NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 05 May – 5 Mins read
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- IPL 2023: KKR Clinch Thriller Against SRH by 5 Runs; Nitish Rana’s 42 off 31 and Rinku Sing’s 46 run knock off 35 deliveries proved crucial
- More Central Forces Will Have to Be Sent to Manipur, Local Police from Meitei Community; Govt issues shoot at sight orders as violence escalates
- Indo-Swedish study – Pancreas’ failure to secrete adequate insulin appears to have been trigger for type 2 diabetes in 50% of Indian patients (especially those diagnosed before the age of 45)
- 20,000 Years Old Pendant Found; DNA identified the object’s long-ago owner – a Stone Age woman closely related to a population of hunter-gatherers known to have lived in a part of Siberia east of the cave site in the foothills of the Altai Mountains in Russia
- SCO Meet: Jaishankar Holds Talks With China’s FM, Says Focus Still on Ensuring Peace in Border Areas; Expected to Finalise 15 Decisions or Proposals; Bilawal Bhutto Arrives in Goa, Becomes 1st Pak Foreign Minister to Visit India in 12 Years
- Vistara operates Boeing 787 aircraft using sustainable aviation fuel; IndiGo gets DGCA nod to remove technical paper manuals, to make aircraft lighter
- Cash-strapped Go First Pilots Make Beeline for Air India’s Recruitment Drive; 700 applications for pilots; In More Trouble, Lessors Want 20 Aircraft Deregistered; Wadias have a plan to regain control of Airlines; may seek IBC rule waiver to bid
- Telangana: Asia’s Largest Tribal Fair To Be Held in Feb 2024; Expected To See Over 1Cr Devotees
- After 13 Years, Backstreet Boys Bring the Heat to Mumbai with Their DNA World Tour; band consists of Nick Carter, AJ McLean, Howie Dorough and cousins Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson
- Q4: Hero MotoCorp Profit Records 31% Jump To ₹ 811 Cr; TVS Motor Net Profit Up 21% To ₹ 336 Cr; HDFC Shares Climb Nearly 3% Post Jump
- Gold Prices Rally ₹ 940 To Lifetime High Of ₹ 62,020/10 Grams; Domestic investors’ share in NSE firms zooms past 25% in Q4; Rupee gains 2 paise to close at 81.78 against US dollar
- Volvo to lay off 1,300 employees in Sweden; BMW launches X1 sDrive18i M Sport at Rs 48.9 lakh in India; Total vehicle retails dip 4% in April; 2-wheelers continue to struggle:
- Omega Seiki to raise $200 million to boost its EV & drones business; AMNS India to invest $7.4 billion on capacity expansion, value addition
- Cyber Alert Issued Against ‘Royal’ Ransomware Virus That Targets Key Sectors, Seeks Bitcoin Payoffs
- CII: Indian companies have invested over $40 billion in the US, created over 425,000 direct jobs
- UK: McDonald’s Fined Rs 5 Cr After Customer Found Mouse Droppings In Burger; eatery posed an “imminent risk to health” of the customers and ordered it to immediately shut down for ten days
- Not My’ King Charles: UK Republicans Want Coronation to Be the Last; 1,500 protesters, in yellow for maximum visibility, to gather beside it to chant “Not my king” as royal procession goes by
- Putin Back in Kremlin, “Ukraine 98% Equipped For Offensive”, Russia Facing “Unprecedented Sabotage; Russia Upgrades Aerial Bombs to Guided Munition, Hydra-70 Rockets in New Us Military Aid to Ukraine
- Biden ‘Dropped By’ to Meet Microsoft, Google CEOs on AI Dangers; AI Companies Have ‘Moral’ Responsibility to Protect Users says White House
- Microsoft Said to Have Offered to Charge for Its Office Product to Address EU Antitrust Concerns; Meta Asked to Change Access Rules for Ad Verification by French Antitrust Watchdog
- Britain’s CMA to Review Impact of AI on Consumers; Will Assess New Controls for ChatGPT-Like Technology
- Elon Musk’s Neuralink’s Animal-Testing Panel Membership Raises Questions About Potential Violations
- Israeli Start-Up Steakholder Foods Creates World’s First 3D-Printed Fish Fillet; states that they are growing fish fillets in laboratory, using cells of grouper fish
- Divers Discover Underwater Hospital And Gravestone Off Florida Keys; The grave belongs to a civilian who worked as a labourer at Fort Jefferson
- Today’s Word – Hamarchy – Govt by a cooperative body of parts
