NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 18 December- 5 Mins read
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- In A First, Delhi Army Hospital Conducts Bone Marrow Transplant For 7-Year-Old; Master Sushant Paudel was diagnosed with ARPC1b, a very rare form of immunodeficiency at one year of age
- Parliament Breach: Police Recover Pieces of Burnt Phone, Charges of Evidence Destruction to Be Added; Accused Considered Self-Immolation As An Option; Security head’s post vacant for over 45 days, 40% staff shortage at other levels
- Akash Missile System Destroys 4 Targets During Air Force Exercise; India became the first country to have such a capability using a single firing unit
- Trains, Flights Hit After Heavy Rain In Tamil Nadu, More Showers Predicted; Thiruchendur 60 cm of rain in just 15 hours. Palayamkottai 26 cm. Meanwhile, Kanyakumari saw 17.3 cm; Rains to continue
- Army Rescues 60 Tourists Stranded In Kashmir’s Gulmarg; dip in temperature due to snowfall left the tourists stranded; Biting Cold In Himachal, Lahaul Spiti Shivers At -7.6 Deg; No Cold Wave Expected In Northwest India For 2-3 Days; Kashmir’s Gulmarg Turns Into A Winter Wonderland After Fresh Snowfall
- Let Them Kill Us All”: Gaza Hospital In Rubble After Israeli Withdrawal; Israel Takes Over 1,000 Captives In Gaza, Steps Up Strikes despite growing international calls for a ceasefire and pleas from desperate relatives to bring home the remaining hostages; Hamas Must Review All Its Policies Once War Ends: Top Palestinian Official
- UN Security Council To Vote On New Call For Urgent Ceasefire In Gaza; Israel, Hamas Open To Renew Truce But Obstacles Remain; Israel Opens Aid Crossing To Gaza While Stepping Up Offensive; They “Murdered” Him: Israeli Hostage’s Brother Slams Army; Mobile, Internet Services Partially Restored In Besieged Gaza; “Biggest Hamas Tunnel” With 4-Km Long Network Found Under Gaza, Says Israel
- Singapore Urges Mask-Wearing as Covid-19 Cases Surge; Majority of Cases are JN.1 Variant; Variant Reported in Kerala too
- Principal Thrashes Students For Failing To Recite Prayer Properly, Lacking Sanskrit Proficiency; 20 students who were in classes 1 to 4 were physically abused by the principal, a woman
- ‘Cops Forcing Me…’: Thane Influencer Makes Shocking Allegations, Demands Attempt To Murder Charge Against Bureaucrat’s Son who is now under arrest
- Xi Jinping Will Not Forget June 16 Any Time Soon’: Ex-Army Chief Gen Naravane on Galwan Valley Clash
- Manipur CM: 6,000 people from Myanmar have taken shelter in Manipur after violence; more refugees are likely to reach the state soon
- SpiceJet, Sharjah’s Sky One & Africa-focused Safrik Investments try late check-in for bankrupt Go First; PM to flag off 2nd Vande Bharat train connecting Varanasi to New Delhi; GMR mops up Rs 3,215Cr funds for Vizag International Airport; Red Sea shipping pause: Industry sees 30% rise in costs, 2-week delay
- Kuwait’s New Ruler Emir Sheikh Mishaal Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s First Job is To Fix Its Old Problems; He now has a free hand in the formation of any new Govt will consult with prominent ruling family members to choose his successor, which he has one year to do
- US: Car Crashes Into Joe Biden’s Motorcade, US President, First Lady Safe; Agents cornering the silver car with Delaware license plates and drawing weapons on the driver, who held his hands up
- North Korea Fires Unidentified Ballistic Missile Towards East Sea; Japan says Ballistic Missile Has Potential Range To Cover All Of US
- 4-Year-Old Shot To Death In Front Of His Parents In California Road Rage Incident; A 29-yr-old man and a 27-yr-old woman were arrested and charged at the Los Angeles County Jail on suspicion of murder
- Italy PM Slams Influencers “Who Make Lot Of Money” From Misleading Claims; Italy’s antitrust authority imposed $1.17MN fine on companies controlled by Chiara Ferragni as a result of a probe into misleading advertising on 2022 Christmas cakes
- US Poll Reveals Young Americans Believe Jews Are ‘Oppressors’ and Should Be Treated as Such; Harris Insights and Analytics along with Harvard University’s Center for American Political Studies conducted poll, among about 2,000 registered voters
- Today’s Word – Umber – brownish red
