NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 6 March – 5 Mins read
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- In Tamil Nadu’s Thiruvarur, Farmer Cultivates Rice (Karuppu Kavuni Rice also known as black or forbidden rice) That’s Believed To Fight Cancer; he is developing traditional rice varieties in his farming land of a meagre 3 acres
- Facebook, Instagram Back After Hour-long Global Outage; Elon Musk Reacts – said, “If you’re reading this post, it’s because our servers are working
- Blame Criminals, Not People of India,’ Says Spanish Woman Who Was Gang-Raped in Jharkhand; expressed gratitude for the kind treatment she received, left to Nepal
- ED Seeks Case Details from Pune Police over drug haul of 1,700 kilograms of mephedrone valued at about Rs 3,600 crore in illicit markets across Pune, Delhi, and Sangli; “Mizoram In Precarious Condition”: Minister Says Drug Smuggling Rising Amid Manipur Violence
- Explosion Will Rock Entire City’: Siddaramaiah, K’taka Ministers Get Bomb Threat Mail Days After Bengaluru Cafe Blast
- Lok Sabha Battle Prep: Election Commission of India Team Completes Tour of 5 States in 20 Days; Next Stop–J&K
- Avalanches Hit, Cold Wave Continues in Parts of Himachal Pradesh, Keylong Records Minus 10.8 Deg C; 2 Dead, 472 Roads Blocked As Landslides hit
- The 2023-24 El Nino has peaked as one of the five strongest on record and will continue to impact global climate in the coming months despite a weakening trend
- Astronauts Arrive At International Space Station For Swap; During their stay, in which they are rotating in to replace departing crew, some 200 scientific experiments are scheduled to be carried out
- Drone Strike On Liberian-flagged Commercial Vessel In Gulf of Aden, Indian Navy Reacts ‘Swifty, arrived at scene of incident with firefighting team of 12 personnel & specialist EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) team
- Paytm Payments Bank Failed To Detect, Report Suspicious Transactions; Loans to women grow at 19% in 2023; personal loans jump fastest; 30 banks join RBI UDGAM portal for unclaimed deposits; Banks turn to bulk deposits to meet credit demand on tepid retail FDs
- BHEL bags order worth Rs 9,500 cr to set up 1,600 MW thermal project from NTPC; Mahanagar Gas reduces price of CNG in Mumbai; UP approves green hydrogen policy, setting up 800 MW thermal power units; JSW Energy arm inks battery energy storage purchase pact
- Guwahati’s JettWings Airways gets nod to fly in 12 sectors in various states; Air India-Vistara merger gets Singapore’s conditional approval to deal
- BSF Intercepted 3,342 Bangladeshi Nationals Last Year; India to Raise Concerns with Neighbour’s Border Guard; Maldives Tells Indian Officials to Leave by May 10 after Signing Military Pact with China
- India Issues Safety Advisory for Citizens in Israel after Missile Strike Kills Kerala Man; Turkiye Detains 7 More People for Allegedly Selling Information to Israel’s Spy Agency; Israel Destroys “Largest Hamas Tunnel”, Netanyahu Assures Ramadan Worship Freedom; Biden Warns Of ‘Very Dangerous’ Situation; WHO Says Around 8,000 Patients Need Evacuating from Gaza
- Seven Punjab Men Tricked into Joining Russian Army, Forced to Fight in Ukraine War; Seek Govt Help; Ukraine Claims It Destroyed Another Russian Warship in Black Sea; ‘My Secret Informant Love’: US Air Force Employee Leaks Secret Info to ‘Ukrainian’ Woman He Met Online
- US: Ocean Infinity, a marine robotics company claimed that they have scientific evidence of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370’s final resting place; A student pilot and instructor died when their aircraft collided with a passenger plane over the Kenyan capital Nairobi
- Trump won the Virginia primary election, US networks predicted as results began to come in from the 15 “Super Tuesday” states in the race for the Republican presidential nomination
- Councillors in the UK’s Birmingham poised to approve tax hikes and deep cuts to public services that could include axed arts funding and reduced rubbish collection, as the city fights to avoid bankruptcy
- Today’s Word – Vang – Rope used to steady the gaff of the fore-and-aft sail
