Daily Curated News – E74

July 15, 2023 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 15 July – 5 Mins read

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  1. India’s Chandrayaan-3 Heads To Moon, To Land In 40 Days; The moon lander Vikram is perched on a Mark 3 heavy-lift launch vehicle
  2. India’s Overall Exports Fall 13% To $60.09 Billion As Global Economy Slows; Imports fall 14%
  3. Ashwin returned match figures of 12 for 131 as India defeated West Indies by an innings and 141 runs.; Yashasvi Jaiswal Registers Highest Score by an Indian on Test Debut Away From Home
  4. Top Seed Carlos Alcaraz Sets Up Wimbledon Final With Novak Djokovic; Djokovic Reaches Ninth Wimbledon Final, Record 35th At Slams
  5. Ruturaj Gaikwad To Lead India At Asian Games; Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh Named In Squad; Harmanpreet Kaur To Lead Indian Women’s Cricket Team
  6. *Submerged Rajghat, Breach Near Supreme Court: Delhi’s Flood Nightmare; Water Level In Yamuna In Delhi Down To 208.02 Mts; Assam Flood Situation Worsens, Over 67,000 People in 17 Districts Affected*3≡
  7. Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 jolted 185 kilometres South-Southeast of Afghanistan’s Fayzabad at depth of 215KMs
  8. PM Modi, France’s Macron Discuss Russia-Ukraine Conflict; PM Urges French Business Leaders To Tap Opportunities In India; PM Leaves For UAE After Concluding France Trip
  9. Pak PM Launches $3.5BN China-Designed Chashma-V nuclear plant at Chashma in the Mianwali district of Punjab
  10. 950 Workers Plan To Go On 8-Day Strike At UK’s Gatwick Airport Over Low Pay eroded by high inflation
  11. UK ex PM Boris Johnson Forgets iPhone Password But Covid Panel Can Access Messages; BJ says hazy memory” of PIN number for his old phone
  12. NASA: Last Month Was The Hottest June Recorded In 174 Years; virtually certain (above 99% that 2023 will rank among10-warmest years on record; 97% chance it will rank among top 5
  13. No Contracts? No Actors!”: Hollywood Strike Intensifies As Contract Talks Collapse; organizers from both unions begged strikers to keep hydrated and stay off the roads, where passing cars, trucks blared their horns in support
  14. Scalp Missiles To Patriots, NATO’s Military Aid For Ukraine Against Russia After Zelensky Outburst; “Ukraine Not Advancing So Quickly”, Wagner Trains Belarus Troops, Russia And US EU Clash at Talks
  15. Study Shows Intermittent Fasting May Prevent Alzheimer’s – findings highlight correlation between autophagy and the death of brain cells with age
  16. India-France Defence Cooperation to See ‘Ground-Breaking’ Projects in Jet Engines, Submarines
  17. Microsoft Appeals to Reject FTC’s Request in Activision’s USD 69B Buyout Case; Microsoft: Chinese Hackers Exploit Code Flaw, Steal Emails from US Govt Agencies
  18. Oil Prices Fall as Dollar Strengthens and Traders Book Profits; Gold Prices Surge on Slowing US Inflation and Rate Hike Expectations
  19. Delhi airport unveils new runway, takes daily flight capacity to 2,000, becomes 1st in the country to have 4 operational runways, elevated taxiway; Akasa Air to add 800 staff, operate internationally; India air passenger traffic rises nearly 19 pc in June
  20. WHO cancer arm deems aspartame ‘possible carcinogen’; consumption limits unchanged
  21. Madhya Pradesh puts 51 blocks on auctions including 14 critical minerals; Tata Steel offers Rs 83 lakh funding for R&D projects in low carbon segment
  22. Suzlon bags 100.8 MW wind energy project from Everrenew Energy; Electric vehicle maker Komaki enters Nepal, Bangladesh; BYD-Megha submits $1BN proposal to make EVs in India
  23. Tata in advanced stages to acquire Wistron’s Karnataka plant; Elista signs MoU with Andhra to set up manufacturing plant
  24. SBI hikes lending rate by 5 basis points; Health, motor continue to drive general insurance, Q1 sales jump 17.9%
  25. Mahindra joins hands with NXP Semiconductors; BMW launches updated SUV X5 at Rs 93.9 lakh; Renault expects sales in India to shift to a higher gear in 2024
  26. Today’s Word – Ziggurat – Mesopotamian step pyramid