NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 28 January- 5 Mins read
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- Scripts History – India’s Rohan Bopanna became the oldest man to win a Grand Slam after clinching the Australian Open men’s doubles trophy, pairing with Matthew Ebden; Bagged 2Cr as prize money
- Merchant Ship, Carrying 22 Indians, Hit By Missile. Navy Responds To SOS; INS Visakhapatnam took the distress call of the merchant vessel Marlin Launda after it reported a missile hit
- NASA’s rover Perseverance has gathered data confirming the existence of ancient lake sediments deposited by water that once filled a giant basin on Mars called Jerezo Crater
- A unique ceremonial bench led by CJI will sit today as SC turns 75. Bench’s attendance will be arranged in such a way that it would mirror the first sitting of the Supreme Court on Jan 28, 1950
- Delhi: Transforming grief into a mission, Pooja Sharma (26yrs) performing last rites of 4000 unclaimed bodies for nearly two years now, right after losing her brother to a tragic death
- A couple in Kerala will go to request SC to allow mercy killing of all 5 members of the family as they are unable to continue the treatment of their children, suffering from a rare congenital disease
- In Judge vs Judge case, SC stayed Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay’s order seeking a CBI probe into medical admissions in Bengal
- Countries Pause UN Funds For Gaza Amid Claims Staff Involved In Oct 7 Attack; Israel Says Will Seek To Stop UN Agency’s Activities In Gaza After War; ABC News Presenter Antoinette Lattouf Sacked After Instagram Post On Israel-Hamas War leading to public outrage; Israel Raids ‘Sinwar Associate’, Marlin Luanda Safe After Houthi Hit, UK Says ‘No Genocide’ In Gaza
- An Australia-based restaurant owner named Chris Pyatt has told ABC Australia that Apple Maps was showcasing his restaurant as “permanently closed” and it has cost him business of over 6 Lakhs
- Filmfare Awards 2024: Sam Bahadur Wins Big In Technical Category – Best Sound Design, Best Costume Design and Best Production Design
- Students of Osmania University in Hyderabad staged a protest over an alleged security breach at the girls’ hostel; Student saw hands coming out of bathroom ventilator; apprehended 1of 3 intruders
- Gyanvapi Case: VHP Calls for Handover of ‘Original’ Kashi Vishwanath Site, Says Mosque Must be Moved
- Terror Module Busted In Jammu And Kashmir, 5 Operatives Arrested; 1 Killed, 4 Injured In Gunfight Between Two Armed Groups In Manipur; Running Late
- Flier Makes Hoax Bomb Call To Delay Delhi Flight, Arrested; Passenger’s Hoax “Bomb Under My Seat” Scare Delays Indigo Flight
- Human Deaths in Tiger Attacks Increased Five-Fold Since 2018; Two Deaths a Week in 2022; 85 were from Maharashtra. Next in line was Uttar Pradesh with 11 such deaths
- Top SUV models hit new high, cross 1-lakh sales mark in 2023; Indian luxury car buyers move from diesel to electric; Hero’s Surge unveils convertible electric three-wheeler that can turn into a stunning scooter like Batman movie
- Punjab and Sind Bank to sell KSK Mahanadi loans to ARCs; Ubuy partners with Nuvei to expand payment options worldwide
- Higher Edu institutions to be categorised as ‘accredited’ or ‘not accredited’, grading system to go; Female enrolment in Higher Education in 2021-22 sees an increase of 32 pc since 2014: AISHE survey
- A Spanish court acquitted a British-Indian man of public disorder after he joked to friends about being a member of Taliban, planning to blow up a flight from London’s Gatwick to Menorca in Spain in 2022; A key question in the case was how the message got out, considering Snapchat is an encrypted app
- The world’s largest cruise ship is set for its maiden voyage, but environ groups concerned that liquefied natural gas-powered vessel – and other giant cruise liners to follow – will leak harmful methane into the atmosphere
- Man Opens Emergency Exit of AeroMexico Flight and Walks on Plane Waiting For Takeoff; fellow passengers supported him as airline made them wait for 4 hours without ventilation or water
- Putin Says “American Or French” Missiles Used To Hit Il-76, Moscow Warns Against Sweden’s NATO Entry; Russian Video Shows “Ukrainian Troops Boarding Plane that later crashed in the south
- US: California faces a severe avian flu outbreak, forcing poultry farmers to cull millions of birds, impacting egg prices and posing challenges to the poultry industry
- Army Kills 15 Militants in a clash with troops from Dawlah Islamiyah, Including 3 Suspects in Philippines Church Bombing
- Today’s Word – Jawhole – Cesspool; sewer entrance
