NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 20 October – 5 Mins read
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- ODI World Cup 2023: Virat Kohli’s 48th ODI Century Guides India To 4th Consecutive Win
- 5-Day-Old Infant’s Organs Give New Lease Of Life To 3 Other Children In Gujarat who received his kidneys and liver
- India Completes Clinical Trials Of World’s 1st Injectable Male Contraceptive; The findings of the phase-III clinical trial, which involved 303 candidates aged 25-40 years, were published in the international open access Andrology journal in Sep 2023
- India got its tallest national flag at the Attari-Wagah border. The 418-foot-high flag is 18 feet taller than Pakistan’s
- Shared Our Deep Concern…”: PM Modi Speaks To Palestinian President; We will continue to send humanitarian assistance; Difficult To Evacuate Indians From Gaza Now says Union Govt; Turkey Says It Has 700 People Awaiting Evacuation
- Palestinians In Besieged Gaza Strip Await Aid Trucks Amid War; Absolutely Support Israel’s Right To Defend Itself”: UK PM; Bidens Israel Trip Ties Him And US To Any Gaza Offensive; Russia Sends 27 Tonnes Of Humanitarian Aid To Gaza
- IIM Calcutta Students’ Average Monthly Stipend For Interns Is ₹ 1.65 Lakh; median stipend went as high as ₹ 1.7 lakh per month
- Mumbai Air Quality Drops To ‘Moderate’, But Is Worse Than Delhi; With the construction going on everywhere and the scorching heat ranging from 34 to 36 Deg
- 20 persons, including four children and 12 women, were rescued from a giant wheel after it developed some technical snag at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi’s outer north; Training Aircraft Crashes Near Village in Pune District; Pilot, 1 More Person Taken to Hospital
- Indian Tax Authorities Are Losing ₹ 2 Lakh Crore Annually; The illegal sports betting market receives an estimated inflow of ₹ 8,20,000Cr per annum from India
- THDCIL, IIT-Delhi ink MoU to further research in green hydrogen, recycling, EVs; JKPCL, RUVNL to purchase 1,000 MW power from SJVN
- Birla Tyres insolvency: NCLT approves joint offer of Himadri Speciality Chemical, Dalmia Bharat Refractories; NCLT approves Tata Steel Long Products’ amalgamation with Tata Steel
- India eases restrictions on laptop, tablet imports; will allow unrestricted imports of laptops and tablets, signaling a departure from its previous stringent stance
- RRTS stations: AI-based baggage scanning system to alert security staff; RAPIDX trains coming Premium coach, lounge and more breathtaking features; Aam Aadmi’s sleeper Vande Bharat trains to be faster, better, luxurious than Rajdhani & Shatabdi
- Granules India gets USFDA nod for generic drug used for short-term treatment of heartburn; Apax, TPG among PE funds in talks to buy Inventia health
- Nokia To Lay Off 14,000 Employees Due To 19% Decline In Sales; drop in numbers is primarily attributed to sluggish sales of 5G equipment in markets like North America; Airtel & Ericsson test RedCap on 5G; India smartphone market fell 3% in Q3, but gradual recovery seen
- Donald Trump Wears A Gloomy Expression At New York Civil Fraud Trial; Pictures and videos of him looking morose and rather unhappy in the courtroom
- Dabur India’s Units Facing Lawsuits In US, Canada Alleging hair Products had caused ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, and other health issues
- EU’s Top Rights Honour, Sakharov Prize which comes with a 50,000-euro endowment, Awarded To Iran’s Mahsa Amini will be handed over in a European Parliament ceremony on Dec 13
- Potentially Deadly Bacteria Spotted In Florida: “Nasty One”; The bacteria is Vibrio that can be found in warm coastal waters. It can cause some fatal infections
- US Lawmakers Reject Trump-Backed Jim Jordan as Speaker, deepening Washington’s leadership crisis amid national security risks
- UK Parking Fees Bring In ₹ 20,000 Crore A Year, London Councils Make The Most; exorbitant parking fees are forcing residents to opt for public transportation instead of using their own vehicles
- Leaked diplomatic communications reveal Pakistan’s financial crisis and allocation of funds for Kashmir propaganda, despite missions struggling for funds
- Today’s Word – Palatine – having royal authority over a region
