NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 02 May – 5 Mins read
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- IPL 2023: Karn Sharma, Josh Hazlewood Help RCB Defend 126/9, Register 18-Run Win Over LSG; Heated Exchange Between Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir After LSG vs RCB; KL Rahul Suffers Injury, Leaves Field In Pain During IPL 2023 Match vs RCB
- IIT-Mandi Startup Develops AI-Based Medical Imaging Solution to Detect Respiratory, Genetic Disorders; algorithm able to diagnose respiratory abnormalities that have significant mortalities (TB, COPD)*
- AI Godfather’ Geoffrey Hinton Quits Google to Speak Out Against the Risks of Artificial Intelligence; He won the Turing Award in 2018 for his groundbreaking work in AI; concerned about potential misuse of AI by “bad actors” and the spread of fake imagery and text._
- At ₹ 1.87 Lakh Cr, GST Collection For April 2023 Is Highest Ever; 12% higher than the GST Y-o-Y collection*
- Wrestlers vs WFI Updates: Police Yet to Record Statement of Women Athletes; Brij Bhushan Says Protest Expanding like Shaheen Bagh_
- World Famous Trans-Festival From Mahabharata Era Commences in Tamil Nadu; Koovagam Festival, the 18-day-long grand event that celebrates the spirit of the transgender community*
- Single Mother Wins Case To Get Father’s Name Removed From Son’s Passport; While deciding a petition in favour of a single mother, the Delhi HC directed the passport authorities to remove_
- IBM expects to pause hiring for roles as roughly 7,800 jobs could be replaced by Artificial Intelligence in the coming years*
- McAFee: 50% Indians surveyed said unable to differentiate between the real & AI enabled cloned voice of a person while 83% victims of voice scams have faced the loss of money; Crypto Scams, Exploits Alarmingly Stole $103 Million from Investors in April 2023_
- India has ₹30k cr ready to add more of IOC, BPCL & HPCL in reservoir; OMCs, concerned equity infusion proposal could impact their share prices, market valuation and market perception; Govt slashes windfall tax on crude oil to Rs 4,100 per tonne*
- Jack Dorsey’s Bluesky Emerges as Another Twitter-Like Service, Gaining Traction Among Power Users; Twitter Down For Thousands Of Users yesterday across the world_
- WhatsApp Banned 4.7MN Accounts in March in India, Complied With All 3 GAC Orders; Testing New Side-By-Side View Feature on Android Tablets*
- Panel set up to help develop Delhi airport as a global transit hub; India’s aviation market is once again flying high; Domestic numbers touching pre-pandemic levels; Railways earns Rs 2,242 cr more from senior citizens by suspending ticket concession in FY23: RTI reply_
- Ola Electric to refund Rs 130 crore to customers for EV charger; Sunlit Power to set up Rs 100 cr battery manufacturing facility in Pune*
- FAA Sued by Environmentalists Over SpaceX’s Rocket Launch License for Texas; comes 11 days after SpaceX made good on a newly granted FAA license to send its next-generation Starship rocket on its first test flight._
- Stones Pelted At Vande Bharat Train going to Thiruvananthapuram from Kasargod In Kerala, when the train was travelling between Tirunavaya and Tirur; Window Glass Broken*
- US says Russia Has Suffered 100,000 Casualties In 5 Months In Ukraine War; Ukraine Withdraws From World Judo Championships Over Russian Soldier Presence_
- Tear Gas, Cops Injured: Over 782,000 Protest France’s Pension Reforms; people took to the streets for Labour Day to vent their anger against President*
- White House Says No Plans to Add New Members to Quad at This Time; for now, they’ll focus on cementing the quad’s many strengths_
- Treasury Secretary Yellen: US Could Default as Soon as June 1, if legislators do not raise or suspend the nation’s statutory borrowing authority before then*
- King Charles III’s Coronation to Include Indian Community Workers Amongst World Leaders, Royalty; an architect working on sustainability, a self-made consultant, a budding chef are among; VP Jagdeep Dhankhar is expected to represent India_
- US Sees Rise in Indian Students, Decline in Chinese Students in 2022; All four regions in the United States saw an increase in international student records from 2021 to 2022*
- Today’s Word – *Eclipsis* – Omission of sounds or words in speech
