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*NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY - 18 July Tuesday - updated at 0615HRS IST; 5 Mins read* _Chandrayaan-3: ISRO Successfully Performs Second Key Orbit Manoeuvre; spacecraft is now in 41603 km X 226 km orbit_ *SC: Both Delhi Arvind Kejriwal and Lt Guv VK Saxena have to rise above political bickering while making suggestion to break impasse on Union Govt controversial ordinance; Hints At Referring Delhi Ordinance To Constitution Bench* _S Jaishankar, Derek O'Brien Among 11 To Be Elected To Rajya Sabha Unopposed; BJP gained a seat, has 93 members in Rajya Sabha_ *UP: Woman's Brazenness Caught On Camera: Toll Plaza Employee Threatened, Hair Pulled; Other employees of the toll plaza try to reason with the woman and her aides but they refuse to listen* _Yamuna Water Level Reaches 205.92 Metres, Still Above Danger Mark; Three Amarnath Yatra Pilgrims Die, Death Count Rises To 30_ *Heat Index At Iran Airport Hits 66 Degrees Celsius As Climate Scientist Warns Earth Will Become "Inferno"; China Logs 52.2 Celsius Surpassing Past Weather Records* _2023 On Track To Be Hottest Year Ever Recorded; hottest June on record followed by an early July that now includes 10 of the hottest days in history._ *Foxconn, a major iPhone assembler for Apple, has proposed to set up a ₹ 8,800Cr supplementary plant to that of the unit at ITIR in Karnataka* _Sensex Closes Above 66,000 Again, Nifty Records New All-Time High; HDFC Bank Q1 Net Profit Rises 29% To ₹ 12,370Cr_ *Luxury car market in India poised for record sales in 2023 after stellar H1 numbers; Bajaj plans doubling Triumph Motorcycles' output on robust bookings; EV companies to return FAME II sops or face legal action after Govt cracks the whip* _Sheela Foam to pick 94.66% in Kurlon for Rs 2,150 cr; 35% in Furlenco for Rs 300Cr; Vedanta step closer to regain control over Zambia copper assets_ *Warehousing supply across 8 primary markets likely to grow 13-15% in FY24, says ICRA; Seeds major Mahyco promoter family buys luxury pad in Mumbai's Malabar Hill for Rs 122Cr* _GMR Hyderabad Aviation SEZ signs lease agreement with Safran Aircraft Engines for MRO; Port Blair Airport gets stunning new terminal at Rs 710Cr; Airfares soar 350% as cricket fans eye India-Pakistan World Cup match_ *Norway Regulator: Meta to Be Fined $100,000 per Day Over Privacy Breaches Unless Firm Takes Remedial Action in a move that could have wider European implications* _Musk Distracted by Twitter, Should Focus on Tesla as EV Rivals Pick Up Pace, Investors Say in Survey_ *WHO: Poland - 1st country to report "high numbers" of cats infected with bird flu across a large area, adding that the risk of human infection remained low.* _Ukraine Says It's Forces Retook Territory Near Bakhmut; Ukraine Behind Russian-Built Crimea Bridge Attack says Report; Traffic On Russia-Built Crimea Bridge Halts After "Emergency"_ *Mysterious object baffles locals in Australia after washing up on beach; speculation online links it to missing plane MH370 but experts differ* _Japan's Prime Minister Visits the UAE as Part of a Gulf Trip Focused on Energy and Commerce; with Saudi Arabia joint initiative aimed at promoting clean energy. He will visit gas-rich Qatar_ *US President Biden appoints Indian-American business leader, Shamina Singh, to President’s Export Council, promoting inclusive growth and trade* Today’s Word - *Camouflet* - Mine Used To Destroy Underground Enemy Emplacement

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY - 17 July Monday - updated at 0645HRS IST; 5 Mins read _SC Grants Time to Union Govt to File Affidavit on Issues Relating to Prohibition of Child Marriage Act_ *India Finish With Rich Haul Of 18 Medals In Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2023* _Wimbledon 2023: Carlos Alcaraz Wins First Wimbledon Title, Stalls Novak Djokovic's 24 Grand Slam Charge_ *Rain Alert in UP, Uttarakhand, Himachal; Relief Expected in Punjab, Haryana; Delhi Flood: Schools Bordering Yamuna Shut Till July 18; Rs 10K Aid to Affected Families; Fresh Rain Causes Landslides In Uttarakhand, Ganga Breaches Danger Mark* _Delhi Jal Board Spent Rs 1,011 Crore of Rs 1,071 Crore Fund from Centre Under Yamuna Action Plan in 8 Years_ *Karnataka: Man Saves 'Dehydrated' Leopard's Life, Takes It to Veterinary Care on Two-wheeler* _Flying Ranee Train Loses Iconic Double-Decker Coaches After 4 Decades, Union Minister flagged off the train and also travelled over 200 km on the train from Mumbai Central to Surat_ *China, Vietnam's share in India's steel import basket rises during June 2023, says Official data; French company Vinci Highways on the road to India, again* _DICGC asks banks to display its logo, QR code on their websites; IIFL Home Finance raises $50MN loan from US International Development Finance Corp_ *Automobile exports from India dip 28 pc in Q1 as several markets hit by monetary crisis; Bharat New Car Assessment Programme is a step in right direction; to encourage production of safe cars in India says Auto Cos* _Morgan Stanley PE acquires controlling stake in ClearMedi Healthcare; TB drug deal offers short term solution, excludes high burden nations, says health advocacy group_ *Hong Kong Residents Are Staring Uncomfortably at Smokers - people should stare at smokers disapprovingly in a bid to create a tobacco-free city* _China and Russia to Hold Joint Naval Drills to 'Safeguard Strategic Maritime Routes; Putin Says Russia Has ‘sufficient Stockpile’ of Cluster Bombs as Ukraine Gets Its Own Supply from US; Ukraine Bides Its Time in Its Counteroffensive, Trying to Stretch Russian Forces Before Striking_ *Iraqi Premier in Syria for First Visit in Over a Decade to Discuss Boosting Cooperation - fighting drugs, the return of Syrian refugees and the imperative of lifting Western sanctions imposed in Syria* _7.4 Magnitude Earthquake Near US' Alaska, Tsunami Warning Issued for some areas of the US state_ *Cash-Strapped Pakistan Lost Over $8BN In Remittances, Exports In FY23; Forced To Outsource Islamabad Airport Due To Forex Crisis* _US Passenger Crash-Lands Plane After Pilot Falls Ill Mid Flight; rash resulted in a hard landing outside the runway that caused the aircraft's left wing to break in half_ *Reliance Foundation Athlete Jyothi Yarraji Signs Off With a Silver Medal to Add to Her Gold at Asian Athletics Championship* Today’s Word  - *Barathrum* - An Abyss; An Insatiable Person

*NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY - 16 July Sunday - updated at 0745HRS IST; 5 Mins read* _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

*PHOBIAS* ●Achluophobia - Fear of darkness ●Acrophobia - Fear of heights ●Aerophobia - Fear of flying ●Algophobia - Fear of pain ●Agoraphobia - Fear of open spaces or crowds ●Aichmophobia - Fear of needles or pointed objects ●Amaxophobia - Fear of riding in a car ●Androphobia - Fear of men ●Anginophobia - Fear of angina or choking ●Anthrophobia - Fear of flowers ●Anthropophobia - Fear of people or society ●Aphenphosmphobia - Fear of being touched ●Arachibutyrophobia - Fear of peanut butter ●Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders ●Arithmophobia - Fear of numbers ●Astraphobia - Fear of thunder and lightning ●Ataxophobia - Fear of disorder or untidiness ●Atelophobia - Fear of imperfection ●Atychiphobia - Fear of failure ●Automatonophobia - Fear of Human-Like Figures ●Autophobia - Fear of being alone ●Ablutophobia – Fear of bathing, cleaning or washing ●Acarophobia – Fear of itching or tiny insects that cause itching ●Acerophobia – Fear of sourness ●Achluophobia – Fear of darkness ●Acousticophobia – Fear of noise ●Acrophobia – Fear of heights ●Aerophobia – Fear of flying, drafts or fresh air ●Algophobia – Fear of pain ●Agoraphobia – Fear of crowds of people and open spaces ●Agrizoophobia – Fear of wild animals ●Agyrophobia – Fear of crossing roads ●Aichmophobia – Fear of pointed objects, like needles ●Ailurophobia – Fear of cats ●Albuminurophobia – Fear of kidney disease ●Alektorophobia – Fear of chickens ●Alliumphobia – Fear of garlic ●Allodoxaphobia – Fear of opinions ●Amathophobia – Fear of dust ●Amaxophobia – Fear of being in a car ●Ambulophobia – Fear of walking ●Amychophobia – Fear of being scratched ●Anablephobia – Fear of looking up ●Androphobia – Fear of men ●Anemophobia – Fear of wind or drafts ●Anglophobia – Fear of England or Britain ●Anginophobia – Fear of choking ●Anthrophobia – Fear of flowers ●Antlophobia – Fear of floods ●Anuptaphobia – Fear of staying single ●Apeirophobia – Fear of infinity ●Anthropophobia – Fear of people or society ●Aphenphosmphobia – Fear of intimacy ●Apiphobia – Fear of bees or bee stings ●Arachibutyrophobia – Fear of peanut butter getting stuck to the roof of the mouth ●Aquaphobia – Fear of water ●Arachnophobia – Fear of spiders ●Arithmophobia – Fear of numbers ●Asthenophobia – Fear of fainting ●Astraphobia – Fear of thunder and lightning ●Astrophobia – Fear of celestial space ●Ataxiophobia – Fear of ataxia, which is muscular incoordination ●Ataxophobia – Fear of disorder or untidiness ●Atelophobia – Fear of imperfection ●Athazagoraphobia – Fear of being forgotten or ignored ●Atychiphobia – Fear of failure ●Aulophobia – Fear of flutes ●Aurophobia – Fear of gold ●Auroraphobia – Fear of an Aurora, sometimes called northern lights ●Automatonophobia – Fear of ventriloquist dummies or wax statues ●Automysophobia – Fear of being dirty ●Autophobia – Fear of being alone ●Aviophobia – Fear of flying ══━━━━━✥ ❉ ✥━━━━━══ Share & Join

*NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY - 15 July Saturday - updated at 0640HRS IST; 5 Mins read* _India's Chandrayaan-3 Heads To Moon, To Land In 40 Days; The moon lander Vikram is perched on a Mark 3 heavy-lift launch vehicle_ *India's Overall Exports Fall 13% To $60.09 Billion As Global Economy Slows; Imports fall 14%* _Ashwin returned match figures of 12 for 131 as India defeated West Indies by an innings and 141 runs.; Yashasvi Jaiswal Registers Highest Score by an Indian on Test Debut Away From Home_ *Top Seed Carlos Alcaraz Sets Up Wimbledon Final With Novak Djokovic; Djokovic Reaches Ninth Wimbledon Final, Record 35th At Slams* _Ruturaj Gaikwad To Lead India At Asian Games; Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh Named In Squad; Harmanpreet Kaur To Lead Indian Women's Cricket Team_ *Submerged Rajghat, Breach Near Supreme Court: Delhi's Flood Nightmare; Water Level In Yamuna In Delhi Down To 208.02 Mts; Assam Flood Situation Worsens, Over 67,000 People in 17 Districts Affected*3≡ _Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 jolted 185 kilometres South-Southeast of Afghanistan's Fayzabad at depth of 215KMs_ *PM Modi, France's Macron Discuss Russia-Ukraine Conflict; PM Urges French Business Leaders To Tap Opportunities In India; PM Leaves For UAE After Concluding France Trip* _Pak PM Launches $3.5BN China-Designed Chashma-V nuclear plant at Chashma in the Mianwali district of Punjab_ *950 Workers Plan To Go On 8-Day Strike At UK's Gatwick Airport Over Low Pay eroded by high inflation* _UK ex PM Boris Johnson Forgets iPhone Password But Covid Panel Can Access Messages; BJ says hazy memory" of PIN number for his old phone_ *NASA: Last Month Was The Hottest June Recorded In 174 Years; virtually certain (above 99% that 2023 will rank among10-warmest years on record; 97% chance it will rank among top 5* _No Contracts? No Actors!": Hollywood Strike Intensifies As Contract Talks Collapse; organizers from both unions begged strikers to keep hydrated and stay off the roads, where passing cars, trucks blared their horns in support_ *Scalp Missiles To Patriots, NATO's Military Aid For Ukraine Against Russia After Zelensky Outburst; "Ukraine Not Advancing So Quickly", Wagner Trains Belarus Troops, Russia And US EU Clash at Talks* _Study Shows Intermittent Fasting May Prevent Alzheimer’s - findings highlight correlation between autophagy and the death of brain cells with age_ *India-France Defence Cooperation to See 'Ground-Breaking' Projects in Jet Engines, Submarines* _Microsoft Appeals to Reject FTC's Request in Activision's USD 69B Buyout Case; Microsoft: Chinese Hackers Exploit Code Flaw, Steal Emails from US Govt Agencies_ *Oil Prices Fall as Dollar Strengthens and Traders Book Profits; Gold Prices Surge on Slowing US Inflation and Rate Hike Expectations* _Delhi airport unveils new runway, takes daily flight capacity to 2,000, becomes 1st in the country to have 4 operational runways, elevated taxiway; Akasa Air to add 800 staff, operate internationally; India air passenger traffic rises nearly 19 pc in June_ *WHO cancer arm deems aspartame 'possible carcinogen'; consumption limits unchanged* _Madhya Pradesh puts 51 blocks on auctions including 14 critical minerals; Tata Steel offers Rs 83 lakh funding for R&D projects in low carbon segment_ *Suzlon bags 100.8 MW wind energy project from Everrenew Energy; Electric vehicle maker Komaki enters Nepal, Bangladesh; BYD-Megha submits $1BN proposal to make EVs in India* _Tata in advanced stages to acquire Wistron's Karnataka plant; Elista signs MoU with Andhra to set up manufacturing plant_ *SBI hikes lending rate by 5 basis points; Health, motor continue to drive general insurance, Q1 sales jump 17.9%* _Mahindra joins hands with NXP Semiconductors; BMW launches updated SUV X5 at Rs 93.9 lakh; Renault expects sales in India to shift to a higher gear in 2024_ Today’s Word - *Ziggurat* - Mesopotamian step pyramid

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