NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 10 May – 5 Mins read
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- IPL 2023: Vintage Suryakumar Yadav Hits 83 Off 35 As MI Ease Past RCB; ably supported by young Nehal Wadhera’s unbeaten 34-ball 52, to chase down the target in 16.3 overs
- India’s largest IT Hub State Karnataka voting today; BJP is hoping for another straight term while Congress is banking on the states’ revolving door trend; Voting Begins for 4 Assembly Seats in Meghalaya, Odisha, UP; Polling for Jalandhar LS Seat
- Delhi HC: implored judges to have a “sensitive heart” and an “alert mind” while dealing with sexual assault cases so that the trial does not go in an unconnected direction and no further trauma or humiliation is caused to the victim
- Tamil Nadu student, daughter of a carpenter S Nandhini, emerged the topper in Class 12th examinations scoring a perfect 100 in all six subjects. scorecard read 600/600; wants to become an auditor
- Indian boxers Deepak Bhoria (51kg) and Nishant Dev (71kg) produced dominating performances to cruise to the quarterfinals of the men’s World Championships in Tashkent
- Pak Turmoil: Amid Protests Over Imran Khan’s Arrest over corruption, Social Media Platforms Down; Supporters Storm Army HQ, Chant Slogans Against Establishment; 1 Killed, 6 Injured At Protest Rally In Quetta; Islamabad HC Upholds ‘Legality’ Of Arrest; to be Produced Before Court Today; Asks Police To Register Cases Against Protestors
- President Murmu Confers Eight Kirti Chakras, 29 Shaurya Chakras including five posthumously to Army, paramilitary, police forces for displaying indomitable courage, extraordinary valour in the line of duty
- Manipur Violence: Govt Prepones Summer Vacation in Educational Institutions
- Another Female Cheetah Dies at Kuno, India Loses 3 Big Cats within A Year of Translocation; she died after the gates of the bomas were opened, which led to a violent interaction between the animals
- Bilkis Bano Case: SC Defers Till July 11 Hearing on Pleas Against Remission to Convicts, Directs Publication of Notices Through Newspapers
- Non-disclosure of Cases in Poll Affidavit: Maha Deputy CM Fadnavis Admits in Court ‘inadvertent’ Mistake on Part of His Lawyer
- UN Report: India Leads List of Countries with High Maternal and Newborn Mortality Rates; combined 4.5MN deaths – maternal deaths (0.29MN), stillbirths (1.9MN), newborn deaths (2.3MN) in 2020-2021
- Gandhi Bust in Hiroshima: PM Modi’s Message of Peace at G7 Amid Ongoing Russia-Ukraine Conflict
- Mitsubishi Electric to Set Up Plant in India, Create Over 2,000 Jobs at an investment of about ₹ 1,891Cr to manufacture room air-conditioners and compressors; commercial production from Oct 2025
- Indian WhatsApp Users Flooded With Spam Calls From International Numbers leaving many at the risk of financial loss; mostly from African and Southeast Asian countries; Indians have nowhere to go but Twitter to share their ordeal
- Go Air’s lessors approach rival airlines offering aircraft; approach DGCA to deregister 45 Go First Airways planes; seek to deregister three planes of SpiceJet
- GSI terms reports on large lithium reserves found in Rajasthan as ‘baseless; Fertiliser diversion: Govt cancels licences of 112 units, files 30 FIRs in last 6 months
- ONGC’s Russian revenue stream slows down as Sakhalin-1 decides to pay in dividends instead of oil; PTC India inks pact with Brookfield Renewables to purchase 100 MW solar power
- Airtel 5G Touches 2MN Customer Mark in Mumbai Within a Few Months of Launch; iPhone Maker Foxconn Buys Huge Site In Bengaluru For ₹ 300 Cr as it looks to diversify production away from China
- Insurers say Irdai’s decision to bar repayment of loans taken against life insurance policies through credit cards is a good move and will prevent policyholders from falling into a debt trap
- EU Vice President Suggests to Speed Up Work on AI Regulation; The EU’s draft rules outlaw certain uses such as “generalised surveillance
- China Worried Over New Indo-Pacific Military Alliance? South Korea-Japan Boost Ties Amid US Pivot
- Biden Says US ‘Default is Not an Option’; Adds He May Call Off Asia Trip If No Debt Breakthrough; US Announces $1.2BN in New Military Aid for Ukraine’s Defence
- Saudi Arabia To Resume Work Of Its Diplomatic Mission In Syria; move came two days after Arab League bloc ended Syria’s years-long suspension
- FBI sabotaged a suite of malicious software used by elite Russian spies, providing a glimpse of the digital tug-of-war between two cyber superpowers
- Today’s Word – Maderization – Wine becoming rusty in colour and flat in taste
