NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 1 March – 5 Mins read
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- Govt OKs Solar Scheme To Give 1 Crore Families 300 Units Of Free Power A Month; The scheme will be called PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana
- GDP Growth Beats Estimates In 3rd Qrtr, Economy To Expand 7.6% This Year; Economists expected Asia’s third-largest economy to grow 6.6% during final 3-month period in 2023
- Setback For Rape Convict Ram Rahim, No More Parole Without Court Approval Punjab & Haryana HC to Haryana Govt; was given a 50-day parole in Jan – 7th in 10 months & 9th in last 4 years
- End Ceasefire: Manipur assembly unanimously passed a resolution asking Govt to scrap controversial suspension of operations (SoO) agreement with some 25 Kuki-Zo insurgent groups
- Cabinet Okays 3 Semiconductor Units, Construction To Start In 100 Days under ‘Development of Semiconductors and Display Manufacturing Ecosystems in India
- Railway Unions Threaten to Stop All Trains from May 1 if Old Pension Scheme Not Implemented as Govt is completely non-committal to demand for the restoration; Allcargo co to sell Haryana logistics park for Rs 636Cr; 150 railway stations get FSSAI’s ‘Eat Right Station’ certification
- Auto industry to invest $7 bn in 5 years to deepen parts localisation; ‘$50BN in assets, but Blackstone is still getting started in India; Growth in bank credit to industry decelerates to 7.8% in Jan says RBI
- Disney may post impairment charges of $1.8-2.4BN; Govt hikes windfall tax on petroleum crude; India looks elsewhere for oil as US sanctions crimp Russia trade
- India Raises Voice Against Narrowing Down WTO Meet Focus To Agri-Exporting Nations’ Interest; Takes Firm Stand Against Thai Envoy’s ‘Offensive’ Comments on Public Stockholding
- New coal transport plan to reduce congestion, costs; Kesoram completes Rs 1900cr high-cost debt refinancing to yield 800 basis points interest benefit; JSW Steel incorporates subsidiary for hot, cold-rolled steel products; Delhi HC rejects ArcelorMittal’s plea for mining lease in Saranda forest
- SC: No Presumption of Husband’s Guilt in Woman’s Suicide within 7 Years of Marriage, Unless Proven Otherwise
- Lancet study finds More than 1 billion people worldwide are obese; Takeda to soon start trials in India for dengue vaccine; Private hospitals say standardising rates will be catastrophic for sector; Biocon Biologics inks licence pact with Janssen for biosimilar product; Suven-Cohance Lifesciences merger announced to create 1st listed PE-led contract manufacturer in Indian pharma
- Leopard Population Stabilises, But Big Cat Numbers Record Decline in Shivalik Hills, Gangetic Plains; leopard population has dropped by at least 3.4% per year
- Air India Slapped With Rs 30 Lakh Fine After Elderly Flyer, Who Was Not Given Wheelchair, Dies At Mumbai Airport
- Israeli Forces Open Fire On People In Gaza At Aid Point, 104 Killed; Gaza War Death Count Crosses 30,000 As Famine Looms; Turkey Says Gaza Aid Incident “Crime Against Humanity”; Israel Killed Over 25,000 Palestinians Since Hamas Attack says US Defence Chief
- Bangladesh: 43 killed, Several Injured after a fire blazed through a 7storey building in an upscale neighbourhood in Dhaka
- US House Votes To Prevent Govt Shutdown; With the cash for many departments due to dry up after 11:59 pm Friday, Republican-led lower chamber passed bill that keeps the lights on until March 8
- Three-Time Ex Pak PM Nawaz Sharif Takes Oath As Ordinary Lawmaker In Assembly; Pak Parliament To Elect New PM On March 3, Shehbaz Sharif Frontrunner; Pak Cop Syeda Shehrbano Naqvi Who Saved Woman From Mob In Lahore Named For Police Medal
- Putin’s Nuclear War Risk Warning If West Escalates Ukraine Conflict; Ukraine Claims It Shot Down 3 More Russian Su-34 Fighter-Bombers; 20 Indians Stuck in Russia-Ukraine War Zone, We’re in Contact With Moscow For Early Discharge: MEA
- Today’s Word – Quant – Punting or jumping pole with a flat end
