NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 17 August – 5 Mins read
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- Chandrayaan-3 Nears Exciting Finish, Russia Joins Lunar Jugalbandi; Chandryaan-3 was put in an orbit of 153 km by 163 km and all lunar-bound manoeuvres were completed
- Harvard Scientist used Google’s cloud platform to clone a supercomputer for a heart disease study, in a novel move that other researchers could follow to get around a shortage of powerful computing resources and speed up their work
- Rajasthan HC: Chest Measurement Criterion For Women For Any Post “Outrageous”; also directed the state authorities to seek opinions of experts to explore the possibility of any alternative means to determine the desired level of lung capacity
- Cops: Nuh Violence Accused Bittu Bajrangi, Aides Waved Swords, Tridents; cow vigilante and his aides also snatched away the weapons from the cops after they were confiscated
- 6 Apache Attack Choppers Under Production For Army, To Be Ready Next Year; The fuselages, or the main body of the helicopters, are manufactured at an advanced facility in Hyderabad
- SBI Research Report: per capita income will go up from the current ₹ 2 lakh to ₹ 14.9 lakh rupees, but it does not account for inflation
- Monsoon Fury Kills Over 70 in HP, Devastates U’khand; Rains Likely in East India; hill state has seen losses of s Rs 7,200 crore since June 24; ‘Mountain-like Challenge’ Before Himachal, State Needs a Year to Rebuild Infrastructure says CM Sukhu
- YouTube To Remove Medical Information That Contradicts WHO, Health Authorities; will age-gate content or surface an information panel under such videos for additional context
- To Push Green Mobility, Cabinet Approves 10,000 E-Buses In 169 Cities; scheme has two segments — augmenting city bus services in 169 cities and green urban mobility initiatives in 181 cities
- IIT Aspirant From Bihar Dies By Suicide In Kota, 20th Such Case This Year; 4th such incident this month
- Gold Worth ₹ 24 Lakh Found In Plane’s Trash Bin At Hyderabad Airport; 412 grams of gold paste has been recovered
- Pulapre Balakrishnan, whose published work spans the inflationary process in the Indian economy to the country’s economic growth, resigned today as professors of the Economics Dept objected to Sabyasachi Das’ exit
- India’s first Common Testing Centre for drones to come up in Tamil Nadu; Air India Express to rebrand its aircraft to give it premium avatar; IndiGo expands international connectivity with flights from Delhi to Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Hyundai Motor to acquire General Motors’ Talegaon plant; M&M expects to produce 2 lakh EVs from upcoming Chakan plant by 2029; Hyundai Motor unit to buy General Motors’ India plant in Talegaon, Maharashtra
- CBDT prescribes rules to calculate income from life insurance where premium exceeds Rs 5 lakh; Repco Home Finance eyes Rs 14,000 cr AUM this FY: MD & CEO; Banks’ lending to NBFCs jumps 35% to Rs 14.2 lakh crore in June
- Bank Of Ireland Tech Glitch Let Customers Withdraw Money They Didn’t Have; glitch saw large queues form at some cash machines, word spread on social media, prompting police to be called in
- US Woman Points Gun At Cars On Intersection, Cop Drives Cruiser Into Her; police officer who struck the woman was taken to another hospital to be treated for trauma
- Russia Says “Eliminated” Ukrainian “Saboteurs” At Border; Cargo Ship Leaves Ukraine Port Despite Russia’s Threat Of Attack
- Mob Vandalises Churches in Pakistan’s Jaranwala Over ‘Blasphemy’, PM Warns of Action, Forces Called
- 900 Flights Cancelled, Nearly 240,000 Evacuated As Typhoon Lan Hits Japan; cutting off power to tens of thousands of homes
- Durand Cup: East Bengal Qualify For Knockouts With 1-0 Win Over Punjab FC; Mohun Bagan Return To Winning Ways, Beat Machhindra FC 3-1 To Book AFC Cup Playoff Berth
- Today’s Word – Fandango- Lively Spanish dance performed by a couple
