NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 16 December- 5 Mins read
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- Lalit Jha, Parliament Breach ‘Main accused’, Sent To 7-Day Police Custody; Opposition Protests MPs Suspension Over Parliament Security Breach; Sagar Sharma smuggled them inside cavities cut into the left sole of custom-made sports shoes
- Police To Make Accused Breach Parliament Again, To Identify Security Flaws; Lalit Jha, Parliament Breach Planner, May Have Burned Key Evidence; Guns, Leaflets & Slogans: Amit Shah Reminds Oppn of ‘Nearly 40 Parl Security Breaches in Past’; Someone Motivated Them, Scope of Probe to be Widened, Say Sources
- CJI asked for a report after an open letter – purportedly by a woman judge in Uttar Pradesh alleging sexual harassment by a senior and requesting permission to kill herself – went viral on social media; Lok Sabha was informed 5Cr cases are pending in various courts of the country, including 80,000 in SC; Why Every Delhi vs Lt Governor Dispute Comes To Us? Asks Supreme Court
- Houthi Rebels In Yemen Hit Cargo Ship In Red Sea Causing Fire; “Must Stop This Terrorism…”: Israel Drops Leaflets In Lebanon Warning Against Hezbollah; Netherlands Can Continue Export Of F-35 Jets To Israel, Rules Dutch Court; Next Phase Of Gaza War Will See Precise Targeting Of Hamas Leaders says US official; 12 Palestinians Killed, West Bank Mosque Desecrated In Israel Raids
- Invisible Silent Killer (diarrhea, dysentery) Stalks Gaza Residents Who Survived Israeli Bombs; US Urges Israel To Scale Down Gaza Offensive As Death Count Mounts; Israel Cancels Mossad chief’s Qatar Trip To Restart Hostage Talks; Gazans Beg For Bread, Pay 50 Times For Food As Aid Deliveries Delayed
- Rs 51.37 Crore Aid Given To Families Of Odisha Train Accident Victims; 1,761 loco pilots failed breathalyser tests in 5 yrs; 8 Road Accident Deaths in Chenab Valley, Pir Panjal Since 2021; 2 of 4 Black Spots on NH-44 Fixed
- “Nothing Changed In 11 Years”: Nirbhaya’s Mother On Crimes Against Women; We got justice with everyone’s cooperation but cases are stuck in the lower court for 10 to 12 years
- Bengaluru has earned the title of “Cake Capital” with a whopping 8.5 million orders for cakes in 2023 on Swiggy; Biryani tops for 8th straight year – India ordered 2.5 biryanis per second; Ind vs Pak match Swiggy clocked 250 Biryani orders per minute
- Maldives Says Won’t Renew Pact With India On Water Survey Of reefs, lagoons, coastlines, ocean currents, and tide levels
- UP BJP MLA Ramdulare Gond Gets 25-Year Jail For Raping Minor, Faces Disqualification; took place in 2014 and the survivor’s brother said the MLA had pressured and threatened the family for over a year after the complaint was filed
- SC told the family of Nikhil Gupta – the man accused by US of conspiring to kill Sikh separatist Pannun – to approach a court in Czech for relief over claims his religious, human rights were violated
- India jumps 18 spots in annual house price movement in Q3-2023; Gurgaon property prices may jump sharply as Haryana govt proposes up to 90% hike in circle rate; India jumps 18 spots to 14th position globally in annual housing price growth
- *Adani Power’s ₹4,100Cr unsolicited offer for Lanco in queue for lenders’ votes; Lodha concludes sales of London projects, exits UK investments completely; Tata Power Solar Systems bags Rs 418 cr order to supply 152 MWp solar modules for NTPC project; NTPC Mining logs 23.22 MMT coal output in FY24 so far; India confirms buying oil from Venezuela after 3 years and US’ leeway&
- Go Air Troubles Mount As Billionaire Backed Airline Nears Shutdown; Air India gets DGCA approval for engineering line maintenance of A350 & A320 aircraft
- JetBlue Plane Scrapes Tail During Take-Off To Avoid Head-On Collision With Another Flight; a quick right-turn after take-off kept the planes from colliding
- Rooms With the View of Burj Khalifa Fireworks Priced Over 18Mn per Night Ahead of New Year; currently offering elegant two-bedroom flats with breathtaking views
- Hungary Blocks 50BN Euros In EU Aid For Ukraine After Membership Talks Agreed; “Nothing Like This In Ukraine”: Putin On Gaza “Catastrophe”
- South Korea’s total population is expected to drop from 51.75 million in 2024 to 36.22 million, a level not seen since 1977; Record-Low Fertility Rate To Fall Further, Warns Govt
- U19 Asia Cup 2023 Semi-final: Ariful Islam Shines As Bangladesh Beat India To Enter Final
- Today’s Word – Umber- brownish red
