NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 16 July – 5 Mins read
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- Chandrayaan-3’s “Health Normal”: ISRO After Key Orbit-Raising Move; now in an orbit, which when closest to Earth is at 173 km and farthest from Earth is at 41,762 km
- IIT Delhi In Gulf, Trade In Local Currencies Focus Of PM’s UAE Visit; both nations agreed to promote the use of local currencies for cross-border transactions and to interlink their payment systems
- SC: Laws Of Preventive Detention Must Be Strictly Applied; curtail personal liberty of individual kept behind bars without trial, and so the procedure prescribed should be strictly adhered to
- Sangeeta Phogat Wins Bronze At Hungary Ranking Series Wrestling Event; lost her semifinal but won the bronze play-off 6-2 against young Hungarian Viktoria Borsos; Long Jumper Sreeshankar Qualifies For 2024 Olympics After Winning Silver Medal At Asian Meet
- Marketa Vondrousova Becomes First Unseeded Woman To Win Wimbledon In Open Era; 2nd lowest, only Serena Williams in 2018 was lower at 181; ‘My Most Painful Loss’: Tearful Ons Jabeur Vows To End Grand Slam Misery
- Record Heatwaves Sweep The World In Latest Global Warming Threat; islands of Sicily and Sardinia could wilt under temp as high as 48C; potentially hottest temperatures ever recorded in Europe
- 5 Kanwariya Pilgrims Electrocuted To Death In UP, Several Injured; were returning with water from the Holy Ganges River in Haridwar
- Heavy Rain In Delhi Again Amid Race To Open Jammed Flood Gates; 4,500 traffic personnel have been deployed in affected areas to decongest traffic and help commuters; City Gets Heavy Rain as Yamuna Remains Above ‘Danger’ Mark; Light Showers Likely
- CUET-UG: Results live; over 22k candidates score 100 percentile with maximum marks scored in English (5,685); 4,850 candidates got a top score in Biology/Biotechnology/Biochemistry, followed by 2,836 in Economics
- PE Firms invest $1.8 b in office sector in first 6 months this year; India franchise industry to touch USD 140-150 billion in next 5 years
- Air India Official Slapped, Abused By Co-Passenger On Sydney-Delhi Flight; official had requested the accused to speak softly when he did this
- Mumbai Police Issues Prohibitory Order Banning Drones, Gliders for 30 Days, Gathering of Five or More Persons Till July 29
- Sonepat, Meerut and many other small towns around Delhi set to get new Jersey-style makeover as new-age rapid commuter trains, interference-free motorways shrink their distances from capital
- A shortage of semiconductor chips continues to impact issuance of chip-based driving licences and automobile registration cards, to the frustration of new vehicle owners; New Kia Seltos receives record 13,424 first-day bookings
- Adani Group Commissions India’s First Transnational Power Project – 1,600 MW ultra super critical Godda power plant
- 424,000-Acre Ranch (half-the-size-of-Rhode Island) Is Up For Sale In US For This Whopping Amount; listed at $268MN
- Twitter Cash Flow Still Negative Because of 50 Percent Drop in Ad Revenue, Heavy Debt; Tesla Rolls Out First Cybertruck After Two-Year Delay; received 150,000 advance orders; SpaceX Now Worth Nearly $150BN
- Azerbaijan, Armenia Hold Talks, Russia Proposes Moscow Summit; aimed at resolving their decades-long conflict for the control of Armenian-populated Karabakh
- UK Defence Secretary To Step Down Before Next Cabinet Reshuffle; failed to get crucial US backing to succeed Jens Stoltenberg as NATO secretary general; now extended Jens term
- Indian Americans Rally in Support of India at San Francisco Consulate After Khalistani Attack; described it as an act of terrorism act, demanded those responsible be brought to justice
- Hundreds of Flights Across Italy Are Canceled Amid Air Transport Strike at Peak of Tourism Season following a train strike that paralyzed rail service
- Ukraine To Get Taiwan’s Old HAWK Missiles, But No Commitment Yet On Long-Range ATACMS From US
- Today’s Word – Adipescent – Becoming Fat Or Fatty
