NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 1 October – 5 Mins read
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- Asian Games 2023: India Beat Pakistan In Squash And Hockey On Medal-Filled Day; won 38 medals, comprising 10 gold, 14 silver, and 14 bronze; eye at first-ever gold in Badminton; Sarabjot Singh, Divya Thadigol Claim Silver In 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Event; Gold in Tennis
- Study finds Climbing 50 Stairs A Day Can Significantly Reduce Heart Disease Risk; people who were less sensitive to cardiovascular disease had a lower risk when they climbed more stairs each day
- ISRO: India’s mission to the Sun Aditya-L1 has left the “sphere of Earth’s influence” by travelling 9.2 lakh kilometres
- With Devastating Floods & Long Lean Patches, India’s Monsoon Ends With Below Normal Rains in El Niño Year
- MP Cops took extraordinary amount of effort to crack the Ujjain rape case; extremely difficult to find links to the accused – Bharat Soni; Scanned Footage from 700 Cameras, Interrogated Hundreds
- Indian Diplomat Stopped From Entering UK Gurdwara By Khalistani Extremists; Disgraceful says India; Scotland Cops Launch Probe After Indian Diplomats Not Allowed; K-Group’s Protest in Surrey Gurdwara Today; India Says ‘Let’s Not Normalise What’s Happening in Canada
- US Congress’ Go-Ahead To Stopgap Funding Bill Averts Govt Shutdown; crisis largely triggered by a small group of hardline Republicans who had defied their own party leadership to scupper various temporary funding proposals as they pressed for deep spending cuts; House members voted 335-91 to approve a funding measure meant to keep the Govt running for another 45 days
- Afghanistan Ceases Embassy Ops In India, citing “lack of support” from Indian Govt; its inability to meet expectations in serving Afghan interests, and a shortage of staff and resources
- Indian Railways utilised 59% of its total capital expenditure in 1st six months of FY2023-24; Rlys introducing the ’14 minutes of miracle’ concept for speedy cleaning of trains from Oct 1
- Dr Sangay Bhutia (40) allegedly attacked with a knife by a person at her clinic in west Delhi’s Tagore Garden Extension area; has multiple stab injuries; Prima facie, no angle of robbery found
- Lord Jagannath Owns 60,822 Acres In Odisha, 6 Other States; temple lodged 974 encroachment cases in different tehsils of state to remove illegal encroachments
- Lt General Raghu Srinivasan Takes Over As Border Roads Organisation Chief; alumnus of NDA, Khadakwasla & IMA, Dehradun; commissioned into the Corps of Engineers in 1987
- Manipur Suspect Arrested For “Conspiring” With Terrorists From 2 Nations; Manipur BJP Unit Writes To Party President, Flags ‘Public Anger’ Amid Fresh Violence
- NIA chargesheeted sole accused in the Kerala train arson case that left three persons, including a child, dead and nine injured in April; Accused Followed Pak-Based Islamic Preachers
- 3.1 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Assam’s Dhubri, No Deaths Reported; earthquake of magnitude 3.0 jolted Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district
- Assam and Meghalaya are on verge of finalising the actual boundary lines in the first six areas of difference as part of the ongoing process to resolve border disputes
- Himachal Announces ₹ 4,500 Cr Package To Aid Disaster-Hit People; Delhi Lt Governor Okays ₹ 10Cr For Himachal’s Disaster Fund Donation
- A passenger was detained for allegedly “misbehaving” and “locking himself” inside a bathroom onboard an Indigo Hyderabad-Patna flight following a complaint against him by the crew
- Hyundai Ioniq 5 outsells 2023 target in 9 months, OEM prepares for some “catching up” in the EV game; Vehicle sales set to touch a new high in Apr-Sep period
- AstraZeneca gets CDSCO approval for preventive therapy for respiratory syncytial virus; Investment of Rs 6k Cr approved by Govt under PLI scheme for pharma, medical devices sectors
- Australia’s southeast sweltered in a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires, prompted authorities to issue fire bans for large swaths of New South Wales state
- Apple Identifies Issues Causing Overheating In iPhone 15 including a bug in the iOS 17 software which will be fixed in an upcoming update
- New York Flood: Videos Show Streets, Subways, Vehicles Submerged Due to Record-breaking Rains; City starts to dry out
- Pro-China candidate Mohamed Muizzu won presidential election in the Maldives, a result set to once again upend the archipelago’s relationship with traditional benefactor India
- Rishi Sunak Under Pressure Over Taxes Ahead Of 1st Tory Conference As PM; heads to Conservative Party’s conference this weekend; aim of convincing Britain he can win UK’s next general election; 13 Tories Prepare Silent Bids to Take over UK PM Rishi Sunak’s Role if He Loses Next Elections
- Today’s Word – Yautia – Root crop of the West Indies like a yam
