NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 20 Aug – 5 Mins read
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- Mpox Scare: Govt Tells International Airports to Be Vigilant, 3 Delhi Hospitals Identified As Nodal Centres For Isolation; Pak Confirms Mpox Case Detected Last Week Not New Strain
- Kolkata Doctor Murder: CBI Gets Court Nod to Conduct Polygraph Test; SC To Hear Plea on Aug 20; Health Ministry Orders 25% Enhancement in Security Deployment at Central Hospitals; CBI Veterans Of Hathras, Unnao Take Charge; Lie Detector Test Likely today; ‘Harassed by Principal’s Coterie, Tried Taking My Life’: RG Kar Students Reveal Pressure
- Northern Ireland: 400 Homes Evacuated To Remove World War II Bomb; Removal operation could take 5+ days; Device was discovered in Newtownards, 15KMs east of Belfast
- Two Back-to-Back Earthquakes, Measuring 4.9 And 4.8, Hit J&K’s Baramulla District; No Injuries Reported
- Paramilitary Officer Killed In Terror Attack On Patrol In J&K, Encounter On; terrorists fired on a patrol party
- TN: Daimler India unveiled a state-of-the-art Mechatronics Lab at Oragadam, Chennai to enhance software verification and validation; 70-80% cost savings; verify 300 features, process 1000 signals in 10 days, assessing 600 fault codes within weeks
- 1st time by Indian PM in 30 years; PM Modi To Visit Ukraine On Aug 23; Modi To Visit Poland On Aug 21, Marking First PM Visit To Eastern European Nation In 45 Years
- SEBI Classifies Dues Worth Nearly ₹ 80,000Cr as “Difficult To Recover”; Operation buyout: KKR, TPG, PE firms eye purchase of India’s largest cardiac stent maker SMT; Shapoorji Pallonji builds a house for $6 bn realty assets; to take new holding co public in two years
- NFRA slaps Rs 10-cr penalty on BSR & Associates in Coffee Day case, debars two auditors; Bajaj Auto to hike provision for deferred tax by Rs 211Cr post indexation benefit withdrawal; RBI issues norms for recognition of self-regulatory organisations in financial markets
- Banks’ borrowings cross ₹9 lakh Cr as credit growth outshines deposits; Bank of Baroda pips PSB peers to bag ₹5,000Cr SAIL loan; Corporate capex to increase led by infra financing, says RBI study; Torrent Power moves NCLAT against approval of Sarda Energy’s bid for SKS Power
- Al Gore firm invests $150MN in Continuum Green Energy; Govt’s 20% ethanol blending goal in ESY 2025 will need more sugarcane; Smartworks makes international foray, picks up 35kSq ft on lease in Singapore; DoT may ask Trai to take a call on backhaul spectrum based on usage
- Trump Shows Doctored Pictures Showing Taylor Swift’s Support; Harris Makes Debut At Democratic Convention In Chicago, Lauds Biden’s ‘Historic Leadership; Trump Is Eyeing Musk For Cabinet Role If He Wins Election; ‘Egregious Corrupt Conduct’: House Republicans Release Biden Impeachment Inquiry Report
- Hamas, Islamic Jihad Claim Responsibility For Bomb Blast In Tel Aviv; Blinken Says Israel “Accepts” Gaza Truce Proposal, Ball Now In Hamas’ Court; UN Warns Of “Unacceptable” Rising Violence Against Human Aid Workers; Gaza Protesters Breach Democratic Convention Fence In Chicago
- UK Tech Tycoon Mike Lynch Missing After Superyacht Sinks Off Sicily In Italy; 56-metre-long luxury yacht, The Bayesian, moored off Porticello, when storm swept suddenly up the coast before dawn, tearing through beach clubs and little fishing ports
- US Model Suffers Multiple Injuries After Swallowing “Broken Plastic” From Beverage, Sues American Airlines
- Ukraine’s 501st Marine Battalion Returns To Fight Russia As Incursion Continues; Russia Bans Clooney Foundation, Enlists It As “Undesirable” Organization
- Gen Z Turning Their Climate Change Anxiety Into Activism – In June 2024, 13 young people in Hawaii took on their state Govt in court, won right to have greater input in climate policy
- Today’s Word – Zephyr – A soft gentle breeze
