Daily Curated News –139

September 18, 2023 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 18 September – 5 Mins read

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  1. ‘Even Bullets Can’t Stop Us’: Sunday Cricket Brings Smiles in This Anantnag Village as Terror Op Enters 5th Day
  2. Santiniketan, where Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore built Visva-Bharati over a century ago, has been inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
  3. Sepoy Serto Thangthang Kom, who was on leave, was kidnapped from his home in Imphal West, Killed; 3 men came inside & placed a pistol on Kom’s head and forced him into a white vehicle
  4. He Used It 29 Times – Indian-American GOP Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Aims to End H-1B Visa, Labels it ‘Servitude’
  5. SBI To Send Chocolates To Borrowers Likely To Default On Monthly Repayments; found borrower who is planning to default will not answer a reminder call from the bank. So the best way is to meet them at their homes unannounced
  6. Now I Am Indian”: Japan Envoy to India Hiroshi Suzuki Enjoys “Aloo Tikki” At Iconic Sarojini Nagar market in New Delhi
  7. Nipah: ‘This Was Key Info on Outbreak…’ Kerala Health Minister; managed to trace the ‘index case’ or the person who had contracted the virus first; 11 New Cases Of Scrub Typhus Detected In Odisha’s Sundargarh, Total 180 Now; spreads through bites of infected chiggers (larval mites).
  8. UP Girl Falls Off Cycle As Men On Bike Pull Her Dupatta, Crushed To Death; The girl lost her balance, fell to the ground, and was then hit by another motorcycle coming from behind
  9. Official: Maharashtra issued a notification to change the names of the Aurangabad and Osmanabad Revenue Divisions to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Dharashiv Revenue Divisions respectively
  10. Diesel sales fall in Sep, petrol consumption up; Passenger vehicles set for new sales milestone of four million units in FY24; Jeep finalising EV strategy for India, looks to increase localisation
  11. Indian automakers adapt to eco-friendly technologies to meet Govt clean mobility goals; REC sanctions Rs 6,075 crore loan to Greenko, Rs 3,081 crore debt to Serentica Renewables
  12. L&T Realty records complete sell-out of phase 1 of first residential project in Chennai; India Sotheby’s Intl Realty bags mandate to sell Rs 800Cr worth ultra-luxury apartments in Mumbai; IPO-bound Signature Global sales bookings up 32% to Rs 3,430cr last fiscal yr on better housing demand
  13. BTS’ Suga bids emotional goodbye to fans before joining military, Jin and J-Hope send ‘strength’
  14. Tilapia Warning: US Woman Loses All Four Limbs & dangerously sick After Eating Contaminated Fish
  15. UN Committee Votes to List Ancient Jericho as World Heritage Site in Palestine a decision likely to anger Israel, which controls the territory and does not recognise a Palestinian state
  16. 43 Lakh Children 0-5yrs (6%) in Anganwadi Centres Identified As Obese Or Overweight; severely and moderately malnourished children 6%
  17. Bandipora: Army Jawan Killed In ‘Accidental Firing’, Accused Personnel 14 RR of the Indian Army Detained
  18. North Korea’s Kim Wraps Up Russia Visit with Gift of Drones as ‘New Era of Friendship’ Begins; Russia Gifts Kim “Iranian” Drones Used in Ukraine War and Vest That Makes Soldiers “Less Noticeable”; First Two Cargo Ships Arrive in Ukrainian Port After Russia’s Exit from Grain Deal
  19. Trump Refuses to Say in a TV Interview How He Watched the Jan. 6 Attack Unfold at the US Capitol
  20. Fire Engulfs 18-story Tower Block In Sudan’s Capital As Rival Forces Battle For 6th Month; Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso Form “Alliance of Sahel States”, Warning to France And ECOWAS?
  21. Greek PM Vows For A ‘Restart’; promises could reinvigorate the image of his newly elected Govt that has been tarnished by footage of residents taking refuge on their roofs; Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni Calls For EU Help After Island Migrant Surge
  22. Asia Cup 2023 Final: Mohammed Siraj’s 6-Wicket Mayhem Crushes Sri Lanka, India Bring Home 8th Asia Cup; Siraj picked his first five wickets in 16 balls which is the fastest in ODI cricket history; Gone For 50! India Serve Revenge To Sri Lanka After 23 Years, Shatter Records; Siraj dedicates $5000 Player of the Match prize money to Sri Lankan ground staff
  23.  Today’s Word – Laicism – Doctrine of opposition to clergy and priests