NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 17 October – 5 Mins read
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- ODI World Cup 2023: Australia Keep Alive World Cup Title Hopes With Five-Wicket Win Over SL; Mitchell Starc’s Cricket World Cup Streak Continues, Has Taken Wicket In Every Match
- Can’t Stop Heartbeat”: Supreme Court’s No To Ending 26-Week Pregnancy; relied on a medical report by the AIIMS that said there is no abnormality in the child
- A triumvirate of high oil prices, a surging dollar and geopolitical instability are set to weigh on India and Indonesia among Asia’s emerging markets, while energy exporter Malaysia may prove a rare beneficiary
- Allahabad HC: “Betrayal Of Public Trust”: slams Investigators In Nithari Judgment; prosecution has failed to prove guilt in the Nithari case beyond a reasonable doubt and left key angles, including the possibility of an organized organ trade, unexplored; Surendra Koli, Moninder Pandher Acquitted in Multiple Cases
- India, UK Hold Inaugural ‘2+2’ Foreign, Defence Dialogue In Delhi; a mechanism to discuss and review all aspects of the India-UK comprehensive strategic partnership
- Haryana Man Rahul Sangwan Sets Record By Doing 8,151 Push-ups In 16 Hours; has been running a campaign to keep the youth away from substance abuse and create awareness about health
- In 2002, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Turned Down Chance To Become President stating such a move would undermine India’s parliamentary democracy and set a dangerous example for future leaders
- Early Winter Chill In Jammu And Kashmir With Snowfall, Cold Winds; India aims to install the first part of an early warning system at some highrisk glacial lakes in the Himalaya In 2024
- Cancelled Tours, Empty Hotels: Israel, Palestine Tourism Sector Hit By War; Israel Denies Reports Of Gaza Ceasefire As Many Wait At Rafah Border; Kicks-Off Evacuation Plan For Residents Near Lebanese Border; Gaza “On Brink Of Collapse”, Says UN, Flagging “Bone-Chilling” Crisis
- “Would Be A Big Mistake”: Joe Biden Cautions Israel Over Gaza Occupation; IDF Increases GPS Jamming in West Asia Region to Prevent Hamas, Hezbollah Drone Attacks; Is Hezbollah Entering the Israel-Gaza Conflict? Concerns Grow as IDF Evacuates 28 Villages
- World Bank warns on global economy, oil; Antony Blinken Returns To Israel After Talks In 6 Arab Countries hoping to coordinate efforts against Hamas while finding ways to alleviate Gaza’s looming humanitarian crisis; China Prepares For Global Forum Amid Ongoing War
- Fire was reported in five coaches of a suburban train running from Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar to Ashti; All Passengers Safe
- Aviation Ministry: Commercial Pilot Licenses To Be Valid For 10 Years: amendments to the Aircraft Rules, 1937, notified on Oct 10, mark a crucial shift in promoting ease of doing business and ensuring safety and security within the aviation sector
- TCS fired 16 employees and barred six vendors in connection with a recruitment scam; none of the company’s key managerial personnel were involved, that this is not a fraud against the company
- As India frowns on paying for Russian oil with yuan, some payments held up, sources say; Petrol, diesel sales fall ahead of start of festive season
- BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus and Goa University sign MoU to collaborate on academic and research advances; First State Education Achievement Survey to be conducted on Nov 3, cover 11 million school students
- Aluminium industry seeks govt intervention for declaration of rates for SEZs, EOUs under RoDTEP; Kalpataru Projects International secures Rs 2,217 crore new orders in India, abroad
- Automobile exports dip 17 pc in Apr-Sep; Bengal govt introduces PUCC 2.0, vehicle presence at emission testing centres mandatory; Royal Enfield launches first of its kind buyback program with OTO Capital
- US: People Running In Panic As Gunman Opens Fire At Texas Fair; police identified the suspect as Cameron Turner (22); charged him with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon
- Polish Liberal Opposition Led by Donald Tusk on Course to Win Election; Poland has remained under nationalist rule for more than eight years
- Russia’s Assault on Key Eastern Ukraine City is Weakening, Kyiv Claims, as the War Marks 600 Days
- Germany Notifies the EU of Border Controls at the Polish, Czech and Swiss Frontiers; would enable to carry out the same systematic checks at the border that it has conducted on its frontier with Austria since 2015
- Today’s Word – Magadis – Ancient bridged stringed instrument
