NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 8 Aug – 5 Mins read
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- It’s Part of The Game’: Vinesh Phogat’s Humble Response to Being Disqualified: says GoodBye Wrestling – announces Retirement
- Wayanad landslides: IMA to offer medical, psychosocial support for survivors; Kerala Taking Steps To Rehabilitate Everyone Affected By Landslides; Heavy Machine Operators Also Given Mental Health Counselling
- Bangladesh Interim Govt Swearing-In Today; Khaleda Zia Appeals For Calm, Hasina To Stay In Delhi; Army Refused To Enforce Curfew To Suppress Protest The Night Before Hasina Fled; 30 Shot Dead By Police In Mass Killing After Hasina’s Departure
- Bangladesh: 20 Leaders Of Hasina’s Party Found Dead; Hindu Homes Targeted As Mobs Run Amok; 600 Bangladeshis Try To Enter Bengal over fear of killing, Stopped By Border Force; India-Bangladesh Trade Resumes Partially, Expected To Normalise Soon
- In Hooghly River With Hands Tied, Bengal Boy Swims Record 10,000Mts; has to apply a lot of physical strength to swim in the Hooghly River – generally turbulent during monsoon
- A new theory suggests that ancient Egyptians may have used a hydraulic lift system to build the Step Pyramid of Djoser, the oldest pyramid in Egypt
- To Cut Rabies Deaths, Govt Panel Evaluating Use Of Antibody Shots After Dog Bites – world’s first monoclonal antibody against rabies licenced in India in 2016, sold under Rabishield
- World Cities are increasingly growing upward instead of outward, with Asian cities leading the way. Previously, cities expanded by occupying more territory
- Govt Waives Clinical Trials for Several Drugs (5 Categories) Approved in Major Western Markets – orphan drugs for rare diseases, gene and cellular therapy products, new drugs used in pandemic situations, new drugs used for special defence purposes, and new drugs having significant therapeutic advances over the current standard care
- CBI Takes Over Probe Into Death of 3 IAS Aspirants, Files Case Against Coaching Center CEO under sections of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, causing death by negligence, voluntary causing hurt and others
- Govt Paving Way for Use of Bio-bitumen to Build National Highways: 1 Road Test, 2 Research Projects Underway; Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Howrah Routes To Get 100% Kavach Cover This FY, Nod For System On 10,000 Locomotives; Akasa Air completes 2 years of flying; says airline on successful trajectory towards profitability
- SC expunged observations made by a single judge bench of Punjab and Haryana HC against the top court in a contempt case, saying they were “scandalous” and “unwarranted
- Finance Minister Proposes Amendments To LTCG Tax On Immovable Properties; MFIs seek easier credit rating rules as they gasp for bank loans; Brookfield India Real Estate Trust Q1 gross leasing 2.42 lakh sq ft
- Maruti Suzuki to recall 2,555 Alto K10 vehicles for possible defect; affected customers advised against driving the vehicle; Tata Motors says with Curvv.ev it’s bringing price parity between EV and comparable ICE models
- Telecom Regulator TRAI To Review, Tighten Rules To Curb Spam Calls; Tata Power, DGPC partner to set up 600 MW hydro project in Bhutan; Sterlite Power bags new orders worth Rs 1,500Cr in Q1 FY’25
- Nepal: Helicopter Crashes In Forest Outside Kathmandu; collided with a hill in Suryachaur at Nuwakot district; Four Chinese Tourists Among Five Dead
- Yahya Sinwar: New Hamas Leader, Also Referred As “Dead Man Walking; Israel Vows To ‘Eliminate Yahya As Gaza War Escalates; Iran Deploys Russia’s Powerful Murmansk Jamming System To Counter Israel’s F-35 Fighter Jets; 40,000 Counting: The Struggle To Keep Track Of Gaza Deaths
- Britain Braces For More Riots As Far-Right Groups Target Asylum Centres; Counter-Protests Organised; Anti-fascist protests are organized in response; UK Man Held Captive Inside Dirty Caravan For 26 Years, To Receive Compensation of Rs 3.75 Cr
- China, Saudi, UAE Agree To Roll Over Pak’s $12BN Debt For A Year as IMF likely to approve its $7BN bailout package later this month
- Today’s Word – Nefarious – Wicked or criminal
