Daily Curated News – E85

July 26, 2023 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 26 July – 5 Mins read

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  1. “Taken To Hilly Area…”: Manipur Woman Narrates Gang-Rape Horror; Manipur Group Asks Centre Not To Hold Talks With Insurgents
  2. Govt Clears Bill To Replace Delhi Ordinance For Control Of Officers; bill will be introduced in the parliament soon
  3. IMF Projects India’s Economy To Grow At 6.1% This Year; global growth is projected to fall from an estimated 3.5% in 2022 to 3% in both 2023 and 2024
  4. 400 Cars Submerged In Greater Noida As Hindon Overflows; Cloudburst Damages Houses, Washes Away Bridges In Himachal’s Kullu; Two bridges have been washed away and the Bhuntar-Gadsa road has been damaged at several points
  5. Phangnon Konyak First Woman MP From Nagaland To Preside Over Rajya Sabha; She presided over the House
  6. OpenAI’s Sam Altman Launches Worldcoin, Eyeball-Scanning Crypto Project; eyeball scans taking place in countries including Britain, Japan, and India
  7. 5 Crore + Job Cards Under MGNREGA Cancelled In 2022-23; 2021-22, 1.49Cr MGNREGA job cards were deleted, while in 2022-23, 5.18Cr job cards were cancelled
  8. July’s Heat Waves “Virtually Impossible” Without Climate Change; The return of the El Nio cycle, which warms the equatorial Pacific Ocean, plays a role in the recent heat
  9. Govt To Release Two Commemorative Coins To Mark India’s G20 Presidency; The commemorative ₹ 100 coin will bear the Lion Capitol of Ashoka Pillar in the centre with the legend Satyamev Jayate in Devnagari on its obverse side
  10. 150 students of a Madhya Pradesh Govt-run residential school walked 20 km from a village to reach the Indore collector’s office; Collector ordered a detailed inquiry
  11. SpiceJet Aircraft Catches Fire At Delhi Airport During Maintenance; was under maintenance when the engineers spotted fire on one of the engines. The fire brigade was called in to douse the flames; Go First Operates Handling Flight After DGCA’s Nod To Resume Operations
  12. Govt Not Willing To Implement Constitution”: Supreme Court On Quota For Women In Nagaland in civic body elections in the northeastern state
  13. GSMA: Urgency for 5G monetisation, Gen AI, telco industry consolidation among top trends in APAC; Hero Future Energies signs Rs 6,200-cr MoUs with PFC, REC to develop renewable energy projects
  14. Tata Motors Q1 Results: Auto major posts Rs 3,203Cr profit on JLR push; revenue jumps 42%; 9,000Cr crore-selloff! Infosys, Tech Mahindra on top of FII hate list in Q1
  15. National Cooperative Bank comes under RBI action, scores of depositors rush to withdraw money; I-T searches, assets seizure increased over the last three fiscals
  16. Musk’s Twitter-X Rebrand Could Face Legal Challenges; Meta and Microsoft already have intellectual property rights to the same letter
  17. Seine River In Paris To Be Thrown Open To Swimmers After 100 Years; banned in 1923 because of the filthy water of the river and a burgeoning population
  18. China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang, ‘Missing’ For Weeks, Sacked. His Replacement Is Wang Yi who leads the ruling Communist Party’s foreign policy
  19. Russia To Raise Maximum Age For Compulsory Military Service; Putin Signs Law Banning Gender Reassignment Surgery, Hormonal Therapy; Russian Defence Minister To Vist Pyongyang For Korean War Anniversary; Russia Boosts Ties With Africa Despite Concerns Over Ukraine Conflict
  20. Violent Tornado Pierces Through Switzerland Town; Though the storm did not last long, but the strong gusts of wind caused significant damage
  21. ICC: India captain Harmanpreet Kaur Suspended For Two Games For Aggressive Behaviour During 3rd ODI vs Bangladesh
  22. Today’s Word – Jerkinhead – Truncated Gable with A Lipped Roof