Daily Curated News –193

November 11, 2023 0 Comments

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  1. ODI World Cup 2023: ICC Suspends Sri Lanka Cricket Due To Govt Interference’ Parl passed resolution to dissolve board; : Rassie van der Dussen’s 50 and Gerald Coetzee’s Four-fer Secure Victory Over Afghanistan by Five Wickets
  2. Rare Red Aurora Spotted In Ladakh Skies As Geomagnetic Storm Hits Earth; visible towards the northern horizon from 10 pm until midnight, with its intensity peaking around 10:39 pm
  3. “Playing With Fire”: Supreme Court Raps Punjab & TN Governor Over Delay In Bills; urged both the governors to not delay the bills that have been cleared by the elected assembly
  4. At 2+2 Dialogue With US, India Calls For “De-Escalation” Of Raging Middle East Crisis; India, US To Co-Produce Infantry Combat Vehicles; 1 Dead, 20 Injured As Israeli Snipers Shoot At Gaza’s Al-Quds Hospital; Gaza Death Count Rises To 11,078, Says Hamas-Run Health Ministry
  5. _50 Bodies Recovered After Artillery Strikes On School, Says Gaza Hospital; “Found Bombs Falling On Us”: Palestinians Flee Gaza Hospital After Israeli Strike; Hamas Fires Rockets Deep Into Israel, Setting Off Sirens In Tel Aviv; Lebanon’s Hezbollah Says Israeli Fire Kills 7 As Cross Border Violence Flares; 
  6. In Gaza, Prayers, Screams At Hospitals As Anaesthetics, Medicines Run Out_
  7. Qatar, Egypt Leaders Meet To Mediate De-Escalation Of Violence In Gaza; “No Safe Place Left”: Israeli Strike On Gaza’s Biggest Hospital Kills 13; Antony Blinken Says “Much More Needs To Be Done” To Protect Gaza Citizens; Pro-Palestine Protesters Block UK Defence Factory Over Arms Sales To Israel; “A Body Every Hour”: Israel’s Deadliest Attack In West Bank Since 2005
  8. Rajasthan’s Smallest Polling Booth in the village known as Badmer Ka Paar, Has Just 35 Voters, All Members Of 1 Family
  9. Chandrayaan-3 Top Scientist Dr P Veeramuthuvel To Give Away 2 Years’ Salary (24 Lakhs) To Alma Mater
  10. Kerala Court Jails Thomas Samuel, 63, For 109 Years For Raping Girl He Adopted; will have to serve a total of 20 years in prison as his sentence will run concurrently; also imposed penalty of ₹ 6.25 lakh
  11. Delhi HC: Marriage Between Survivor, Accused No Reason To Close Rape Case; charges against him were “serious in nature
  12. TN: In Chennai, Frustrated At Deity For Not Answering Prayers, Chennai Man identified as J Murali Krishnan Throws Bomb At Temple; no one was injured and nothing was damaged
  13. UP Doctor Implanted Sub-Standard Pacemakers while charging as much as nine times the cost of a standard one, Over 200 Patients Affected
  14. Rain Hits Parts Of Delhi, Temp 7 Degrees Below Season’s Average; J&K Highway, Mughal Road Closed For Traffic After Fresh Snowfall; 200 vehicles are stranded at various places enroute; No Odd-Even Rule For Now As Air Is Cleaner say Delhi Govt
  15. *Air India ordered 470 aircraft set to receive a new aircraft every six days over the next 18 months; 
  16. Railways ply 1,700 special trains to ease festival rush*
  17. Govt approves DPRs of 2 SJVN projects in Arunachal Pradesh worth Rs 40,000Cr; Govt identifies high fleet emission levels in major car makers; stiff penalties recommended; Power units with fuel linkage under Shakti plan get sales flexibility
  18. 3M India board approves arrangement for healthcare business; Torrent, Zydus in co-marketing pact for liver disease drug Saroglitazar; Health Secretary urges expanded hospitals network for air pollution surveillance
  19. With rupee at new low, RBI seeks explanation from Refinitiv post FX market trading glitch; Amid concerns over delinquencies, public sector banks assure Govt ‘small loans not a systemic risk; Automobile, appliances & consumer goods cos witness high double-digit growth on Dhanteras
  20. Pak Fisherman Haji Baloch, Becomes Millionaire Overnight After Selling Rare Golden Fish or “Sowa” in the local dialect from the Arabian Sea at 70MN
  21. ICBI US unit had been hit by a cyberattack, rendering it unable to clear swathes of US Treasury trades after entities responsible for settling the transactions swiftly disconnected from the stricken systems; Gang Behind Cyberattack Hacked 1,000 Victims
  22. South Korea Declares War on Bedbugs as Pests Take over Homes and Trains; allocated £312 million (almost ₹ 2 Cr) and formed a special team to tackle the issue
  23. Taiwan’s plan to hire as many as 100,000 Indians to work at factories, farms and hospitals could further fuel China’s anger; Philippines, China Tussle in South China Sea Again, Beijing Accused of Harassing Poor Fishermen
  24. Big Win for Prince Harry as Court Rejects Two UK Newspapers’ Plea to Have Case Thrown Out
  25. Today’s Word – Lambrequin – Drapery over a window or doorway; veil over a helmet