NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 4 January- 5 Mins read
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- Court Rejects Parliament’s Breach Accused Neelam Petition Seeking Release on the grounds that her police remand was illegal
- Navy’s Ships, Aircrafts Continue To Monitor Security In Arabian Sea, Gulf Of Aden for maintaining enhanced surveillance and undertaking maritime security operations
- Two remote villages along the Line of Control on the Keran Sector in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday were electrified for the first time in 75 years of independence
- SC SOP: Physical presence of Govt officials in courts may not be necessary except in judicial proceedings involving recording of evidence
- Israel’s Mossad Chief Vows to Hunt Down Hamas Members a Day After Senior Figure Killed in Strike; Israel Far-Right Ministers Defiant As US Slams Irresponsible Rhetoric On Gaza Mass Displacement; “Settlers Break Into Al-Aqsa Mosque”, Lebanon to Knock UNSC Over Israel “Assassination”
- World Court To Hear South Africa’s Genocide Case Against Israel Next Week; “No Genocide”: US Criticises South Africa For Bringing Israel Case To UN Court; Israel Says Found Tunnel Shaft, Grenades And Bullets Inside School In Gaza
- Aviation Body DGCA Took 542 Actions Against Airlines In 2023; 77% increase as compared to the 305 enforcement actions carried out in 2022; GMR Airports raises ₹800 cr from Standard Chartered, Aditya Birla Fund & Varde Partners
- *Modi 3D Selfie Booths: Central Railway Officer who Gave Cost Info in RTI Reply Transferred; CPRO Shivraj Manspure recently presented award by Union Minister for his “special efforts” in increasing Railway earnings during his earlier stint in Bhusawal_
- Active Covid Cases In India Stand At 4,440, 5 Deaths In 24 Hours; Vaccination starts in Karnataka
- In Manipur, 24-Hour Shutdown, 1 More Killed; Remove State forces, reimpose AFSPA: CoTU to UHM
- Madhya Pradesh: Shajapur Collector Kishore Kumar Kanyal removed from his post following the official’s rude questioning of a driver’s “aukat” (status) amid a protest by truckers against the new hit-and-run law
- Gujarat: 6 Schoolgirls Jump off Speeding Truck After Driver, Other Occupants Try To Molest Them; truck went off the road and overturned as the driver, Suresh Bhil, lost control over the wheels on seeing the girls jump off the vehicle
- Fires Killed 33, Injured 300 in Mumbai in 2023; City Saw 15% More Incidents Over 2022; blaze at Jay Bhavani SRA building at Goregaon in Western Mumbai – one of biggest fire incidents in recent past
- Hyundai, Tata, M&M & Toyota fire up Motown, drive into record books; Gujarat GST upholds 173Cr tax demand against Maruti Suzuki’s arm; CEAT gets GST demand, penalties of over Rs 19Cr
- Torrent Power signs 4 MoUs with the Government of Gujarat to invest Rs 47,350Cr; OALP 8: ONGC wins seven, Reliance-BP, Sun Petro & Oil India win one block each; PFC signs accord with Gujarat Govt for power projects worth Rs 25,000Cr
- Vietnam’s VinFast to set up EV battery plant in Tamil Nadu; Ola Electric clocks highest ever monthly registrations in Dec 2023, crosses 30K mark; Electric 2-wheeler sales up 17% in India as electrification improves
- Final Warning’: US, Allies Tell Houthis to Stop Ship Attacks or Face Consequences; China, US Announce Military Patrols in Disputed South China Sea
- 100+ Dead in Iran Twin Bomb Blasts as they were commemorating the death of Iran general Qasem Soleimani.: Tehran Blames US, Israel
- Ukraine, Russia Swap 200 POWs in First Deal After Months; Zelenskyy Shares Video of Soldiers Celebrating
- US: Imam Hasan Shariff who protested gun violence is fatally shot outside his Newark, N.J., mosque; Shooter on the run; motive still unknown
- Spain: Illegal Migrant Arrivals Nearly Doubled in 2023, with a record number landing in the Canary Islands, Register Over 82% Jump from 2022
- China Reveals New Images Of Next-Gen Aircraft Carrier Fujian, Taiwan Spots “Spy Balloons” Near Base; features next-generation launch tracks, capable of catapulting a wider range of aircraft from the deck
- India vs SA, 2nd Test: Mohammed Siraj picked a six-wicket haul; rattles thro SA batsmen; Aiden Markram and David Bedingham take SA to 62/3, IND lead by 36 at stumps on Day 1
- Today’s Word – Laitance – Milky deposit on top of fresh concrete
