Daily Curated News –159

October 8, 2023 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 8 October – 5 Mins read

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  1. Asian Games 2023: India Finish With Historic 107 Medals; 28 gold medals as well as 38 silver medals and 41 bronze
  2. Cricket World Cup: South Africa Becomes 1st Team Ever To Achieve Sensational Feat (400 + runs 3rd time) In Cricket World Cup History; Aiden Markram smashed the fastest World Cup century off just 49 balls; Quinton De Kock and Rassie van der Dussen also hit 100s beating Lanka by over 100runs; all round BAN beat AFG by 6 wickets
  3. Over 300 Dead In Hamas’ Surprise Land-Air-Sea Attack On Israel; armed wing of Hamas declared it has begun “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood; said it fired 5,000 rockets in the “first strike of 20 minutes; 3 Israelis Taken Hostage, Hamas Group Releases Video; Israeli Troops Still Battling
  4. Hundreds” Of Terrorists, Says Army; PM Modi says India with Israel; Biden Vows “Rock Solid, Unwavering” Support; Israel Declares ‘War’ As 100 Killed in Hamas Attack; India Issues Advisory; Palestinians Say at Least 198 Killed in Gaza in Israeli Retaliation for a Hamas Assault
  5. NMC: A doctor should not use an unusually large signboard and write on it anything other than his name, qualifications, titles, specialty or registration number
  6. 120 Dead, Over 1,000 Injured As 6.3 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Afghan followed by 8 aftershocks with magnitudes between 4.3 and 6.3
  7. Before Covid-19, India Welcomed Nearly 9 Lakh Foreigners a Month. Now, It’s Around 6 Lakh
  8. Air Quality Concerns As Punjab Stubble-Burning Returns Ahead Of Winter; Delhi’s Air Quality Deteriorates, Authorities Enforce Ban on Coal Usage
  9. Western Railway Collects Rs 13.93 Lakh Fine in 3 Days from Ticketless Commuters on Mumbai Local Trains
  10. UP: Deoria Lynching: Victim Had Lodged 17 Complaints in 4 Years, Expressed Threat to Life, Reveals Probe
  11. Chhattisgarh Hospital Faces Flak for Making 8-year-old Boy Hold Grandmother’s Saline Bottle; woman patient can also be seen sitting on a chair instead of lying in a bed when on a drip
  12. Soaring crude prices to hit PSU oil marketing companies profitability; College campuses turn battleground for EV industry’s talent war in India
  13. 2 Trainee Pilots From Mumbai Among 3 Killed In Canada Plane Crash; The two trainee pilots were in a small twin-engined light aircraft, which crashed in a city close to Vancouver
  14. RBI cautions banks on unsecured personal loans; would be “well-advised to strengthen their internal surveillance mechanisms
  15. Cautious optimism’: Experts welcome RBI’s move to continue with pause on repo rate hike; although inflation is expected to remain elevated for longer than anticipated
  16. Inability to hike petrol, diesel prices ahead of 2024 LS polls to weaken OMCs’ profitability
  17. 52nd GST Council meeting: States flag issue of ‘retrospective taxation’ on online gaming firms; tax notices sent for a much higher amount than even the estimated valuation of the gaming industry
  18. Railway Board examining demand for giving one-time option to women drivers, track maintainers to change job category
  19.  Airfares are set to shoot up as one of India’s largest airlines IndiGo has introduced a distance-based “fuel charge” on domestic and international routes
  20. China warned of big waves, heavy rain and strong wind as Typhoon Koinu approaches the southern province of Guangdong and Hainan island
  21. Rishi Sunak has said he hopes to see a de-escalation of the India-Canada diplomatic row in a call with his Canadian counterpart, Justin Trudeau
  22. Ukraine MP Admits “Russia Winning War” | Slow Arms Supply From West Impeding Kyiv’s Counteroffensive
  23. Today’s Word – Fantasticate – To fantasize over something