NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 12 January- 5 Mins read
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- ISRO Payload “Aces” Performance Check, Captures Light From Supernova Event; XSPECT’s spectral and temporal studies promise to unveil the universe’s secrets in soft X-rays
- In Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli, 2 Govt School Students David Solomon and Antony Anson Develop Smart Shoe Technology For Differently-abled; will use sensors to detect obstacles on the road and alert them through an alarm
- Delhi HC: Parents who give daughter-in-laws a hard time for not being able to fulfil their desire of preserving family tree, need to be educated that it is their son, not his wife whose chromosomes will decide the child’s gender
- Annual cleanliness survey: Indore and Surat were adjudged the ‘cleanest cities’ in the country while Navi Mumbai retained the third position
- Net Direct Tax Collection Rises 19.4% YoY To ₹14.7 Trillion Rupees; helped Govt to achieve 81% of the budget target of 18.2 trillion rupees
- World’s Most Powerful Passports: 6 Countries In Top Spot (194 countries), India ranked 80th spot in the list, with citizens allowed to travel to 62 countries without a visa
- As Antony Blinken Heads To Egypt For Talks, Israel Bombards Southern Gaza; As War Rages, Israel To Face Gaza Genocide Charges At World Court; US Seeks To “Restore Calm” Amid Hezbollah’s “Unparalleled” Strikes, Mounting Israel-Lebanon Tensions
- If China Invades Taiwan, It Would Cost World Economy $10 TN; China’s rising economic and military heft, Taiwan’s burgeoning sense of national identity, and fractious relations b/w China & US mean the conditions for a crisis are in place
- 33 of the 92 (36%) of newly appointed ministers in Chhattisgarh, MP, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Telangana have criminal and serious criminal cases against them; Revanth Reddy faces 89 cases; Only 11 out of the 92 (12%) of the newly appointed ministers in the five states are women
- Parliament’s Budget Session Likely To Start From Jan 31, ‘Interim Budget’ On Feb 1; 17th Lok Sabha ends on June 16
- Austrian Heiress Marlene Engelhorn Is Giving Away $27 Million Fortune as the Govt failed to fulfil its mandate to ensure wealth distributed in society in such a way that it doesn’t end up unequally in my hands
- Puri Shankaracharya has refused to attend grand consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, stating proper norms are not being followed for the event and there’s politics over it
- India-Japan Fund to invest Rs 400 cr in Mahindra & Mahindra’s unit; CarTrade Technologies open to further acquisitions to fast-track expansion plans; Russia sanctions help push India’s diesel exports to EU by 42% in Dec 2023
- Reliance, ACME, seven others selected for government sops to set up green hydrogen production facilities; DFC provides $500 million loan to First Solar to set up 3.3 GW manufacturing facility in TN
- Microsoft Overtakes Apple As World’s Most Valuable Company after the iPhone maker began 2024 with its worst start in years due to growing demand concerns
- London Mayor: Britain’s departure from EU reduced the size of its economy by 6% so far – an annual cost of $178BN, with the shortfall seen reaching 10% by 2035
- German Software Giant SAP Fined More Than $220 Million To Settle Bribery Charges for Govt officials with cash, political donations, luxury goods and shopping sprees
- Prince Abdul Mateen Son Of World’s Longest Reigning Monarch (Brunei) Set To Marry A Commoner as part of a lavish 10-day celebration in the oil-rich sultanate
- Two commercial spacecraft are scheduled to launch to the Moon early in 2024 under a Nasa initiative called the Commercial Lunar Payload Service CLPS
- Pakistan Hit by 6.0 Magnitude Earthquake, Afghan Hindu Kush Epicenter at a depth of 213 kms; Tremors felt in Islamabad, Lahore and Delhi
- Today’s Word – Taliped – One with a club-foot
