NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 12 December- 5 Mins read
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- One Of the Brightest Stars Betelgeuse to Disappear In “Once In A Lifetime” Event; star has become prominent for its “fluctuating brightness”. Several scientists have also raised concerns that it could explode soon; Geminids Meteor Shower Set To Dazzle Sky On Dec 14
- Article 370 Is History – Supreme Court Backs Scrapping Of J&K Special Status; Can’t Challenge Every Decision…”: SC “Chaos” Warning; Sets Election Deadline for JK by Sep 2024; J&K Didn’t Retain Sovereignty When It Joined Union Of India; J&K Will See Elections As Union Territory, then Get Statehood: Top Govt Sources
- Vishnu Deo Sai’s Oath As Chhattisgarh CM tomorrow, PM To Be Present; In Mizoram 5 BJP, 1 Mizo National Front Chakma Council Member joined ruling ZPM; BJP’s Madhya Pradesh Surprise: Mohan Yadav MLA Ujjain Dakshin Beats Many Known Faces; Narendra Singh Tomar To Be Speaker Of MP
- War Will End When goals are achieved: Israel As Fighting Intensifies Across Gaza; “Hunger Stalks Everyone”: Food Crisis Worsens In Gaza As Attacks Continue; Israel Says Arrested Hamas Operatives “Telling Interesting Things”; US “Concerned” By Reports Israel Used White Phosphorus In Lebanon
- Israeli Shelling Kills Lebanese Village Mayor Hussein Mansour; Israel-Hamas War Tops Google’s ‘Year in Search’ News of 2023; Israel Airdrops 7 Tons of Troop Supplies, Asks North Gazans to Evacuate Urgently
- Union Govt Withdraws 3 Bills On Criminal Laws, Plans To introduce them afresh following various recommendations made by a parliamentary panel
- New Speed Limits On Noida Expressway To Prevent Accidents Due To Fog, heavy vehicles 50Kmph & for lighter vehicles 50Kmph; Foreign tourist arrivals to reach pre-pandemic level by 2024; Hospital industry set to grow at 12% CAGR driven by post-pandemic recovery
- JSW Group, China’s SAIC Motor begin negotiations on royalty fees; BMW India to hike car prices up to 2% from Jan 1 due to rising input costs; Mahindra to launch XUV300 facelift next year, to also get EV version; BluSmart Mobility taps Tata Motors, MG Motor India for 3800 e-cars
- IIT-Kanpur sees 891 offers; Microsoft, RIL, Goldman among top recruiters; 21 students received international job offers; pre-placement offers (PPOs), were extended to 818 students
- Domestic airlines reported 406 instances of aircraft malfunctioning in Jan-Nov 2023 – IndiGo (233) SpiceJet (44) Air India (52) Go First (22), Akasa Air (20), AirAsia (15), Vistara (13), Fly Big (5) BlueDart (2). In 2022, 542 instances of malfunctioning; SpiceJet, IndiGo among 7 airlines owing Rs 95 crore to AAI
- JNU Bans Protests On Campus; Attempt To Stamp Out Dissent, Say Students; Putting up wall posters, staging dharnas within 100 mts of academic buildings can lead to a fine of up to ₹ 20,000 or expulsion
- “End Fossil Fuels”: Indian Protester, 12, Dashes On To The Stage At COP28; Phasing out fossil fuels has been an ongoing debate with 200 countries having joined in trying to resolve the issue; US Climate Envoy Says COP28 “Last” Chance To Keep 1.5 Degree Target Alive
- Inflation set to test upper-limit of RBI’s tolerance band again in Nov; Sensex likely to hit 1-lakh mark by Christmas 2025, says Hiren Ved. These 2 sectors to drive rally; Wall Street closes at fresh 2023 highs as inflation data, Fed eyed; Rajiv Jain-led GQG’s $10 billion India bet has winning picks beyond Adani
- RIL, Disney ready term sheet to merge India operations, Viacom18, which will absorb Star India via a stock swap; BBC World India to rejig shareholding, seeks time till end of FY24 to ensure compliance with FDI norm
- Laptop, PC import curbs for national security, says India to WTO; Spending on mobile services nearly doubles sequentially in Q1 as users upgrade to 4G, 5G; Tata Group company Tejas bags 5G RAN technology in Rs 12Cr deal
- *Indian Bank offers to sell Rs 610Cr bad loans; 53% home loan demand from millennials, Gen Z: Study; Mirae Asset acquires Sharekhan for ₹3,000Cr; RBI says states maintained financial improvement that was made in FY 2021-22 and further in 2022-23; Ahead of India-Asean FTA review: Industry flags spike in import of 38 items_
- *Young Tyrannosaur Feasted on 2 Baby Dinosaurs before Dying; while the adult gorgosaurus attacked and ate very large plant-eating dinosaurs, 75-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals
- A Sikh family from India who was targeted last month in a shooting spree in the Canadian province of Ontario that killed one person was possibly a case of mistaken identity said Cops; Suicide Kits: Canadian Chef Faces Murder Charges for Aiding People Commit Suicide Across 40 Nations
- McDonald’s Apologises After London Security Guard Soaks Homeless Man’s Sleeping Bag; “shocked” and “saddened” by the incident
- Putin Critic Alexey Navalny Missing From Prison After “Serious Health-Related Incident; got dizzy and laid down on the floor; US Delays In Ukraine Aid Fulfil Putin’s “Dreams”, Says Zelensky
- Diamond Ring Worth ₹ 6.7 Crore Lost in Luxury Paris Hotel Found in a Vacuum cleaner; Notably, the valuable ring contains a 6.51-carat diamond and two platinum baguettes
- Today’s Word – Quadrumanous – Of the primates other than man
