NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 9 January- 5 Mins read
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- In A First, India Set To Chair, Host UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee In July 2024 in New Delhi
- NASA assured the world that a massive “lost” asteroid 2007 FT3, weighing 54MN tons, will not collide with Earth in 2024; follows a report by Britain’s BG News, that suggested a 1 in 10MN chance of impact on Mar 3 & 1 in 11.5MN on Oct. 5. NASA has now come forward with a conclusive answer
- Haryana: 500 Girl Students Write to PM Modi, CM Khattar, Accuse Professor of Sexual Assault, Demand Probe, Prof rubbishes it as political motive
- SC Cancels Early Release Convicts In Bilkis Bano Case; raps Gujarat Govt of being complicit with prisoners and wrongly exercised its power to order their premature release ‘This is What Justice Feels Like’: Bilkis Bano On SC verdict
- Shrikant Shinde, Sukanta Majumdar, Sudheer Gupta, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Kuldeep Rai Sharma MPs Selected for Sansad Ratna Awards – top-performing parliamentarians
- At 5.3 Deg Celsius, Delhi Sees Coldest Day of Month So Far; Schools Closed, Crops Damaged Due to Overnight Rains in Tamil Nadu
- Tourism Blogger in Gaza” Israeli Military’s “chief smiles officer” Stokes Outrage With Video; Israel Embassy Probe: No Fingerprints Found on Threat Letter, Say Delhi Police Sources; Israeli Strike Kills First Hezbollah Commander; Netanyahu Wants Polygraph Tests For His Own Team
- Hamas Long-Range Rockets “Destroyed”, Israel to “Focus on Gaza Special Operations In Next Phase”; Israel Admits Damage To Base in Rocket Barrage, Claims Hezbollah Paying “Ever-Increasing Prices; Bolivia Endorses ICJ Case, Germany Calls for “less Intensive” IDF Combat in Gaza
- Alaska Airlines Window Blowout: Passenger’s iPhone Found In Perfect Condition After Falling 16,000 Feet; Loose Bolts, Installation Issues Found on Key Part of Grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 Jets
- Fresh Firing Between Police, Militants in Manipur, No Injuries; militants targeted security forces when they were moving through certain pockets of Moreh town
- Two pollution tests must for vehicles with flex fuel option; Vehicle registrations zoom 21% in Dec; Bajaj Auto board approves Rs 4000 cr share buyback; Royal Enfield to invest 3,000Cr in TN for development of new products; TAFE Ltd to invest Rs 500Cr in TN; Adani Signs Pact To Invest ₹ 42,700 Cr in TN
- Tuticorin Coal Terminal: NCLAT dismisses plea by Jindal Power; Oil India targets 2.5 times rise in revenue by ’30; Apple’s India crop gets a boost in 2023, produces ₹1 lakh crore iPhones; ONGC cuts peak KG basin crude estimate by 40%
- Vistara-Air India merger likely to be completed by mid-2025; DGCA amends duty period rules for pilots to cut fatigue; IndiGo to charge up to Rs 2,000 for front row seats; DLF Ltd. sold 1,113 luxury residences in Gurugram worth $865MN project in just three days, even before starting construction
- Sony is planning to call off $10 billion merger with India’s Zee over whether Zee’s CEO Punit Goenka, also its founder’s son, would lead the merged entity; Revenue growth on cards for Jio, Airtel; user loss to weigh on Vodafone Idea; DoT not to include 600 MHz band in next spectrum sale
- GMDC gets green clearance to expand capacity of Surkha lignite mine in Gujarat; PSUs in coal sector brought 18,849 hectares under green cover in last 10 years; UltraTech to cut carbon emissions by 680 tonne/year with electric trucks; India’s coal import rises 11.7 pc to 21 MT in Nov
- Xi’s Military Purge Linked To Chinese Missiles “Filled with Water Instead of Fuel”, Faulty Silo Lids that won’t allow the missiles to launch effectively
- Spain now accepts passports issued by Kosovar but still does not recognise it as an independent state separate from Serbia
- Notorious Narco Boss Fito’s Jailbreak Forces Ecuador Prez to Declare Emergency; gang has ties to Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, attempted a similar escape from another jail a decade earlier
- US Man Who Attacked Judge Brought to Court in Hannibal Lecter-Style Mask for Sentencing; Judge in Trump’s DC election case is targeted by fake emergency call in latest high-profile swatting
- Taliban-appointed Prime Minister Meets with a Top Pakistan Politician in Hopes of Reducing Tensions
- Only 41.8% Turnout in Bangladesh in Opposition-boycotted, Least Since 1991, Half of 2018; Opposition BNP Rejects Sunday’s ‘dummy Polls’, Demands Fresh Elections
- “European Military” Amid Ukraine War, Debate Over NATO Sway? Russia Ridicules Italy’s Call
- Pope Calls for Universal Ban on Surrogacy in Global Roundup of Threats to Peace and Human Dignity
- Franz Beckenbauer, World Cup-Winning German Football Legend, Passes Away at 78; had in the last years been suffering from health problems
- Today’s Word – Quaestionary – Religious pardoner
