NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 16 January- 5 Mins read
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- Just One Slap New DGCA rules – Airlines shall be required to publish accurate real-time info regarding delays of their flightsappropriate sensitization of airline staff at Airport
- Airport Delays : Passenger slaps IndiGo co-pilot over 13 hrs delay, Passengers Eat Food On Tarmac, Next To Plane, After 12-Hr Delay; No Food, Restless Children”: Fliers Claim Harrowing Air India Flight Delay
- Adani Group : eligible residents of Dharavi will get flats with a minimum area of 350Sq Ft with independent kitchens and toilets
- Shankaracharyas of the Puri and Uttarakhand mutts will not attend, citing, among reasons, presence of Modi in sanctum sanctorum; Ram Lalla Idol By Arun Yogiraj Selected As ‘Shri Vigraha of Bhagwan Shri Ramlalla Sarkar; 1 Cr Pilgrims Visit Gangasagar, Lakhs Take Holy Dip on Makar Sankranti
- Betavolt: A start-up in China created a new battery that it claims can generate electricity for 50 yrs without need for charging or maintenance; managed to squeeze 63 isotopes into that module that’s smaller than a coin
- Boeing’s Legacy Vanished Into Thin Air. Saving It Will Take Years. Name & troubled 737 Max model linked to some of worst aircraft safety and design failures in recent aviation history
- Taiwan’s President-Elect Hails “Solid Partnership” With US Amid China Row as he welcomed a US delegation — which China said it “firmly opposed
- _Manipur’s Chandel Gets Massive Boost In Chief Minister’s ‘Go To Hills 2.0; selected as Aspirational District’ by Union Govt _
- An armed ethnic minority group in Myanmar said it captured a town and several junta outposts near border with Bangladesh and India
- Kim Jong Un Calls For Change In Status Of South Korea, Warns Of War; 3 organizations dealing with unification and inter-Korean tourism will shut down; Tests Solid-Fuel Missile Tipped With Hypersonic Warhead As Its FM Lands In Russia
- Indian Govt Company KABIL Signs Key Lithium Mining Deal With Argentina’s State-Owned Firm CAMYEN SE; KABIL will start exploration, development of 5 lithium brine blocks located in Catamarca province of Argentina
- Gujarat HC pulled GPSC for “absolute gender insensitivity” after it turned down the request of a candidate to either postpone her interview or provide an alternative, as she was not in a position to appear for the same just two days after delivering a baby
- Heavy flooding hit Mauritius as a tropical Cyclone Betal closed in on after battering the French overseas territory of Reunion
- UK To Send 20,000 Troops In Biggest Deployment To NATO Exercises In Decades; aimed at “providing vital reassurance” over the “menace” posed by Putin following his invasion of Ukraine
- Powerful earthquake that struck Japan on New Year’s Day shifted its coastline by 800KMs; pattern of estimated coseismic coastal uplift appears to be decreasing southward from Kaiso to Akasaki
- China Calls For Peace Conference On Gaza As Israel-Hamas War RagesYemen Rebels Hit US Cargo Vessel With Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile; Iran Launches Missile Attacks On “Terrorist” Targets In Syria, Iraq; As UN Pleads For Gaza Ceasefire, Israel Says War Against Hamas would end “soon”
- UN Says Needs $4.2 BN To Provide Aid In Ukraine This Year; Russian Spy Plane Worth Rs 2,792 Cr Shot Down By Ukraine: Report
- Much of US remained gripped by an Arctic blast, cutting power in northern states and Texas and potentially dampening turnout in Iowa, where voters will cast 1st ballots for a Republican candidate in Nov presidential race
- H1N1 Surge in Delhi-NCR Hospitals: Dipping Mercury Triggers Rise in High BP, Gastric and Heart Emergencies
- Tractors Jam Berlin As Scholz Faces Heat, Far-Right German Parties Look To Gain From Farmer Protests
- Gen Z demand for mental health drugs lifts sales 9% to ₹11,774Cr; CMR seeks suggestions for revision of national essential diagnostics list to enhance access to affordable healthcare
- Govt cuts windfall tax on petroleum crude to Rs 1,700; India gets Rs 16.93 lakh cr investment in power, RE since 2014, Rs 17.05 lakh cr in pipeline, Oil India to capture CO2 emissions from Rajasthan natural gas field, store in dry wells
- Maruti, Hyundai, Tata Motors, Renault post record rural sales in 2023; Hyundai Motor plans second plant in India, commits Rs 7000Cr investment in Maharashtra
- RBI circular: Central Bank proposes to tighten norms for accepting public deposits by HFCs; indian state-run banks plan overhaul for risk-based profitability and enhanced scrutiny of securities
- Today’s Word – Xerophobous – Unable to survive drought
