NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 20 March – 5 Mins read
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- UN: ‘Planet On The Brink’ as Climate Report Signals Record Heat In Hottest Decade On Record; global mean near-surface temperature in 2023 was 1.45 ± 0.12 °C above the pre-industrial 1850–1900 Avg
- Indian-Origin Professor Pardeep Jhund Leads Oxford University Study Identifying Blood Test for Heart Failure Risk; blood test measuring neuropeptide Y could identify heart failure patients at higher risk of dying, aiding in tailored treatment
- Political Parties’ Bizarre Replies As Poll Body Seeks Electoral Bonds Info – one party seeking its deregistration and another noting that its chief personally donates ₹ 500 once every three months to the party fund
- Sonam Wangchuk: Planning a border march of 10,000 Ladakhi shepherds & farmers soon to highlight the “ground reality” to the outside world
- Delhi was ranked the most polluted capital city in the world four times on the trot starting in 2018; India Ranks 3rd Most Polluted Country in World
- Study finds Limiting mealtimes to a period of just eight hours a day was linked to a 91% increase in risk of death from heart disease
- Study finds Artificial intelligence (AI) can help recognise individuals with anxiety disorders based on their unique brain structure
- Scientists have mapped about 1.3 million of active supermassive black holes in three dimensions, depicting the “largest-ever volume of the universe
- SC Summons Yoga Guru Ramdev, Balkrishna before it in contempt proceedings relating to Patanjali Advertising Case; No Stay On CAA, Top Court Asks Govt To Respond To Petitions In 3 Weeks; “Mockery Of Voters”: SC In Pawar vs Pawar Hearing
- Space Startup Agnikul Ready For Its Sub-Orbital Rocket Launch On Friday; 580KG Agnibaan rocket, will lift off from Sriharikota; in the 1st flight could go only as high as 20KMs above Earth, before plunging down into the Bay of Bengal and may carry 7 kg of payloads
- India has again rejected the “absurd claims” and “baseless arguments” made by China on Arunachal Pradesh, asserting that the northeast State is an “integral and inalienable part of India
- Mumbai: Signal Glitch Hits Local Trains on Western Railway; Causes Overcrowding – operates 1,400 suburban services daily between Churchgate and Dahanu; 30 lakh commuters travel daily
- SpiceJet CMD Ajay Singh ups bid for Go First following banks’ nudge; Canada’s CAE, Akasa Air enter into long-term partnership for training pilots
- Mumbai airport to handle 8 pc more weekly flight movements in summer schedule; Vietnam Airlines increase competition on India route with Airbus A350 aircraft
- AstraZeneca to buy fusion for $2BN; Lens on cos making drugs, supplements in same facility: Pharma body hopeful of a rethink on govt action
- Tata Motors opens fifth registered vehicle scrapping facility; India’s first battery storage gigafactory to start operating by Oct; India’s dependence on LNG imports may fall to 45% in FY26
- Jindal Stainless to supply special stainless steel grade to JBM Auto; CCI approves Ultratech’s acquisition of Kesoram’s cement unit; Adani Electricity aims to instal 8,500 EV chargers in suburban Mumbai
- Grasim Industries raises Rs 1.2k cr from IFC for paints biz; Reliance Power and its parent entity actively settling dues with lender; sShapoorji arm to raise Rs 700 cr through data centre stake sale
- RBI says won’t drop higher risk weights for loans to PSU NBFCs after banks seek easier norms; RBI imposes penalties on DCB Bank, Tamilnad Mercantile Bank
- Israel May Be Using Starvation As ‘Weapon of War’; Israeli forces raid Gazas Al-Shifa hospital, claims to have killed 20 militants; Report claims that famine is now imminent in Northern governates of Gaza; Gaza’s Rafah Operation Would Be “Mistake”: Biden Warns Netanyahu; Hunger Warnings Grow
- China Orders Its Citizens In Singapore To Not Gamble, Intensifies Crackdown On Errants; is a violation of Chinese laws; Hong Kong Lawmakers Pass New National Security Law, Giving Govt More Power to Curb Dissent
- Russia Evacuates Belgorod Over Deadly Shelling, Ukraine Warns Putin’s Buffer Zones Will Escalate War’ 1992 batch IFS officer Vinay Kumar Named India’s New Ambassador To Russia
- Indian Embassy In Kuwait Receives Surge of Inquiries As Nation Announces Amnesty Scheme For Expats
- Flight From Melbourne To Bali Forced To Turn Back After Passenger Bangs On Cockpit Door; When it became clear that the flyer could not be calmed down, pilot announced that the plane would turn back
- US Bus Driver Saves 9 Students Moments Before Vehicle Goes Up In Flames: Courage On Wheels; She turned the bus off, stepped down to street to wait for help and immediately heard a series of booms
- Trump faced having assets seized in a humiliating blow to his carefully cultivated image as a self-made tycoon as his lawyers acknowledged he doesn’t have cash to appeal $464MN fine for fraudulently inflating his wealth
- Today’s Word – Jardon – Callous or swelling on a horse’s leg
