NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 11 February- 5 Mins read
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- Farmers March: All the borders of Haryana with Punjab have been sealed with huge cement barricades and barbed wires; Punjab Farmers Won’t Be Allowed To Enter Haryana, Heavy Security Deployed; Suspension Of Internet, Bulk SMS In 7 Districts
- Videos of a tense stand-off between the Assam Rifles and a group of armed men in Manipur’s border town Moreh have emerged on social media, raising questions over how a few armed men stopped the security forces from moving around; What’s in a name? In strife-torn Manipur, new law will make changing names of places punishable
- “Tolerated A Lot”: Jagdeep Dhankhar, M Kharge Face Off Over Rules; The Congress chief asked the Rajya Sabha chairman not to indulge in politics, drawing a sharp retort
- The ruling BJP received nearly ₹ 1300Cr through electoral bonds in the 2022-23, which was seven times more than what the Congress got in the same period through the same route
- Gram Panchayats Connected Under BharatNet Have Increased from 58 in 2014 to 2.10 Lakh in Dec 2023; 4.2 lakh 5G sites are providing connectivity across 742 districts
- The 17th Lok Sabha saw fewer MPs over 70 years and more under 40 years, average age around 54; Youngest Chandrani Murmu from Keonjhar (25yrs), Oldest Shafiqur Rahman Barq from Sambhal (89yrs); had 400 graduate MPs; 78 Women MPs
- EPFO Interest Rate Hike: Central board recommends hiking rate to a 3-year high of 8.25% from 8.15%
- 6 Killed, 60 were hurt, 5 Arrested After Violence Hits Haldwani; Curfew Partially Lifted From Outer Areas; Days before violence, intel report warned demolition drive could take violent turn
- JSW Group Inks MoU to Set Up First Mega Scale Integrated EV & EV Battery Manufacturing Project in Odisha
- Amethi Family’s Reunion With Missing Son Turns Into Deceitful Nightmare; took a dark turn when Nafees, posing as Arun, demanded a hefty sum of 10 lakh to a muth in exchange for his return home
- Saudi Arabia Warns Of A “Humanitarian Catastrophe” If Israel Moves On Rafah; called for UNSC to intervene; Senior Hamas Official Survives Israeli Strike In Lebanon; Death Count In Gaza Crosses 28,000; Israel Deploys AI-Enabled Military Tech For 1st Time In Gaza; ‘Over the Top’: Biden’s Tough Talk on Israel Raises Eyebrows, Signals Shifting of Tone
- Banks should be mindful of legal, cyber risks emanating from AI; Indian Overseas Bank to open 88 new branches in 2024; Bandhan Bank aims to increase secured loan portfolio to 50% by FY26
- Hungarian President Katalin Novak, a close ally of PM Viktor Orban, announced her resignation following outrage over a pardon granted to a man implicated in a child sexual abuse case
- Both Imran Khan, Nawaz Sharif Declare Victory As Pak Elections Results Drag On; Nawaz Sharif’s party won the most seats by a single party, but supporters of Imran Khan, who ran as independents, won the most seats overall; Independents Go To Court, Challenge Pakistan Poll Results
- US Couple Spent Funeral Money On Luxury, Leaving Nearly 200 Bodies To Rot; blatant disregard for their clients’ wishes and the remains of their loved ones has sparked outrage and raised questions about potential legal repercussions
- Removing cars from an expanse around the Eiffel Tower to create a green pathway sounds pretty good on paper, but the mayor of Paris is struggling to win over residents and above all the police force to revamp one of the city’s most celebrated views
- A construction company Booyoung Group in Seoul has come up with a unique way to help tackle the country’s alarmingly low birth rate; Pays Workers $75,000 Each Time They Have A Child
- Myanmar’s junta is enforcing a law allowing military to summon all men aged 18-35 and women aged 18-27 to serve for at least two years, as it struggles to crush opposition to its 2021 coup
- Virat Kohli Out of England Test Series, Shreyas Iyer Dropped But KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja Back for Remaining Matches
- Today’s Word – Xesturgy – Process of polishing
