NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 13 April – 5 Mins read
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- Global Forest Watch: India Lost 2.33 Million Hectares Of Tree Cover Since 2000 equivalent to a 6% decrease in tree cover
- Study: At coastal locations globally, heatwaves accompanied by an extreme sea level rise in the short-term have significantly increased b/w 1998 & 2017, with the tropics seeing a pronounced increase
- While consuming seafood may be good to boost your Omega-3 levels, eating them more frequently can increase the risk of exposure to a group of industrial chemicals called per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, also known as “forever chemicals”
- IAF’s Nighttime Airlift From Ladakh To Delhi Helps Soldier Get Back Severed Hand Amid Small Window
- UP Police’s order to ensure deployment of cops in saffron attires at the Kashi Vishwanath Dham in Varanasi; Reason people give more weightage to the priest and, hence, it was thought to deploy cops in the attires of priests at the temple
- Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Poll Parties Of 1st Phase Airlifted To Snow-Bound Pockets In J&K’s Kishtwar; to ensure that fake news and misinformation is curbed in time and facts are conveyed to voters on a pro-active basis to steer a “positive narrative; Fresh Violence In Manipur Ahead Of Elections, 2 Injured
- 2 Men Mussavir Hussain Shazeb and Abdul Matheen Taha Who Plotted, Planted Bomb At Bengaluru Cafe Arrested From Bengal Anti-Terror Agency Granted 3-Day Transit Remand Of Accused
- Japan’s MUFG may cut $2b cheque for 20% in HDB Financial Services; As GCC thrives, Broadridge floats plan for India unit; RBI rejects two applications for small finance bank; Japan’s MUFG set to pick 20% stake in HDFC Bank arm HDB Financial for $2BN; Train to Sikkim: Railways completes mining in 10 out of 14 tunnels, sets August 2025 deadline
- Govt sets coal production target of 170 million tonnes for FY25; Hindustan Zinc, VEXL Environ Projects sign pact to set up pilot project for waste management; India can have a $78 billion green hygrogen electrolyzer market by 2050; Neuberg Diagnostics plans to raise $100 million to fund acquisitions
- Passenger vehicle sales reach record high in FY24 up by 8.4%, two-wheeler sales grow by 13%; Stellantis, the maker of Jeep and Citroen brands, plans to make India an EV export hub; Macquarie, Canada Pension are among bidders on India road assets; Domestic air passenger traffic likely touched 15.4Cr in 2023-24
- US Sends Reinforcements To Middle East Amid Fears of Iran Attack On Israel; India Advises Citizens Against Travel To Iran, Israel; Regional Tensions Soar As Israel Preps To Attack Iran; Biden Says He Expects Iran Will Attack Israel “Sooner Than Later”; Lufthansa Stops Using Iran Airspace
- Outflow Of Gazans Into Egypt Would Make Conflict Resolution Impossible; Waterborne Diseases Spread In Gaza Due To Heat, Unsafe Water; Israel Strikes Gaza As Massive Iran Attack Threat Puts Region On Edge; 60 Members Of Gaza Family Killed In Separate Israeli Strikes; “Birds Of Goodness” Deliver 81 Tons Of Aid, Eid Clothing To Northern Gaza
- Five years after a devastating fire, the restoration of Notre-Dame cathedral is nearing completion as the world’s eyes turn to Paris for the Olympic Games
- Japan’s Elderly Population Living Alone To Jump 47% By 2050 underscoring heavy burden the country’s demographic change will exert on its social security system
- Latvia To Give Ukraine 0.25 Per Cent Of Its GDP As Part Of 10-Year Deal; Russian City of Orenburg Calls For Mass Evacuations Due To Rapidly Rising Flood Waters; US Says China Helping Russia In Biggest Defense Expansion Since Soviet Era
- An Election Candidate In UK Was Dismissed. Turns Out He Was Dead; The right-wing political party issued apology after publicly dismissing one of its election candidates for purported inactivity unaware that the candidate had actually died
- ‘Positive Development’: MEA On Reports Of Taliban Restoring Property Rights Of Displaced Hindus, Sikhs
- Three Sailors Stranded On Pacific Atoll Rescued After US Coast Guard Spots Their ‘HELP’ Sign Made Of Palm Leaves
- IPL 2024: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Kuldeep Yadav Star as DC Register Second Win in this season beating LSG with 6 wickets and 11 balls to spare
Today’s Word – Fane – a temple or shrine or a church
