Acquist News at a Glance 22/08/23

Acquist News at a Glance

Tuesday 22nd August 2023

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Famous Personality Born Today: Mats Wilander (born 22 August 1964) is a Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player. He won 33 singles titles and seven doubles titles during his career. He won the 1982 French Open at the age of 17 & fourth major singles title at the age of 20. He also won eight Grand Prix Super Series titles (1983–88). In 2002, Wilander was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

His Quote: “I always feel that if you were the best in any generation, you most likely would have been close to the best in any other generation too.”

Numbers of the Day

💰USD 83.06

💷 GBP 106.11

💶 Euro 90.67

🥇 Gold 59,130 ©️10 gm 24 (Kt)

🥈 Silver 73,500 ©️Kg

⛽ Petrol 106.31/Ltr

⛽ Diesel 94.27/Ltr

*all values in INR as of Today

*as per Mumbai

BSE Sensex 65,337.08

NIFTY 19,436.15

*all values in INR as of Today

🇮🇳National

🇮🇳'Welcome, buddy!' — contact established between Chandrayaan-2 orbiter and Chandrayaan-3 lander module: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been able to successfully establish a two way communication between Chandrayaan-3’s Lander Module and its predecessor Chandrayaan-2’s orbiter. The lander module of Chandrayaan-3, the third lunar mission of India, is expected to touch down on the surface of the Moon around 6:04 pm on August 23.

🇮🇳All international flights at Bengaluru airport to operate exclusively from Terminal-2 starting August 31: In Bengaluru, all international flight operations at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) will be shifted to Terminal-2 (T-2) from August 31. Currently, all international flight operations are confined to the 15-year-old Terminal-1 (T-1).

🇮🇳Ex-CVC Suresh N Patel to head advisory board to examine role of top bank officials in frauds: Former Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) Suresh N. Patel has been appointed the chairman of an advisory board to examine the role of top bank officials in fraud cases. The tenure of the chairman and members would be for a period of two years with effect from August 21, 2023, said the order issued by the Central Vigilance Commission.

🇮🇳17 Indians evacuated from Libya: Seventeen Indian nationals, who were held captive by an armed group in Libya, have been rescued and brought back to India following sustained efforts by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), people familiar with the matter said on August 21.

🇮🇳Supreme Court panel flags reconstruction of lost essential documents of victims as the first healing step in Manipur: A Supreme Court-appointed committee chaired by former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Justice Gita Mittal on August 21 said the reconstruction of thousands of essential documents lost or destroyed in the gunfire, arson and violence which has rocked Manipur since May is the first step that needs to be taken to nurse the State back to health.

🇮🇳Nine members of Rajya Sabha take oath: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was among nine MPs who took the oath as members of the Rajya Sabha on August 21. The oath was administered by Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar in the Rajya Sabha chamber in Parliament House.

🇮🇳FPIs' investment value in Indian equities gains 20% to USD 626 bn in June quarter: The value of foreign portfolio investors' holdings in the domestic equities reached USD 626 billion in the three months ended June 2023, which was 20% higher from the year-ago period, according to a Morningstar report.

🇮🇳CBI files closure report in case against former NCCF Chairman and Adani Enterprises: The CBI has closed its case against Adani Enterprises and a former National Cooperative Consumer Federation chairman for alleged irregularities in the award of a contract for supplying imported coal to the Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation, Officials said.

🇮🇳ED conducts searches at multiple places in Kolkata in school jobs scam: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday conducted searches at multiple places in Kolkata and its neighbourhood in connection with its investigation into the school jobs scam, Officials said.

🌎International

🌎'World Reset’: Tucker Carlson meets Serbian President Aleksander Vucic: Tucker Carlson, took to Twitter on August 21, 2023, to post a broadcast of his future meeting with the President of Serbia, in which he states that Aleksander Vucic, has an “interesting perspective” on what's going on in Ukraine, adding that Serbia itself was blown up by NATO about 25 years ago.

🌎Ukraine's Zelensky slammed for ‘ridiculous’ NATO joke: ‘We are ready to…’: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed suggestions that Kyiv might surrender certain territories to Russia for future NATO membership joking that Ukraine would instead be willing to give up control of Russian border region Belgorod. "We are ready to exchange Belgorod for our membership in NATO," the Ukrainian President in Denmark as he was on a visit to inspect Danish F-16 fighter jets.

🌎British Nurse Lucy Letby imprisoned for life for the murders of 7 babies and attempted murders of 6: A former neonatal nurse who killed seven babies in her care and tried to kill six others at a hospital in northern England was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of release by a judge who highlighted “the cruelty and calculation" of her actions.

🌎New York City witnesses two drastic fire incidents, three children rescued: New York City witnessed two fire incidents in inhabited areas. According to a report by New York Post, one of the fire incidents took place in a residential apartment building in Brooklyn. The other incident happened about five miles away and severely affected a cluster of nine stores on Lee Avenue in Williamsburg.

🌎Two injured in Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow, nearly 50 flights disrupted: At least two people were injured on Monday when parts of a Ukrainian drone destroyed by Russian air defences fell on a house in the Moscow region, the regional Governor said.

🌎Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 jolts Myanmar: An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted Myanmar on Monday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) reported.

🌎Two men die during Ironman triathlon in Ireland: Ironman Triathlon: The men got into difficulty in separate incidents during the swimming leg of the race in Youghal, Co Cork. Two men died at an Ironman competition in Ireland. They were removed from the water by emergency services but pronounced dead at the scene, police informed. The men were in their 40s and 60s.

🌎Chinese economy in distress, its model is ‘broken’: The Wall Street Journal report: China's economy, the world's second-largest, is now in deep distress and its successful model of growth for 40 years stands “broken”, a prominent American financial publication has said, noting that signs of trouble extend beyond China's dismal economic data to distant provinces.

📱Tech

📱How to change your Android smartphone settings to limit ads: Android recently rolled out more privacy options for users to better control their ad settings and the information used by the system in order to show them advertisements. Google’s Privacy Sandbox, accessed via the ad settings on a smartphone, allows users to customise ad topics, app-suggested ads, and ad measurement - or turn them off completely.

📱The race to link our brains to computers is heating up: Brain implants have long been trapped in the realm of science fiction, but a steady trickle of medical trials suggests the tiny devices could play a big part in humanity's future. Billions of dollars are flowing into a clutch of specialist companies hunting for treatments for some of the most debilitating ailments.

📱Somalia orders ban on TikTok, Telegram: Somalia's government announced Sunday a ban on social media platforms TikTok and Telegram and an online betting app, saying they were being used by "terrorists" to spread propaganda.

📱WhatsApp to roll out edit media captions feature on Android and iOS: WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature that lets users edit the caption of sent photos, videos, GIFs, and documents. Until now, users could only edit text messages, but it looks like the developers are now extending the functionality to captions as well.

📱Google will soon let you know why your favourite Chrome extension disappeared: Google Chrome, the popular web browser used by millions worldwide, will soon notify users whenever an extension they use disappears. The tech giant is adding a new feature to its web browser that will notify users why extensions installed from the Chrome Web Store were removed all of a sudden.

🏅Sports

🏅Double podium for Geoffrey Emmanuel in Malaysian Superbike Championship 2023: India’s Geoffrey Emmanuel marked his debut in the Malaysian Superbike Championship 2023 with podium finishes in both races astride a Honda CBR 250 machine at the Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

🏅Rahul, Shreyas Iyer included in India's Asia Cup squad; Tilak Varma earns maiden ODI call-up: K L Rahul and Shreyas Iyer were on August 21 named in India’s squad for the Asia Cup, beginning August 31 while young batter Tilak Varma earned a maiden call-up to the one-day format.

🏅Spain’s World Cup hero Carmona learns of father’s death after final: Spain captain and World Cup final hero Olga Carmona found out after the match that her father had died, the Spanish FA (RFEF) said. Carmona scored a 29th-minute goal to clinch a 1-0 win over England and secure Spain their first Women's World Cup title.

🏅New England Patriots’ Isaiah Bolden suffers horrific injury in pre-season match: Following Bolden’s injury, the NFL pre-season game between the Patriots and the Packers had to be called off. New England Patriots defensive back Isaiah Bolden suffered a horrific injury during his side’s pre-season fixture against the Green Bay Packers.

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