NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 21 November- 5 Mins read
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- Tunnel Nightmare Stretches To Day 9: Trapped Workers to Get Solid Food As Drilling of Lifeline Pipe Completed; Uttarakhand Govt To Bear Travel Expenses Of Relatives Of Trapped Workers; Two New Tunnels And A Vertical Shaft: New Plan To Rescue Trapped Workers
- IAF soon after receiving info about the sighting of an unidentified flying object near Imphal airport, scrambled its Rafale fighter aircraft to search for them
- OpenAI’s New CEO Emmett Shear Vows To Probe Sam Altman’s Abrupt Exit, Reform Management; Microsoft signs Sam Altman, Greg Brockman to lead advanced AI research, says Nadella; “Nothing Without Its People”: OpenAI Workers Campaign Amid Sam Altman Saga
- First Field Hospital Enters Gaza Strip Since Israel-Hamas War Began; Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar Who Tricked Israel Is Top Target For Assassination; 29 Premature Babies Evacuated From Gaza Hospital Arrive In Egypt; 12 Including Wounded Patients Killed In Israeli Strike On Gaza Hospital
- World Must Act Urgently To “Quickly Cool Down” Situation In Gaza says China; Not Just Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza Hospitals are Under Increasing Attack by Israel Forces
- 25 Boats Turn To Ash, Navy Called In After Fire At Visakhapatnam Harbour; YouTuber’s Fight With Rivals May Have Sparked fire
- Drugs, Cash, Liquor Worth Over ₹ 1,760 Crore Seized In 5 Poll Bound States; Over 7 times seizures made in the previous assembly elections in these states in 2018
- India-UK Free Trade Agreement Faces Hurdle Over Medical Devices; Huge potential is there in the medical devices sector in India, as it imports about 80% of its requirement
- Assam Transport Minister Parimal Suklabaidya Bikes Across State To Spread Road Safety Awareness; The rally, which began on World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, is called ‘Path Suraksha Jan Andolan
- Bengaluru: Woman, 9-month-old Baby Electrocuted After Stepping On Live Wire in Whitefield; 5 Officials Suspended, 2 Issued Show Cause Notice
- Madras HC Upholds TN Govt’s Order to Grant Incentive Marks to Govt Doctors Who Performed Covid-19 Duty
- Trai recommendation on satcom spectrum, other subjects after Chairperson appointment; Apple aims to hit ₹1 lakh crore iPhone production milestone from India by March 2024
- Court asks Railways to pay Rs 15,000 compensation to passenger for non-working ACs, fans in Garib Rath; India’s domestic air passenger traffic touches record high on Nov 19
- Future of coal is bright in India; technologies to help sustainable extraction of dry fuel; L&T bags order in Middle East valued between Rs 10,000-15,000Cr; Demand for coal increases during second half to 424 MT
- India to become world’s second-largest solar module producer by 2025; ReNew posts Rs 377Cr net profit in Sep qtr; eBikeGo seeks USD 20 mn in funding for tech upgrade, expansion
- Karnataka Bank inks pact with HDFC Life to distribute life insurance products; RBI directs Reliance Capital’s acquiring company IIHL BFSI to maintain arm’s length distance from IndusInd parent
- 75 Myanmar Soldiers Who Fled to Mizoram Following the recent fights between the rebel groups and military junta Sent Back Home; Mizoram police, Assam Rifles have deployed adequate security along the bordering areas
- Pentagon Chief’s Surprise Visit To War-Hit Ukraine To Reinforce US Support; provided $40BN of security aid to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion and pledged to back Kyiv for “as long as it takes; “Need New Level Of Support”: Zelenskiy Sacks Military Medical Commander
- First Known Case Of ‘Zombie Deer Disease’ Found In US Park; ‘Zombie Deer Disease’ is a contagious and fatal illness that affects cervids, a group of animals – (deer, elk, caribou, reindeer, and moose)
- Scare For 140 Crew Members As Royal Navy’s Nuclear Submarine Sinks To “Danger Zone”; submarine was preparing to go on patrol duty when dials indicating its depth stopped working
- 1,000 Rohingya Refugees Arrive by Boat in Indonesia’s Aceh Region in One Week; More Than 400,000 Afghans Return Home from Pakistan Following Crackdown on Migrants
- UK Gives Historic Nod to Gene Editing Tool for Blood Disorders, High Costs & Long Wait May Limit Indians’ Access
- Earthquake of Magnitude:4.1, Occurred on 21-11-2023, 00:03:14 IST, Lat: 35.07 & Long: 63.38, Depth: 73 km, Location: Afghanistan
- Political veteran Joseph Boakai with 50.64% declared winner of Liberia’s presidential election, beating incumbent George Weah 49.36%; Boakai won with only a 20,567-vote margin
- Today’s Word – Valse – Dance in triple time; waltzu
