NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 15 Jun – 5 Mins read
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- After Landfall, Cyclone Biparjoy Will Bring Rain To Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, New Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in the next four days; will lose its intensity and move as a depression over south-southwest Rajasthan before moving northeast
- Intensifies High Tidal Wave Hit Dwarka In Gujarat; 50,000 Shifted to Safety in Guj; Rajnath Singh Speaks to Three Service Chiefs
- 200 artworks by Select Indian Artists To Go Under The Hammer For the 1st Time; will present bidders with masterpieces of some of the finest Indian modernists, such as MV Dhurandhar, Jamini Roy, Rabindranath Tagore, MF Husain, Akbar Padamsee, VS Gaitonde, and Man
- RBI Governor, Shaktikanta Das received the ‘Governor of the Year’ award at London’s Central Banking Awards 2023
- US Pushing India To Seal Big Armed Drone Deal During PM Modi’s Visit; also expected to discuss co-production of munitions and ground vehicles, like armored personnel carriers
- Maruti Suzuki to launch its most expensive car ‘Invicto’ in India at upwards of Rs 20 lakh; considered to be a twin of Toyota’s Hycross, is a three-row, seven-seater MPV; Sajjan Jindal likely to acquire up to 48% in MG Motor India, make it an Indian company
- GST evasion of ₹30,000Cr unearthed allegedly carried out via stolen identities including as many as 18,000 Permanent Account Number (PAN) and Aadhaar cards
- Jettwings Airways, 1st Airline From Northeast India, Gets Union Govt Approval; under UDAN scheme to a number of destinations in the Northeast and eastern regions initially
- Manipur Violence: 9 Dead, Several Injured in Fresh Unrest; Imphal Curfew Timings Extended; death result of gunbattle in the region
- Sri Lankan Army Doctors Remove World’s Largest Kidney Stone (13.372CMS & weighs 801 grams), Set World Record; earlier one was 13CMS, was found in India in 2004
- UN: Record 110MN People Forcibly Displaced Across The Globe – Russia’s war in Ukraine, refugees fleeing Afghanistan and the fighting in Sudan have pushed the total number of refugees forced to seek shelter abroad, and those displaced within their own countries, to an unprecedented level
- India’s Seafood Exports Rise 4.3% To US$8BN In 2022-23; exports increased to 17,35,286 tonnes in the last fiscal against 13,69,264 tonnes in 2021-22
- Zurich Insurance eyes $400MN stake in general insurance arm of Kotak General Insurance; Bankers should alert legal heirs, nominees to claim under PM insurance schemes
- SJVN, Mahagenco sign pact to develop 5,000 MW green energy projects in Maharashtra; Toyota plans EV with 1,200-km range that fully charges in 10 mins
- Russia enhanced its defence capability to track objects in space, allowing it to detect foreign spacecraft and determine their purpose much more quickly
- Russian Parliament Expected To Allow Criminals Fight In Ukraine War; Russia Fires 20 Missiles-Drones, “Putin Got Nato-Isation of Finland”, Zaporizhzhia Halt For Ukraine
- A mansion evocative of Versailles is for sale in Dubai for US$204MN, making it the most expensive house on the market in a city where luxury property is red-hot; home in the desirable Emirates Hills neighborhood has 60,000Sq Ft of indoor space though only five bedrooms
- Bali To Ban All Mountain Activities After Rise In Unruly Tourist Behaviour – 22 mountains covered by the decision, including Mount Batur and Mount Agung, which are both popular landmarks
- AI Draft Rules: EU Lawmakers Agree to Make Changes in Draft Artificial Intelligence Regulations in a bid to set global standard for a tech used in everything from automated factories to bots (ChatGPT)
- Kairan Quazi (14) – Teen Hired By Elon Musk’s SpaceX Says LinkedIn Deleted His Account; he does not qualify for the minimum age requirement for the network
- Google May Have To Sell Part Of Advertising Business (to address their concerns) After EU Regulator’s Charge over Anti-Competitive Adtech Practices
- WTC: India To Start 2023-25 Cycle With West Indies Tour, Will Also Play Australia, England; 18 Runs From One Delivery! History Made In TNPL 2023 – No Ball, No Ball + 6, No Ball + 2, wide & last ball 6
- Today’s Word – Vaporetto – Motorboat used in Venetian canals
