NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 17 January- 5 Mins read
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- 1st time since 1989 that an Indian tennis player beat a seeded opponent in a Grand Slam; From Only Rs 80,000 In Bank, Aus Open 1st Round Win Earned Sumit Nagal Rs 98 lakh approx
- “War Rooms at Airports”: Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia’s New Rules Over Flight Delays; In a post on X, he outlined new SOPs, issued to airlines to “mitigate passenger inconvenience; IndiGo, Mumbai Airport Get Notice After Passengers Seen Eating On Tarmac
- 84% App Taxi Users Face Ride Cancellations Over These Reasons – digital payment methods or inconvenient destinations
- FASTags With Incomplete KYC To Be Deactivated After Jan 31; part of ‘One Vehicle, One FASTag’ initiative that aims to discourage use of single FASTag for multiple vehicles or linking multiple electronic toll collection tool to a single vehicle
- 10th Cheetah Dies At Kuno National Park In Madhya Pradesh – So far, seven adults and three cubs have died at the Kuno national park – deaths that have been attributed to various infections
- India’s Corbevax Vaccine Gets WHO Emergency Use Listing Authorisation; Corbevax is based on a protein sub-unit platform and manufactured by the pharmaceutical firm Biological E Limited in India
- Iran Strikes Israeli “Spy Headquarters” In Iraq & also Baluchi militant group bases in Pak; Palestinians To Govern Gaza After War: Israel; Iran Calls US-UK Strikes On Houthis Strategic Mistake
- ‘Atal Setu Not A Picnic Spot”: Mumbai Police As People Stop Cars, Take Selfies On Sea Bridge; will face a FIR if you stop on MTHL; Auto Rickshaw Spotted Violating Traffic Restrictions
- Hyundai Motors India anticipates SUVs to dominate two-thirds of sales in 2024; Maruti Suzuki announces price hike across models to offset inflation; IREDA, IOB ink pact to co-finance renewable energy projects; India in talks with Brazil for tech partnership to expand ethanol usage
- India’s engineering goods exports grow 10.20% in Dec amid global challenges; L&T bags order for bullet train project; KKR’s road InvIT to acquire 12 assets from PNC Infratech; Edtech platform GrowthSchool aims to onboard 2.5MN learners in 2024; 35 domestic and global brands entered tier-II cities in 2023
- Republic Day: Airspace curbs in national capital for 11 days starting from Jan 19; Shipping Ministry constitutes high-level task force to oversee establishment of Indian Maritime Centre; Air India Express starts Gwalior-Bengaluru flight service
- Apple surpasses Samsung to become leader of global smartphone market in 2023; PhonePe, CaratLane join hands to enable jewellery purchase with digital gold; Samsung gets go-ahead for BP/ECG readings on smartwatches
- Govt to use Prasar Bharati infra to pilot D2M tech in 19 cities; No progress made in Vodafone Idea funding talks with US’ DFC, says DoT; Telcos push for D2M policy relook to ensure level-playing field
- Karnataka Bank & Clix Capital partner for co lending; Insurance sector’s premium income to double by FY34 to around USD 450BN; Internal as well as external candidates to be on Federal Bank’s radar for new MD; 8,600 bank accounts linked to cybercriminals frozen in Jharkhand
- Gujarat: 17 Patients Complain of Vision Loss After Cataract Surgery; Gujarat Health and Family Welfare Department has formed a nine-member expert committee to conduct an inquiry
- Preparations In Full Swing, Ram Temple Consecration Ceremony Begins; 108-Foot Incense Stick Lit At Ram Temple, Fragrance May Reach 50 Km
- €Amid Row In US Congress Over Ukraine Funds, Blinken’s Promise To Zelensky; Vivek Ramaswamy Quits Presidential Race, Backs Trump After His Iowa Win; 2 US Navy SEALs Missing After Secret Op To Seize Houthi Weapons_
- A Korean Air airliner “struck” an empty Cathay Pacific plane while taxiing at a snow-hit Japanese airport, with both airlines saying there were no injuries
- X-59: Nasa, Lockheed Martin’s Quieter, Faster-Than-Speed-of-Sound Supersonic Jet Could Reshape Air Travel
India, China Clashed Twice Near LAC After 2020 Galwan Incident: mentioned in citations had taken place between Sep 2021 & Nov 2022 - Today’s Word – Yawl – Ship’s small boat; sailboat carrying mainsail and one or more jibs
