NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 18 March – 5 Mins read
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- In a daring 40-hour operation, the Indian Navy on Saturday coerced 35 Somali pirates to surrender and rescued 17 crewmembers held hostage on a hijacked ship
- AIIMS-Delhi Performs 1st Dual Kidney Transplant On Patient Under Dialysis; Donor 78yr Old Woman & Recipient 51yr Old Woman
- Delhi HC Gives Union Govt ‘Last Opportunity’ To Frame Policy On Online Medicine Sale; Govt asked some time to frame a policy on online sale of medicines on grounds that issue was “complex” and any modification in the manner of sale of drugs would have far-reaching consequences
- Union Govt Firefight After Foreign Students In Gujarat Attacked; Gujarat University Plans “Sensitivity” Drill For Foreigners Amid Namaz Row
- India, Maldives Hold 3rd Core Group Meet Over Withdrawal Of Troops; deployment of Indian civilian technical personnel to enable the continued operation of Indian aviation platforms
- Only 10 parties disclose electoral bonds; BJP Received ₹ 6,986Cr Through Poll Bonds, Highest Among All Parties; Biggest Electoral Bonds Purchaser Is Top Donor (509Cr) to DMK
- 259 roads, including 5NH closed for vehicular traffic in Himachal Pradesh following snow and rain in recent days with the local MeT office cautioning of fresh disturbance
- Flipkart To Pay Man ₹ 10,000 For Harassment After Cancelled iPhone Order; As per the complainant, a Dadar resident, he ordered an iPhone from Flipkart on July, 10 2022, paid ₹ 39,628 using credit card
- Odisha: Behrampur’s First Feline Show Spotlights Zimba Cat Valued at Rs 1.5 Lakh
- Adani Group Plans To Invest ₹ 1.2 Lakh Crore In Portfolio Companies In FY25; Govt seeks bids for electrolyser manufacturing under SIGHT; Regional airline FLY91 expects to have 350 staff in first year of operations
- Top auto companies seek to introduce one electric car a month in next 2 years; Kerosene consumption falls sharply by 26 % CAGR during FY14-23, according to Govt data
- Mother Dairy to invest Rs 750Cr to set up two dairy, fruits and vegetables processing plants; Public sector banks told to spell out 3-year business plans by March-end
- Netanyahu Says US Senate Leader’s Call For Fresh Israel Elections Inappropriate; Israel To Push Ahead With Rafah Offensive Despite “Pressure; To Commemorate Oct 7 As National Remembrance Day; Aid Trucks Reach Northern Gaza As Israel, Hamas Consider Truce Talks; “In The Name Of Humanity…”: WHO Appeals To Israel To Stop Planned Assault On Rafah
- Trump Warns Of “Bloodbath” If He’s Not Elected – remark coming in the middle of comments about threats to the US auto industry, Joe Biden Responds
- Thousands Turn Up At Russian Polling Stations For “Noon Against Putin” Protest; Others had vowed to scrawl the name of late opposition leader Navalny, who died last month, on their ballot paper; Ukraine Modifies Soviet-Era Tu-143 ‘Reys’ Into Lethal Kamikaze Drones To Wreak Havoc In Russia
- Afghan: 21 people were killed and 38 injured in Helmand province when a bus collided with an oil tanker and a motorbike
- China’s Gen-Z Consumers Are Increasingly Investing In ‘Gold Beans; only weigh approxi one gram and are priced between 400 and 600 RMB (Rs 5,209 and 7,814) per unit
- Niger Junta Revokes Military Cooperation With US, Eyes Strong Russian Ties To Counter Terrorism; presence of US troops in Niger “is illegal and violates all the constitutional and democratic rules
- Maldives Prez Muizzu Pledges To Strengthen Military But Rivals Question ‘Overpriced’ Defence Deals; Ballot Boxes for Malvides’ Elections to Be Placed in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia
- Biden campaign has amassed $155M in cash on hand for 2024 campaign and raised $53M last month
- Today’s Word – Hamartia – Flaw in a character leading to his downfall
