NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 2 January- 5 Mins read
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- 21 Earthquakes Over Magnitude 4.0 Hit Japan In 90 Mins; First Tsunami Hits Japan City, Residents Brace For “Onslaught”; asked to run; 33,000 Households In Japan Without Power; tsunami warning lowered
- ISRO Launches Its First Space Mission Of 2024 – PSLV-C58/XPoSat; would offer insights into celestial objects like black holes
- Women’s Panel Received 28,811 Complaints Of Crime Against Women In 2023; Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of complaints at 16,109 followed by Delhi 2,411, Maharashtra at 1,343
- 196 Cases Of Covid Sub-Variant JN.1 Detected In India So Far, Odisha Joins List; JN.1 cases continued to be reported from multiple countries and its prevalence has rapidly increased globally
- Israeli SC strikes Down Govt Controversial Legal Reform; Iran’s ‘Alborz’ Warship Enters the Red Sea Amid Raging Tensions; War Against Hamas Will Continue Throughout 2024, Warns Israeli Army; Israel To Withdraw Some Forces From Gaza To “Re-Energise” Economy In 2024; Friendly Fire And Accidents” Kill 29 IDF Troops In Gaza, Biden Faces Pressure To Strike Houthis
- Our Federation Does not Recognise This Ad-hoc Panel, Suspension’, Says WFI Chief Sanjay Singh; would not cooperate with the ad-hoc panel and would organise the Nationals
- Gross GST Collection in Dec 2023 Jumps 10.3% YoY To Rs 1.65 Lakh Cr; 10.3% year-on-year (YoY)
- Risks Of “Donkey Flights” As Illegal Migration Rises In Punjab, Haryana – Every year more than 20,000 young men and women from Punjab attempt irregular migration
- 4 Shot Dead In Manipur, CM Calls Ministers For Urgent Meet; A group of men, yet to be identified, came with automatic weapons for extortion, locals in Thoubal claimed; Curfew Reimposed in Valley Districts; Man Thrashed, Paraded Naked on Suspicion of Theft in Rajasthan’s Nagaur
- Bihar Shocker: Cop Brutally Thrashes Dalit Woman With Sticks in Public; incident has provoked public outrage, particularly due to the officer being in uniform at the time
- Girl Who Fell Into Borewell While Playing In Gujarat Rescued After 9 Hours; 6-Month-Old Killed During Gunfight Between Police, Maoists In Chhattisgarh; Police Vehicle Rushing To Accident Site Hit By 4-Wheeler In Nagpur, 1 Dead; Cop Attacked, Chased Away By Protesting Truck Drivers In Maharashtra
- India’s mineral output rose 13% in Oct; SJVN gets govt approval to form JVs for 8778 MW hydro, renewable projects; Successfully met this winter’s record peak power demand of 1,631 MW say Tata Power-DDL
- LIC gets Rs 806Cr GST demand notice; RBI simplifies reactivation of dormant accounts; tightens norms to curb frauds; SBI authorised to issue and encash electoral bonds through 29 branches; 17 cooperative banks closed down, highest in nine years
- Shortage of EPC players slows down wind energy projects; Chinese auto giant BYD sells more electric vehicles than ever; Reliance Power to sell 1,200 MW Kalai II hydropower project in Arunachal to THDC India; Cheap Chinese EV resembling Toyota Land Cruiser LC300 goes viral
- Govt extends tenure of PLI scheme for Auto industry by a year with partial amendments; Milestone unlocked: Annual passenger vehicle sales in India surpass 4MN mark in CY235
- Jio may get approval to launch satcom services soon; HFCL bags Rs 1,127 cr order to transform BSNL’s Optical Transport Network; DoT readying over 30 rules based on new Telecom Act
- Air India derosters pilot involved in hard landing incident in Dubai; orders probe; DGCA issues 1,622 commercial pilot licences in 2023, highest in a decade; Air India A350 bookings open for domestic sector, new aircraft to fly from Jan 22
- Gangster Goldy Brar suspected to be in Canada Declared Terrorist By India; 23 Terrorists Based In Pakistan, PoK Declared Proclaimed Offenders
- Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus Convicted Of Violating Bangladesh’s Labour Laws when they failed to create a workers’ welfare fund in the company
- Zelensky Mentions “War” 15 Times in 20-Minute New Year Speech, Putin: Russia “Will Never Retreat”; Russia Launches Record Number of Drones Across Ukraine as Moscow and Kyiv Continue Aerial Attacks
- China Sacks 9 Generals, Graft Crackdown Strains Xi’s Strategic Rocket Force And Military Goals; ousted were part of China’s strategic rocket force
- Today’s Word – Jarta – Term of endearment
