NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 21 February- 5 Mins read
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- Makeshift Tanks’, Iron Sheets: Farmers’ Plan To Cross Haryana Border; Concrete barriers, barbed wires and large shipping containers are part of the multi-layer blockade by the administration; Haryana Top Cop Writes to Punjab Police As Farmers Set to Resume ‘Delhi Chalo’ March; Traffic Snarls Expected
- SC History: Ballot Papers Counted In Court, Judges Announce Result AAP Candidate Declared Chandigarh Mayor, Cancels Earlier Result; RO Anil Masih faces a contempt of court action initiated by SC; court said it is duty bound to ensure that democratic process is not set at naught by such subterfuges
- India’s ‘Super Thief’: A Law Graduate Who Stole Over 1000 Cars, Became Judge & Freed 2000 Criminals – Dhani Ram Mittal, also known as ‘Super Natwarlal’ and ‘Indian Charles Sobhraj’ in police records
- Shashi Tharoor, a prolific author and a diplomat-turned-politician, was conferred France’s highest civilian honour ‘Chevalier de la Legion d’honneur’
- West Bengal: LoP Suvendu Adhikari In Trouble Over “Khalistani” Slur For IPS Officer; WB Police said comment is as much malicious and racial as it is communally inciting. It is a criminal act; You cannot attack my religion. I have not said anything about your religion,” the officer is heard saying
- PM Modi Launches India’s Longest Transportation Tunnel In Jammu And Kashmir on the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link; also inaugurated 48.1-km-long Banihal-Khari-Sumber-Sangaldan section. “This longest tunnel, which is 12.77 km long, known as T-50
- Madras HC Orders MHA to Grant Pension to 94-Year-Old INA Veteran Detained in Rangoon Jail in 1945
- In a major move ahead of LS elections, the Maharashtra legislative assembly unanimously passed the Maratha Reservation Bill, which proposes to extend reservations to the community above 50% mark
- In Bengaluru, Pending Fines, Not OK, Please! Clear Your Traffic Violation Dues If You Don’t Want to Go to Court
- Tejas Jet Flies Successfully With India-Made Digital Flight Control System; Tejas designed to undertake air defence, maritime reconnaissance and strike roles
- Hyderabad Man Laxmi Narayana Vinjam (28) Dies During “Smile-Enhancement” Surgery Weeks Before Wedding; died while undergoing the ‘smile designing’ procedure at the FMS International Dental Clinic in Jubilee Hills
- RBI: Inflation Expectations In India May Stabilise, Edge Down Going Ahead; evolving conditions are turning favourable on the agriculture front as well for the next financial year; Bajaj Allianz Life, Satin Creditcare partner to boost financial inclusion in rural India
- In a first, Centre taps private sector to invest Rs 2.16 lakh crore in nuclear energy; Tata Steel, JSW Steel among bidders for mines under commercial coal block auction; NBCC gets Rs 332Cr order from Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agriculture University
- Global companies account for 60% of Indian vaccine sales by value; Sun Pharma to acquire 16.33 pc stake in Surgimatix for USD 3.05 mn
- Vervesemi gets DLI recognition for launch of Made-in-India semiconductor ASIC; Turkish jewellery brand Zen Diamond plans to enter Indian market with stores in top metros
- Classic Legends to set up plant in UK to manufacture BSA bikes; TVS SCS extends contract with Rolls-Royce for parts distribution centre in Singapore till 2029; Iconic Yamaha RX100 reportedly coming back to India in new avatar
- Banks set up panel to guard executives from corruption cases; NARCL’s offer for Entertainment City debt pegs recovery at 95%; PFC, Goa govt sign pact for green energy initiatives; NTPC arm NGEL inks pact with AP to develop India’s largest green hydrogen production facility
- US Vetoes UN Truce Vote As Israel Continues Strikes On Gaza; UN Food Agency Suspends Aid To North Gaza After Gunfire, Looting; 8,000 More Could Die By August In Gaza Even If Fighting Stops; Prince William Calls for Immediate End to Gaza War, Says ‘Too Many Have Been Killed
- _ South Africa Blasts Israeli “Apartheid”, Houthis Warns Europe; Houthi Attacks Drive Indian Diesel To Asia As Imperil Flows To Europe; In A First, Crew Abandons Ship In Red Sea After Houthi Missile Strikes_
- Mr Moore founder of Bob’s Red Mill established a unique ownership structure for his natural food firm. Rather than selling out to a food conglomerate, he gave his 700 employees full ownership of company
- Elon Musk: The first human patient implanted with a brain-chip from Neuralink appears to have fully recovered and is able to control a computer mouse using their thoughts
- Putin Critic Navalny’s Stoic Partner Steps Out Of The Shadows; X Account Of Navalny’s Wife Suspended Briefly Day After It Was Created; Putin Ally’s Son Dies At 35 Under Mysterious Circumstances; US Vows ‘Major Sanctions’ on Russia
- Today’s Word – Haplology – Omission of a doubled or similar sound or syllable in a word
