NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 19 January- 5 Mins read
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- All doctors have been asked to compulsorily mention exact reason while prescribing antibiotics or antimicrobial drugs, says the latest note from Union Govt to fight antimicrobial resistance
- Study finds Greenland’s Ice Shrinking At 30 Million Tonnes Per Hour; ice sheet lost approx 5,000Sq KMs of ice at its edges since 1985, equivalent to a trillion tons of ice
- Provident Fund Body Removed Aadhar As Valid Proof Of Birth Date as Aadhaar is primarily identity verification tool and not a proof of birth
- ISRO Chief: India Working Towards Building Own Space Station, Bharatiya Space Station by 2035 and land an Indian astronaut on the moon by 2040. Tests Next Year
- Ship Under Drone Attack Sends SOS; Indian Navy came to the rescue of a cargo vessel under attack by drones in the Gulf Aden; Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Claim Attack On Ship After US ‘Terror’ Designation; US Strikes 14 Missiles Ready To Be Fired By Houthi Rebels In Yemen
- Parliament Security Breach Case: Neelam Azad’s Bail Application Dismissed By Delhi Court; saying it would not be right to grant her the relief at this stage
- Madhya Pradesh: Muslim Teen Lost Home, spent 151 days in judicial custody For ‘Spitting’ On Hindu Rally, Now complainant, also the prime witness, refused to identify him
- Apple Removes Blood Oxygen Monitoring Feature From Watches Amid Legal Battle Over Patents with medical device maker Masimo
- Israeli Strike Kills 16 in Southern Gaza; No Word on Whether Medicines Reached Hostages; UN says Palestinians Dying in Gaza Hospitals as Thousands of Wounded Overwhelm Doctors
- SpiceJet, Air India fined for flouting fog-preparedness; guilty of not having rostered Category-III trained pilots who can fly in low visibility conditions; Akasa Air Orders 150 Boeing MAX Planes Amid Row Over Mid-Air Door Blowout; Jet Airways resolution: SC asks Jalan Kalrock Consortium to deposit Rs 150Cr before Jan 31; Airbus to double procurement from India to $1.5BN
- In Tamil Nadu (1-deg Celsius at Kanthal and Thalaikuntha in Ooty) Is Freezing; Experts Worried – seems to be an unseasonal climatic phenomenon that has also affected farming
- UP: In a shocking incident, a travelling ticket examiner (TTE) thrashed a passenger onboard on Barauni-Lucknow Express, Video went viral on social media. TE has now been suspended by the railways
- Gujarat to SC: petitioners who have sought a probe into the alleged fake encounters in the state from 2002 to 2006 need to explain the reasons for their “selective public interest
- PhonePe contributes to 65% growth for 2-wheeler digital insurance; Of falling coconuts, peacock, elephant & stray dog nuisance: Insurers highlight Indian claims’ peculiarity; HDFC Bank seeks Singapore bank license to grow overseas
- Railways To Launch ‘Aastha’ Trains To Ayodhya After Ram Temple Inauguration which will connect 66 diff places from across nation; For Ram Temple Ceremony, Half-Day For Union Govt Employees
- BL Agro to invest Rs 500Cr in Telangana to set up manufacturing plant; Cabinet approves Coal India power projects through JVs; Gem, jewellery exports slip 8.14% to Rs 18,281Cr in Dec 2023; Coal India plans to enter into mining of critical minerals, including lithium
- Govt may look for providing incentives or supporting initiatives to retrofit old vehicles into EVs; Energy Efficiency Services inks 5 initial pacts to boost energy efficiency, renewables
- UK PM Rishi Sunak survived a key test of his leadership, fending off right-wing rebels to win a crunch parliamentary vote on his contentious plan to send migrants to Rwanda
- Pakistan Strikes in Iran Kill 9, PM Kakar Cuts Short Davos Visit, Tehran Summons Pak Envoy; Intended Audience of Iran’s Strikes in Pakistan is the US, Not IOC or Saudi Arabia; China Offers Mediation
- Zambia Cholera Outbreak: 10,000 Infected, Over 400 Dead; Football Stadium Turned Into Treatment Facility
- France Ramps Up Weapons Production for Ukraine and Says Russia is Scrutinizing the West’s Mettle; Ukraine Schools Roll Out Pistol & Rifle Shooting Training Using Software; Russia Rejects US Proposal to Resume Talks on Nuclear Arms Control
- North Korean defectors to South Korea tripled in 2023, with more diplomats and students escaping. The number rose to 196, signaling changing trends
- Four of five foreign tourists to Paris got an urge to visit after seeing a movie or TV series filmed in the City of Light; it was the Netflix series “Emily in Paris” 38% and “Lupin” 11% that spurred the trip
- Today’s Word – Acanaceous – Bearing prickles or thistles; prickly
