NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 13 October – 5 Mins read
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- ODI World Cup 2023: Dance And Flowers – Pak Cricket Team’s Grand Welcome In Ahmedabad Ahead Of Clash Against India; Marcus Stoinis Left Stunned As Controversy Erupts Over His Dismissal; De Kock 100 & Rabada 3wickets helped Proteas demolish Aussies by 134 runs
- UK Navy to send warships to East Mediterranean, begin air patrols over Israel in show of support; 2 injured in attack at Jerusalem, ambulances rush to site; Syria’s 2 Main Airports Damascus, Aleppo Out Of Service After Simultaneous Israel Strikes; Israeli Artillery Firing On Gaza Every 30 Seconds As War Escalates
- Israel PM Meets Blinken, Vows to ‘Crush Hamas Like ISIS’; IDF Admits Military ‘Failure’; Trump called Hezbollah “smart” and criticized Israel’s defense minister; White House says it is “Dangerous & Unhinged”; 1,354 Killed In Gaza Strip, Over 6,000 Injured says Hamas As War Escalates
- Study: avoidable sight loss costs India $27 billion per year in lost productivity. The Indian economy loses more to avoidable sight loss than any other country bar China and the US
- Gujarat Man Rameshbhai Rupareliya Produces One-Of-A-Kind Ghee Priced At Rs 2 To 6 Lakh Per Kg; Following ancient scriptures, various herbs and medicinal plants are incorporated into this ghee, elevating its value
- Electricity Demand For AI Could Surpass That Of Several Countries By 2027; For example, ChatGPT could cost 564 MWh of electricity a day to run
- In yet another ‘Peak Bengaluru’ incident, a passenger was shocked after he discovered the his auto driver was the Chief Growth Officer at Juspay
- SC Refuses to Grant Divorce to Octogenarian Couple, ‘Respects’ Wife’s Plea to ‘Not Die a Divorcee’; Termination of Pregnancy: We Can’t Kill Child, Says SC; Stresses Need to Balance Rights of Unborn Baby & Mother’s Autonomy; Bilkis Bano Case: SC Asks Union Govt, Gujarat to Place Record of Remission Granted to Gangrape Convicts
- Kerala: 70-yr-old Labourer Stung by Wasps Dies, 7 Other NREGA Workers Injured; incident took place when a group of 23 workers were carrying out cleaning activities in the area
- Bihar Train Accident: ‘Fault in Tracks’ Likely Cause of North East Express Derailment, Says Preliminary Probe
- JLR sales grow two-fold to 2,356 units; co delivers best-ever H1 performance; Relief for Hero MotoCorp’s Pawan Munjal till Dec 6 as Delhi court stays proceedings based on FIR
- Union Govt opposes Priority Hearing On Key Laws Being Passed As Money Bills; related to validity of passage of laws like the Aadhaar Act as money bills, saying priority cannot be decided on the basis of “political exigencies
- India’s Cyber Agency Issues High Severity Warning For Google Chrome; affected are “Chrome versions prior to 118.0.5993.70/.71 for Windows, Chrome versions prior to 118.0.5993.70 for Mac and Linux; could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and cause denial of service condition on targeted system
- First Ship Berths At Kerala’s Deep Sea Vizhinjam Port; named Zhen Hua 15 began its journey from China at the end of August; Rains Batter Several Parts Of Kerala, Alert Issued In 6 Districts
- Rajasthan Tops List Of States With Retail Inflation Above National Average (6.53%), followed by Haryana (6.49%), Karnataka (6%), Telangana (5.97%) and Odisha (5.87%); inflation is below the RBI comfort level of under 6% after two months
- Delhi High Court Commutes Batla House Convict’s Death Penalty (in which decorated Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma died) To Life Term
- Delhi: Woman Stabbed By Lover Gaurav Pal She Was Avoiding; seen inside a cab with blood all over the upper part of her body; Cab Driver Helps Catch Accused with the help of others; arrested on spot
- Australia-Bound Flight Escorted Back To Singapore By Fighter Jets After Bomb Threat; After police finished their security checks, the male passenger was arrested for criminal intimidation
- Reserve Bank of India slaps Rs 5.39 crore penalty on Paytm Payments Bank; Bank of Maharashtra by 10 bps
- Govt opens 12th city gas bid round; Govt expands CNG retailing with bidding round in J&K, Northeast; IEA cuts forecast for growth in oil demand in 2024; no impact of Israel war yet
- US School Aired Horror Movie Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood’ For 4th grade Students, Left Them Traumatized; A mother of a student claimed that the teacher did not stop the movie despite the fact that some scenes made students evidently uncomfortable
- Putin Visits Kyrgyzstan On His First Foreign Trip Since Court Arrest Warrant; US Issues First Sanctions Over Russia Oil Price Cap
- Today’s Word – Gambado – Bound or spring of a horse; fantastic movement
