Daily Curated News – E112

August 22, 2023 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 22  August – 5 Mins read

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  1. “Welcome, Buddy”: Chandrayaan-3 Lander Gets A Special Message From Chandrayaan -2; Ahead of the touchdown, Vikram clicked the images of the Moon’s craters on the unexplored lunar south pole region, which always faces away from the Earth
  2. R Praggnanandhaa Shocks Fabiano Caruana, Set To Face Magnus Carlsen In Chess World Cup Final
  3. “Can’t Pass Order Against Superior Court…”: Supreme Court Raps Gujarat High Court; Allows Rape Survivor To Terminate Pregnancy
  4. SC Proposes Full Study Of Himalayan Region’s Carrying Capacity which is the maximum population size that an ecosystem can sustain without getting degraded
  5. Tribal Group Again Blocks National Highway In Manipur After 3-Day Ultimatum; Villagers hand over five accused in Nuh violence to police
  6. G20: Govt Looks at Nearby Airports, as Parking Space in Delhi Not Enough For VVIP Planes; PM Modi to Attend 15th BRICS Summit in South Africa’s Johannesburg
  7. Battling Ticketless Travel, Unbooked Luggage, Railways Collects Over Rs 11,456 Crore in Fines Since FY14
  8. SC To Constitute Bench For Cauvery Water Sharing Dispute Hearing; Don’t Want To Fight With Tamil Nadu: Karnataka Deputy CM On Cauvery Water Row adding that we are “neighbours”; SC told the petitioners challenging Patna HC order giving the go-ahead to Bihar for a caste survey that it will not stay the exercise unless they made out a prima facie case against it
  9. A new study finds Soils Play Key Role In Keeping Planet Cool & investigated how to stop soil carbon from evaporating and trapping heat in the air
  10. UP Police Chief directed officials at the police station level to map and track crime according to dates on the Hindu calendar
  11. KCR’s Party Names Candidates For 115 Of 119 Telangana Seats, Only 7 Changes; KCR  who represents the Gajwel constituency, will contest from one more seat this time – Kamareddy; Telangana liquor businessmen performing pujas as excise dept gets over 1.3 lakh application for 2,600 shops
  12. TPREL to supply 9 MW green energy to Tata Motors plant in Uttarakhand; NHPC signs pact with RITES to construct railway siding for 2,880 MW Dibang project
  13. Welspun Enterprises acquires 50.10% stake in Michigan Engineers for Rs 137Cr; Vipul Organics enters into paper segment; ABB India bags order to automate Reliance Life Science’s biopharmaceutical facilities; Alembic, Aurobindo recall drugs in US market; Wockhardt shareholders reject proposal to raise Rs 1,600Cr from promotor
  14. Telecom sector AGR up 2.53% on-qtr in Q4FY23, Jio gains maximum revenue; Jio, Airtel differ on use of USO Fund for tower fiberisation
  15. Maersk plans to add 300 EVs to its fleet in India by Oct; IREDA targets Rs 4,350 crore revenues in FY24; 5,220Cr in FY25; Apple Maps to provide real-time EV charging availability info with iOS 17 in US
  16. High Temperature Pushes “Zero Degree Line”  to a record height of nearly 17,400 feet in Switzerland
  17. 17 Indians, Held Captive By Armed Mafia Zwara City in Libya after being trafficked from India For Months, Brought Back
  18. Russian Astronomer Mikhail Marov Who Advised Failed Luna-25 Mission Hospitalised, Scientists Fear Putin’s Wrath?
  19. Scientists Identify 4 New Genes Linked With Breast Cancer, Most Variants Rare; Study looked at genetic changes in all genes in 26,000 women with breast cancer and 2.17 lakh women without from eight countries in Europe and Asia
  20. North Korea’s national airline was set to make its first commercial flight in over 3 years only for it to be abruptly cancelled at the last minute; No Reason Provided
  21. Russian Air Strike Targeting Syria Rebel Base Kills At Least 8 Fighters; Denmark Giving F-16 Jets To Ukraine Leads To Conflict Escalation says Russia
  22. Repellent-Making Firm Seeks People Who Can Stand Volunteer For 8 Hours Of Insect Bites; Midges are minute flies that can be severe biting pests of humans, pets, livestock, and wildlife
  23. Heavy rains lashed California on Sunday as Tropical Storm Hilary raced in from Mexico, bringing warnings of potentially life-threatening flooding in the typically arid southwestern US
  24. Today’s Word – Kebbie – A shepherd’s crook