Daily Curated News – E21

May 21, 2023 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 21 May – 5 Mins read

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  1. IPL 2023: Rinku’s Knock In Vain As LSG Beat KKR By 1 Run, Advance To Playoffs; CSK Seal Playoff Berth With 77-Run Win Over DC; Warner Does Sword Celebration In Front Of Jadeja During DC-CSK Game
  2. Air Force Grounds Entire MiG-21 Jet Fleet till the checks are carried out and investigations into the reasons behind the crash over Rajasthan
  3. G7: “We Strongly Oppose…”: Quad Countries’ Thinly Veiled Swipe At China; “Marginal Farmers Should Be Priority”: PM Modi’s Food Action Plan; Approach Has “No International Credibility Whatsoever,” Says China
  4. “I Assure You…”: PM Modi To Ukraine President In First Meet Since War; Russian Mercenary Group Says Key City Captured, Will Leave Ukraine
  5. Siddaramaiah Takes Charge as K’taka CM, Orders Rs 2k Aid for Women, Free Rice for BPL Houses
  6. No Jeans, Leggings or T-Shirts: Assam Govt Introduces Dress Code for School Teachers; Maha Govt to Hike Aid for Couples in Mass Marriages to Rs 25,000, Says CM Shinde
  7. Gujarat’s Neeraj Singh Rathod Who Duped Maha MLAs on Promise of Cabinet Berths Was in Touch with 28 Legislators from Many States
  8. Three cheetahs – two males named Agni and Vayu and one female Gamini – were released into the wild at MP’s Kuno National Park; Count Rises to Six
  9. Indian EV industry eyes tweaking products, prices to stay fit; WagonR beat the odds to crack the code of India’s Darwinian automobile market; PM Modi and Japan’s Kishida discuss cooperation in green hydrogen, semiconductors
  10. Several uncertainties have hit investor confidence in startups: Study; CCI now wants global M&A deals to come into its ambit; Federal Bank eyes up to $486 million fundraising
  11. Govt Planning To Develop This Gevra Mega project in Chhattisgarh of South Eastern Coalfields Into Asia’s Largest; 1st to achieve 50MN Ton of coal production annually; to expand to 70MN Ton
  12. Ex-Nepalese Soldier With Artificial Legs Scales Everest, Creates History; Hari Budhamagar, 43, scaled the 8848.86-metre peak
  13. UK PM Criticised Online For Misusing Alt Text Feature On Twitter; alt text field, supposed to describe what’s in the images for blind users, simply read: “We’re growing the economy”.
  14. US Restaurant Launches Luxurious ‘Gold Standard Burger’, Priced At Over Rs 55,000; Wagyu steak burger topped with aged Irish cheddar, honey, fresh black truffle, lobster flame-grilled with cognac; the brioche bun will be topped with gold leaf, served with a side of fries drizzled with manuka honey
  15. Sudan Violence: Air Strikes Shake Khartoum, Qatar Embassy Attacked; heavy fighting raged despite repeated international calls for a humanitarian truce
  16. Italy Floods: Over 36,000 People Displaced, At Least 14 Killed; Violent downpours transforming streets in the cities and towns of the Emilia Romagna region into rivers
  17. Snake Slithers Into Equipment, Causes Power Outage For 16,000 People In US Austin City; made contact with an electrified circuit, causing the outage.
  18. Pak Cabinet Approves Top Security Body’s Decision to Try May 9 Violence Perpetrators in Military Courts
  19. US Teen Thought She Had Brain Fog Due To Long Covid, It Turned Out To Be Dementia; Initially, Gianna Cabo’s brain fog was thought to be a symptom of long Covid because she had been severely ill with coronavirus in June 2020
  20. After realising her carry-on luggage exceeded the maximum weight limit of seven kilos, she put on all of her extra (5.5 kg Of) clothes to avoid paying the fee, Gets Fined
  21. Cannes 2023: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese Own the Red Carpet at Killers Of The Flower Moon Premiere
  22. Today’s Word – Xeric – Dry; lacking in moisture