NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 17 Jul – 5 Mins read
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- NIA arrested four key accused involved in luring and trafficking Indian youth to foreign countries on the pretext of offering them jobs
- Andhra Boy Bashir Cycles To Ladakh To Raise Awareness About Environment; Starting on June 12, the journey successfully ended on July 13; set off on his journey with Rs 3,000 in hand
- WHO: Indian Children Who Missed Out On Vaccines Drop To 16 lakh 2023 preceded by Nigeria which had the most number of zero-dose children at 21 lakh
- Indian Vlogger Jyoti Malhotra Forces Scooter Lift, Travels Ticketless In Bus In China, Internet Outraged; The YouTuber made fun of people’s height and the price of their “cheap” cell phones. She also spoke insensitively to the residents of the area
- Trainee IAS Officer Puja Khedkar Recalled To Academy, Training Put on Hold; Puja accuses Pune Collector Of Harassment; “Someone Must Have Doubted…”: Senior Doctor On Puja Disability Claim
- 13 Indians Among 16 Crew Members Missing After Oil Tanker Capsizes Off Oman; oil tanker capsized 25 nautical miles southeast of Ras Madrakah near the port town of Duqm
- Govt Reconstitutes Niti Aayog, Shivraj Chouhan, JP Nadda, HDK Among New Members; Scientist V K Saraswat, agricultural economist Ramesh Chand, paediatrician V K Paul and macro-economist Arvind Virmani will also continue to be full-time members
- Karnataka cabinet has approved a bill mandating 100% reservation for Kannadigas in private firms for Group C and Group D posts
- IMF Raises India’s GDP Growth Forecast To 7% For 2024-25; NCLT admits GVK Power & Infra with dues of Rs 18k Cr to insolvency
- Mumbai, Suburbs To See Rain For Next 24 Hours; Red Alert For Central Maharashtra From July 18-20; 4 Persons Killed, 3 Missing in Landslide in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada
- 2 More Children Die Of Suspected Chandipura Virus In Gujarat, Death Count Reaches 8; persons infected from the virus has gone up to 14
- Baba’ Builds Temple on Glacier in Uttarakhand’s Bageshwar, Locals Raise Concern; Probe On – Stands accused of deceiving locals and clandestinely constructing a temple on a glacier, claiming divine guidance from Goddess Bhagwati
- Palestine Embassy Thanks India For First Tranche Of $2.5MN For Refugees; Israel Used US Bombs In Strike On Gaza’s “Safe Zone” That Killed 92; Israeli PM Netanyahu Vows To “Increase Pressure” On Hamas In Gaza; 22 Killed In Israeli Strikes On Gaza School, Petrol Station
- Byju’s Faces Insolvency Proceedings For Failure To Pay BCCI ₹ 158.9Cr; Tata Power plans ₹20k Cr capex in FY25; Fidelity-backed Colt DCS to invest Rs 8,500Cr in Navi Mumbai hyperscale data centre; Supreme Court dismisses ministry’s appeal in Ravva oil field case
- _Cipla gets Rs 773Cr demand notice from I-T Dept; Mankind Pharma in licensing pact with Takeda to market acidity drug Vonoprazan in India; FIFA asks for Club World Cup broadcast bids just 11 months before 32-team event launches in US€
- Air India Express begins Mumbai-Kuwait, Mumbai-Mangaluru flight services; MHADA auctions plots totalling 4.75 acres in Mumbai for Rs. 192.26Cr; Domestic air passenger traffic grows 6 pc to 1.32Cr in June; Jio leads in new mobile users, Airtel gains ground; Vi continues decline
- Auto industry needs 2 lakh skilled people by 2030 to meet 30 pc EV adoption target; Expect domestic two-wheeler sales to reach peak levels of FY19 latest by Q1 FY26; Moody’s affirms HDFC Bank’s credit ratings, maintains stable outlook
- India Reaffirms “Consistent” Support To Mauritius On Chagos Islands Issue; Having an area of 60Sq KMs Chagos Archipelago, a group of atolls comprising 58 islands, is located approx 2,200km north-east of the main Island of Mauritius and about 1,700km southwest of Thiruvananthapuram.
- EU lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to give conservative Maltese politician Roberta Metsola another term as speaker of the European Parliament
- Google Search For ‘Civil War 2’, ‘American Civil War’ Spike After Donald Trump Rally Shooting; Not Trump, Biden Dialled Widow Of Rally Shooting Victim. She Didn’t Pick Up; 3 Police Snipers Spotted Trump Attacker Minutes Before He Opened Fire; Trump’s First Public Appearance Since Rally Shooting With A Bandaged Ear
- Bangladesh Orders Nationwide School Closures after Violent Student Protests until further order, considering the security of the students
- 20th Century Airline Pan Am To Return To Skies For An Exclusive Flight Priced At ₹ 54 Lakh – circuit from New York to Bermuda, Lisbon, Portugal, Marseille, France, London, England and Foynes, Ireland, are among the locations on the “Tracing the Transatlantic” itinerary
- Today’s Word – Revet – to face with masonry
