NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 21 March – 5 Mins read
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- Finland World’s Happiest Country For Seventh Year In A Row, Afghanistan Unhappiest; Denmark, Iceland and Sweden – all Nordic nations – are among the 10 most cheerful countries
- A scammer targeted a Sr VP at Unacademy in Bengaluru with a fake UPI money transfer scam; he Foils UPI Scam After Recognising Red Flags
- CJI: Supreme Court is always there for citizens of India, “irrespective of wealth, social status, caste, religion, or gender or who is in power”, and “no case is too small for the highest court of the land; Keeping accused without trial akin to detention hampering liberty’: SC pulls up ED over money laundering probes
- EC’s independence doesn’t stem from judicial member’s presence: In affidavit, Union Govt defends dropping CJI from selection panel
- Odisha shivers: Cities like Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Chandbali, Paradeep, and Baripada witnessed remarkably low temperatures, breaking records that had stood for decades
- Study: India’s solar waste could reach 600 kilotonnes by 2030; around 67% of this waste will come from five states: Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu
- Woman Compares Chetak Express’s ‘Overcrowded’ AC Coach to General, Railways Respond by asking PNR Number; provided avenues for direct complaint registration to ensure speedy redressal
- Maiden test-firing of India’s first indigenously-made 1500 horsepower engine for Main Battle Tanks was conducted in Mysuru
- UP Man Modifies Car Into ‘Chopper’, Cops Seize Vehicle For Flouting Rules; ordered to dismantle the rotor that he had welded on to the roof of an old car to make it resemble a chopper
- India To Prosecute 35 Somali Pirates Responsible For Hijacking Ship in a departure from its recent practice of rescuing vessels and crew but leaving the disarmed pirates at sea
- Sadhguru undergoes emergency ‘brain surgery’, recovering; It said that the surgery was necessitated after a ‘life-threatening bleeding in his brain
- 5G users in India consume 3.6x more data compared to 4G users; Pocket FM raises $103 mn in Series D round from Lightspeed, Stepstone Group
- Hinduja company taps Japanese banks to fund Reliance Capital buy; RBI directs banks dealing with Govt transactions to remain open on Sunday, Mar 31; Fintech firms disburse 2.5Cr loans in Q3
- MG 2.0: JSW MG Motor India sets wheels rolling to give India another ‘Maruti moment’; MG India’s Cyberster: All-Electric Sports Car with sprint pace of 0-100 Kph in 3.2 seconds
- Strong demand for executives in pharma CEO, COO, CLO roles; CTC on offer: Rs 1.75-2.50r; Hospital chain Aster DM says deal to sell major stake in Gulf business nearing completion
- Reliance refusing Sovcomflot oil shipments after sanctions, sources say; Oberoi Group to open 50 new hotels by 2030; Women travellers driving demand in domestic, Intl travel; Wilmington Trust approaches NCLAT, files Insolvency appeal against SpiceJet
- UN: Myanmar’s junta is already facing an “existential threat” but the world could help end its “nightmare” rule with coordinated sanctions
- US B-52 Bomber Tests Hypersonic Missile From Pacific Base Of Gaum On China And North Korea’s Radar; Chinese Scientists Claim Breakthrough In Drone Warfare With Maple Seed-Inspired Technology; China Sends Signal Relay Satellite To Moon’s Dark Side
- Pak PM, Cabinet Ministers unanimously decided to forego their salaries and related benefits due to the precarious economic condition; Gunfire, Explosions At Pakistan’s Gwadar Port, 8 Terrorists Killed; Pakistan, IMF Reach Agreement Over $1.1BN Payment
- Vietnam’s President Vo Van Thuong resigned after just one year in the job, as the country mounts a sweeping anti-graft purge
- EU Plan To Give Frozen Russian Assets To Arm Ukraine Breaks Law; Putin Threatens To Strike Ukraine Civil Targets Over Attacks, France Slams Russian “Disinformation”
- Half Of New Yorkers Will Flee City In Next 5 Years As Quality Of Life Falls; also showed steep slides in happiness with the quality of education, government services and cleanliness in the city
- Racist, xenophobic and religion-based hate crimes surged 32% in France in 2023, with a spike following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza; Google Fined $272MN By French Regulators for reproducing their content online and using their material for its AI chatbot without telling them
- Trump Says Any Jews Who Vote For Democrats “Hate Their Religion, Israel”; Gaza Hunger Warnings Grow Amid Ceasefire Talks
- Prabowo Subianto Elected as New President of Indonesia decisively beating two rivals who have vowed to file a legal complaint about the vote
- Today’s Word – Keck – To retch; to feel disgust
