NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 31 March – 5 Mins read
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- Union Govt has warned citizens against using phone charging portals at public places such as airports, cafes, hotels, and bus stands
- *Indian Navy Rescues 23 Pak Nationals From Iranian Fishing Vessel Attacked By Pirates in an over 12-hour-long anti-piracy operation_
- Indian-origin teen first to get UK’s life-changing cancer treatment; 16-year-old Thakkar from Watford near London was the first child in UK to benefit from a pioneering CAR T therapy called tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah) thanks to its Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF)
- Three days before SC scrapped scheme, Govt cleared printing of Rs 10,000-cr electoral bonds
- India, US undertake joint exercise as part of ‘Tiger Triumph-24’ in Andhra Pradesh’s Kakinada
- Embarrassing’: Justice Nagarathna on Governors facing litigation from state Govts; also spoke on demonetisation: ‘98% of the currency came back, so where are we in black money eradication?’ Demonetisation helped black money become white money
- ‘Collaborating closely with Cambodia, rescued 250 Indians’: MEA on forced cyber-slavery report
- NCB Goa busts drugs syndicate in Goa, two held for trafficking ‘meth’; learnt that a Rajasthan-based man, J Singh, had come to Goa for a “business trip” to conclude a drug deal in Goa
- President Confers Bharat Ratna On LK Advani, Narasimha Rao, Karpoori Thakur, agronomist MS Swaminathan and Chaudhary Charan Singh
- OpenAI is sharing early results from a test for a feature that can read words aloud in a convincing human voice – highlighting a new frontier for AI and raising the spectre of deepfake risks; Microsoft, OpenAI Plan $100BN Data-Center Project
- Goa police arrested all India Football Federation executive committee member Deepak Sharma for allegedly physically assaulting two women players
- High-end & luxury segment contribute 34% to Q1 2024 residential launches; JSW Steel commissions hot strip mill with 5MN tonnes capacity at Karnataka plant; India’s office market witnesses strong tenant demand; records third-highest net absorption in five years; Unsold homes in 9 cities down 7 pc in last 3 months; 12pc fall in NCR
- Bad bank does two years’ worth of business in one week, buys over Rs 24,000 cr of debt just before FY24 ends
- Four wounded as Israeli strike hits car with UN observers near south Lebanon border; military denies
- US “taking steps” to put fresh visa curbs on Hong Kong officials responsible for cracking down on rights in the Chinese city, days after a new national security law came into force
- Russia Evacuates 5,000 Children From Border Region After Kyiv Attacks; Russia Says Attack Foiled In South Of Country; War-Hit Ukraine Gets $1.5 Billion Funding Tranche Under World Bank Programme
- Huge Crane Put In Place To Clear Baltimore Bridge Debris As Crews Assess Damage days after a cargo ship crashed into it, sending the span crashing into the harbour
- China holds 65th-anniversary celebrations of Tibet takeover in new villages along India, Bhutan borders
- Some of Trump’s allies in Congress already support his 2025 ideas on deportations and Jan. 6 pardons
- Does it give you the right to lecture us’: Guyana President vs BBC journalist on country’s oil reserves and its commitment to climate change mitigation
- United Airlines’ Boeing 787 diverted due to ‘high winds’, seven hospitalised; After severe turbulence was reported, about 25 EMTs and paramedics responded to assess the passengers at the New Windsor airport
- After 13 years of waiting, Bulgaria and Romania are to partially join the Europe’s vast Schengen area of free movement, opening up travel by air and sea without border checks
- IPL 2024: Mohsin, Mayank help Lucknow Super Giants score season’s 1st win, beat Punjab Kings by 21 runs
- Today’s Word – Umbilical – Of, like or pertaining to the navel; related on the mother’s side
