NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 2 March – 5 Mins read
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- CJI Leads Supreme Court’s Rural Outreach In Rann Of Kutch; This conference, a first of its kind in the nation’s history, brings together 250 district judges from lower courts nationwide, alongside representatives from all HCs
- 9 Injured In Bomb Blast At Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram Café; improvised explosive device (IED) was used in the attack on the café; investigation is underway; Suspect caught on camera with Bag
- ‘Maintain Decorum, Avoid Abuse, Remarks on Places of Worship’: Poll Panel Warns Parties Before Lok Sabha Battle; Scorching Summer to Heat Up Poll Season Further, Higher Heatwave Days in April-May, Warns IMD
- 25 private sector specialists (22 Jt Secretaries + 3 Directors) will soon be joining key posts in the Union Govt as part of Govtvambitious plan to infuse such talents to further improve ease of governance
- Sri Lanka awarded construction of 3 solar and wind hybrid power generation facilities to an Indian company (after scrapping a tender won by a Chinese firm) fully funded by $11MN million Indian Govt grant
- In a historic first, four units of IAF will receive the prestigious ‘President’s Standard and Colours – President’s Standard to 45 Squadron and 221 Squadron; President’s Colours to 11 Base Repair Depot, 509 Signal Unit
- Scientists Come Up With New Hack To Cool Down Warming Planet – By Reducing Atmospheric Vapour which is also classified as a greenhouse gas, most abundant in atmosphere, that amplifies the greenhouse effect
- 16 countries, including Brazil, Nepal, Bangladesh and, Malaysia, have formally joined the newly formed big cat alliance led by India
- Nagaland Assembly Adopts Resolution Against Decision To Fence Indo-Myanmar Border, Scrap FMR; Manipur Assembly Passes Resolution For Implementation Of Citizens’ Register; After Cops’ Warning, Manipur Armed Group Arambai Tenggol Under Security Forces Scanner
- Road ministry to release excess performance security deposit to contractors to ease liquidity crunch; Besco bags Rs 485Cr order to supply 1,200 wagons to Indian Railways; Indian logistics market to grow at 8.8% annually to $484.43 bn by 2029
- Sales of cars, sedans, utility vehicles see their best-ever Feb – TVS Motor sales rise by 33%; Maruti’s sales rise 15% to 1,97,471 units; Hyundai sales rise 4.5% at 60,501 units; Tata sales rise 8% at 86,406 units
- CG Power and Industrial Solutions to form JV for OSAT facility in India; Torrent Power emerges as successful bidder to supply 388 MU power during crunch period in summers; India’s power consumption rises over 8 pc to 127.79 billion units in Feb; Coal-producing states earn revenue worth Rs 1.52 lakh cr in last 9 yrs
- India Stands Firm With Developing Nations As 12th Hour WTO Negotiations Continue; Thailand Recalls Envoy After India Protests ‘Dramatised Jibes’ At WTO Meeting
- Israeli Bombing Kills 7 Hostages In Gaza, Says Hamas; UK Calls For “Urgent Investigation” Into Gaza Aid Convoy Deaths; Biden Says “Hoping” For Ceasefire Deal By Ramadan; US Military To Airdrop Food And Supplies
- Pity Us”: Deadly Scenes As Desperate Gazans Rush Aid Trucks – Aid trucks overwhelmed by people trying to take, drivers ploughed into crowd, ultimately killing tens of people; Gaza War Echoes In UK By-Poll, George Galloway Casts Win As Counter To Labour Backing For Israel
- Thousands Gather For Alexei Navalny’s Funeral Despite Arrest Warning; We Won’t Forget You – Supporters Gather To Say Goodbye; 67 People Marking Navalny’s Funeral Detained By Russian Police; Ukraine Suggests War On Russian Interests In Africa After Video Shows Wagner Interrogation In Sudan
- Widespread heavy snowfall across several provinces in Afghanistan over past 3 days has resulted in tragic loss of 15 lives, injuring 30
- Texas emergency crews struggling to contain the largest wildfire in the US state’s history, with the blaze killing 2 people; 5 major fires, fueled by an unseasonably hot winter and ferocious winds, were actively burning; scorching a million acres as it raged out of control
- UN: Extraction of Earth’s natural resources could surge 60% by 2060, imperilling climate goals and economic prosperity – calls for dramatic changes in energy, food, transport and housing
- Hackers stole “sensitive information” including military and government documents from Taiwan’s largest telecom company and sold it on the dark web
- 4th Fastest (Aus 1, Eng, Pak & Afg 2, Windies 6, Ireland 8 matches, India took 25 matches) In 147 years: Ireland Clinch 1st Win In 8th Test To Make History; defeated Afghan by 6 wickets
- Today’s Word – Randan – Uproar; din; riotous conduct
