Daily Curated News – E36

June 6, 2023 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 06 Jun – 5 Mins read

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  1. NIRF 2023: IIT Kanpur bags top spot in Innovation, 950 IPRs filed till now; IIT Madras retains top spot as the number 1 college under overall category for 5th consecutive year; best engineering institute for 8th consecutive year
  2. NIRF 2023: 9 academic institutes from Punjab in overall top 100; AIIMS retains top spot in medical category; top mgmt college is IIM-Ahmedabad; 3 engineering colleges are under top 10 B-school category
  3. Odisha Triple Train Crash 100% Sabotage with Extensive Planning, Calculation: Dinesh Trivedi
  4. Railways spent over Rs 1 lakh cr on safety between 2017-2018 and 2021-22; Station relay rooms and compounds housing signalling equipment should have “double locking arrangements – railways directed zonal HQs after initial probe showed “signalling interference
  5. Govt Gets ₹ 4,185 Cr Through 3% Stake Sale In Coal India; Indian Oil Corporation, two domestic engine makers working on 5 pc ethanol blending in diesel
  6. US To Allow General Electric To Make Military Jet Engines In India; deal to be announced during PM visit to US
  7. “Resumed Duties But…”: Wrestlers Sakshee Malikkh, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia Re-join Work Days After Amit Shah Meet; ‘They Are Now After Our Jobs…’: Protesting Wrestlers’ New Allegation After Resuming Work in Railways
  8. NSA Ajit Doval Meets US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, Military & aerospace technologies on Agenda
  9. IIT Placements 2023: Top Tech Giants Stay Away From Campus Hiring, Computer Science Most Preferred
  10. Maharashtra Woman Delivers In Auto On Hospital Premises, Staff Get Show-Cause Notices; staff busy with a function on the premises and no one by the side of the woman except a female attendant
  11. Woman Loses ₹ 5 Lakh Ring In Noida Mall, Cops Trace It Within 6 Hours; gone to the washroom to change child diaper of her child; removed ring, kept it on a sink but forgot to take it back.
  12. French Open Ball Girl Gets Hit, Women’s Doubles Team Disqualified; Miyu Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi pleaded before the French Open officials that it was an accident and even apologised to the ball girl
  13. Microsoft 365 Down For Thousands Of Users; faced at least three outages since the beginning of 2023
  14. HDFC bank suspended a senior member after a video featuring him was leaked online where the man is seen shouting profanities at co-workers
  15. Using electric water heaters to store renewable energy could do the work of 2 million home batteries – and save us billions; Using electric water heaters to store renewable energy could do the work of 2 million home batteries – and save us billions
  16. WHO: India in Strong Position to Develop Medical Countermeasures for Equitable Drugs, Vaccine Distribution
  17. Airline industry is expected to record a net profit of US$9.8BN this year as passenger traffic is rising and local economies are reviving; IndiGo set to order Airbus for 500 jets; Virgin Atlantic to connect B’luru & London; NCLT to hear Go First lessors’ plea, directs IRP to file reply in one week
  18. Unruly Passengers on Rise, 1 Incident for Every 568 Flights in 2022; Air Travel to Soar Near Record in 2023, 4.35 Billion Passengers to Fly This Year; Pakistan Blocks 1,554Cr in Airline Funds for Repatriation, Threatens Flight Connectivity
  19. Common Currency, Bloc Expansion: BRICS Strive to Counter US Hegemony, Ramp Efforts for Global Influence
  20. Japan Re-Learns How to Smile as Demand for Smile Instructors Surge Post Covid Pandemic; Japanese are embracing unusual trends, paying for smile instructors as masks come off for the past 10 years
  21. Iran Ups the Ante in Strait of Hormuz, US-Uk Navies Rush to Help Ship “Harassed” by Attack Boats; Iran to Reopen Diplomatic Missions in Saudi Arabia This Week
  22. India’s First International Cruise MV Empress, Flagged Off from Chennai to Sri Lanka; features shopping areas, bars, swimming pools, cinemas, and more
  23. Apple Supplier Foxconn’s Sales Drop 9.5% YoY Due to Low Global Smart Electronics Consumption
  24. Cash-strapped Bangladesh shut its biggest power plant; unable to afford coal to fuel it, as a sweltering heatwave creates surging electricity demand
  25. *Women’s Jr Asia Cup Hockey: India Register Hard-Fought 2-1 Victory Over Malaysia; 
  26. Today’s Word – Nebulize – To Reduce To Spray