Daily Curated News –234

January 3, 2024 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 3 January- 5 Mins read

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  1. Truckers End Stir After Govt Says ‘Hit-And-Run Law Decision After Talks’; The protest was over the Sec 106(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita or BNS — which is set to replace IPC with provisions for strict penalty in hit-and-run cases
  2. Japan Plane In Flames After Collision At Airport, 5 of 6 crew members dead; All 379 passengers safely evacuated; “Miracle” Evacuation From Burning Jet Helped By Fliers Leaving Bags; quake Death Count Rises To 55, Officials Warn Of More Quakes; “Helpless”: Japan Quake-Hit Victims Shattered As Taps Run Dry In Homes
  3. Hamas Deputy Head Killed In “Treacherous” Israeli Strike In Lebanon; Activist Sandeep Pandey Returns Magsaysay Award Over US ‘Role’ In Gaza Conflict; “Avoid Escalation In Lebanon”: France’s Macron To Israel As War Intensifies
  4. Amid War, Only 15% Israelis Want PM Netanyahu To Stay In Office, Say Polls; US Condemns Israeli Ministers’ Call For Palestinians To Emigrate From Gaza; Open To Idea Of 1 Palestinian Govt For Gaza, West Bank says Hamas Chief; Israel Launches Air Strikes In Syria Amid War With Hamas
  5. Parliament Breach Accused Questioned Face-To-Face For 2nd Time By Cops; Sagar Sharma, Manoranjan D, Neelam Azad, Amol Shinde, Lalit Jha, Mahesh Kumawat in police custody till Jan 5
  6. Telangana CM Asks Officials to Quickly Get Traffic Studies, DPRs for Revised Airport Metro Alignment
  7. Political parties’ Lok Sabha poll spending may top Rs 1 lakh crore, spur growth in Q4; providing a 0.2-0.3% point boos
  8. Religare Finvest issued Esops to Rashmi Saluja a day after Burmans’ open offer; RBL sells ₹800Cr stressed credit card loans to Kotak Bank; BoI hikes rates for big deposits, DCB offers rewards on UPI spends; Customers’ complaints against credit information companies increasing
  9. Moderate To Dense Fog Blankets North India, Visibility Reduced; Cold Wave To Intensify This Week, IMD Predicts Rainfall in UP, Bihar, Kerala, TN; Finland, Sweden Set This Winter’s Cold Records as Temp Plummets to Over Minus 40 Celsius
  10. India To Scrap Free Movement Regime On 1,634KM India-Myanmar Border; 151 Myanmar Soldiers Who Fled To Mizoram Last Week, Sent Back
  11. “If AFSPA Is Reimposed. they will be held responsible says Manipur CM Warning Amid Violence; “Held Captive…”: CBI Files 2 Chargesheets Against 5 Accused In Missing Manipur Teens Case
  12. ‘Donkey Flight’ Fliers From Gujarat Agreed to pay ₹ 60 lakh to ₹ 80 lakh to immigration agents, who promised to cross into the US illegally after reaching the Latin American country; Gujarat CID Asks CBI to Help Identify Travel Agents in Nexus
  13. Five Big Oil Cos British Petroleum, Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil, TotalEnergies set to reward Investors With Historic $100BN in 2023; Coal India’s supply to non-regulated sector rises 31% in Apr-Dec; India’s coal output rises nearly 11 pc in Dec to 92.87 MT
  14. Torrent Power plans to raise up to Rs 650 crore via NCDs; CCI approves Punjab State Power Corp’s takeover of GVK Energy arm; India dials Saudi as Russian oil purchases hit 11-month low in Dec; India raises windfall tax on crude by Rs 1,000; removes taxes on diesel, ATF
  15. Explosions Reported Near Cargo Ship In Bab el-Mandeb Strait which separates the Arabian Peninsula from the Horn of Africa, Crew Safe
  16. US Teen Finds Out She’s In Labour After Going To Hospital For Stomach Pain; A cryptic pregnancy is where a person doesn’t realise they are expecting until a late trimester or as they go into labour
  17. 2023 Was China’s Hottest Year Since Records Began, Says Report; was 10.7 degrees Celsius (51.3 degrees Fahrenheit), exceeding a record of 10.5C set in 2021
  18. BRICS Doubles in Size to with Admission of 5 New Members (Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, KSA & UAE); Putin Hints at Further Expansion; strategic heft against backdrop of Western dominance in world affairs
  19. Russia Rains Missiles on Kyiv after Putin’s Warning, Norway Permits Direct Arms Sale, Poland Sends F-16s to Guard Airspace
  20. Today’s Word – Keelson – Wooden or steel beam in ship for bearing stress