Daily Curated News –141

September 20, 2023 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 20 September – 5 Mins read

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  1. Absurd, Motivated”: India Rejects Canada PM’s Charge; In Tit-For-Tat Move, India Asks Canada Diplomat To Leave Within 5 Days; ‘Attempts to Shift Focus’
  2. Not Looking To Provoke, But to take the killing of a Sikh separatist with “utmost seriousness”…”: Justin Trudeau’s Fresh Message To India
  3. MEA Slams Trudeau’s Interference Claims, Tells Canada to Act on Anti-India Elements; US Expresses Concern over Trudeau’s Claims Linking India to Khalistani Terrorist’s Killing
  4. Jammu And Kashmir’s 7-Day Encounter Over, Lashkar Commander Among 2 Terrorists Killed; Searches, however, will continue for the body of another terrorist
  5. India Now Has 42 UNESCO World Heritage Sites After 2 More Added To List which includes 34 in the cultural category, seven in the natural category and one mixed property
  6. Asian Games 2023 Football: Qianglong Tao Scores Twice As China Thrash India 5-1 In Opener
  7. Historic Move, New Building Officially Becomes Parliament Of India; PM Reveals New Name For Old Parliament Building – Samvidhan Sadan (Constitution House)
  8. Women’s Reservation Bill: 33% Seats in LS, Assemblies, Quota Within SC/ST Seats, Unlikely Before 2024 Elections; Bangladesh, Pak Have Higher Percentage Of Women In Lower House Than India; India’s figure of 15% is also much lower than the global average of 26%
  9. *Robbers Struck at Pvt Bank in Raigarh, Loot Rs 8.5 Cr in Cash and Gold After Attacking Manager; 7-8
  10. miscreants fled after looting the cash and gold ornaments and bars*
  11. Global Banks Expand Maternity Benefits To Retain Women Employees In India; Banks are hungry for talent in India. With US-China tensions growing, many global lenders are targeting India, drawn by its fast-growing economy and burgeoning middle class
  12. IIT Jodhpur developed a novel antimicrobial peptide from snake venom that could aid in healing wounds quickly; murine model peptide has also been found to be effective in the prevention of wound infection after surgery
  13. Wildlife officials in Madhya Pradesh are testing an artificial intelligence-based camera system to monitor movements of tigers and other animals. TrailGuard AI will help in minimising poaching and human-animal conflict
  14. Technician Who Helped Build Chandrayaan-3 Launchpad Now Selling Idlis; As per BBC, 2,800 Staff of the Heavy Engineering Corporation claim that have not received their salaries for past 18 months
  15. High Court of Karnataka today observed that it would be suitable if an age limit was introduced for using social media akin to the legal age for drinking alcohol
  16. Hettich Group to create 1,000 new jobs in India as it embarks on expansion drive; Myntra sees 50% on-year demand jump in home category as it gears up for festive season
  17. Aventose S110: This new electric scooter offers 200,000 km service life, multiple charging, and battery options; Ola Electric to showcase futuristic electric superbike concept at Indian GP
  18. Disney said to be in talks with RIL over future of its India business; Torrent in talks with Apollo to borrow up to $1 billion for Cipla bid, sources say
  19. Gas price for Reliance to be reduced by 14 per cent from next month; FOWE’s patented water emulsion tech to clean dirty fuel for Indian refiners
  20. Mumbai Airport Records 32% Growth In Passenger Traffic In Aug; Staff shortage at DGCA delays issuance of pilot licences
  21. Australia Eyes 4th Triton, “Submarine Hunter” Poseidon Upgrade Amid Indo-pacific Tensions With China; China Sends over 150 Warplanes into Taiwan’s Air Zone, Sails Seven Vessels Around Island
  22. Azerbaijan Launches Military Operation In Armenia-Held Breakaway Regions; latest escalation comes 3 years after a brief but brutal war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over mountainous region
  23. US Beachgoers Push Stranded Mako Shark Back Into Sea; Incident took place in Pensacola, when a group of beachgoers spotted a 10-foot Mako shark washed ashore
  24. Pakistan Begging Before The World While India Reached Moon & hosted the G20 summit: Nawaz Sharif
  25. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Wins Singapore GP To End Max Verstappen’s Win Streak after a charging George Russell crashed his Mercedes from third place on the final lap.
  26. Today’s Word – Narrowback – One who does not engage in manual labour