NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 25 February- 5 Mins read
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- Seeking to enhance maritime security and interoperability, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka coast guards have embarked on a 4day trilateral exercise to identify emerging maritime challenges in the Indian Ocean
- Farmers participating in the ‘Delhi Chalo’ call will not end their agitation until their demands are met; shall continue even if LS elections model code of conduct comes into effect; Minister Arjun Munda Calls For Suggestions Amid Govt, Farmers’ Impasse
- An Indian warship provided critical assistance to a merchant vessel after it caught fire following a suspected drone or missile attack in the Gulf of Aden; US, UK Strike 18 Houthi Targets In Yemen Amid Attacks On Red Sea Ships
- Delhi’s First Pickleball Fest Draws Global Crowd; Pickleball, named the official state sport of Washington in 2022, is a unique blend of tennis, ping-pong, and badminton
- ADR: 36% of Rajya Sabha candidates declared criminal cases against themselves; average assets of candidates analysed stood at ₹ 127.81Cr
- New Criminal Laws, Which Replace Penal Code, To Come Into Effect From July 1 replace the country’s colonial-era legislations
- A five-year-old student has approached the Allahabad High Court over a liquor shop near his school in Kanpur
- A global alliance of Manipur’s Meitei community has called for scrapping a controversial ceasefire with over two dozen Kuki-Zo insurgent groups amid the ethnic conflict in Manipur
- Telangana Man sought money after cleaning cars at traffic signalsRun Over By Truck After Being ‘Kicked’ By Govt Officer, Dies
- 24 Dead, Including 8 Children, as Tractor-Trolley Falls into Pond in UP’s Kasganj; Police Car Securing Route for CM Yogi’s Convoy Meets With Accident in Lucknow While Trying to Save Dog, 13 injured
- Indian tycoon Yohan Poonawalla adds Queen Elizabeth II’s Range Rover to his collection flaunting the registration number used by the Queen, an unusual scheme of things
- MoS Petroleum Teli lays foundation stone for HPCL Petroleum, Oil Lubricants, and LPG Depot at Assam’s Karmadanga; Price led growth set to make a return as FMCG companies eye hikes
- In another move to check unsolicited calls, TRAI recommended that all network operators should implement the caller’s name display service on mobile phones and all smartphone makers should be mandated to enable this feature within a stipulated time
- Abdul Malik, the alleged mastermind in the Uttarakhand violence missing for 16 days, arrested from Delhi, said cops
- Overnight Strikes On Gaza Kill Scores As Paris Hosts New Ceasefire Talks; “Slaughtering Horses To Feed Children”: Food Running Out At Gaza Camp; Hamas Softens “Truce Demands” | Hamas Warns Of “Explosion Of Rage” If Muslims Barred From Al-Aqsa; US “Disappointed” With Netanyahu’s Post-War Gaza Plan | Lula Slams Israel’s Genocide In Gaza
- UK: Ruling Conservatives suspended their former deputy chairman Lee Anderson from parliamentary party, after he refused to apologise for saying London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan was controlled by Islamists
- Trump cruised to a decisive victory in the South Carolina Republican primary, blitzing rival Nikki Haley in her home state; Kristi Noem, Vivek Ramaswamy Top Contenders For Trump’s Running Mate
- G7 Nations Call On Russia To “Fully Clarify” How Putin Critic Navalny Died; Navalny’s Body Handed To Mother Week After Death, Says Team; Ukraine Says It Hit Major Russian Steel Plant On 2nd War Anniversary; US, UK Strike 18 Houthi Targets In Yemen Amid Attacks On Red Sea Ships
- 5 Children Among 15 Rohingya Refugees Injured in a fire that broke out due to a gas leak at a camp on the remote Bhasan Char island; 15 Killed After Massive Fire At China Skyscraper, 44 Injured
- Apple Begins Trial Of ChatGPT-Like AI Tool ‘Ask; this tool is designed to benefit a wider audience, offering a glimpse into Apple’s AI ambitions
- French Prez Macron spent the entire day at the annual agricultural fair, as angry farmers heckled him and scuffled with police; Farmers drove tractors into central Paris
- Today’s Word – Lampadephore – Torchbearer
