Daily Curated News –203

November 21, 2023 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 21 November- 5 Mins read

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  1. Tunnel Nightmare Stretches To Day 9: Trapped Workers to Get Solid Food As Drilling of Lifeline Pipe Completed; Uttarakhand Govt To Bear Travel Expenses Of Relatives Of Trapped Workers; Two New Tunnels And A Vertical Shaft: New Plan To Rescue Trapped Workers
  2. IAF soon after receiving info about the sighting of an unidentified flying object near Imphal airport, scrambled its Rafale fighter aircraft to search for them
  3. OpenAI’s New CEO  Emmett Shear Vows To Probe Sam Altman’s Abrupt Exit, Reform Management; Microsoft signs Sam Altman, Greg Brockman to lead advanced AI research, says Nadella; “Nothing Without Its People”: OpenAI Workers Campaign Amid Sam Altman Saga
  4. First Field Hospital Enters Gaza Strip Since Israel-Hamas War Began; Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar Who Tricked Israel Is Top Target For Assassination; 29 Premature Babies Evacuated From Gaza Hospital Arrive In Egypt; 12 Including Wounded Patients Killed In Israeli Strike On Gaza Hospital
  5. World Must Act Urgently To “Quickly Cool Down” Situation In Gaza says China; Not Just Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza Hospitals are Under Increasing Attack by Israel Forces
  6. 25 Boats Turn To Ash, Navy Called In After Fire At Visakhapatnam Harbour; YouTuber’s Fight With Rivals May Have Sparked fire
  7. Drugs, Cash, Liquor Worth Over ₹ 1,760 Crore Seized In 5 Poll Bound States; Over 7 times seizures made in the previous assembly elections in these states in 2018
  8. India-UK Free Trade Agreement Faces Hurdle Over Medical Devices; Huge potential is there in the medical devices sector in India, as it imports about 80% of its requirement
  9. Assam Transport Minister Parimal Suklabaidya Bikes Across State To Spread Road Safety Awareness; The rally, which began on World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, is called ‘Path Suraksha Jan Andolan
  10. Bengaluru: Woman, 9-month-old Baby Electrocuted After Stepping On Live Wire in Whitefield; 5 Officials Suspended, 2 Issued Show Cause Notice
  11. Madras HC Upholds TN Govt’s Order to Grant Incentive Marks to Govt Doctors Who Performed Covid-19 Duty
  12. Trai recommendation on satcom spectrum, other subjects after Chairperson appointment; Apple aims to hit ₹1 lakh crore iPhone production milestone from India by March 2024
  13. Court asks Railways to pay Rs 15,000 compensation to passenger for non-working ACs, fans in Garib Rath; India’s domestic air passenger traffic touches record high on Nov 19
  14. Future of coal is bright in India; technologies to help sustainable extraction of dry fuel; L&T bags order in Middle East valued between Rs 10,000-15,000Cr; Demand for coal increases during second half to 424 MT
  15. India to become world’s second-largest solar module producer by 2025; ReNew posts Rs 377Cr net profit in Sep qtr; eBikeGo seeks USD 20 mn in funding for tech upgrade, expansion
  16. Karnataka Bank inks pact with HDFC Life to distribute life insurance products; RBI directs Reliance Capital’s acquiring company IIHL BFSI to maintain arm’s length distance from IndusInd parent
  17. 75 Myanmar Soldiers Who Fled to Mizoram Following the recent fights between the rebel groups and military junta Sent Back Home; Mizoram police, Assam Rifles have deployed adequate security along the bordering areas
  18. Pentagon Chief’s Surprise Visit To War-Hit Ukraine To Reinforce US Support; provided $40BN of security aid to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion and pledged to back Kyiv for “as long as it takes; “Need New Level Of Support”: Zelenskiy Sacks Military Medical Commander
  19. First Known Case Of ‘Zombie Deer Disease’ Found In US Park; ‘Zombie Deer Disease’ is a contagious and fatal illness that affects cervids, a group of animals – (deer, elk, caribou, reindeer, and moose)
  20. Scare For 140 Crew Members As Royal Navy’s Nuclear Submarine Sinks To “Danger Zone”; submarine was preparing to go on patrol duty when dials indicating its depth stopped working
  21. 1,000 Rohingya Refugees Arrive by Boat in Indonesia’s Aceh Region in One Week; More Than 400,000 Afghans Return Home from Pakistan Following Crackdown on Migrants
  22. UK Gives Historic Nod to Gene Editing Tool for Blood Disorders, High Costs & Long Wait May Limit Indians’ Access
  23. Earthquake of Magnitude:4.1, Occurred on 21-11-2023, 00:03:14 IST, Lat: 35.07 & Long: 63.38, Depth: 73 km, Location: Afghanistan
  24. Political veteran Joseph Boakai with 50.64% declared winner of Liberia’s presidential election, beating incumbent George Weah 49.36%; Boakai won with only a 20,567-vote margin
  25. Today’s Word – Valse – Dance in triple time; waltzu