NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 3 October – 5 Mins read
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- Asian Games 2023: India Touch 60-Medal Mark, Athletics Continue To Boost Campaign; India’s Bronze Upgraded To Silver Following Lanka’s Disqualification In 4x400m Mixed Relay; Ancy Sojan Edappilly Bags Silver In Women’s Long Jump; Parul Chaudhary, Priti Bag Silver And Bronze In 3000m Steeplechase; Harmanpreet, Mandeep Score Hat-tricks As India Rout Bangla 12-0 To Ease Into SF
- Hungary’s Katalin Kariko and US’ Drew Weissman won Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discoveries that were critical for developing effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
- Jharkhand Governor Praises IAS Officer Kulkarni For Saving Baby’s Life On Ranchi-Delhi Flight; Both Kulkarni & Dr Mozammil Pheroz gave oxygen supply using a mask meant for adults and other drugs as emergency medical assistance to the kid; injection Theophylline was given from the drugs kit. The parents were carrying injection Dexona, which proved very helpful
- Singapore, Australia, France, and Sweden are witnessing an increasing volume of score reports from Indian TOEFL test takers and emerging as new destinations of interest
- Bihar – 1st state to release data from a caste-based survey; 36% EBC; 27.1% BC; 19.7% SC & 1.7% ST; General population is 15.5%; State total population 13.1Cr
- IMF: private sector must drastically increase its climate-related investments, crucially in developing countries, for the world to reach net zero carbon by 2050
- €5.2 Earthquake Hits Meghalaya, Tremors In Assam, Parts Of Northeast; hit around 6:15 pm, with the epicentre in the North Garo Hills at a depth of 10 km_
- 24 Patients, Including 12 Newborns, Die In Maharashtra Govt Hospital In A Day due to “various ailments, mostly snake bites; Dean blaming shortage of medicines and hospital staff
- Vande Bharat Train Driver Spots Stones, Rod On Tracks In Rajasthan, Hits Emergency Brakes while from Udaipur to Jaipur; also shows an iron rod inserted between the fish plates, or joints
- Study: Those who reduced their intake of ultra-processed foods by at least three servings a day were less likely to develop depression compared to those with relatively stable consumption
- All 3 Terror Suspects Arrested Today Engineers, One Was Doing PhD; Delhi Police said ongoing crackdown has exposed the pan-India module of ISIS; 2 ULFA-I Terrorists On Way From Myanmar Arrested In Arunachal
- Maoist Violence In Chhattisgarh Went Down 52% Between 2018 And 2022; 314 schools that were shut for one-and-a-half decades due to Maoist violence have been reopened
- India identifies three ports in Kandla, Paradip, and Tuticorin to develop as export hubs for Hydrogen, Ammonia, and Methanol; EV maker Rivian beats Q3 delivery estimates after raising production
- Forces from Manila, Britain, Canada, Japan, US kicked off 2 weeks of Jt naval exercises in Philippine waters as a “show of force”, amid flaring regional tension
- World Bank Downgrades East Asia’s Growth Forecast Due To Slowdown In China; cited tumbling retail sales tumbling, stagnant house prices, increased household debt for China’s economic mess
- Dutch Regulator Rejects Apple’s Objections To $53MN Fine over failure to comply with orders to limit the dominant position of Apple’s App Store
- ‘Thirst Trap,’ ‘Girlboss’: Merriam-Webster Adds Words Popular Among GenZ To Dictionary; new additions demonstrated widespread use over time, and offer a window into the world today
- China’s 2024 Lunar Mission Chang’e-6 To Carry Payload From Pak as both step up their cooperation in the space sector.
- Western Fatigue Over Ukraine “Will Grow” says Russia; “Our Victory Depends On Our Cooperation”: Says Zelensky To EU Ministers; Britain Believes US, Poland Will Continue To Support Ukraine
- UK Man, 25, Dies Of Brain Tumour After Doctors Misdiagnose It As Appendicitis; Drs gave him only 3 months to live, but he died just 12 days after the diagnosis on Sep 17
- Egypt Police HQ Fire: 38 Injured, Building Destroyed in Blaze; Indian Mining Tycoon Harpal Randhawa, Son Among Six Killed in Zimbabwe Plane Crash
- Scotland woman gets compensation of over Rs 37 Lakh after her boss accused her of using menopause as an excuse for everything
- Trump’s Business Empire Under Threat As Civil Fraud Case Kicks Off; New York AG Letitia James is now seeking $250MN penalties, removal of Trump, his sons from management of the family empire
- Food Fight’: IIT Bombay Slaps Rs 10,000 Fine on Student for ‘Premeditated Attempt to Disrupt Peace of Mess
- UK Astronomers found that there are more galaxies that are similar to Milky Way. And these galaxies could be the kind where life can develop
- WHO recommended a second malaria vaccine for children, R21/Matrix-M, developed by Britain’s Oxford University, manufactured by Serum Institute
- Today’s Word – Abuna – Ethiopian patriarch
