Daily Curated News – E71

July 12, 2023 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 12 July – 5 Mins read

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  1. 10-Year-Old Girl In Australia Diagnosed The “Most Painful Condition” (complex regional pain syndrome) Known To Mankind; often triggered by minor injuries or surgeries, has now brought Bella’s life to a standstill
  2. Landslides, Floods In North India After Monsoon Fury, More Rain Predicted; unprecedented rainfall is due to the confluence of a western disturbance and monsoonal winds; Flood Washes Away Uttarakhand Bridge, Contact Lost With Border Villages
  3. 30 Dead, Over 500 Stranded As Himachal Pradesh Faces Rain Mayhem; Weather Officials Issue Red And Orange Alerts In Himachal For Next 24 Hours; Yamuna Swells After Haryana Dam Releases Water, Some Delhi Homes Flooded
  4. ”3rd Time Extension Illegal”: Supreme Court On ED Chief’s Term; Govt been asked to look for a new chief for the probe agency
  5. Axis Bank In Crisis-Hit Manipur, Shut For 2 Months, Finds ₹ 1 Crore Cash Gone; suspecting a possible theft during the two-month closure
  6. SC: Fresh affidavit on Article 370 will have no bearing on the constitutional issue and it will not be relied on for the purpose
  7. TATA is close to an agreement to acquire an Apple Inc. supplier’s factory as soon as August, marking the first time a local company would move into the assembly of iPhones
  8. 9-Year-Old Filipino Girl Got Scissors Stuck In Her Head (skull) For A Week, Recovering; n o damage to her brain and the wounds will heal; was struck by brother on argument over pencil
  9. Aviation Body DGCA Puts SpiceJet Under Enhanced Surveillance amid facing multiple financial headwinds in recent months; DGCA Analysing Special Audit Report of Go First; Wadia group looking for partners; Frisking time to be cut by 50% with 131 full body scanners to be installed at airports
  10. Dukaan CEO Suumit Shah Replaces 90% Of Customer Support Staff With AI Chatbot, Internet Angry; Attributing decision to prioritising profitability, he said customer support costs reduced by 85%
  11. One out of 4 Mercedes-Benz cars sold in India in H1 2023 priced above Rs 1.5Cr; China gallium curbs raise chip questions for future EV models; Renault, Geely sign JV deal to develop gasoline engines, hybrid technology
  12. UP govt approves two thermal power projects worth Rs 18,000Cr in Sonbhadra’s Obra; Ace Energy Infra completes vital link in Barauni-Guwahati Natural Gas Pipeline
  13. Sri Lanka cut down what had once been described as the world’s only known wild specimen of a species of legume, part of ongoing construction of a four-lane expressway
  14. In a landmark verdict, Japan’s SC ruled in favour of a transgender bureaucrat who sued Govt over access to female toilets at work.
  15. Plane Nosedives Into Hangar Roof In US, Pilot Was Practicing Take-Offs, Landings; incident did not disrupt any commercial flights.
  16. Orange Like The Sun”: Tourists Rush To Iceland’s Latest Volcanic Eruption; eruptive faults reached a total size of around 900 metres overnight, compared with 200 to 300 metres initially
  17. United Airlines flight heading from Houston, US, to Amsterdam, diverted to Chicago after an unruly business-class passenger interrupted the flight because his preferred meal was not available
  18. 6 Feared Dead, 3 Missing as Japan Sees ‘Heaviest Rains’; Train Services Hit, Roads Blocked; 1,400 homes were without power
  19. UK Shadow immigration minister says Rwanda plan ‘fundamentally flawed’ and ‘shambolic farce; Campaigners urge MPs to ‘stand on the right side of history’ by voting against Govt’s bill
  20. Missiles Hit Ukraine, Russia Flaunts “Storm Shadow Trophy”, Zelensky Wants “Algorithm” On NATO Bid; NATO Wrestles with Ukraine Bid at Summit on Russia’s Doorstep, Biden to Meet Zelensky
  21. 4 Wickets In Last Over! India Ride On Shafali Verma Show To Defend Paltry 95 vs Bangladesh; take an unassailable 2-0 lead
  22. Wimbledon: Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina stunned world number one Iga Swiatek to reach SF just 3 months after returning from maternity leave
  23. Today’s Word – Wayzgoose – Annual employees’ dinner or outing