NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 29 Jul – 5 Mins read
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- Paris Olympics 2024: Manu Bhaker Clinches Historic Bronze in Women’s 10m Air Pistol, Brings India’s First Medal in Paris; Organisers Apologise for ‘Last Supper’ Themed Opening Ceremony Featuring Drag Queens
- CJI Chandrachud announces Lok Adalat – urged citizens to seize opportunity; emphasized the importance of addressing the significant backlog of cases and expressed concern about the current judicial delays
- MCD Seals ‘Illegal’ Basements Of Three IAS Coaching Centres, Blames Encroachments For Waterlogging; Protesters Blame Authorities; Officials Term Reports Of Drain Bursting ‘Inconclusive’, Owner Says Basement Lacked Drainage System
- Turkey’s Erdogan Escalates Anti-Israel Rhetoric With Threat of Intervention; Hezbollah Evacuates Positions In Lebanon After Israeli Threats Over Deadly Golan Heights Attack; Football fans open Palestinian flag to protest Israel
- Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd received a tax demand notice of ₹ 248.74Cr from the Income Tax Authority in a transfer pricing-related issue
- Drug MNCs for keeping patient aid plan out of trade margin formula; EU-approved medical devices’ imports may be eased; L&T Realty, Valor Estate ink pact for 20,000Cr Jt development in Mumbai’s BKC project; Vodafone Idea offers to clear remaining Nokia dues of Rs 1,500Cr
- EQT closing in on Aavas Financiers, Rs 7,000Cr deal up for grabs; Buying gold overseas seen to lose lustre as duty cut push domestic sales; Investors rush to find anchor in Ola Electric IPO; local, foreign cos sign up for likely $350m book; Ultratech to buy 33% stake in India Cements
- Tata Motors in legal battle with EPFO over pension fund transfer; Vizag Steel Plant misses payment, lenders look for cover; Banks borrow more than they raise deposits to fund loan demand; Mahindra Holidays & Resorts sees 85% occupancy
- South Korea Warns North May Do Nuclear Test Near US Election; US, Japan, South Korea Look to Cement Security Ties Before America Votes
- Priti Patel Pledges Unity In Race To Replace Rishi Sunak As UK Opposition Leader; to turn the Conservatives into an election “winning machine” once again under her leadership
- 30 killed, 145 injured in armed clashes between two tribes fighting over a piece of land in Pakistan’s restive tribal district in northwest
- Kamala Harris Campaign Raises $200MN In A Week And Signs Up 170,000 New Volunteers; India Links Of US Election Contenders May Spell Little Fizz For Ties; KH Campaign Targets Trump On “Don’t Have To Vote Again” Remark; Trump Vows To Make US Crypto Capital Of Planet, Bitcoin Superpower Of World
- Russia “Captures” Ukrainian Settlement In Donetsk; New UK-Germany Missile Could “Hit Moscow” | Putin Warns Of “Tit-For-Tat” Response To US Missiles; Big Blow To Russia’s Wagner Group In Mali, Rebels ‘Rout’ Army Soldiers & Mercenaries In 2-Day Clash
- Iran supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave official endorsement of Masoud Pezeshkian as 9th president, following snap elections won by the reformist camp’s candidate
- UK is ‘broke and broken,’ new Govt says as it prepares to tackle shortfall in public finances; expected to outline £20BN shortfall in public finances during a speech to House of Commons
- Today’s Word – Desultory – Lacking a purpose, or enthusiasm
