NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 29 February- 5 Mins read
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- CJI Welcomes Newly Appointed Judges – Legal power is not enough for a judge for whom the stronger tool is their desire to understand human life and people’s problems
- UP: A woman married her brother-in-law to reap the benefits of CM’s Mass Marriage scheme after her groom stood her up
- Two people killed as a train ran over passengers who were trying to escape a “fire” on board an express train at the Kalajharia railway station in Jharkhand’s Jamtara
- Breaking into the top 1% of wealth in US is getting harder; now takes at $5.8MN to join richest echelon in the world’s largest economy, almost 15% more than about 12 months ago
- Farmer Stopped At Bengaluru Metro For “Untidy” Clothes; NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of the incident
- Study: Poor Sleep Linked with Muscle Dysmorphia among Young; Getting adequate sleep is critical for bodies to maintain basic health processes, especially necessary for teenage, young adult development
- Bridge Too Far? Meant To Be Linked, 2 Mumbai Flyovers Have A 6-Foot Gap; Mumbai Civic Body termed the bridge an “architectural marvel” when it was opened earlier this week
- Manipur Tribal Affairs Minister Absent For 10 Months, Replace Him: Naga MLAs To CM; his portfolio is key to bringing peace in Manipur; Mizoram Assembly Adopts Resolution Against Govt Decision to Fence India-Myanmar Border
- Wrestlers’ Sexual Harassment Case: Delhi Court Reserves Order on Framing Charges against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
- Sunil Bharti Mittal, the Founder and Chairperson of Bharti Enterprises, awarded Honorary Knighthood by King Charles III in UK; 1st person to receive from King Charles; Telcos not liable to deduct TDS on discounts to distributors on SIM cards, recharge vouchers says SC; In relief for Vi & Adani, DoT mulls waiving 5G minimum rollout fine
- RBI Action On Paytm Payments Bank Not Impacting Merchants’ Trust, Says Survey; Paytm Set To Retain Customers Despite Crisis, Says Brokerage Firm UBS; RBI cancels licence of Rajasthan-based Sumerpur Mercantile Urban Coop Bank; Commercial credit portfolio of Indian MSMEs grew 11% on-year in Jul-Sep: SIDBI, TransUnion Cibil report
- Ganga In West Bengal Declared Unfit For Bathing Due To Untreated Sewage, NGT Warns Of Fines if they fail to demonstrate significant progress in tackling the issue
- Ace Aviation approaches NCLAT to expedite sale of three Jet Airways aircraft; Boeing given 90 days by FAA to come up with a plan to improve safety and quality of manufacturing
- Reliance, Disney Announce Rs 70,352 Cr JV To Bring Together Streaming, TV Services In India; Dish TV calls EGM to seek shareholder nod for Director appointments
- Israel Moves Forward With Settlement Plans Despite Criticism From US; In Gaza, Hungry Families Forced To Slaughter Horses, Eat Animal Fodder; Over 5 Lakh People In War-Torn Gaza “One Step Away” From Famine, Warns UN; “Hope Right People Come In, Do Right Thing”: Israel Votes For Civic Polls
- NASA says US Spacecraft, Russian Satellite Set For A Risky Encounter In Space; 11 Chinese Ships Spotted Near Taiwan Amid Tensions Over Deadly Boat Sinking
- Bitcoin passed $60,000 mark, approaching its all-time high and continuing its unbridled rise since the approval of a new type of investment indexed to the cryptocurrency
- A 4,500-tonne high-tech Chinese spy ship masquerading as a research vessel which made a port call here last week has left the shores of the Maldives
- IATA: Last Year Was Safest Ever For Commercial Air Travel; only fatal accident of a passenger plane was crash of ATR turboprop operated by Nepal’s Yeti Airlines during a domestic flight, killing 72 people
- Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan Pujara, Chahal, Dhawan & Umesh Yadav Dropped From BCCI Annual Contract List For 2023-24; Yashasvi Jaiswal Makes it to Grade B; Mohammad Siraj, Shubman Gill Get Promotions
- Today’s Word – Palillogy – Repetition of a word or word or phrase