NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 22 October – 5 Mins read
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- ODI World Cup 2023: South Africa inflict record ODI defeat on England by a mammoth 229 runs; Sri Lanka Get Their 1st Win Defeating Resilient Netherlands Thanks to 91 From Sadeera Samarawickrama; Big Blows For India? Star Suffers Wrist Injury, Another Stung By Bee Ahead Of New Zealand Match
- Gaganyaan’s First Unmanned Flight Test Successful After Initial Glitch; ground computer detected non-conformance; identified, corrected quickly; vehicle went slightly above the speed of sound, before it initiated the crew escape system.”Gaganyaan Crew Module Recovered, All Data Looks Good
- Qatar Says Mediation Will Lead To Release Of Hamas Hostages “Very Soon”; “World Must Do More”: UN Agencies Say Gaza Situation ‘Catastrophic’; Hamas Says Israel Declined To Take 2 More Hostages It Intended To Release; US, EU “Forging A United Front” To Tackle Wars In Gaza, Ukraine; At Cairo summit, Arab leaders express growing anger over war
- London’s ‘March For Palestine’ draws 100,000 demanding ceasefire; Gaza Children Traumatised By Bombardment, Ground Offensive Looms; Israel Steps Up Bombing After Gaza Receives Aid, Attacks West Bank Mosque; Says It Killed Hamas “Terror Operatives” In Jenin Mosque Air Strike
- Pentagon: Following Galwan clashes, China ramped up troop presence, infra along LAC in 2022; No progress in talks so far, both sides fear losing perceived advantage
- Cyclone Tej Likely To Turn Into Severe Cyclonic Storm Today; likely to cross between Al Ghaidah (Yemen) and Salalah (Oman); Hurricane Norma Makes Landfall In Mexico, Brings Heavy Rain, Floods
- Delhi Air Quality Worsens, Stage 2 Of Union Govt Anti-Pollution Plan Invoked; 1.6 Lakh Vehicles Fined In Delhi For Pollution-Check Violations
- Delhi-bound Akasa Flight Makes Emergency Landing At Mumbai Airport After Passenger Claims ‘Bomb in Bag’; flight departed after the bomb claim turned out to be a hoax
- Punjab To Rope Social Media Influencers to “harness their potential to narrate rich stories of its culture, heritage, and governance initiatives to audiences across India
- Coal PSU NLC targeting 17 GW capacity by 2030, to invest Rs 82,700Cr; GOCL gets Rs 766Cr order from Coal India; NCLAT orders status quo on Sarda Energy & Minerals Ltd (SEML)’s bid to take over SKS Power Ltd
- Supply-side inflation pressures in core sectors will need more policy responses says Member of MPC; RBL Bank posts 46% increase in 2nd quarter profit; RBI approves intl banker Ashok Vaswani’s appointment as Kotak Mahindra Bank CEO & MD
- As demand for refurbished IT hardware surges, laptop companies click on reboot plan to sell used devices; India to host the world’s largest textiles event, Bharat Tex 2024; Delhi govt extends policy meant for electric vehicles till Dec 31
- An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 struck the Nepal-India border region at a depth of 14 km
- Pakistan’s ex-PM Nawaz Sharif back from self-exile ahead of elections; seeking a political comeback; expected to lead a rally in his hometown, Lahore, where supporters decorated the city with green and yellow party banners, posters and flags; Vows to Build ‘Good Ties’ With India, Says Pak Wants to Resolve Kashmir Issue
- Airbnb Host’s “Nightmare”: Pregnant Woman ‘Homeless, In ₹ 2 Crore Debt’; The woman revealed that they had a guest staying for a month who damaged her home
- US: A 26-year-old White man has been arrested, charged with a hate crime in the US for attacking a Sikh teenager on a bus here for wearing a turban
- Vivek Ramaswamy Pushes Israel-Type Iron Dome In “Badly Vulnerable” US; believes such a system is essential for homeland defence, given the advanced missile capabilities of countries like Russia
- New Zealand crush Argentina to reach record fifth Rugby World Cup final; 44-6 rout of Argentina sends All Blacks into final, where they will play either defending champs South Africa which pulls off great escape 16-15 at the death to beat England
- PV Sindhu In Verbal Duel With Carolina Marin In Ill-Tempered Denmark Open Match, Both Shown Yellow Cards
- Today’s Word – Ramentum – Chaffy scale on plants
