NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 7 January- 5 Mins read
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- Aditya-L1 moved into the ‘halo’ orbit around the L1 point in the Earth-Sun system, from where it will make observations of the Sun for the next five years; ISRO tests fuel cell – The fuel cell, sent to space on the fourth stage of the PSLV on Jan 1, generated 180W power during the short duration test
- AIIMS Delhi, 5-Year-Old Youngest In World To Undergo Successful “Awake” Brain Surgery; lasted three hours, including time taken for giving local anaesthesia to the child by neuroanaesthetists
- Draft press rules allow physical inspection of newspaper premises in ‘exceptional’ cases; avg 25,000 copies or more each day, is empanelled or intends to get empanelled with CBC for getting Govt Ads
- Hijacking bid foiled, Navy tries to track down pirates, probes vessels in Arabian Sea; under continuous surveillance by a P-8I maritime patrol aircraft, Predator MQ9B UAVs and integral helos; UK reports of 6 craft approaching vessel near Yemen: ‘No weapons sighted’
- Blinken opens latest urgent Mideast tour in Turkey amid fears Gaza war may engulf region; Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel in ‘initial response’ to killing of top leader from allied Hamas; Heavy fire from Lebanon targets northern Israel amid concern over Gaza spillover
- Pro-Palestine London protests turn violent, protesters clash with police; Gaza death toll reaches 22,700; “Absolutely Necessary” To Not Drag Lebanon Into Gaza War: Top EU Official; UN Relief Chief Says “Gaza Has Become Place Of Death, Despair”
- Punjab & Haryana HC: “Journalism Civilisation’s Mirror, Investigative Journalism Is Its X-Ray”; observed while cancelling summonses and all subsequent proceedings in a 2008 defamation case against some journalists here
- India has recorded a single-day rise of 774 COVID-19 cases while the number of active cases stands at 4,187; Three viruses behind Covid-like symptoms, testing key
- 2 Faridabad Men Put Thousands In Danger By Lighting Bonfire In Train with Dung Cakes To Beat Cold; Arrested
- Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal broke down in court, saying he had ‘lost every hope of life’ and would be better if he died in the jail than live in the present situation
- Broken Seats: Air India Passenger Who Paid Rs 4.5 Lakh For Delhi-Toronto Flight Slams Airline; Mumbai: Longest Sea Bridge, Atal Setu, To Charge Rs 250 Toll for Car Commuters; At Over 570 Fliers Per Minute, India’s Domestic Air Traffic at All-Time High
- SJVN Green Energy inks pact to supply 200 MW solar power to Uttarakhand Power Corp; Vietnam EV maker VinFast names founder as CEO, replaces CFO – to set up EV plant in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi
- Red Sea crisis may push shipping cost by up to 60 pc, insurance premiums by 20 pc; NCRTC brings policy to rent out RRTS stations, trains for film shoots, events
- Winter chill, fog prevails in north India; Mount Abu shivers at 4°C; Cold Wave-like Conditions in Kashmir; Thin Sheet of Ice Over Dal Lake
- Alaska Airlines grounds all Boeing 737-9 planes after mid-air window blowout; A passenger sent KATU-TV a photo showing a gaping hole in the side of the airplane next to passenger seats; no injury detail; DGCA asks airlines to conduct inspection after this
- Russia fired North Korean missile at Ukraine’s Kharkiv? Kyiv gives ‘proof’; missile was slightly bigger in diameter than the Russian Iskander missile; “All Targets Destroyed” Ukraine Claims Attack On Crimea Air Base, Russia “Downs 5 Missiles”
- Bangladesh to hold general elections today; PM Hasina poised to win 4th consecutive term; Thousands of opposition activists languish in prison
- Move forward..-Trump makes insensitive remark on deadly Iowa school shooting; Trump’s ‘miracle drug’ for COVID killed nearly 17,000 people, reveals new study
- China’s Biggest Land Grab Carves Into Ancestral Areas Of Bhutan’s Royal Family; construction activity comes despite ongoing border talks with Bhutan
- Afghan Exit For US In Iraq? Sudani Vows To Expel Coalition Forces Amid Drone Strike, Iran Pressure
- Today’s Word – Obstreperous – Noisy; unruly
