NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 10 January- 5 Mins read
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- Ugram (meaning ferocious) New Rifle Developed In India In Record 100 Days by DRDO with effective range of 500 metres or approximately five football fields and weighs four kg; will deploy rounds of 7.62 mm calibre
- Star India bowler Mohammed Shami, archers Ojas Pravin Deotale, Sheetal Devi, and Aditi Gopichand Swami, and wrestler Antim Panghal are among the stars who received the Arjuna Award
- 2023 was the hottest year on record, with Earth’s surface nearly breaching the critical limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius above late 19th century temperatures
- A recent study found that people who experience more sleep disturbances in their 30s and 40s are more likely to experience memory and cognitive problems 10 years later
- Amid Manipur Border Town Gunfights, Kuki Groups Warn Of Picketing Offices; started protests against the non-withdrawal of Manipur Police commandos from Moreh; State Govt Go-Ahead Must For ST List Changes
- Blinken In Israel To Discuss ‘Way Forward’ With PM Netanyahu Amid Gaza War; Key Hamas Leader Killed In Syria, West Bank Tense, Biden Heckled by Anti-War Protesters
- Israel’s Military Says No Damage Was Caused in a Strike on an Army Base in Northern Israel; Rockets With 100km Range” Israel Shows “Hamas Weapon Factories” After Iran Training Claim; 4 IDF Soldiers Killed In Gaza, Israeli Delegation In Cairo for Talks, US Says Troops To Stay In Iraq
- India Logs 3,919 Active Covid Cases; reports 475 new Covid cases, six deaths in last 24 hrs; three from Karnataka, two from Chhattisgarh and one from Assam
- A typical one-liter (33-ounce) bottle of water contains some 240,000 plastic fragments on average, according to a new study
- PM Modi Holds Bilateral Meeting with President of Timor-Leste, Discusses Ways to Further Boost Ties; PM Modi Holds Roadshow With UAE President In Ahmedabad ahead of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit
- UP: Kids, 7 and 8, Die of Asphyxia Due to Coal Fire to beat the cold while they slept, Parents Found Unconscious
- Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik Inaugurates Malkangiri Airport; 7th in the state. The airport’s runway is 1620 meter in length and 30 meter in width
- An analysis of income tax returns data for b/w FY14 and FY21) by SBI now shown that the bottom one-third of individual taxpayers has seen a 21% increase in income during these years
- *3 Lakh Visitors Expected Daily; Ayodhya Being Redeveloped After Studying Global Examples;
Efficient land use, minimum congestion, a focus on dharamshalas (inns) and homestays are some of the highlights of the plan prepared by Kukreja* - Part Missing On 737 MAX Plane In India, After Alaska Airlines’ Mid-Air Scare; 40 737 Max planes divided among Akasa Air (22), SpiceJet (nine) and Air India Express (nine)
- In the 37-second video, rats are seen rummaging through plates of snacks and food containers on the ground at the railway station; Railways assured the user that immediate action would be taken
- Renault to continue selling small cars in India “as long as regulations permit”; plans five product launches in 3 years; Flying cars in India soon? Japan’s Suzuki and Skydrive to develop ‘Skycar
- PFC gets RBI nod to set up wholly-owned finance company in Gujarat; NCGTC to conduct detailed audit of claims submitted by Bandhan Bank against non-performing loans; Tata Power Renewable Energy to invest Rs 70,800Cr, Jindal Advanced Materials commits Rs 1,000Cr; Terra Motors commits to enhancing EV charging infrastructure in Tamil Nadu
- Essar selects final technology partner for UK industrial carbon capture facility; Indian refiners set to ask for extra Saudi oil after sharp price cut; India plans to double its coal production, but it ignores climate threat
- Mumbai-Born Democrat Minita Sanghvi who is currently serving her 2ND term as Saratoga Springs Finance Commissioner Is Running For New York State Senate
- Macron picked Gabriel Attal as PM in a bid to give new momentum to his presidency, with the 34-year-old becoming France’s youngest and first openly gay head of Govt
- Top JPMorgan Strategist Predicts Joe Biden Will Drop Out Of 2024 Presidential Race sometime between Super Tuesday and the November election, citing health reasons
- South Korea’s parliament passed a bill to do away with the consumption of dog meat through a rare unanimous vote on the legislation that President Yoon Suk Yeol has pledged to enact as law; Dog Farmers to Challenge Legislation
- Bhutan elections: Rising unemployment, economic downturn and arresting brain drain will be the areas that parties PDP and BTP will address once voted to power
- Today’s Word – Rameal – Of, like or pertaining to branches
