NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 20 February- 5 Mins read
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- You Speak Of Women Power, Show It Here”: Chief Justice To Govt; SC was hearing a petition by a woman Coast Guard officer who was denied permanent commission
- Amid Standoff With Govt, Farmers’ Body ‘Rejects’ Centre’s 5-year MSP Contract Offer; to proceed with Delhi Chalo from Feb 21; Ashok Gulati writes on farmers’ protest: Policies favour the consumer, not the producer; Internet shutdown hits education, healthcare, businesses in Haryana
- YNRK-HWH Express train: Passengers Occupy Woman’s Confirmed Train Seat, RPF Vacates It In 20 Minutes after video of ordeal goes viral
- Chief Justice Grilling Chandigarh Officer Is A First In Independent India; court not only expressed concern over the alleged defacement but also termed the ongoing political maneuvering as “horse-trading,” emphasizing its seriousness; To Examine Ballot Papers, Video Of Chandigarh Polls Today
- France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Spain have the world’s most powerful passports.; visa-free entry to 194 global destinations, With visa-free access to 62 nations, India at 85th
- Bombay HC: Chanda Kochhar, Husband’s Arrest By CBI “Amounts To Abuse Of Power”; held Kochhars’ arrest as illegal and confirmed a Jan 2023 interim order passed by another bench granting them bail
- Govt says 40 bids received via offline mode for coal mines auction under 9th round; Balrampur Chini announces Rs 2000cr capex in India’s first industrial bioplastic
- Finolex Cables to more than double optic fibre cable capacity for Rs 580 cr investment; RenewSys to set up PV modules, PV Cell manufacturing units in Telangana; TVS Mobility JV with Mitsubishi Corp for comprehensive vehicle mobility ecosystem in India
- Tesla Power India to hire over 2,000 people across verticals; Small Modular Reactor Nuclear Power Plants can fuel growth in India’s far-flung areas: Russian expert; CBDT Sets Rs 1 Lakh Threshold Per Assessee for Withdrawal of Old Tax Demands
- SC directs SpiceJet to clear $1.25 MN dues to Credit Suisse by March 15; Scandron receives DGCA Type Certification for logistics drone; Water Transport Workers Federation of India refuses to load or unload Israel-bound weapons on any ships
- India’s Gulveer Singh Wins 3000m Gold at Asian Indoor Championships; clocked 8 min 07.48 secs to finish on top of podium; India’s Trap Shooting Coach Marcello Dradi Has Liver Cancer, Paris Olympics Preparations Could be Hit
- ‘Legal Constraints Cannot Control True Love’: Allahabad HC Quashes Kidnapping Cases Lodged against Grooms by Brides’ Families
- “Houthis Hit US MQ9”, Israel Declares Brazil’s Lula Persona Non-Grata Over “Gaza Holocaust” Remarks; Gazas Health Ministry says more than 29000 Palestinians killed; 26 EU Countries Demand “Immediate” Halt In Gaza Fighting
- China Asks Pakistan’s Political Parties to Work Together to Form Govt After Split Verdict in Polls; Bilawal Bhtto rejects PM postPoliticians Loyal To Imran Khan Announce Alliance To “Form Govt
- Severe sandstorms, coupled with heavy snowfall, blanketed Chinas northwestern regions; Strong Tremors Felt in Ladakh, Earthquake of Magnitude 5.5 Strikes Kargil Region
- Daughter With Good Financial Status Cannot Be Denied Share in Father’s Self-Acquired Property: Telangana HC
- South Korea trainee doctors resigned en masse to protest medical training reforms, with the government looking at using military medics to cope with shortfalls
- US Firm Plans City Of 30,000 Monkeys For Medical Research, Locals Outraged; Animal rights groups come together to oppose plan, arguing that breeding primates for medical tests is cruel
- Dubai International, the world’s busiest airport for international passengers for nearly a decade, hit 87 million visits in 2023, beating the 2019 figure of 86.4 million despite the Gaza
- Investigators To Keep Alexei Navalny’s Body For “At Least 2 Weeks; Navalny Tributes Paid At Moscow’s ‘Wall Of Grief; Norway Summons Russian Ambassador Over Navalny Death; Putin Gives Kim Jong Un A Russian-Made Car As Gift
- Today’s Word – Gamophagia – Destruction of one gamete by another
