NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 8 March – 5 Mins read
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- Supreme Court: Every Citizen Has Right To Criticize Any Decision of State; Now is the time to educate our police machinery about the concept of freedom of speech
- Sweden Becomes NATO’s 32nd Member After Two-Year Wait; After Finland, Sweden’s membership means all countries surrounding Baltic Sea, except Russia, will be part of US-led military alliance
- ADR: 82% of the total income from unknown sources declared by national political parties in 2022-23 came from electoral bonds; ADR Moves Supreme Court Seeking Contempt Proceedings Against SBI in Electoral Bonds Case
- “Suspicious” IMPS Transactions Worth ₹ 820 Crore Found, CBI Searches On; UCO Bank complained that b/w Nov 10 and 13, 2023 IMPS inward transactions from 14,600 A/Cs of seven private banks wrongly posted in A/Cs of over 41,000 UCO Bank A/Cs
- CBI Busts Ring Trafficking Indians To Russia, Conducts Raids In 7 Cities; some suspects been detained for questioning
- Cole Brauer Becomes First US Woman to Sail Solo Around the World; spent 130 days in the seas; covered 26,000 nautical miles long race that began in Oct off coast of A Coruña, located in Spain
- EU Scientists: Ocean temperatures hit a record high in Feb, with Avg global sea surface temp at 21.06 deg Cel; Feb 2024 Warmest On Record, Global Temperatures “Exceptionally High”
- UN: International patent filings declined in 2023 for the first time in 14 years due to higher interest rates and economic uncertainty, with India among the few countries bucking the trend; UN says 8,565 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2023, making it the deadliest year
- Indian Filter Coffee Ranks No. 2 in List of Top 38 Coffees in the World; List topped by ‘Cuban Espresso’ at No. 1 which consists of a sweetened espresso shot prepared using dark roast coffee and sugar
- IIT Prof: India’s First Flying Taxi to Take Maiden Flight in 7-8 Months at Double the Cost of an Uber Ride; Mumbai: Cable Bridge Connecting Madh and Versova to be Ready in 3 Yrs, BMC Floats Rs1800Cr Tender
- First Time In 92 Years: Ravichandran Ashwin became the 14th India cricketer to play 100 Tests but the first one to do it after celebrating his 37th birthday (Oldest Indian)
- Karnataka Home Minister: Suspect Changed Clothes After Bengaluru Blast, Travelled By Bus; team investigating the blast at ‘The Rameshwaram Cafe’ last week has good leads’
- Union Cabinet Approves AI Mission With Capital Outlay Of ₹ 10,372Cr; aims to set up an ecosystem for the development of the emerging, potentially game-changing, technology
- Madras High Court recently observed that paramount consideration is discipline in the military services and any lenient view will render great organisational disorder
- IndiGo Passenger Gets Seats Without Cushion on Bengaluru-Bhopal Flight, Airline Responds; Delhi HC issues contempt notice to Go First RP; SC upholds NCLAT ruling on sale of Jet Airways’ three aircraft; Airbus gets DGCA nod for H160 helicopter in India
- Servotech Power to set up EV charger components facility at Rs 100Cr investment; India to have 150MN ton coal stock by March-end; Torrent Power bags 306 MW solar project worth Rs 1,540Cr
- Vehicle registrations increase by 13% to two million units in Feb; Passenger vehicles industry to grow up to 9% this fiscal
- Singtel sells 0.8% stake in Airtel to GQG Partners for Rs 5,885Cr; Separate number series for marketing, service calls soon to curb spam; Cash-strapped Vi holds out hope for struggling 5G gear Cos
- South Africa Asks World Court For More Measures Against Israel; “Disgrace For Civilisation”: China Calls For Urgent Gaza Ceasefire; Gaza talks not ‘broken down’, gaps narrowing, Says US ambassador to Israel
- Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora, an influential minority leader, has been sworn in as a provincial minister, making him the first Sikh to occupy a ministerial position in post-partition Punjab
- Nora AlMatrooshi Becomes 1st Arab Woman To Be Trained As Astronaut By NASA; She spent much of her life gazing up at the stars and dreaming of flying to the Moon
- Russia Says It “Neutralized” ISIS Cell Plotting Attack On Moscow Synagogue; Garry Kasparov, Chess Legend, On Russia’s “Terrorists And Extremists” List; Russian Rocket Hits Close To Zelensky, Greek PM
- Fatal ‘Parrot Fever’ Outbreak Claims 5 Lives Across Europe; caused by bacteria belonging to the Chlamydia family, is transmitted through various wild and domesticated birds and poultry
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected field training of troops at a major military operations base in the western region, ordered heightened readiness for war Amid US-South Korea Military Drills
- Today’s Word – Waulk – To full cloth
