NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 18 Jun – 5 Mins read
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- Two daughters Ivraj Kaur and Prabhsimran Kaur of two farmers from Punjab were commissioned as flying officers in the Indian Air Force (IAF)
- People From Over 180 Countries To Take Part In PM-Led UN Yoga Day Event at UN HQ in New York
- Fresh Violence In Manipur As Mobs Vandalise Police Armoury, Fire On Forces; Joint forces of Army, Assam Rifles, RAF and state police undertook a Flag March in Imphal East district till midnight; Kuki Man Appeals for Peace After Meitei Wife, Son Set On Fire in Violence-hit Manipur
- J&K: An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 on the Richter scale hit Ladakh and 10 minutes later a 4.4 magnitude earthquake hit Doda district; No Casualties; Earthquake Of 4.1 Magnitude Hits Ladakh
- Wrong Interpretation Of RTI Info”: RBI On Reports Of Missing Banknotes; all the banknotes that came from printing presses are accounted for
- Four wagons of a goods train derailed near Ambadola in Odisha’s Rayagada; train services remained unaffected as it took place on the special route to Vedanta Ltd plant in Lanjigarh from Ambadola
- ‘So High’ on Alcohol, Confidence to Fool Cops, Maha Man Confesses Killing 2 People After 30 Yrs; Arrested; accused Avinash Pawar hiding, continuously moved several cities, changed this name
- Complainant on bid to abduct in Uttarkashi; A 40-year-old man, the complainant in a police case now at the centre of tensions in Purola – a case that he says is being given a communal colour when there exists no religious angle
- Nissan top executive Ashwani Gupta is leaving the company, in a surprise departure that will revive concerns about the stability of the firm’s leadership
- ONGC Chief Expects Russian Oil to Make Up 30% of India’s Imports; Moscow courts more Indian investment in Sakhalin oil field
- E-scooter launch: startups outpace legacy auto companies; Govt delegation in Taiwan to make EV pitch to Foxconn
- LIC announces relaxations for victims of Biparjoy Cyclone; Irdai directs insurers to fast-track claim settlement process due to Biparjoy
- Credit card NPAs rise Rs 765 crore in 9 months to Rs 3,887 cr amid RBI caution; NPAs made up 2.16% of the total credit card outstanding
- Welspun Enterprises bets big on water business, under the hybrid annuity model and via large-value engineering, procurement and construction contracts; eyes 3-fold growth; 5,500Cr order in 3 years
- 11 people have been killed in Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul after an extra-tropical cyclone struck the region
- Joe Biden: appealed to blue-collar workers to support his re-election quest and help him compel the richest Americans to pay more taxes
- Putin Rebuts Key Elements Of African Leaders’ Peace Plan For Ukraine War; Ukraine Won’t Have “Easy” Path To Join NATO, Says Biden; Ramaphosa Tells Putin “War Has To Have An End”
- First “Trooping The Colour” Parade For Britain’s King Charles; By appearing on horseback Charles, 74, revives a tradition which his mother, Queen Elizabeth, gave up in 1986 when she was 60
- Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived in Tehran, in his first visit to Iran since a landmark rapprochement following a 7year rupture; Japan’s Emperor Arrives In Indonesia For First State Visit since ascending the Chrysanthemum Throne in 2019
- The first commercial flight from Yemen’s rebel-held capital to Saudi Arabia since 2016 took off carrying hajj pilgrims, in the latest sign of easing tensions after years of war
- Meta Scientist Yann LeCun Dismisses AI Threat To Humanity, Calls It “Preposterously Ridiculous”
- ENG vs AUS 1st Test Day 2: Usman Khawaja’s 1st Test Ton in England Revives Australia After Rough Start
- Today’s Word – Yomp – march with heavy equipment over difficult terrain
