NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 13 December- 5 Mins read
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- Union Govt to SC: It is not possible to collect data on illegal migrants living in various parts of the country as the entry of foreign nationals is clandestine and surreptitious
- WHO: 1.2 million die every year in road crash incidents and between 20 and 50 million people suffer injuries globally in road accidents that even incur disability
- UN: Myanmar is now world’s biggest producer of opium, overtaking Afghan after Taliban crackdown on the trade
- Israel Battles Hamas as UN Labels Gaza Strip ‘Hell on Earth’; Patient Dies On Way To Gaza Hospital Amid Lengthy Israeli Checks; Israeli Soldier Recalls Being Shot 12 Times By Hamas, Playing Dead To Survive; Israel Bombs Gaza After Claiming Hamas Is On Verge Of Dissolution
- Zara Regrets ‘Misunderstanding’ Over Ad That Offended Customers and Led to Boycott Calls; US-Coalition Forces Hit In Iraq-Syria; Houthis Claim Missile Attack, Threaten All Israel-Bound Ships; Israel Strikes South Gaza, Raids West Bank, US Says Blindfolding of Palestinians “Deeply Disturbing
- Rajya Sabha passes new CEC bill amid Opposition walkout; The Bill will regulate the appointment, conditions of service and term of office of the CEC, other ECs, procedure for transaction of business by EC; PM, LoP & Cabinet Minister nominated by PM will be the panel to elect CEC
- In A First, Pilotless Aircraft Completes First Test In 12 Minutes; monumental aviation achievement” happened on Nov 21 at Hollister Municipal Airport in San Benito County, California
- Retail Inflation Rises To 3-Month High Of 5.55% In Nov; Tatas top wealth creators among India’s business houses, Adani Group comes 2nd; Vaccine Maker Adar Poonawalla To Buy 25,000-square-foot Mansion Aberconway House In London’s Mayfair. It Costs 1,444Cr only
- Joe Biden, Expected To Be Republic Day Chief Guest, May Not Visit India In Jan; summit of Quad (US, India, Japan & Aus) is also not taking place
- Union Govt Redefines Terrorism In New Criminal Code, Adds Fake Currency Cases; Harming Women’s Mental Health Is “Cruelty” Under New Criminal Code
- Report claim Secret WhatsApp Group With 100+ CEOs As Member Comes To Light After Sam Altman Crisis; “Sam is out,” the text said. Immediately, executives started inquiring about what went wrong and “What did Sam do?”
- Indian-American Guilty Of 11 Counts Of Defrauding Public Health Insurance Plans Of $4MN; Kaival Patel created, operated ABC Healthy Living LLC to market compound prescription medications
- 2 Post-Mortems Ordered On Same Body In UP – 2nd Time To Probe Doctors as family accused doctors and staff members of removing her eyes during 1st post-mortem; report to be submitted
- Bhajanlal Sharma, First-Time MLA, Is BJP’s Rajasthan Chief Minister; ‘People’s Princess’ Diya Kumari One Of 2 Rajasthan Deputy CM along with Prem Chand Bairwa; “Would Rather Die Than Ask For something for himself”: Former MP CM Shivraj Chouhan In his Farewell Speech
- India bought Russian oil at $84.2/bbl in Oct, highest since Dec 2022; Power sector imports 35 MT coal during Apr-Oct; 13.6 MT for blending; KPIT Technology launches sodium-ion battery tech; Thermax arm wins Rs 500Cr for setting up 5 bio-CNG plants
- Govt says 10 PSBs transferred NPAs of over Rs 11,617Cr to NARCL from Jan-Nov; Yes Bank seeks buyers for Rs 4200Cr corporate and retail distressed loan book; Slow police response hampers govt effort to recover lost, stolen mobile phones barring Karnataka & Telangana
- Air India’s New Uniform For Pilot, Crew Designed By Manish Malhotra; New uniforms, which will be rolled out by 2023 end, is an “ode to Air India’s rich history, promise of a bright future”; Good news for aviation: In a strong duopoly, hope soars for struggling SpiceJet with tune of 1300Cr investment
- 23 Killed, 27 wounded In Suicide Bombing Attack At Pakistan Army Base; early-morning attack targeted a base in Dera Ismail Khan near Afghan border; many died while sleeping
- Chinese Hackers Gained Access To Critical US Systems Under Volt Typhoon Campaign; also attempted to break into Texas’ power grid, which operates independently from electrical systems in the rest of the country
- Putin Vows To Boost Naval Power As Russia Rolls Out New Nuclear Subs, Ukraine Gets UK Minehunters; Philippines Summons Chinese Envoy Over ‘Back-to-Back Harassments’ in South China Sea; Graft Scandal Rocks Japan PM Kishida’s Party, Members Accused of Avoiding Taxes
- China Bids to Take Over Airbus, Boeing as Homegrown C919 Arrives in Maiden Flight to Hong Kong; C919 another Chinese-made aircraft, an ARJ21, will be on display at Hong Kong’s Intl airport
- South Africa beat India by 5 wickets by DL Method in 2nd T20 to take 1 – 0 lead
- Today’s Word – Raguly – In heraldry, having short alternating projections and depressions
