NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 22 November- 5 Mins read
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- Tunnel Nightmare Day 10: Sufficient Water, Oxygen Inside; “Will Reach You Soon”: Words Of Hope For 41 Workers who first visuals were seen After 10 Days; “I Am Fine Maa , Please Eat On Time”: Trapped Worker’s Message From Tunnel
- India Donates $2.5MN To UN Agency For Palestinian Refugees; Palestinian sources, mediator Qatar – Hamas Could Free 50 Hostages In 4-5 Days In Deal; truce in the Gaza war is ‘close’; 2 Premature Babies At Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital Died Before Evacuation; Biden Aide In Israel As US Doesn’t “Want To See War Escalate”, IDF Wary Of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force?
- “A Perfect Storm For Tragedy”: UN On Worsening Sanitation Services In Gaza; 2 Journalists Among 4 People Killed In Israeli Strikes In Lebanon; Israeli Forces Attack 250 Hamas Targets In Gaza In 24HRS; UN Expresses Deep Concern After Houthis Seize India-Bound Ship In Red Sea; Israel Marks 26/11 Mumbai Attacks by Adding Pak-Based Lashkar-e-Taiba to Its Terror List
- Perils of Monopoly: Flyers Allege They Were Deboarded As Only 8 Were On Flight. IndiGo Replies passengers could not board their flight due to a “lack of time” and apologised for inconvenience
- UN: World Headed For Nearly 3 Deg Warming If Steps Not Taken; Countries need to cut emissions by 28% to limit global warming to 2 deg Cel & by 42% to meet 1.5 degrees Celsius goal
- President Murmu Flags Off 3 Trains In Odisha, Express Train To Native Village, First In 112 Years; Takes Ride; L&T sets up skills training institute in her hometown
- SC to Delhi & Punjab Govt: “This is the most polluted Nov in six years… the problem is known (and) it is your job to control stubble burning. Court’s job is not to tell how you to do it. Its job is to make you do your job”; farmer is being made a villain… and he is not being heard from. He must have some reason to burn this stubble.”
- ED issued a notice to Byju’s, asking it to pay ₹ 9,000Cr for allegedly violating foreign funding laws; Byju denied receiving any such communication from ED
- Arbitral award dispute: HC asks SpiceJet MD Ajay Singh to appear in Jan; Naveen Jindal group firm Jindal Power decides not to bid for GoFirst; Air India plane en route to New York suffers technical issue; returns to Mumbai
- Study: Tofacitinib, a commonly used drug to treat rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis, shown promising results in treating alopecia areata (AA), a condition characterized by sudden hair loss in circular patches
- Consulate Expansion, Direct Flights, University Campus: Many Firsts In India-Australia Ties; India, Australia Vow To Deepen Economic, Security Ties At 2+2 Dialogue
- ICMR: “We found no evidence of a positive association of COVID-19 vaccination with unexplained sudden death among young adults; Blame Alcohol, Family History, Drugs, Workout
- Rs 1 Crore Fine On Every Product If…”: Supreme Court Warns Patanjali; asked them not to publish misleading claims and advertisements against modern systems of medicine
- Grand Wedding Season Anticipates Nearly ₹ 5 Lakh Cr Business; marks a significant increase from 2022 trade, which amounted to ₹ 3.75 lakh Cr for 32 lakh weddings during the same period
- Trai DND app to be compatible with all Android phones by March 2024; Bharti Airtel-backed OneWeb gets regulatory OK to launch satcom services in India
- RIL to invest Rs 20K Cr in West Bengal on 5G, retail, energy; Plans afoot to build strategic natural gas reserve; CONCOR ties up Indraprastha Gas to explore possibility of LNG/LCNG infra at terminals; Domestic power demand to grow by 7 pc in FY24: Fitch
- TruCap Finance aims to achieve gold loan AUM of Rs 700Cr in current FY; Govt cancels bid for appointing asset valuer for IDBI Bank, fresh RFP to be issued; PE/VC investments decline to $3.4BN in Oct; Sidbi, NSIC subsidiary to back startup fund Sorin
- Microsoft Appoints Aparna Gupta As Global Delivery Centre Leader; joined 6 years ago as the India lead for Commercial Software Engineering (now ISE)
- India To Finalise Deal With Tesla To Import EVs from next year, Set Up Plant within 2 years; Tata Motors commences sales of commercial vehicles in Thailand; CV set for heavy-duty FY24 sales, revenue expected to rise 30%
- Javier Milei is a former rock band member, former tantric coach, someone who allegedly takes advice from his dogs and now the president-elect of Argentina
- Stopped Ukraine’s Landing Operation In Occupied Kherson, Claims Russia; Maidan Square Protest Was “First Victory” In War With Russia says Zelensky; Ukrainian Sniper Breaks World Record After Killing Russian Soldier From 3.8 km Away
- Tesla Flies Over Swimming Pool, Crashes Into US Home After Driver, 70, Loses Control; no arrest and there is no evidence the driver was under the influence
- Today’s Word – Waster – Wooden sword used for practicing fencing
