Daily Curated News – E118

August 28, 2023 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 28  August – 5 Mins read

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  1. First Scientific Data Sent By Chandrayaan-3 From Moon’s South Pole; The thermal probe of Vikram lander recorded how temperature varies at surface, near surface, deeper on lunar surface
  2. Neeraj Chopra Becomes 1st Indian To Win Gold At World Athletics Championships, Beats Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem In Close Fight; javelin took flight and landed at a distance of 88.17m; Indian Men’s 4×400 Relay Team Finish 5th in World Championships Final, USA Win Gold; France Take Silver
  3. 6 Lakh Flowerpots, Foliage To Adorn Delhi Roads, Venue For G20 Summit; G20 Negotiations on from 2pm-2am, Every Word is Contested: Sherpa Amitabh Kant
  4. Himachal Pradesh CM Directs Officials to Integrate Forest, Police Outposts to Curb Timber Smuggling
  5. Himachal’s Kullu-Mandi Road Open To One-Way Traffic; Uttarakhand’s Rishikesh-Gangotri Highway Closed For Traffic As Land Caves
  6. 2 Days Ahead Of Crucial Assembly Session, Fresh Arson In Imphal; unidentified men snatched three weapons from security personnel
  7. In PM’s Mann Ki Baat, Praise For Meghalaya Man  Brian D Kharpran Who Discovered 1,700 Caves; also urged people to visit Meghalaya’s caves, some are among longest and deepest in the country
  8. Chief conservator of forests Dr Sonali Ghosh is all set to become the first woman field director of 118 year old Kaziranga National Park
  9. Hindu Outfits Firm On Today’s Nuh Rally Plan Despite No Permission; “Offer Prayers At Temples”: ML Khattar After No Permission For Nuh Rally; Schools, Banks Shut in Haryana Dist
  10. UP: Tripta Tyagi, however, says that she is not “ashamed” of her egregious act. She ought to justify her brazen act, saying that it’s important to “control” the kids at school; Jammu Teacher Thrashed Student For Religious Slogan In Class, Arrested
  11. Maharashtra: “They Peed On Us, told to lick shoes on which their assailants had spat”: 4 Dalits Hung Upside Down, Beaten Over Theft Claim; In Madhya Pradesh Dalit Man Beaten to Death, Mother Stripped Naked Over Sister’s Sexual Harassment Case
  12. Amazon, HUL to Zomato shun fossil fuel to slash costly rides by half; Shriram Automall conducts 120 auctions at the same time across India; EVs, the stars of automotive market, may soon face tough competition from ‘strong hybrid’ segment
  13. E-commerce, FMCG demand for EVs in superfast lane; Tata Power charging targets six-fold jump in EV public chargers; Cell companies seek flexible terms on capacity under PLI plan
  14. Punj Llyod fails to get bids in second auction; Steel exports down by a third on weak demand, Chinese competition; Saint Gobian investing Rs 8,000 cr in India to meet growth targets, aims 10% growth in FY24
  15. Handwritten Ad By Steve Jobs For Apple-1 Computer Sells For ₹ 1.4 Cr; It also includes two polaroids of the working prototype, photographed at The Byte Shop in California
  16. Rishi Sunak Faces Conflict Of Interest Questions Over India-UK Trade Deal; could face transparency questions related to wife Akshata Murty’s Infosys shares
  17. Indian-Origin Women Given Radioactive Rotis In 1969 Research, UK MP Seeks Probe; foremost concern is for the women and the families of those who were experimented on in this study
  18. Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin Confirmed Dead in Moscow Plane Crash After Forensic Testing; Uncertainty, Kremlin’s Plans Overshadowed Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Final Months; Anton Yelizarov May Replace Yevgeny Prigozhin
  19. Pakistan Govt Calls Emergency Meeting Amid Outrage Over Inflated Power Bills, Strategies to relieve consumer burden; Imran Khan Admits Misplacing Confidential Pakistani Govt Diplomatic Cable
  20. Vivek Ramaswamy Slams “Pied Piper In Cargo Pants” Zelensky, Faces Scepticism Over Ukraine Stance
  21. Today’s Word – Quadrumanous – Of the primates other than man