NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 18 January- 5 Mins read
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- Indian-American schoolgirl Preesha Chakraborty (9), named in world’s brightest” students list by the prestigious Johns Hopkins Centre for Talented Youth; based on results of above-grade-level tests of over 16,000 students across 90 countries
- IndiGo Fined ₹ 1.2 Cr, Mumbai Airport 60 Lakhs After Viral Video Shows Fliers Eating On Tarmac; Air India & SpiceJet were also penalised; SpiceJet Crew Slips in ‘Don’t Panic’ Note After Passenger Gets Stuck in Toilet For Entire Flight
- Second Commando Dies in Violence in Manipur’s Moreh, On Myanmar Border; attackers also using RPGs, or rocket-propelled grenades; Asks Union Govt For Choppers; Commando Killed, Protester Injured In Border Town Violence
- ASER: 42% Children in 14-18 Age Group in Rural India Can’t Read Easy Sentences in English; survey was conducted in 28 districts across 26 states
- Handling Reins of Camels to Bike Stunts, March-Past, All-Women Contingents to Make Republic Day Special
- Ms Dot Sharp – McDonald’s Cashier, Who Worked At The Company For 45 Years, Retires At 84; initially secured the job in Sep 1978, and single mother, enjoyed the flexible schedule
- Study Says Beijing University of Chemical Technology Experimenting With Deadly Virus, Experts Say “This Madness Must Be Stopped”; the virus was similar to Sars-CoV-2 and discovered in 2017 in pangolins before the Covid outbreak
- US Dollar Ranks Last In World’s 10 Strongest Currency List; Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman leads the list; India ranks 15 with value listed as 82.9 per US Dollar
- Campaign against the government’s proposal to construct a theme park and a Mumbai Eye at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse in south Mumbai has gained considerable momentum
- UP: Disturbing – Scores Of Cars Run Over Body On Expressway, Shovel Used To Scrape Tarmac; Police found an intact finger, hope that the fingerprint would help the forensic team identify the victim
- US Redesignates Houthi Rebels As Terrorist Group Amid Red Sea Attacks; medicines, Israel, Hamas Reach 3-Month Deal To Get Medicine To Gazans, Hostages; 5 Palestinians Killed In Israel Strikes; Al Jazeera Journalist Wael al-Dahdouh Leaves Gaza After Israeli Strikes Kill Wife, Children
- Indian Students Skip Canada Amid Political Row, Minister Says 86% Drop; Indians formed the largest group of Intl students in Canada in recent years, with more than 41% – or 225,835 – of all permits going to them in 2022
- Govt forms panel to examine demands for inclusion of more components in Auto PLI; Tata Motors urges Govt to keep hybrid tax as Toyota seeks cut; Ola Electric gets domestic value addition certificate under auto PLI
- Railways: 597 railway stations are now equipped with either escalators or lifts to make them accessible for persons with disabilities
- Bears Growl On D-Street! Sensex tanked more than 1,100 points at open, while the Nifty began trading 395 points lower below 21,650
- Ram Lalla’s Silver Idol Carried Around Temple Premises On Day 2 Of Rituals; Ayodhya Turning Into A Fortress As Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha Ceremony Approaches
- Private hospitals to add 30,000 beds in next five years; ICMR invites suggestions from stakeholders for addition, deletion in diagnostics list; Sun Pharma inks pact with Bayer to sell drug for chronic kidney disease; Aragen Life Sciences to invest Rs 2,000 cr for expansion of facility in Hyderabad
- China Releases Youth Unemployment Data After Gap Of 6 Months, With Rosier Number; aged 16 to 24 stood at 14.9% decline from 21.3% reported in June 2023; China’s Economy Grows At 5.2%, Its Slowest Rate In Over 3 Decades; China Scrambles To Boost Birth Rates As Population Drops For 2nd Year
- China: Employee Claims Advertising Company Relocated To Remote Mountain Area forcing almost 70% of its workforce to resign; was a tactic to avoid paying severance to staff members; rural mountain area requires a 2hr, one-way commute, and very limited transport options
- Pak Expels Iran Ambassador After Air Strike, Recalls Envoy From Tehran; Exercise Restraint”: China Tells Iran, Pak After Air Strike In Balochistan; “Targeted Terror Group, Not Pak Nationals,” Iran Reacts To Big Claim; Pakistan Receives $700MN Loan From IMF Amid Economic Crisis
- Freezing rain in central and southern Germany grounded hundreds of flights and restricted train traffic as the weather service warned of slippery roads and heavy snowfall; At Frankfurt airport, 570 of the 1,047 scheduled arrivals, departures cancelled, 254 flights scratched at Munich
- *India seals 3match series with a thrillingat 3rd T20 that went to 2 Super Overs; Rohit Sharma Breaks Records With Historic 5th T20I Century – Oldest T20I Centurion from India; Most (90) Sixes by a T20I Captain; Most Runs as India T20I Captain;
- Today’s Word – Zemirah – Hebrew religious song sung at Sabbath meals
