NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 15 January- 5 Mins read
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- Wishing you and your family a happy pongal, Lohri, Bihu, Uttarayan and Makar Sankranti!
- Mar Galcerán, Spain’s first Parliamentarian with Down Syndrome; elected to Valencia assembly, with a strong determination to be acknowledged for her capabilities rather than defined by her disability
- Parliament security breach: A day after 5 accused were brought back to Delhi following their polygraph, narco-analysis and brain mapping tests, a police source claimed that Manoranjan D mastermind behind
- Indian Army to deploy Drishti-10 medium-altitude, long-endurance drones near Pak border in Punjab
- Delhi-NCR air pollution: Union Govt bans non-essential construction work, plying of polluting 4-wheelers; Cold Wave Back in Kashmir, Minus 4.2 Degrees Celsius Recorded in Srinagar; Water Level In Jhelum River Hits Lowest Level As Dry Spell Continues In Kashmir
- Atal Setu Becomes New ‘Picnic Spot’ for Mumbaikars; Videos Show People Littering, Chaos For Selfies; people have been heard talking about high toll rates that needs to be paid to travel across the bridge
- Maldives Asks India to Withdraw Troops, Sets March 15 Deadline; MEA Says ‘Finding Mutually Workable Solution
- Air Chief Marshal: IAF Indigenised More Than 60,000 Components in Last 2-3 Years; cannot rely on foreign OEMs for repair and overhaul maintenance activities and that it has to be done in-house
- Egypt Asserts “Control” On Philadelphi Corridor As Israel Seeks To Seize Last Gaza-Egypt Border; Hamas To Treat “Israeli Prisoners” Using Gaza Medical Aid; Gaza War Rages On 100th Day as Israel PM Promises ‘Victory’ Over Hamas
- Houthi Chief Abdul Malik Al-Houthi: Mysterious Yemeni Figure Daring U.S.-Led West In Red Sea; ‘Germany Has No Moral…’: African Nation Roasts Berlin For Backing Israel In Gaza ‘Genocide’ Case; American Bases Under Attack In Syria After Strikes On Houthi Rebels
- 12 people are taking legal action against Novo Nordisk, the parent company of Ozempic and Wegovy, after allegedly experiencing life-changing bowel injuries linked to popular weight loss drug
- CM Yogi flags off 50 electric buses, 25 green autos in Ayodhya ahead of Ram Mandir inauguration; Investors line up investments for Ayodhya hospitality sector
- India electronics exports to US jump over two-fold to USD 6.6 bn in Jan-Sep 2023; ONGC makes back-to-back gas discoveries in Mahanadi basin block; Reliance seeks minimum US $10 for coal-seam gas
- “Worst Flight Experience”: Man Slams IndiGo For 6 Delays, Airline Issues Refund; He stated that he would “avoid flying them again” after he missed an international flight
- Chaos unfolds at Delhi Airport as dense fog grounds flights, Passengers Stuck Inside Flight for Hours as Planes Queue Up on Runway; Alaska Airlines begins preliminary inspections on up to 20 Boeing 737-9 MAX; Cochin Airport announces new services to Kannur, Mysore, Trichy and Tirupati; Go First’s lenders seek investor bids by Jan 31
- NASA’s OSIRIS-REx triumphs over stubborn fasteners surmounted a critical challenge that threatened to impede the exploration of asteroid Bennu’s concealed mysteries
- US: Trump criticises Vivek Ramaswamy publicly ahead of Iowa caucus; is employing “deceptive campaign tactics
- With Over 40% Indian Pupils & Doubling Sikh Population, Canada Mulls Cap on Int’l Students; 50% of 32,000 tech workers who moved to Canada b/w Apr2022 & Mar 2023 originated from India
- More countries join talks on Ukraine leader’s peace formula, but Russia is absent and war grinds on; Ukraine Faces Kinzhals, Russia Downs Drones & HIMARS Projectiles; Swiss diplomat advocates Chinese involvement to ‘end’ Russia-Ukraine war
- Marapi volcano erupts in Indonesia, 6 weeks after fatal eruption. Urgent evacuation as ash rises, posing risk of lava flows. Respiratory precautions advised
- New Bat Virus With Potential To Infect Humans Discovered In Thailand; The new virus which is yet to be named was found in a Thai cave where local farmers source bat faeces to fertilise their fields
- Denmark’s Queen Margrethe abdicated the throne, automatically making her son King Frederik X, with more than 100,000 Danes turning out for the unprecedented event
- First Time In History! Rohit Sharma Scripts Massive T20I Record; 1st Men’s player to play 150 T20Is; Dube, Jaiswal roasted Afghan bowlers as India cruise 2nd T20 Match to win the 3 match series
- Today’s Word – Washi – Thin Japanese paper used to make kites and lanterns
