NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 24 August – 5 Mins read
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- Chandrayaan-3 Lands On Moon, India Joins Elite Space Club; “I Reached My Destination”: C3 After Touchdown; “Proud Of Them”: Families Of 3 ISRO Scientists From Madhya Pradesh; UK Space Agency Congratulates India
- Indigenously-developed Light Combat Aircraft Tejas today successfully test-fired an ASTRA beyond visual range (BVR) air-to-air missile off the coast of Goa
- World Cup 2023 Game 2: Praggnanandhaa-Carlsen Game 2 Drawn, Final Moves To Tie-Breakers
- 2 Planes Were 1.8 km Apart. Alert Woman Pilot Saves Over 300 Lives In Delhi; pilot on Ahmedabad-Delhi Vistara Airlines flight alerted the Air Traffic Control of another Vistara flight that had been given permission to take-off from the same runway
- Norway inaugurated the world’s biggest floating wind park in the North Sea; Hywind Tampen field is made up of 11 turbines producing up to 8.6MW each, providing five neighbouring oil-and-gas platforms with about 35% of their energy needs
- Bandhan Bank announces entry into co-lending business, to tie up with NBFCs; CCI slaps Rs 55 lakh penalty on ADIA, TPG Group; First time in 4 years, MFIs overtake banks in microlending with 40 pc share
- Petrol pump owners in Delhi stage protest demanding removal of VAT, revision of margins; GAIL AGM: Co expects natural gas transmission volumes to expand 12%; SKS Power’s losing bidders challenge lenders’ decision
- Xi Jinping Cries Foul, Says Rules Being Written by Those with ‘Strongest Muscles’ at BRICS Meet; PM Modi Discusses Trade and Investment with South Africa’s Ramaphosa; BRICS Leaders Open To Expanding Membership
- Wagner boss Prigozhin, who rebelled against Putin, on board crashed Russian plane; 10 passengers were reportedly on the jet, all of whom are feared dead
- Amid Chandrayaan-3’s Success, Aerospace, Defense Stocks In Limelight; Shares of Bharat Forge climbed 2.82%, Astra Microwave Products gained 1.72% and Larsen & Toubro (1.42%)
- Bridge Caves In After Heavy Rain In Himachal Pradesh; One of the piers of bridge collapsed, bent in the middle. After collapse of the main bridge, Baddi was cut off from Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab
- Ready to meet any demand surge, says Coal India; BHEL manufactures first set of indigenous SCR Catalysts to limit NOx emission; HDFC Capital, Abhinandan Lodha Group ink JV to invest Rs 1,500 crore in low-rise projects
- TVS Motor to double EV volume in FY24 amid new launches; Shell Energy India to invest Rs 3,500Cr to set up renewable energy facility in Gujarat
- BHEL manufactures first set of indigenous SCR Catalysts to limit NOx emission; HDFC Capital, Abhinandan Lodha Group ink JV to invest Rs 1,500 crore in low-rise projects
- SriLankan Airlines plane from Colombo makes emergency landing at Delhi airport; Delhi-Meerut Rapidx construction to hit another important milestone this week; Farmers in Madhya Pradesh are applying to become drone pilots
- Major Traffic Jam At Drought-Hit Panama Canal, Over 200 Ships Stuck; Panama Canal is a vital trade route, accounting for 40% of all US container traffic; Two tankers, the Singapore-flagged BW Lesmes and Cayman Islands-flagged Burri, briefly collided in Egypt’s Suez Canal
- As Europe and other regions swelter, a UN researcher cautioned that climate change was enabling increasingly intense and long-lasting heatwaves, which in some areas could soon begin to hit year-round
- Singapore police have launched an investigation into bomb threats allegedly made at more than a dozen locations around the city-state, including government buildings and embassies
- Airport In France To Be Renamed After Queen Elizabeth II – The town is hopeful that the new name of the airport will enhance the connection between Le Touquet and the UK
- Man Who Mocked Xi Jinping Flees China On Jet Ski across the sea, Rides 300 Km To South Korea
- Lisa Hu, Woman Who Disappeared 8 Years Ago, Found Alive In US; police did not share where Hu was all these years; but said that she was not harmed or kept against her will
- South Korea Conducts First Civil Defence Exercise in Six Years Amid North Korea’s Missile Threat
- Jasprit Bumrah-led India Clinch T20I Series vs Ireland 2-0 As Rain Washes Out 3rd Game
- Today’s Word – Maderization – Wine becoming rusty in colour and flat in taste
