NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 11 March – 5 Mins read
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- French Open Super 750: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy- Chirag Shetty Beat PH Yang- LH Lee to Take Crown
- Assam Rifles Recovers Indian, Myanmar Cash In Mizoram, 7 Held; The personnel recovered Myanmar currency worth 4,79,55,000 Kyat and Indian currency worth ₹ 2,86,780
- Army Chief’s Rundown Of AI Plan To Improve Troops’ Mobility, Protection – Natural language processing, facial recognition, vehicle tracking, satellite imagery analysis among several AI projects that are currently underway
- South African Cheetah Gives Birth To 5 Cubs – With this, the tally of Indian-born cubs has increased to 13 while the total number of cheetahs, including the cubs, is 26 at the Kuno park
- India Presents Detailed Model on Behalf of G4 Nations for UNSC Reform That Displays Flexibility on Veto
- EU: Europe could suffer “catastrophic” consequences from climate change if it fails to take urgent and decisive action to adapt to risks
- India signed a free trade pact with Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein – committing to reduce tariffs, while New Delhi receives $100 billion in investments over the next 15 years
- Summer still away, north Karnataka parched: Water once in 15-20 days; Water Board said that Bengaluru has adequate water supply; Groundwater shortage due to drought-like conditions; Calls for work from home, online classes until monsoon grow louder
- KKR, Carlyle and EQT among five buyout funds in race for Healthium; Biggest play: NARCL offers ₹10,000Cr for JP Associates’ loans; AU Small Finance Bank aims to become universal bank in 3-5 years
- Carmakers raise FY24 sales growth projection to 8.2%; MG Motor India anticipates accelerated growth path with JSW Group’s investment; Upbeat on demand, car cos revise forecast upwards again
- AG&P Pratham, Think Gas set for $1.1BN merger; ONGC’s first oil from 98/2 block goes to MRPL; Indian Oil set to join high table of F1 fuel producers
- To promote financial discipline, CRPF DG asks state unit heads to identify personnel engaged in online gaming
- Foundation stone laid for 630 MW solar power project in MP’s Chhatarpur district; NLC India Limited signs MOU with Rajasthan for thermal and renewable energy
- Vistara hit with pilots sick leave, flight operations impacted; PM inaugurates 15 new airport projects; Demand for private jets, helicopters likely to rise up to 40 pc during LS polls
- Israel-Hamas War Rages In Besieged Gaza On Ramadan Eve; Military Aircraft From 5 Countries Drop Aid Over Gaza; Netanyahu Says At Least 13,000 “Terrorists” Among Palestinians Killed – Says Biden “Wrong” In Critique Of War Policy; Hamas Chief Says Still Open To Gaza Truce Talks
- World’s Oldest Bread Found in Turkey, Dating Back 8,600 Years; residue was found near a partially destroyed oven structure in an area called “Mekan 66,” surrounded by ancient mudbrick houses
- Probe Reveals Indonesian Pilots Fell Asleep For 30 Minutes On Flight With 153 People; Although there were several navigational errors as a result of the incident, the flight did not result in any injuries
- US Man Goes To Hospital With Migraines, Drs Find Tapeworm In His Brain; It’s believed he contracted the illness from eating undercooked bacon after he told about his lifelong preference for soft bacon
- With Haiti’s capital spiraling deeper into gang violence, members of several diplomatic missions, including staff from US & the German ambassador, began leaving Port-au-Prince
- Robert Downey Jr, a three-time Academy Award nominee, won his first-ever Oscar; Oppenheimer sweeps awards as it takes best picture, director and actor
- Desperate Parents Await Return of Their Children After Gunmen Abduct 300 Students in Nigeria’s Northwest; armed gangs continue to terrorize, triggering a security crisis
- Chiayi-Class 4,000-ton Patrol Vessels Boost Taiwan’s Naval Might, To “Defend Freedom & Democracy” From China
- President Emmanuel Macron for the first time that he backed new end-of-life legislation that would allow what he called “help to die; wanted his Govt to put forward a draft bill to parliament in May
- Today’s Word – Absorptiometer – Instrument for measuring solubility of gases in liquids
