NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 23 February- 5 Mins read
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- Manipur HC Modifies 2023 Order On Meiteis In Scheduled Tribe List; deleted direction to state to consider Meiteis in the Scheduled Tribe list that had incensed the Kuki community expeditiously, preferably within four weeks
- Calcutta HC asked West Bengal to rename the lion “Akbar” and lioness “Sita”, whose names caused a controversy after both animals were placed in the same enclosure at Bengal Safari Park in Siliguri
- Farmers’ Protest: Kin of Deceased Youth Not Ready for Cremation, Demand Jobs & Financial Aid from Centre
- India Set to be World’s Third-largest Construction Market by 2025 Amid Infra Boom; construction sector accounts for 9% of India’s GDP ; 2nd largest employer with around 71 million people
- Maharashtra: ₹ 3,700Cr Worth ‘Meow Meow’ (140 kg of mephedrone) Drugs Seized In A Week as Raids Continue at a company in Kupwad MIDC area; 8 Kg Gold Worth ₹ 4 Crore, 5 iPhones Seized At Mumbai Airport
- Ex-J&K Guv Satya Pal Malik’s Home Raided, At least 30 Locations Searched; he had alleged that he was offered a Rs 300-crore bribe for clearing two files
- India Allows 100% Foreign Direct Investment In Space Sector; Good for Elon Musk’s Spacelink
- Hundreds of vehicles were stranded due to major landslides and shooting stones at multiple places along the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar highway
- Reuters Analysts: Stock market will surge to new highs by the end of June and gain nearly 9% in 2024, despite already lofty valuations, correction in the next three months was unlikely
- China Research Vessel Set To Dock In Male Amid India-Maldives Tensions; Indian Navy said mapping of seabed can enable submarine operations in geopolitically-significant Indian Ocean Region
- Israel-Hamas War: Missile Attack Causes Fire Aboard Vessel Off Yemen; One Killed In West Bank Shooting, Israel Repels Houthi Attack, IDF Admits Hamas Still “Not Defeated”; Israel Pounds Rafah Ahead Of Military Operation | UK Mulls Suspensions Of Arms Exports To Israel
- “Eye For Eye”: Taliban Publicly Executes 2 Murder Convicts In Stadium; were convicted of the crime of murder… after two years of trial in the courts
- US Woman Barges In Daughter’s Classroom, Breaks Teacher’s Nose In Front Of 25 Children; A day before the incident, the daughter had told the teacher, “My mom will handle this” after she was disciplined for allegedly lying about her whereabouts during the school day
- France’s iconic Eiffel Tower was closed for a fourth day as employees extended a strike over the monument’s management, unions said; France announced budget cuts of $11BN as it seeks to rein in its budget deficit after growth failed to meet expectations
- European Space Agency’s Satellite Concludes Its 3 Decade-Long Mission; ERS-2 satellite safely reentered Earth’s atmosphere over North Pacific Ocean on Feb 21 with no reported property damage
- NASA: Rising sea levels are already a concern, but new research reveals the land itself is sinking, adding another layer of vulnerability to major cities like New York, Baltimore, and Norfolk
- Iran Bolsters Military Ties with Russia Amid Ukraine War, Supplies 400 Ballistic Missiles; Zelensky Downplays Avdiivka Loss, Putin Aide Says Kyiv Could Be Next, Kremlin Slams “Cowboy” Biden
- Byju’s shareholders to vote on resolution to ouster CEO, family; outcome of EGM not be applicable until March 13, when Karnataka HC will next hear Raveendran’s plea challenging move by certain investors
- Yulu raises $19.25MN from Magna and Bajaj Auto, eyes expansion & new product launch; NBCC to generate Rs 15,000Cr from Amrapali projects with additional flats; Private credit funds to invest $5 billion to $10BN in 2024, says EY report; KKR raises $6.4BN for Asia Pacific infrastructure fund
- Bangalore airport joins hands with renewable energy firm CleanMax on long-term project; Delhi HC orders SpiceJet to return engine to Belgian leaser by Mar 10; RTX’s Collins Aerospace to provide Air India with avionics hardware; SpiceJet improves financial position with another 316Cr fundraising
- Sugar mills can sell potash derived from molasses to fertilizer companies, can claim subsidies; IFFCO ranked first among top 300 cooperatives globally; RINL seeks to sell 13.89 acres land in Vizag; SBI approves Rs 110Cr loan to AMSL for new project in Telangana; Russia’s disrupted oil trade crimps margins for Indian refiners
- Tata Tele unifies toll-free calling and WhatsApp Business under one number; NIIF to acquire Morgan Stanley-backed in-building connectivity firm iBus for Rs 1600Cr; Bharti Airtel will now offer in-flight mobile services
- Sona Comstar gets certification under auto PLI scheme; Ashok Leyland reaches 3 million production milestone at Pantnagar plant; Renault Nissan utilises 85% of renewable energy at TN plant between July-Dec 2023
- Today’s Word – Jeepable – Able to be traversed by jeep
