NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 3 Dec – 5 Mins read
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- SC sought EC response on a PIL challenging its decision to increase the maximum number of voters from 1,200 to 1,500 at every polling station, saying no elector should be excluded
- INS Vikrant Fully Operational After Completing Final Clearance; houses 2,200 compartments, designed to accommodate crew of 1,600 (women officers & sailors); Navy Chief Confirms India Tested 3,500-km Range Nuclear-Capable Missile
- Study: Exposure to PM2.5 pollution is linked to higher inflammation levels among pregnant women, which can potentially result in low birth weight and preterm birth
- Large Head People’: Mysterious Ancient Humans With Oversized Brains Discovered – The emergence of the Large Head People raised fundamental questions about human evolution, diversity, and migration patterns
- Indian-Origin CEO Gordon Sanghera Strikes “Significant” UK Pact To Combat Cancer, Dementia; world-first “epigenetic map” of the human genome could lead to breakthroughs in new diagnoses and treatments
- IMD: India is set to experience a milder winter with fewer coldwave days forecast above-normal minimum temperatures during the season
- Cyclone Fengal: Red Alert Issued For Heavy Rainfall In Kerala; 4 Of Family Killed, 3 Trapped In Landslide In Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvannamalai; Buses Swept Away By Flood Waters; Bengaluru, Parts Of Karnataka To Receive Rainfall For Next 2 Days
- Sukhbir Badal Gets Toilet Cleaning Duty From Akal Takht for favouring Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim in the 2015 sacrilege case
- 40 Years After Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Toxic Waste Disposal Continues To Hang Fire despite ₹ 126Cr being given to MP Govt by Union Govt for disposal
- GST On Cigarettes, Tobacco, Aerated Beverages May Be Hiked To 35%; Govt Scraps Windfall Profit Tax On Crude Oil, Petrol, Diesel Exports; Flex office segment on realty cos’ radar as demand surges; Air traffic soars, but fares fail to rise much in 10 years
- TCIL may offload 5-10% stake in Bharti Hexacom; Flipkart Minutes eyes 10-min drug delivery to outpace its rivals; RBI asks banks to bring down inoperative accounts urgently, report their numbers quarterly; Insurers may get to diversify operations beyond core business
- Most of Rs 2,000 banknotes returned; Rs 6,839 cr worth notes still with public; Bajaj Fin may exit credit card partnership with DBS; Peak power demand may rise 5.4-7.8% between Dec & Feb; Hero Electric, Benling India, and Okinawa Autotech raided for Rs 297Cr subsidy fraud
- Putin Shelves World Friendship Games, Russia’s Alternative To Olympics; At $126 Billion, Putin Allocated A 3rd Of Russia’s Budget Solely To Defence
- Advocate Defending Hindu Priest In Bangladesh Attacked, Says ISKCON; Deeply Regrettable: India After Bangladesh Mission Breached In Tripura
- Israel Launches Retaliatory Strikes Against Hezbollah Across Lebanon; Israel Army Tells Gaza Civilians In South To Move To ‘Humanitarian Zone’; “Hell To Pay…”; Trump Fixes Deadline For Hamas To Free Hostages; “Flagrant Violation”: Lebanon Says 2 Killed In Israeli Strikes Despite Truce; “Apocalyptic”: UN Chief On Situation In Gaza Amid Israel-Hamas War
- Biden’s U-Turn On Son Raises Questions About US Justice Dept, Action Against Adani Group
- Musk $55.8BN Tesla Pay Deal Again Rejected By US Judge denying an attempt to restore the pay deal through a shareholder vote
- Georgia’s president, locked in a standoff with her own Govt, appealed to EU nations to confront what she described as a Russian attempt to impose control on her nation; Rocked By Violent Protests Over Russia-EU Divide Within Country
- China said had taken control measures against Philippine ships it accused of illegally gathering near a disputed reef in the South China Sea
- Bleeding Eye” Virus Has Killed 15 In Rwanda So Far; WHO defines Marburg virus disease, formerly known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever, as a severe and often fatal illness in humans
- Today’s Word – Zephyr – A gentle breeze
