NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 05 Jun – 5 Mins read
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- Virender Sehwag’s Heartwarming Gesture For Children Of Odisha Train Tragedy Victims – school will be offering free education and boarding facility to children who lost parents; Odisha train accident-like incident was averted in Mysuru in Feb 2023, reveals railway official’s letter
- Railway Ministry Seeks CBI Probe Into Odisha 3-Train Crash That Killed 270+; Audit Report From Last Year Flagged Serious Concerns On Rail Safety; allotment of funds for track renewal works declined, and the already allocated funds were also not fully utilised
- Technical Snag – The electronic interlocking (complex signal) system designed to stop trains colliding by arranging their movement on tracks – malfunctioned, leading to the fatal incident; Railway Minister Prays As Movement Resumes At Train Crash Site
- Those Who: Cops’ Warning On “Communal Colour” After Train Crash; Special Trains To Run Between Puri And Howrah For Stranded Passengers; 260 Undergoing Treatment In Hospitals; Driver error ruled out; sabotage angle being probed
- On Camera, Massive 4-Lane Rs 1,710Cr Bridge Falls Like A House Of Cards In Bihar; inaugurated in 2014 by Nitish Kumar, connects Sultanganj and Khagaria
- World’s Spy Chiefs Meet in Secret Conclave in Singapore: Report; such meetings organised by Singapore have been discreetly held at a separate venue alongside security summit for several years
- Strawberry Moon Illuminates Night Sky Across the World – has nothing to do with the colour of the full moon in the month of June, but it is related to ancient traditions – to mark the ripening of ‘June-bearing’ strawberries that are ready to be gathered
- UP’s Bahraich: Bride & Groom Die on Wedding Night, Cremated on Same Pyre; Post mortem report suggests that the bride and groom died of heart attacks
- Security Tightened Near Golden Temple Ahead of Op Bluestar Anniversary, 3,500 Cops Deployed
- India’s Import Of Russian Oil Scales New High In May. It Now Accounts combined oil bought from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, UAE and the US; Saudi Arabia cuts oil output by 1 mbd
- Lufthansa, Air India working towards a strong commercial partnership: CEO Carsten Spohr; Upcoming ATC tower to equip Bhopal’s Raja Bhoj airport for flights 24 hours
- Tata Motors readying several new CNG cars, EVs in attempt to capture more market share; Renault Nissan Automotive progresses towards Carbon Neutrality vision; Hero MotoCorp hikes price of e-scooter VIDA V1 Pro by Rs 6,000
- Stellar Value Chain looks to add over 10 million sq ft of logistics space in two years; Embassy Group plans to sell assets to cut debt by a third; Brigade to launch 10 housing projects in FY24; to invest Rs 3,000Cr on construction
- Tanker transporting crude oil broke down in a single-lane part of Egypt’s Suez Canal on Sunday, briefly disrupting traffic in the global waterway; Chinese Warship Passed in ‘Unsafe Manner’ Near US Destroyer in Taiwan Strait; came within 150 yards; China blamed US for deliberately provoking risk in the region
- Ukraine’s Military Urges ‘Silence’ Ahead of Expected Counteroffensive; Ukraine Mounts Storm Shadow on Second Su-24 Variant, Russia Claims 30 British Missiles Downed So Far
- Germany to Send Two Warships to Indo-Pacific in 2024 between China and Taiwan and over the disputed South China Sea
- Biden’s 2024 Pitch Highlights Pragmatism Over Trump’s Pugilism; allies say his strategy reflects his broader view of the presidency: tuning out daily chatter, focusing on making a prolonged impact
- French Open: Carlos Alcaraz Beats Lorenzo Musetti, Powers Into QF; Novak Djokovic Breaks Rafael Nadal’s Record, Eases Into QF
- Max Verstappen Extends F1 Title Lead With Masterful Spanish GP Win; led from lights to flag to come home 24 seconds ahead of revitalised seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, in their much-improved Mercedes cars
- Today’s Word – Maillot – Tights worn by a ballet dancer
