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July 2, 2023 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 2 July – 5 Mins read

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  1. SAFF Championship SF 2023: India Beat Lebanon 4-2 In Penalty Shoot-out, Set Up Final With Kuwait which defeated Bangladesh 1-0
  2. After 4 Days Of Riots, France Weighs “All Options” To Quell Anger; 200 police officers have been injured; average age of the rioters is 17; France Braces For Fresh Violence Over Teen Shot Dead By Cops; Police arrested 1,311 people overnight; Macron Faces Backlash for Attending Concert Amid Growing Unrest
  3. European Space Agency Telescope Euclid to Launch in SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket to Explore ‘Dark Universe; is designed to explore the evolution of what astrophysicists refer to as the “dark universe
  4. Cricket World Cup To Be Held Without West Indies For First Time After 2-Time Champion’s Shock Defeat To Scotland In Qualifier
  5. Odisha to Get Rs. 30,000 Cr Semiconductor Unit Set Up by UK-Based SRAM & MRAM Group; unit will produce memory chips, used in mobile phones, television sets, laptops; aim to establish in 2 years, generate employment for 5,000
  6. Gujarat Monsoon Fury: Red Alert in Junagadh, Amreli; NDRF Deployed As Rains Unleash Flood-like Chaos; Bihar Rains: 2 Trucks Drown in Son River, 28 Others Stranded Due to Flood-like Situation
  7. Truck Catches Fire After Coming In Contact With Railway Power Line In Chhattisgarh leading to a huge traffic jam for hours; was extinguished with the help of a fire brigade
  8. Passenger vehicle sales see best-ever June performance; Cos boost incentives for SUVs, minivans to stimulate demand; Cars and UV sales cross the three lakh mark for the sixth month running, grow at 1.9%
  9. June Sales: Tata Motors posts 1% rise in total domestic sales; Royal Enfield sales rise 26%; Honda Cars sales slip 35%
  10. Jet Fuel Price Rises 1.6% To ₹ 90,779.88 Per Kilolitre On Global Cues; Petrol consumption grows at 3.4 per cent year-on-year; As if air travel isn’t hard enough, 5G wireless signals could disrupt flights starting this weekend
  11. After Mega Merger Today, HDFC Bank Will Have Assets Of ₹ 18 Lakh Crore; “Aim To Double Every Four Years”: HDFC Bank Managing Director After Merger
  12. Stop using dark patterns for duping consumers, Govt tells Amazon, Flipkart among others as it is an unfair trading practice
  13. NTPC’s captive coal mines production nearly doubles to 8.48 MMT in April-June; Meeting 780 MT production target, supply to power sector top priority in FY24 says Coal India
  14. Twitter To Restrict Number Of Posts Users Can Read; verified accounts 6000/day, unverified 600 & new unverified 300 per day; Twitter Now Needs Users to Sign In to View Tweets, Musk Calls it ‘Temporary Emergency Measure; Twitter Suffers Lengthy Downtime, Several Users Facing Issues
  15. Mine Rollers Lead The Way In Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Against Russia But They Have One Big Flaw; “Step Into My Shoes…” Ukraine Military Chief Slams West’s Delay On F-16s, Artillery In Russia War; Poland Demands US Nukes After Russia’s Nuclear Weapons Reach Belarus, Will NATO Agree?
  16. Australia Allows MDMA, Magic Mushrooms for medical treatment, in a bid to tackle certain mental health conditions
  17. Hong Kong Leader John Lee Warns Against ‘Soft Resistance’ on Handover Anniversary; says Hong Kong is on the fast lane to resuming normality
  18. 2nd Ashes Test, Day 4: Mitchell Starc Strikes Before Reprieved Ben Duckett Gives England Hope
  19. Austrian Grand Prix – Max Verstappen Leads Sergio Perez Home In Red Bull 1-2 In Spielberg Sprint
  20. Today’s Word – Mainmast – Sailing ship’s principal mast