NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 30 November- 5 Mins read
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- Tunnel Rescue: “Am Senior, Will Be Last”: Rescued Tunnel Worker Gabbar Singh’s Brave Words; Advised Rat-Hole Mining – didn’t want to disturb the mountain and cause another avalanche or disturbance says Arnold; Focus Now On What Led To Uttarakhand Tunnel Collapse
- 41 Workers, Rescued From Uttarakhand Tunnel, Airlifted In Chinook; “We Lived Like Brothers”: Rescued Tunnel Workers Stayed Hopeful Through Ordeal; “There’s Food For 25 Days Still Inside The Tunnel”: Rescued Worker Exclusive; “18-24 Hours Passed In Fear”; Waiting for 16 Days to See Son, ‘Depressed’ Dad of Trapped Uttarkashi Worker Dies Hrs Before Rescue
- “Have Zero-Tolerance Approach To Terrorism”: India On Ties With Palestine; OECD Trims Global Growth Forecast, Sees Israel-Hamas War As Near-Term Risk; Israel, Hamas Consider New Truce Parameters Including Military Personnel Release; India Backs UNGA Resolution Voicing Concern Over Israel Not Withdrawing from Syrian Golan
- ISRO Scientist VR Lalithambika Awarded France’s Highest Civilian Award Legion of Honour for her engagement in space cooperation between France and India
- ‘Situationship’, ‘swiftie’, ‘beige flag’ and ‘de-influencing’ are among the eight words on the shortlist for Oxford Word of the Year for 2023
- Study: COVID-19 caused an alarming surge in premature births, but vaccines were key to returning the early birth rate to pre-pandemic levels
- Taliban Says Afghan Consulates Reopened In Mumbai, Hyderabad & started functioning in the country; cessation of Afghanistan’s embassy activities in India is not a reality.
- 90 passengers travelling on the Bharat Gaurav Yatra Special package train from Chennai to Palitana in Gujarat suffered food poisoning allegedly after consuming meals onboard
- India experienced extreme weather events almost every day in the first nine months of this year which led to nearly 3,000 deaths
- Delhi Govt suffered a major setback after SC cleared Union Govt proposal to extend the tenure of Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar who was due to retire in 24 hrs; now set to get 6 month extension
- The first bullet train section in India – a 50km stretch between Bilimora and Surat in Gujarat – will be completed in August 2026
- Bangkok Flight Lands In Delhi After Husband-Wife Fight Onboard; A dispute began between a German man and his Thai wife which led to a loud altercation on board
- Union Cabinet has given its nod for continuing fast track special courts for another three years for delivering swift justice in cases involving sexual offences; Extends Free Grain Distribution To 81.35 Crore Poor For 5 Years; In Historic Expansion, Govt Allows CRPF Signal Battalions to Grow by 1,034 After 35 Years
- India is set to add another aircraft carrier to its fleet worth almost $4.8BN as it seeks to counter China’s naval presence in the Indian Ocean region; India paid tribute to 100s of US servicemen killed during during WWII by opening ‘Hump WWII’ Museum In Arunachal With US Aircraft Wreckage On Display; US To Launch New Plan For Work Visas In December, Indians To Benefit Most
- Manipur’s Armed Group UNLF Signs Peace Deal, 6-Decade-Long Armed Movement Ends; 25 hill-based insurgent groups already under a tripartite peace deal called suspension of operations (SoO) agreement
- Delhi’s Winter Peak Power Demand May Cross 5,700-MW Mark, Break Records; India scrambles to add coal-fired power capacity, avoid outages; Govt says 125 new projects taken up for exploration of critical minerals
- Govt invites fresh bids from asset valuers of IDBI Bank; Small finance banks wants RBI to clear doubt about micro loan risk weightage; H&M and DBS to collaborate on a green loan programme to facilitate supply chain decarbonisation
- Aurobindo Pharma gets USFDA nod for HIV drug; Aster DM Healthcare sells majority in Gulf business to Alpha for $1.01BN; MSME Pharma companies under the lens over drug quality issues
- NASA to Help ISRO Send Indian to Space in 2024, Launch Costliest Satellite, Plan Interplanetary Probe
- Vietnam: Man Suffers from Severe Headache for 5 Months, Doctors Find Two Chopsticks Stuck in His Skull
- Imran Khan Opts Out of Contesting for PTI Chief’s Post, Nominates Close Aide to Lead Party; Big Relief for Nawaz Sharif as Pak Court Acquits Him in Avenfield Case
- Rahul Dravid Signs New Contract, To Continue As Team India Head Coach; support staff were given contract extensions
- Today’s Word – Eclipsis – Omission of sounds or words in speech
