NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 08 Jun – 5 Mins read
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- WTC 2023 Final, Day 1 Highlights: Travis Head, Steve Smith Steer Australia To 327/3 vs India At Stumps; “Big Mistake”: On R Ashwin’s Omission; Travis Head Becomes First Cricketer To score a 100 in WTC final; India, Australia Cricketers Pay Tribute To Odisha Train Crash Victims
- Gitanjali Aiyar, Award-Winning Doordarshan Anchor, Dies; Graduated from Kolkata’s Loreto College, joined Doordarshan in 1971, awarded the best anchor four times; won Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award for Outstanding Women in 1989
- ‘Odisha’s 5T Disaster Management Model Best…’: Balasore IG Lauds Rescue Ops After Train Crash; Coromandel Express Resumes Journey Days after Odisha Mishap | Travellers’ Tales of Fear & Compulsion
- Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ Rapidly Intensifies Into Very Severe Cyclonic Storm; conditions are favourable for monsoon onset over Kerala within two days
- Wrestler Not “Minor”? New Twist In Case Against Federation Chief; Probe Report Likely To Submit By Next Week; Union Govt Brought Protesting Wrestlers on Board: 2 Meetings in 4 Days, No Arrest But Chargesheet by June 15
- Cabinet Approves ₹ 89,047 Cr For 4G, 5G Spectrum Allocation To BSNL; authorized capital be increased from ₹ 1,50,000Cr to ₹ 2,10,000Cr
- 6.1% Indians Are Optimistic About Generative AI Tools; about its impact on workplace; opinions vary by seniority and by country
- Mumbai Most Expensive Indian City For Expats (positioned at 147 in the global ranking), Delhi, Bengaluru In Top 3; Hong Kong topped the global chart
- 800 Assault Rifles Recovered So Far, Combing Ops In Manipur Active; weapons looted by miscreants from the police and other forces during the violence last month
- A two-lane Jaiswal bridge over the Chenab river in Ramban district along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway has been completed
- Electric Mobility firm Yulu Bikes could file for an IPO in FY26; Hero MotoCorp charges up electric vehicle play; Maruti Suzuki launches 5-door Jimny SUV at Rs 12.74 lakh
- Pharma companies may have to switch to opaque bottles for eye drops packaging; SC seeks response from Govt regarding appointment of two directors on Morepen Labs’ board
- Govt launches initiative to leverage emerging technology in Power sector; Oil prices edge higher as Saudi cut outweighs bearish backdrop
- Banks reluctant to park funds with RBI despite high liquidity; RBI expands scope of TReDS, includes insurers as participants
- Thyssenkrupp bids for $5.2BN contract to build German submarines in India; India’s green goal offers companies $500BN opportunity, ReNew CEO says
- In ‘unusual’ development at TCS, women attrition races past that of men hinting that the end of work-from-home may have a role to play in it
- Canada Deportation Risk – “Biggest Immigration Scam”:; 700 students, mostly from Punjab; nexus of fraudsters is behind this, including travel agents, officials of the Canadian embassy in India and other agencies in Canada
- Bangladesh has shut thousands of schools as it struggles through its lengthiest heatwave in half a century, with widespread power cuts only compounding locals’ misery
- Chemical Found in Common Artificial Sweetener Can Damage DNA, Claims Study; adds to previous research that says sucralose can also cause intestinal damage
- Indian-Origin Scientist Joyeeta Gupta Awarded Spinoza Prize, Highest Distinction In Dutch Science for outstanding, pioneering, inspiring scientific work in which she focuses on a just and sustainable world
- Spain’s elBulli, repeatedly voted the world’s best restaurant before it closed over a decade ago, is set to reopen as a museum dedicated to the culinary revolution it sparked
- A baby took a seat in Italian parliament for 1st time ever, when lawmaker Gilda Sportiello breastfed her son Federico in the Chamber of Deputies, triggering a round of applause from fellow members
- World’s Deepest Hotel’ That Lets Guests Sleep In Underground Mine Opens In UK; A single-night stay for two in a private cabin costs Rs 36,003 while the price for two in the Grotto Rs 56,577
- Ukraine Rejects Calls To ‘Freeze’ Conflict With Russia; Russia Accuses Ukraine “Sabotage” Group Of Blowing Up Key Ammonia Pipeline
- US Town in Pennsylvania Gives Final Farewell To Dog Fighting Cancer By Turning Up For Its Last Walk; Some left heartfelt note for Mellow the dog in neighbours’ mailboxes
- 19-Year-Old Model-Influencer Could Become Queen Of Italy; Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy believes that his 19-year-old daughter, Vittoria, can bring a fresh perspective to the monarchy
- French Open: Alexander Zverev Buries Injury Misery with SF Return; Reigning Champion Iga Swiatek In SF, Beatriz Haddad Maia Makes History
- Today’s Word – Palisade – Fence of stakes used for defensive purposes
