NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 1 February- 5 Mins read
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- GST collections surge to ₹1.72 lakh Cr in Jan 2024, marking a 10.4% Y-o-Y growth; RBI tells banks to improve effectiveness of tech solutions for compliance; EOW again files closure report in Rs 25,000Cr Maharashtra cooperative bank ‘scam’; RBI Stops Paytm Payments Bank from Accepting Deposits After Feb 29
- Tata Power-DDL, ASCI partner for skill training in power, renewable energy sectors; India’s electric two-wheeler sales surge 34.42% in Q3 FY 24, anticipation high for FAME III scheme; Glenmark partners with Pfizer to launch abrocitinib in India to treat atopic dermatitis; ADIA, HarbourVest eye minor stake in Cohance
- Shut Down By Cops, Hyderabad’s Famous ‘Kumari Aunty’ Food Stall To Be Re-opened; CM To Visit Soon; eatery running for 13 years, causing severe traffic issues at ITC Kohinoor Circle leading to registration of a case against Sai Kumari
- Hemant Soren Arrested By ED In Money Laundering Case; Transport Minister Veteran Champai To Become Jharkhand CM; Hemant Refused To Sign Arrest Memo Until He Resigned; Soren Files Case Against ED Under SC/ST Act
- 718 Snow Leopards Inhabit India, Reveals First-Ever Scientific Estimate, Ladakh & Himachal’s Spiti Record Highest Density
- 2,100 Cases of Covid Sub-variant JN.1, Its Lineages Detected in India; JN.1.11 has been detected in 245 cases while the rest of the cases were detected in the sub-lineages of JN.1
- Northwest India Records Second Driest January in 123 Years, Ends with Rainfall Deficit of 91%; rainfall deficit across India as a whole ended at 58%
- Varanasi Court: Hindus Get Right to Worship in Gyanvapi Mosque Basement, Puja to Begin Within 7 Days; can perform puja in the ‘Vyas Tekhana’ basement portion of the Gyanvapi mosque premises; Reply to Plea by Hindus for Wuzukhana’s ASI Survey, Allahabad HC Tells Muslim Side
- Dabur to set up greenfield facility in south India at Rs 135Cr; India’s gold consumption in 2023 dropped by 3%: WGC; Global gold demand at all-time high in 2023 backed by central bank purchases; Bajaj Auto to launch CNG bikes in FY25, price higher than petrol vehicles; Maruti Suzuki facing some challenges due to Red Sea crisis; To Launch 7-Seater Grand Vitara By 2025
- IndiGo cautions flyers against sharing PNR on social media after cyber frauds target passenger; ‘Bandh Karo, Bandh Karo’: Flyers Protest inside Delhi Airport after IndiGo Cancels Deogarh Flight
- Garuda Aerospace launches ‘Droni’: Personal drone for photography enthusiasts at Rs 85,000; Unions ask Air India pilots to flag any ‘coercive call’ from management to extend flight duty; Go First’s lenders to seek extension of insolvency process by 60 days
- Will Not Withdraw or Release Terrorists’: Israeli PM Rejects 2 Key Hamas Demands for Gaza Ceasefire; Amid Israel-Hamas War, WHO Says Gaza Population ‘Starving To Death’; Iraq Militia Suspends Attacks On US Troops, Israel Strikes Syria; Gaza Ambulances Become ‘Mobile Clinics’ Amid Intense Fighting
- IMF: Container shipping through the Red Sea has dropped by nearly one-third this year as attacks by Yemen’s Huthi rebels continues
- US: Musk Hints At Tesla Move To Texas After $55BN Pay Snub, Attacks Biden Over Border Crisis; Syphilis Epidemic Grips US: 2022 Cases Hit Highest Count Since 1950, But Gonorrhea Shows Decline
- Zelensky To Sack Ukraine Army Chief? Valeriy Zaluzhnyi Rejects New Role Amid “Rift” With President; Ukraine Vows To “Exhaust” Russian Offensive, Drone “Breaches” Putin’s S-400 in Oil Plant Attack
- Pope Announces 3 Chinese Bishops in a Week, Reorganizes Diocese Under a Controversial 2018 Accord; Bishop Peter Wu Yishun was consecrated bishop of Minbei in Fujian in southeast China
- 300 Cars, Private Army, Jets: Malaysia’s New King’s Incredible Wealth; While estimated family fortune is pegged at $5.7BN, true extent of Sultan Ibrahim’s wealth is believed to be much beyond that
- Mayank Agarwal Discharged From Hospital, Flies Back to Bengaluru After Health Scare; refrained from speaking to the media after getting discharged
- Today’s Word – Natable – Able to float; able to be sailed
