NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 26 January- 5 Mins read
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- India to display military might, women empowerment at Republic Day parade on Kartavya Path; A band comprising 45 girls (13-15) from the North East is participating in NCC R Day Camp 2024 for the 1st time; 26 Tableaux To Highlight Women Empowerment
- President’s R-Day Eve Address: Hope Regions Embroiled In Conflicts Find Peaceful Solution:; India’s Ancient Wisdom Can Help Deal With Global Environmental Crisis; Quota Bill Will Prove Revolutionary Tool For Women Empowerment; Approves 80 Gallantry Awards On R Day Eve
- Water Vapour Found On Distant Exoplanet By NASA’s Hubble Telescope; observed that the planet GJ 9827d during 11 transits were spaced out over a span of three years
- India’s 1st Woman Elephant Mahout Parbati Baruah; social worker Sangthankima; tribal environmentalist Chami Murmu; plastic surgeon Prema Dhanraj; Gaddam Sammaiah theatre artiste Chindu Yakshaganam Among 34 Unsung Heroes Awarded Padma Shri
- Padma Vibhushan awarded to Vyjayantimala Bali, Konidela Chiranjeevi, M Venkaiah Naidu, Bindeshwar Pathak (posthumous), and Padma Subrahmanyam. Padma Bhushan to BJP leader Ram Naik, singer Usha Uthup and actor Vijaykanth (posthumous)
- Drinking 3 Cups Of Tea A Day Could Slow Down Ageing, Study Finds; researchers noted that the study was merely “observational,” so they couldn’t prove if drinking tea slowed biological ageing
- Tell Houthis To Show Restraint”: China Warns Iran As Ship Attacks Rise; Yemen’s Houthis In Russia Discuss “Pressure” On US, Israel To End Gaza War; Hamas Says Would Abide By Gaza Ceasefire If Ruled By World Court; WHO Chief Breaks Down Describing ‘Hellish’ Gaza Conditions
- Gyanvapi Petitioners’ Lawyer Makes Survey Report Public, Claims Temple Existed; with 34 inscriptions in various languages, which was remodelled into a mosque
- In a first, US state of Alabama executes prisoner on death row using nitrogen gasKenneth Smith, convicted of a 1988 murder-for-hire, is a rare prisoner who has already survived one execution attempt
- US Says Alerted Iran Of Attack Before Twin Bombing That Killed 90 People; Ukraine To Start Building 4 New Nuclear Reactors Amid War With Russia
- Reunited 19 Years Later – Amy Khvitia and Ano Sartania, identical twins separated at birth and unknowingly living just miles apart in Georgia, found each other through a viral TikTok video and a talent show
- Under-19 World Cup: Musheer Khan Stars As India Crush Ireland By 201 Runs; Australia vs West Indies 2nd Test Day 1: Kavem Hodge, Joshua Da Silva Lead WI FightbackSarfaraz Khan Serves Reminder To Selection Committee With 161 For India ‘A’ Against England Lions
- Qinwen Zheng To Face Aryna Sabalenka In Australian Open Women’s Singles Final After Beating Dayana Yastremska In Semi-Finals
- Virat Kohli Wins ICC ODI Cricketer Of The Year Award – 4th such award; Usman Khawaja Beats Ravichandran Ashwin, Travis Head To Win ICC Men’s Test Cricketer Of The Year Award
- UK Targets ‘Zombie Knives’ In Latest Move To Curb Knife Violence; ban will render it unlawful to possess, sell, manufacture, or transport zombie-style knives and machetes
- A court in military-run Myanmar has put up for auction the villa where ex-leader and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi spent 15 years under house arrest, and set starting bids at $90MN
- Solana Foundation, CoinDCX Announce Rs. 25-Crore Grant for India’s Web3 Developers; As part of the deal, both will work to advance real-world use cases of public blockchains
- Zee pulls plug on $1.5-billion ICC TV rights deal with Disney; SC rejects Airtel pleas on Aircel payments; Verizon case may be delaying Starlink’s satcom licence, too; Ericsson, Nokia India sales slow down on capex cut by big telcos
- India’s consumption landscape: Consumers acquire a taste for premium as mass market lags; Shri Ram Multicom to acquire Sarga Hotels under IBC; NCLT admits Piramal Capital’s insolvency plea in Rs 1,065-cr default by developer
- Laurus Labs, Slovenia’s KrKa ink pact to set up JV firm in Hyderabad; Cipla expects record 24% Ebitda margin in FY24, Zydus gets USFDA nod for generic medication for managing Postherpetic Neuralgia
- Thermal power plants’ capacity utilisation to rise to 69 pc in FY’25: ICRA; India expects fuel demand to grow 2.7% in next FY; PTC India commences power supply from Nikachhu Hydroelectric Project, Bhutan to Assam; Adani Power inks initial pact to sell entire stake in two arms to AdaniConnex for Rs 540Cr
- LIC gets RBI approval to acquire 9.99% holding in HDFC Bank; Maruti Suzuki ties up with J&K Bank to provide financing solutions to dealers
- Today’s Word – Hanaster – One who paid the entrance fee for Oxford’s medieval merchant’s guild
