News Digest: Houses set on fire, forces out after fresh violence in Manipur

		THE TIMES OF INDIA
		Tuesday, May 23, 2023
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		India
		Houses set on fire, forces out after fresh violence in Manipur Tension apparently escalated after a mob forced Meitei shopkeepers and women vegetable vendors at a market in the Checkon neighbourhood of Imphal to wind up business for the day. Clashes between security forces and mobs were reported when fire engines requisitioned to douse flames engulfing the torched houses were obstructed along the route. Tear gas was used to disperse mobs, officials said. PNG, Fiji bestow highest civilian honour on PM Modi China stays away as G20 tourism meet gets under way in Srinagar The third G20 tourism working group meeting has started in Srinagar amid intense security cover involving aerial surveillance drones, the Marine Commandos and the Kashmir police's special operation group. Host Kashmir is showcasing its smart city and urban planning programmes, culture and folk art, and the vast possibilities in film tourism. More India News»

		Science
		SpaceX sends Saudi astronauts, including nation's 1st woman in space, to International Space Station Sponsored by the Saudi Arabian government, stem cell researcher Rayyanah Barnawi became the first woman from the kingdom to go to space. The four visiting crew will have access to most of the station as they perform experiments, photograph Earth, and chat with schoolchildren back home for just over a week before returning home with a splashdown off the Florida coast. IIA scientists develop new system to quantify Scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have devised a metric system, named the ‘root mean square’, that can help quantify the image quality of the Sun taken with ground-based telescopes. Study discovers link between obesity with oral cancer immune escape More Science News»

		Technology
		Gizmore Gizfit Glow Z smartwatch with 15-day battery launched at Rs 1,999 Gizmore has launched Gizfit Glow Z, a new smartwatch designed specifically for power users with an always-on AMOLED display. The manufacturer has claimed that the device comes with 15 days of battery life, making it one of the most affordable smartwatches available. The smartwatch is available on Flipkart and Gizmore's official website at a promotional price of ₹1,499 for the first three days. US-based Infogain plans to hire in India, looking for acquisitions Infogain, an IT company backed by Apax Funds, plans to hire over 1,000 employees in FY24, with more than 800 hires in India, according to COO Dayapatra Nevatia. Nevatia added that the California-based company is also pursuing "active scouting for acquisitions" and will expand in India, possibly opening 2-3 new centres as satellite locations. WhatsApp rolling out the password reminder feature: Here's what it does Popular messaging app WhatsApp is reportedly working on various new features for a better user experience. Now a new report has surfaced online revealing that the Meta-owned platform is rolling out a password reminder feature. More Technology News»

		Business
		EU fines Meta $1.3billion, asks it to stop sending user data to US Blackout fear: Discoms' dues dip 32% in a year Bill Gates says top AI agent poised to replace shopping businesses More Business News»

		Sports
		Gill leads India's T20 evolution: Young brigade outperforming mastery of stalwarts Sunday night asserted the inevitable transition that India’s T20 cricket is going through. In the last six months, Shubman Gill has become the face of that transition. Near midnight at the Chinnaswamy stadium while silencing the vociferous crowd in Bengaluru, he screamed he was ready to take over the mantle from the veterans who have carried Indian batting for a decade now. Neeraj Chopra makes history, becomes World No.1 in men's javelin rankings In a major career milestone, Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra on Monday claimed world number one ranking in men's javelin for the first time ever. With a total of 1455 points, Neeraj became the new No.1 javelin thrower, surpassing the reigning world champion from Grenada, Anderson Peters, who held the second position with 1433 points. Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch of Czech Republic was third with 1416 points. MS Dhoni mania as IPL 2023 heads into tense final week Chennai Super Kings host Gujarat Titans on Tuesday in front of a home crowd desperate to see MS Dhoni win another Indian Premier League in what could be his farewell week to cricket. More Sports News»

		Education
		Inspiring graduates to make a positive impact: Actor Sonu Sood receives Honoris Causa at Apex University's 1st convocation ceremony UKPSC Junior Assistant Admit Card 2023 for typing test released on ukpsc.net.in, download link here The Uttarakhand Public Service Commission (UKPSC) has released the admit card for the typing test of the Junior Assistant Recruitment 2022. Candidates who cleared the written examination can download the admit card from the official website. The typing test will be conducted in both Hindi and English languages from June 1 to 13, 2023. Candidates must fill the departmental preference between May 22 to June 16, 2023. The UKPSC aims to fill 445 vacancies for the post of Junior Assistant. Candidates must carry the admit card along with a photo ID on the day of the test. Education Dept in Bihar's Gaya district initiates action to terminate 5 fake teachers The education department in Bihar's Gaya district has initiated an action to terminate five teachers who used fake documents during the recruitment drive in 2019-20. More Education News»

		Environment
		Trevi Fountain water turns black in Rome climate protest 'Warm ice age' altered Earth's climate cycles: Study Flirting with climate danger: UN forecasts 2 in 3 chance of briefly hitting key heat limit soon More Environment News»

		World
		Imran moves SC against trials in military courts, deployment of armed forces The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, lead by former prime minister Imran Khan, challenged in the Supreme Court on Monday the deployment of armed forces in three Pakistan provinces and the federal capital, Islamabad, in aid of the civilian government, and the trial in military courts of civilians accused of the May 9 attacks on military installations. Imran Khan sacked Gen. Munir as ISI chief for raising his wife's corruption: Pakistan PM Sharif Wagner to leave Bakhmut by June 1, transfer control to Russian army The leader of the Wagner mercenary group, Evgeny Prigozhin, has announced that his forces will leave Bakhmut on 1 June to transfer control to the Russian army. The group has claimed to have fully captured the Ukrainian city; however, Kiev denies this, stating that battles are ongoing and that it still retains a corner of the city. More World News»

		Environment
		Trevi Fountain water turns black in Rome climate protest 'Warm ice age' altered Earth's climate cycles: Study Flirting with climate danger: UN forecasts 2 in 3 chance of briefly hitting key heat limit soon More Environment News»

		Hyderabad
		Kaleshwaram Project wins choicest laurels on global platform Telangana minister KT Rama Rao said Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao has uplifted millions of lives and livelihoods in Telangana by constructing Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation project. Telangana BJP executive meeting in Delhi today Amid the political flux in the state, the BJP state executive meeting will be held at the party office in New Delhi on Monday. Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot to attend rally in Jadcherla on May 25 Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot will address a public meeting at Jadcherla in the undivided Mahbubnagar district most likely on May 25. A final decision regarding the date would be taken at Telangana Congress brass meeting on Monday. More Hyderabad News»

		Chandigarh
		Gang looting bikes busted, 2 in Mohali police net Police claimed to have busted a gang of motorcycle robbers, with the arrest of two people With Pb in-principle nod, all-clear for shorter route to int'l airport Decks have been cleared for the construction of a shorter and alternate route from Chandigarh to the Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport in Mohali, with Punjab governor and UT administrator Banwarilal Purohit approving the plan. After cash thrown on women, shots fired at poolside party Shots were fired in a clash between two groups during a poolside party at a local hotel in Zirakpur in the early hours of Monday, leaving one person injured. More Chandigarh News»

		Ahmedabad
		Bhavnagar link to fake billing scams in other cities Links to Bhavnagar have been surfacing time and again in the GST fake billing scams reported from other parts of Gujarat. The most recent case is the arrest of Aadil Hassan Bajuber from Mumbai airport last week by Surat police as he tried to flee to Dubai. City at 42.1°C, G'nagar 2nd hottest in state On Monday, the city continued to be the hottest in the state with a maximum temperature of 42.1°C, which was 0.4 degrees above normal. The minimum temperature at 28°C was also 0.4 degrees higher than normal. Diabetologist swindled of 60L with lure of gold at a discount A diabetologist from the Satellite on Monday filed a complaint against two men and a woman, who were relatives a patient of his, alleging that the three had cheated him out of Rs 59.50 lakh after promising to sell him gold at lower-than-market prices. More Ahmedabad News»

		Chennai
		ATS busts al-Qaida module in Ahmedabad, one arrested The Gujarat anti-terrorist squad (ATS) busted an al-Qaida module and arrested a man from Bangladesh, who had been living illegally in Ahmedabad since December 2021, an official said on Monday. Robbers attack woman, escape with gold chain Two men attacked a home-alone elderly woman and escaped with a three sovereign gold chain worth more than ₹1 lakh when she was sleeping in her house in Ponneri on Sunday. The woman has been hospitalised for the injuries she suffered in the attack. City man scales Mt Everest, second from Tamil Nadu "I felt like I was on the top of the world. Nothing can describe that feeling. It was simply the best," said Rajasekar Pachai, on scaling Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. The 27-year-old from Kovalam, who is now the second from Tamil Nadu to scale the 8,848m-tall peak after Sivakumar, an Indian Army soldier from Ooty, said he just stood there for five minutes soaking in the beauty. More Chennai News»

		Bangalore
		Karnataka CM stand-off over, it's a fight for the ministries now Ministerial ambitions overshadowed by the tussle for top post in Karnataka came to the fore a day after CM Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar were sworn in along with eight ministers, leaving Congress on a sticky wicket as one aspirant after another voiced disappointment at being left out. Congress workers 'purify' Karnataka assembly with cow urine The first session of the 16th Karnataka assembly began on Monday, with 182 of the 224 newly elected MLAs taking oath on the first day while the remaining 42 will do that on Tuesday. Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah stops all BJP sanctioned works, puts them under review Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah in his first major decision that may have serious political implications, on Monday, put a stop to all projects sanctioned by the previous Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government and put them under review. More Bangalore News»

		Bangalore
		Karnataka CM stand-off over, it's a fight for the ministries now Ministerial ambitions overshadowed by the tussle for top post in Karnataka came to the fore a day after CM Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar were sworn in along with eight ministers, leaving Congress on a sticky wicket as one aspirant after another voiced disappointment at being left out. Congress workers 'purify' Karnataka assembly with cow urine The first session of the 16th Karnataka assembly began on Monday, with 182 of the 224 newly elected MLAs taking oath on the first day while the remaining 42 will do that on Tuesday. Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah stops all BJP sanctioned works, puts them under review Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah in his first major decision that may have serious political implications, on Monday, put a stop to all projects sanctioned by the previous Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government and put them under review. More Bangalore News»

		Mumbai
		Man, his sister awarded life sentence for wife's murder A Matunga resident and his elder sister were sentenced to life imprisonment by the sessions court for the murder of the former's four-month pregnant wife in March 2018. Father who spent 6 years in jail acquitted of rape A 53-year-old man who spent six years in jail on charges of sexually assaulting his two daughters, aged 10 and 17, was acquitted by a special Pocso court after finding that the testimony of the alleged victims and others were not trustworthy. The older girl suffered from cerebral palsy. 27 lakh 2-wheelers in city, max density in India at 1,350 per km The two-wheeler population in Mumbai has touched 27 lakh, with a density of 1,350 per km - the highest in the country, sources in the transport department said on Monday. More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, Naveen Patnaik crucial for govt to get Delhi services bill past Rajya Sabha Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has called upon opposition parties to block in Rajya Sabha the bill to replace the ordinance promulgated on Friday to neutralise the Supreme Court verdict that gave the Delhi government control over bureaucracy in the national capital, but the BJP leadership seems hopeful of clearing the numbers test in the Upper House with the support of YSR Congress and BJD. Historysheeter realtor shot in northwest Delhi A 50-year-old property dealer was shot in northwest Delhi's Bhalswa Dairy on Monday, police said. The victim, Bijender Yadav alias Babli, was involved in around 10 criminal cases, including murders and robberies, they added. Three held for stabbing man after brawl between groups in Delhi's Usmanpur Three men have been arrested for allegedly stabbing a 25-year-old man in Usmanpur. The injured man has been identified as Puneet. The incident took place following a brawl between two groups. More Delhi News»

		Delhi
		Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, Naveen Patnaik crucial for govt to get Delhi services bill past Rajya Sabha Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has called upon opposition parties to block in Rajya Sabha the bill to replace the ordinance promulgated on Friday to neutralise the Supreme Court verdict that gave the Delhi government control over bureaucracy in the national capital, but the BJP leadership seems hopeful of clearing the numbers test in the Upper House with the support of YSR Congress and BJD. Historysheeter realtor shot in northwest Delhi A 50-year-old property dealer was shot in northwest Delhi's Bhalswa Dairy on Monday, police said. The victim, Bijender Yadav alias Babli, was involved in around 10 criminal cases, including murders and robberies, they added. Three held for stabbing man after brawl between groups in Delhi's Usmanpur Three men have been arrested for allegedly stabbing a 25-year-old man in Usmanpur. The injured man has been identified as Puneet. The incident took place following a brawl between two groups. More Delhi News»

		Delhi
		Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, Naveen Patnaik crucial for govt to get Delhi services bill past Rajya Sabha Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has called upon opposition parties to block in Rajya Sabha the bill to replace the ordinance promulgated on Friday to neutralise the Supreme Court verdict that gave the Delhi government control over bureaucracy in the national capital, but the BJP leadership seems hopeful of clearing the numbers test in the Upper House with the support of YSR Congress and BJD. Historysheeter realtor shot in northwest Delhi A 50-year-old property dealer was shot in northwest Delhi's Bhalswa Dairy on Monday, police said. The victim, Bijender Yadav alias Babli, was involved in around 10 criminal cases, including murders and robberies, they added. Three held for stabbing man after brawl between groups in Delhi's Usmanpur Three men have been arrested for allegedly stabbing a 25-year-old man in Usmanpur. The injured man has been identified as Puneet. The incident took place following a brawl between two groups. More Delhi News»

		Allahabad
		Three drown as boat capsizes in Ballia Three women drowned in the Ganga when a boat carrying 30 people overturned near Maldepur in Ballia on Monday morning, officials said adding that of the 27 people rescued by boatmen and locals, five had to be admitted to hospital. Making reels on moving SUV proves costly for city woman 2 more students drown in Ganga, banner installed on unsafe ghats More Allahabad News»

		Bhopal
		Clouds offer respite as temp drops by a notch The day temperature fell by 1.3 degree Celsius in Bhopal on Monday as the day remained cloudy and drizzles were reported in several parts of the city in evening. 3 women killed in Katni accident Three women, including a mother and daughter, were killed and several others injured after the pick-up van in which they were travelling was hit by a speeding truck in Katni district. 1984 anti-Sikh riots: Nanavati Commission said I am innocent, says Kamal Nath With Kamal Nath leading the Congress party in the assembly elections, state BJP president VD Sharma and several other BJP leaders on Sunday alleged that state Congress president Kamal Nath’s hands are “stained with blood of the anti-Sikh riots” and investigations are on against him. More Bhopal News»

		Bhubaneswar
		Ancient inscribed image of Avalokitasvara, god of Buddhist pantheon, discovered near Bhubaneswar An ancient miniature inscribed image of Avalokitasvara Padmapani, a god of the Buddhist pantheon, was found at Bageswarpur village under Pipili block in Puri district of Odisha. Train services to be affected in Rourkela-Rairakhol section for railway work Besides, the Railways will launch limited height subways (LHSs) between Kanshbahal and Rajagangpur stations under Chakradharpur division as a result of which trains will be cancelled, partially cancelled, regulated, rescheduled and diverted in different routes. Jajpur court junks election of panchayat samiti member More Bhubaneswar News»

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