained “unacceptably high
- NTA Officials Under Scanner In NEET Crisis, CBI Will Look At All Angles; Another dirty NEET secret? Students’ ranks jump on 2nd attempt; EOU hands over documents to CBI; NEET PG 2024 date by next week; Best way to make good doctors leave: NEET-PG aspirants attack Union Govt
- Singapore HR Employee Awards Herself $148,000 Hike To Pay Parents’ Medical Bills, Child’s Tuition Fee, Jailed; The employee was in charge of the payroll system at an interior design firm
- Threat Actor Breaches BSNL Data Systems, Planning to Clone SIMs; Millions of Subscribers at Risk; The nature and volume of the compromised data reportedly suggest that ‘kiberphant0m’ had prolonged access to BSNL’s systems
- India’s Rainfall Deficit Touches 19%; IMD’s Initial June Forecast Falls Short After Monsoon’s Slow Advance; Heavy Rain In Konkan, Goa Over Next Five Days
- India’s apex drugs regulatory body has found the samples of around 50 drugs, including that of widely-used paracetamol, pantoprazole and some antibiotics for treating bacterial infections Fail Quality Test
- Scientists have discovered a new tipping point toward “runaway melting” of Antarctic ice sheets, caused by warm ocean water intruding between the ice and the land it sits on
- Sunita Williams is stuck on the ISS after glitches were found in the Boeing spaceship they travelled in; Earlier set to return on June 26, it’s not known when the astronauts will now attempt their journey back to the earth
- UN Says Around 500,000 Gazans Facing Catastrophic Hunger; Israelis’ Lawsuit Says UN Agency Helps Hamas By Paying Gaza Staff In Dollars; Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh’s Sister Among 10 Relatives Killed As Israeli Strikes In Gaza Kill Dozens; 10 Children Losing 1 Or Both Legs On Average In Gaza; Israel Set To Roll Out Plan To Replace Hamas Govt In Gaza
- India Recorded 8.3% Average Growth In Last 3 Years; Sensex Touches 78,000 For 1st Time, Nifty At New Record High; Banks seek clarity from RBI on credit card network norms; Punjab & Sind Bank signs pact with Indian Army for salary account; Yes Bank restructures workforce, lays off 500 employees in cost-cutting move
- UltraTech Cement revises offer, to acquire 25 pc of UAE-based RAKWCT; Telcos bid for 5G worth ₹11,000Cr on first day of India’s second spectrum sale; WILO Mather and Platt Pumps expects 25 pc of revenue from exports in next 2-3 years
- Jubilant Pharmova’s US arm prepays Rs 626Cr term loan; Reliance Retail sets the ball rolling on delivery in an hour, starts pilot service in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai
- Police Firing Kills 5 In Kenya As Protesters Breach Parliament, Indian Mission Issues Advisory Amid Tensions; Auma Obama, Barack Obama’s Half-Sister, Tear-Gassed In Kenyan Anti-Finance Bill Protests; President Vows “Full Response” As Anti-Tax Protests Intensify
- Princess Anne Out Of Royal Duties For Few Weeks After Suffering Concussion, Head Injuries From Equestrian Incident
- Trump Allowed To Talk about Witnesses, Jury After Hush Money Conviction As Judge Alters His Gag Order; Gun Violence A Public Health Crisis In US, Declares Surgeon General
- Historic: A US judge freed Julian Assange in a plea deal that ended years of legal drama for him, long wanted by Washington for revealing military secrets
- Manta Ray, Secret US Undersea Drone, Spotted On Google Maps, Later Removed; also caught attention for its similarity to a Star Wars vessel, a spaceship seen in the popular Hollywood franchise
- Setback For Canada’s Trudeau, Liberals Lose Stronghold In Key Polls; Losing the historic stronghold is likely to pile pressure on PM Trudeau
- Lukas McClish – US Hiker’s 3-Hour Trek Turns Into 10-Day Ordeal, Drinks Boot Water To Survive; but then after, getting close to the end of it, body needed food and some kind of sustenance
- Russia’s Dagestan Temporarily On High Alert After Reports Of Armed Man In Makhachkala; Ukraine, Russia Exchange 90 Prisoners Of War
- Record floods that killed over 170 people and displaced half a million in southern Brazil are a warning sign of more disasters to come throughout the Americas because of climate change
- Today’s Word – Washeteria – Laundromat or launderette
