NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 10 February- 5 Mins read
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- Indigenous CAR-T Therapy Cures Patient Of Cancer; uses re-engineered cells bearing chimeric antigen receptors on their surface for cancer immunotherapy; In simple words – genetically reprogramming a patient’s immune system to fight cancer
- ECI: 97 crore Indians will be eligible to vote in this year’s Lok Sabha elections; 2Cr young electors in age group of 18 to 29 years added in the voters’ list; 6% increase in registered voters from 2019
- COVID-19 virus mutated 223 times globally, harmful effects have come down substantially over time
- SC: If judges can go to the National Judicial Academy for training, why not lawyers, asserting that all advocates should undergo compulsory training.
- Govt: PV Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh and agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan will be conferred Bharat Ratna
- Clean Energy Ambition: Govt Announces Bids for 4,000 MW Off-Shore Wind Projects In Tamil Nadu’s Gulf of Mannar
- Manipur-based Tribal Groups Oppose Decision to Scrap India-Myanmar FMR which allows people to venture 16 km into each other’s territory without any documents.
- Parliamentary panel: route-specific capping of airfares and setting up of a separate entity to exercise control over air ticket prices, amid concerns in various quarters about surging fares
- Govt set to announce national creators’ awards to recognise new-age influencers, creators; Airwaves worth Rs 96,318 cr to be sold in 8 spectrum bands for mobile phone services; total of 10,523.15 MHz is being offered
- Avaada Energy secures 1,400 MWp solar projects; Jio-BP to add 250 fuel retail outlets this year, double EV charging points; Lectrix launches LXS 2.0 electric scooter at Rs 79,999; offers 98 km range
- Govt provides nearly Rs 1.71 lakh cr as fertiliser subsidy till Jan in 2023-24; Russian oil: India’s state oil refiners in talks with Rosneft to secure Russian crude for long term; IndianOil-Adani Gas JV to invest Rs 2,500 crore to double gas sales
- Govt panel flags dominance of foreign-owned UPI apps, urges promotion of local fintechs; Airtel Payments Bank sees spike in new customers applying for bank accounts, FASTag; RBI deputy governor flags business risks for NBFCs
- Tension in UP’s Bareilly Over Islamic Cleric’s ‘Jail Bharo’ Andolan, Leader Detained; Uttarakhand Put on High Alert; 4 Dead, Over 100 Injured
- EESL inks initial pacts worth 500cr with state bodies, industry partners; Azim Premji University signs MoU with Karnataka’s Census Operations Directorate to set up census data research workstation
- A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has found that AI might still be expensive for companies to replace human workers.
- Fresh Air Strikes In Gaza’s Rafah After Biden Calls Israel’s Actions Excessive; Arab Ministers Discuss Israel-Hamas War After Blinken’s Middle East Visit – Call for ‘Irreversible’ Steps to Palestinian State
- A group of Russian tourists arrived in Pyongyang; the first known foreign tour group to visit nuclear-armed North Korea since before pandemic-linked border closures.
- “I Know What I‘m Doing” Biden Fumes After “Elderly Man With Poor Memory” Pass On Classified Docs
- 24 – 36 hours since the polls closed in Pakistan, there is still no clarity on the winner as just a quarter of the votes have been counted; Nawaz Sharif’s Party Now Taken Lead; in Touch with Independents
- Britain’s law enforcement watchdog: London’s police force is leaving children at risk of exploitation and should implement nearly a dozen reforms to improve.
- The wolves in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) were exposed to 11.28 millirem of radiation daily – more than six times the legal safety limit for humans.
- NASA kicked off a series of marathon flights in Asia with the world’s biggest flying laboratory, in an ambitious mission to improve the models that help to forecast and fight air pollution.
- Poll shows Indonesian presidential frontrunner Prabowo Subianto is on course to secure a majority (51.8%) and win next week’s election in a single round
- Today’s Word – Watchet – Pale blue
