NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 5 February- 5 Mins read
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- Jharkhand Floor Test: MLAs On Way Back From Hyderabad; Rebel Legislator Extends ‘Conditional’ Support to Govt; Court Allows JMM Executive President Hemant Soren To Join Floor Test
- Indian Embassy Staffer Satendra Siwal Posted in Moscow, employed as a Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) Arrested in Meerut for Spying for Pakistan’s ISI; MEA Aware of Arrest
- India’s woman robot astronaut Vyommitra will fly into space ahead of ISRO ambitious Gaganyaan mission to Simulate Human Functions In Space
- The TomTom Traffic Index 2023 reveals the slowest cities globally, based on average travel times and fuel costs; London slowest; In India Bangalore is the slowest; 6th slowest in the World with an average travel time of 28 min and 10 secs for every 10KMs
- UK: Mobilize trial at Hammersmith Hospital administers mRNA-4359 to patients which trains the immune system to attack the cancer cells
- UP: Only Bride, No Groom, 15 Held in Community Wedding Scam; Up To Rs 2,000 Offered for Acting; 15 arrested, officials involved. Scam exposed through viral video of staged mass wedding. Govt scheme of giving 65000/- for each couple misused
- Woman Alleges ‘Inappropriate Behaviour’ By Co-Passenger On SpiceJet Flight, Accused Tenders Apology; SpiceJet said female passenger did not file a written complaint against the accused
- Lite Bite to focus on 4 core brands; tier 1,2 to be key growth markets; ONGC, IOC, other oil PSUs to invest Rs 1.2 lakh crore in FY25
- Earthquake Of Magnitude 3.5 Hits Meghalaya’s East Garo Hills; 3.8 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Kargil, No Deaths Reported
- Karnataka: Companies must tie-up with insurers for gratuity compliance, employers’ body seeks time; BoM records highest growth in deposit mobilisation among PSU banks in Q3; SBI says wage hike provisions to reach Rs 26,000Cr by March
- Antarctic Volcano That Ships Can Sail Into May Hold Clues To Life On Mars; a rare clash of ice and fire that provides clues to scientists about what life could look like on Mars
- Uttarakhand Cabinet Approves UCC Draft, Bill To be Tabled in Assembly on Feb 6; CM Says long-awaited moment has arrived
- Road, Air Traffic Hit by Snowfall in Kashmir, Landslide in Jammu; Avalanche Warning Issued for Hills; urging the residents to avoid unnecessary movement for the next 24 hours
- IndiGo may lease five Boeing 737 Max aircraft from Qatar Airways for 6 months; aircraft are less than four years old
- Indian business’ fear higher taxes over unsettled dues to small vendors as March 31 deadline inches closer; Ikea looks at next round of investment in India after fulfilling Rs 10,500-cr promise; SIAC denies Sony’s plea to restrain Zee from approaching NCLT for enforcing merger; Broadcasters want OTT to be kept outside broadcast bill’s purview
- Taiwan Curbs Exports After Supplying Equipment For “Attack Drones” To Russia Amid War With Ukraine
- Iran Slams US Strikes | Houthis Rehearse “Raid On Israel” | Ex-Mossad Chief Slams Qatar’s Criticism; Marwan Barghouti? Hamas Demands Release Of a Man Some See as Their ‘Nelson Mandela; Israel Strikes 3,400 “Hezbollah Sites” Amid Gaza War | Hamas Calls Internal Rift Claims “Misleading”
- Iraq banned 8 local commercial banks from engaging in US dollar transactions, taking action to reduce fraud, money laundering, other illegal uses of US currency days after a visit by a top US Treasury official
- Afghan captured a rare snow leopard in the mountainous northeast, preparing to release it back into the wild after it reportedly killed dozens of livestock animals
- Deadly Fungal Infection ‘Candida Auris’ Spreading In US Rapidly; infection can be potentially hazardous due to its high fatality rate, drug resistance, and its ability to easily spread in healthcare facilities
- Doubts Over UK’s “Readiness” For “All-Out War” As Warship Misses NATO Drill Over Mechanical Fault
- Shubman Gill Ton Helps India Set Record Target of 399; England Positive in Chase knocking the 50 runs off the target in just 11 overs
- Today’s Word – Ramuliferous – Bearing small branches
