NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 9 August – 5 Mins read
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- Manipur Police Files Case Against Paramilitary Force Assam Rifles; 6,500 FIRs Filed Over Manipur Violence Cases, But That’s Not The Whole Picture – 3 Related to Rape; Assam Rifles Out, CRPF Brought In At Key Manipur Checkpoint After Protests
- 100 Hectares Of Forest Land Diverted For Development Work In Delhi In 15 Years; only one-third of the trees transplanted during the period have survived
- LocalCircles: ‘Red’ Flag: 1 in 3 Houses (89%) Paid Over Rs 200/kg for Tomatoes Last Week; 17% households who were earlier buying tomatoes have stopped consuming them post surge in prices
- 2 BSF personnel and 21 civilians involved in infiltration attempts have been apprehended since 2021
- 29 FIRs, 7 Arrests Over Inflammatory Social Media Posts As Haryana Erupts In Communal Clashes; “Ethnic Cleansing” By State? Delhi High Court’s Big Question On Nuh Demolitions
- Govt Says No Plan to Phase Out Old Coal-based Power Plants; Parl Panel Committee Recommends Generating Tribal Disaggregated Health Data; National Dental Commission Bill & National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Bill Passed in Parliament
- Hero MotoCorp received 25,000 bookings for the world’s cheapest Harley Davidson motorcycle X440 Bikes, sending shares up over 3%
- After SBI, BoI looks to put bad loans worth Rs 15k Cr on block; Banks reject proposal by corporates to club ‘fraud’ A/Cs & ‘wilful defaulters; CCI clears proposed acquisition of HDFC Credila Financial Services; Competition Commission approves Tata Capital merger plan
- NTPC arm wins bid for 80 MW solar project in Khandwa; VoltUp announces new PowerCore 2.0 tech in its swappable batteries; EV maker Vegh Automobiles to expand across 12 states with 100 new retail stores
- Calcutta HC stays operation of arbitration award of Rs 1,301Cr against SER; With operating ratio of 107.39%, Railways could not generate surplus in 2021-22: CAG; Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd raises $100MN from Japan’s MUFG; Parliamentary Committee flags termination of contracts in RLDA leases; SpiceJet insolvency plea maintainable, WLFC tells NCLT
- Lupin Digital Health launches first-of-its-kind digital heart failure clinic; CEPI to fund Gennova’s self amplifying mRNA vaccine against Disease X
- Vi, Adani data networks may not get exemptions over 5G rollout; India mobile market headed for effective duopoly by FY24 end with Jio-Airtel likely 83% RMS
- France To Offer 5-Year Schengen Visa For Indian Alumni Under New Programme; goal to welcome 30,000 students from India by 2030 is aimed at fostering academic excellence, boosting cultural links and enhancing long-lasting friendship between the two nations
- US: On Camera, Teen Girls Attack Family, Witness In Possible Hate Crime On New York Subway; the trio of girls sitting directly across from the family before one of them allegedly launched the assaults
- A 10-year-old girl from the United States who dreamed of being married has tied the knot with her childhood sweetheart just days before dying of leukaemia
- Drought Empties Reservoirs, Forces Limits On Water Use In Spain; Registered driest start to a year in 1st 4 months of 2023 since records began in 1960s, with Catalonia, Andalusia being most affected
- Norway To Fine Meta Nearly $100,000 A Day For Defying Data Use Ban on using users’ personal information to target ads
- Antarctica will “almost certainly” witness more common and more severe extreme events, such as ocean heatwaves and ice loss, having global implications; July Hottest Month Ever Recorded, Climate Watchdog Issues Warning
- 13,000 People Evacuated In German City After World War II Bomb Found; In Dusseldorf, authorities ordered all residents within a 500-metre radius of the bomb’s location to evacuate the area
- Ukraine Pizzeria Hit By Russia’s Iskander Missile, Putin Pushes Rostec For More Kub & Lancet Drones
- US Air Force Finds Carcinogens at Montana Nuclear Missile Sites amid Reports of Cancer Cases; A striking number of males and females who are part of Montana missile community have reported cancer diagnoses
- 3rd T20I: Suryakumar 83, Kuldeep 3 Wickets Guide India To Victory Over West Indies; Tilak Varma remained unbeaten on 49
- Today’s Word – Xylology – Study of wood
