Daily Curated News – E18

May 18, 2023 0 Comments
  1. NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 18 May – 5 Mins read
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  3. NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 18 May Thursday – updated at 0655HRS IST; 5 Mins read
  4. IPL 2023: IPL 2023: Liam Livingstone’s 94 Goes In Vain As DC Beat PBKS By 15 Runs; Rilee Rossouw slammed an unbeaten 82 supported byDavid Warner (46), Prithvi Shaw (54); PBKS out of playoff
  5. Indian online video sector amassed an impressive 6.1 trillion minutes of consumption from Jan 2022 to Mar 2023; YouTube had the lion’s share of online video consumption in India, with 88%
  6. Astronomers Discover Earth-Size World Gripped by Widespread Volcanism; the planet, the third detected orbiting this particular star, is likely covered with volcanoes
  7. SP Hinduja, Head Of Billionaire Hinduja Family, Dies At 87; family says him as “visionary and mentor to the family bestowing the founding principles and values of our late father, PD Hinduja
  8. CUET-UG Exam Days to Be Extended by 4 Days to Accommodate More Candidates; 14 lakh applications have been received, registering a 41% increase from the debut edition last year
  9. CBI Arrests Journalist Vivek Raghuvanshi, Ex-Navy Commander Ashish Pathak for Passing Sensitive Info to Foreign Intelligence Agencies
  10. US Court Clears Extradition of Mumbai Terror Attack Accused Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana to India
  11. Advocate Zafaryab Jilani (73), the man who became the face of the Muslim side in the long-drawn legal battle of Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit, breathed his last in Lucknow yesterday
  12. Bikes Which Gave Lift To Amitabh Bachchan and Anushka Sharma Fined under Sections 129/194(D), Sec 5/180 & Sec 3(1)181 MV Act
  13. Rajasthan Man, A First-time Flyer, Smokes Beedi Mid-air on Akasa Air Flight, Arrested At Bengaluru Airport; Turbulence in Air India Flight Injures 7 Passengers
  14. Zomato Recorded Highest Number Of Orders On Mother’s Day, Received 150 Cake Orders Per Minute
  15. Rich Indians snap up luxury cars even as prices surge to their highest level in five years; Toyota Kirloskar commences third shift at Karnataka-based plant to enhance production, cut waiting period
  16. Credit Card Spend In Forex To Come Under RBI’s Remittance Scheme; a resident can remit money abroad up to a maximum of $2.50 lakh/ annum without the authorisation of the Reserve Bank
  17. Blackstone set to buy diamond-grading company IGI for up to $550MN; Cabinet approves PLI-II for IT hardware with Rs 17,000Cr outlay
  18. Pharma companies ask Govt to exempt cheap drugs from price control; Non-communicable diseases responsible for maximum out-of-pocket expenditure on health; GSK India reports Rs 133Cr net profit in quarter four of FY23
  19. Solar panel maker Waaree in talks to raise Rs 1,000Cr; G20 energy transition group backs ‘universal access’ to green power; E-scooters may get pricier on proposed subsidy cut
  20. Financial bids for Shipping Corporation of India soon; land and assets unit likely to be listed in a month; SC orders SpiceJet to pay settlement amount to Credit Suisse by July 18; Go First informs pilots of resumption from 27 May
  21. LIC Housing to focus on LAP, intensify its recovery efforts; Falling premiums at LIC drag life insurers’ income down by 30%; Vedanta Resources Ltd taps global banks for $500-600MN loan
  22. A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old sold for $38.1 million in New York, setting a record for the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction
  23. Montana – 1st US state to ban TikTok, with the law set to take effect next year as debate escalates over the impact and security of the popular video app
  24. Russian economy shrank 1.9% in first quarter; Russia agrees to extend Ukraine grain deal
  25. Overseas travel ban, which was imposed on former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa with regard to the May 9, 2022 clashes, was lifted by a Sri Lankan court
  26. Prince Harry, Meghan in ‘Near Catastrophic Car Chase’ With Paparazzi Photographers in New York
  27. Ireland Star Harry Tector Displaces Virat Kohli, Quinton De Kock After Entering Top 10 ODI Ranking; new rating of 722 points is also the highest an Ireland male batter has ever achieved in ODI cricket
  28. Holger Rune beat a frustrated Novak Djokovic 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, sending the top seed spinning out in a dramatic rain-interrupted quarter-final at the Italian Open
  29. Today’s Word – Umber – brownish red