NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 18 February- 5 Mins read
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- Giving MSP On All Crops “Not Practical”, Says Agricultural Economist Amid Farmers’ Protest; Govt Can Bring MSP Ordinance Overnight If It Wants says farmer leaders; 100 Farmers Arrested At TN Railway Station Over ‘Rail Roko” Protest; Protest Disrupts Supply Chain, Vegetable Prices May Rise In Delhi
- Farmers’ protest news Day 6: 4th round of talks with Govt today; BKU to hold dharnas in 4 states on Feb 21; demand ordinance to give legal guarantee for MSP ahead of meeting; Union Govt Used British-Era Law to Give Itself Powers to Suspend Internet
- Renowned Urdu poet Gulzar and Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya have been named the recipients of the 58th Jnanpith Award
- Congress MP from Andaman Receives Sansad Ratna Award For 3rd Time In A Row; BJP’s Sukanta Majumdar, Sudheer Gupta, Shiv Sena’s Shrikant Eknath Shinde NCP’s Amol Ramsing Kolhe also received the award
- ISRO’s Weather Satellite INSAT-3DS Lifts Off From Andhra’s Sriharikota; aims to augment the study of the Earth’s surface and oceanic observations
- Hindu Outfit Goes To Court Over Lioness Named ‘Sita’ At Bengal Safari Park; Housed With Lion ‘Akbar’ at Bengal Safari, Alleges Blasphemy; park authorities, denied any such name was given by it to lioness
- India Questions Delay in UNSC Reform, Asks Why P-5 Continue to Override Voice of 188 Nations; advocates for comprehensive reform, emphasising equity and inclusion for all member states
- India Reported Over 600 Cases of Breast Cancer, 226 Related Deaths Daily in 2023; UP Tops Charts
- _Doctors Don’t Prescribe Enough ORS, Assuming Patients Don’t Want It’: New Study Raises Concerns;
study utilises ‘actors’ who visited doctors and pharmacies in 253 small and mid-sized towns across two states, seeking treatment for their (fictional) children suffering from moderate or severe diarrhoea_ - Cos take price-cut route to get more electric two-wheelers on road; EV firms driving demand for expats; cos increase hiring in tech, engineering, R&D roles
- Banks to conduct performance review of empanelled advocates; Bandhan Bank authorised to collected revenues of West Bengal Govt
- *Goods train derails near Delhi’s Sarai Rohilla railway station; rescue operation underway; incident
happened when the train was passing under the Zakhira flyover* - Got Delusional Demands From Hamas”: Netanyahu On Halting Gaza Truce Talks; Dismisses Early Election Calls As Thousands Protest In Israel; Thousands Join Pro-Palestinian March In London, 12 Arrested; Mediator Qatar Says Truce ‘Not Promising’ As Israel Rejects Calls To Spare Rafah
- US Envoy Says Israel Has Not Presented Evidence That Hamas Diverted UN Aid Deliveries in Gaza; srael Requests US For Weapons As Stockpile Can Only Sustain “19 Weeks Of Fighting” Against Hamas; Will Enter Rafah Even If Hostage Deal Reached says Netanyahu; Raids Largest Functioning Hospital
- Air Canada, the largest airline in the North American country, was ordered to pay partial refund to a passenger after its chatbot provided inaccurate information, misleading the person into purchasing a full-price ticket
- Avdiivka – Symbol Of Ukrainian Resistance Now In Control Of Russian Troops; Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Died Of “Sudden Death Syndrome”, His Mother Told; “Hopes Smashed”: Navalny Death Leaves Despair, Apathy In Moscow; Biden Tells Zelensky He Is “Confident” Of Renewed US War Aid
- Japan Successfully Launches Next-Generation H3 Rocket In Third Attempt; billed as flexible and cost-effective by space agency JAXA, has been mooted as a possible competitor to Space X’s Falcon 9
- Prohibitory Orders Imposed in Islamabad as Imran Khan’s Party Begins Protests Against Polls Rigging; political stalemate continues
- Today’s Word – Edh – Letter in Old English representing voiced ‘th’ sound
