NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 15 February- 5 Mins read
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- In Cops’ Arsenal Against Farmers, Barriers, Barbed Wire, Now Sonic Weapons; Meanwhile, farmers have been seen flying kites to counter drones used by Haryana Police to drop smoke bombs; Parents Worry For Kids’ Board Exam Commute
- Top Cop Directs Police To “Show More Aggression” At Singhu Border; Farmers Flag Paramilitary Crackdown On March, Minister Warns Of ‘Politics’; To Resume March After Night Halt, Prohibitory Orders In Delhi; Massive Traffic Jams At Delhi Borders
- India is set to witness its first Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) which will operate from AIIMS in Rishikesh; Govt intends to expand medical outreach and access to trauma care services to a wider population across the country using helicopters
- Belgian Boy Becomes First Child to Be Cured of Brainstem Glioma, a Rare Brain Tumour; diagnosed with a rare type of brain tumour at the age of 6; Lucas is now 13 years old and there is no trace of the tumour left; Across world, every year 300 in US, 100 in France diagnosed every year of BG
- PM Modi Holds Bilateral Meetings With UAE Counterpart, Madagascar President; Inaugurates Abu Dhabi’s First Hindu Temple
- Vocal for Karnataka’s Locals: Infosys, Foxconn Under BJP Fire for Not Hiring Those Who Gave Land; Govt Promises Action
- Madhya Pradesh: Tribal Man Stripped, Hung Upside Down And Thrashed; 2nd such incident this week; The victim runs a tea shop and said that the attackers kept asking him for ‘cut money
- A sessions court in Mumbai dismissed plea of a woman over her complaint against her husband, in-laws, observing that a man giving time, money to his mother cannot be considered domestic violence
- No SC greenlight for Vedanta’s Tuticorin plant yet; expert panel likely to be set up to explore reopening of plant; Nxtra to procure 140,208 MWh renewable energy for data centres; CIAL announces agreement with BPCL to set up first green hydrogen plant at Cochin airport
- Tata Power Renewables, Tata Comm ink Rs 105 cr pact to set up captive solar project; Adani Power, DAIT get CCI nod to acquire Coastal Energen; proposed transaction involves the acquisition of 100% equity share capital
- Charges Against Paytm Payments Bank To Be Probed By ED; RBI cautions banks, NBFCs against complancency; Irdai proposes to set up online marketplace ‘Bima Sugam; Yes Bank set to recover 50% of dues from sale of Katerra India debt; Visa, Mastercard stop business payments via commercial cards post RBI instructions
- Radisson Hotel Group accelerates growth in India with 21 signings in 2023; Luxury housing sale jumps 75% Y-o-Y in 2023; India office market holds potential to increase REIT market size over 6 times, ICRA
- Influencers on X profiting from misinformation about conflicts in the Middle East, impose platform’s contentious policies that researchers say prioritize engagement over accuracy; IDF says Hamas Commander Who Orchestrated October 7 Attack Spotted In Tunnel; Palestinian President Abbas Urges Hamas to Agree Gaza Deal ‘Quickly’, Says Report
- Putin signed into force a law allowing authorities to confiscate assets from those convicted of speaking out against the Kremlin’s Ukraine offensive; “Extremely Difficult”: Ukraine’s New Army Chief On Frontline Situation
- Cancer Patient In US Dies After Surgical Robot Burns Holes In Organs; The woman had surgery at Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital in to treat her colon cancer with the multi-armed, remote-controlled da Vinci robot
- Maldives Deports 43 Indians, 143 Other Foreigners Alleging They Ran ‘Illegal Businesses’, No Chinese Among Deportees
- Mizoram Body Urges Centre to Reconsider Decision to Fence India-Myanmar Border, Suspend FRM
- Powerful Storm Sweeps Through Melbourne, 174,000 Homes Without Power; winds tore off roofs, uprooted trees and flattened electricity pylons, according to media, social media images
- Unofficial tallies suggest Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto may win Indonesia’s presidential election in a single round. Early results show a commanding lead; Bali’s Tourism Tax Targets Visitors
- US: Mystery Cargo Ship 74-meter bulk carrier ‘Arlington’, Which Sank In 1940, Found 200 Meters Deep In Lake Superior; US Braces For Winter Storm Fallout: 1,200 Flights Canceled, Heavy Snow Blankets North-East Region
- Today’s Word – Bannock – Flat unleavened loaf of bread
