Daily Curated News –319

March 28, 2024 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 28 March – 5 Mins read
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  1. A Faster Spinning Earth May Cause Timekeepers to Subtract a Second from World Clocks; Ice melting at both of Earth’s poles has been counteracting the planet’s burst of speed and is likely to have delayed this global second of reckoning by about 3 years
  2. No Relief for Arvind Kejriwal from Delhi High Court, Next Hearing on April 3; ED Summons AAP’s Goa Chief, Party Leader in Delhi Excise Policy-linked Money-laundering Case; Respect Sovereignty Of Others’: India Summons US Diplomat Over Kejriwal Arrest Remark, Sends A Strong Message
  3. Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Pilot of Cargo Ship Did ‘Everything’ to Avoid Collision, Indian Crew’s SOS Saved ‘Many Lives’; US Officials Find Black Box From Ship That Crashed Into Bridge
  4. In Telangana’s Bhadradri Kothagudem, Farmer Bomma Rata Ellaiah, Cultivates Grapes On Terrace; The farmer has been using organic fertilisers on his grapevines and taking steps to prevent pests
  5. IndiGo Aircraft Hits Stationary (awaiting clearance to enter the runway) Air India Express Plane at Kolkata Airport; Damages Wingtips Of 2 Aircraft
  6. Sonam Wangchuk: Agitation to demand statehood for Ladakh will be intensified and a ‘border march’ will be held on April 7
  7. Polling Officials To Trek 39 Km For Lone Voter In Arunachal Malogam Village; Congress’ Supriya Shrinate, BJP’s Dilip Ghosh Get Election Commission Notice; Corruption-Accused Assam Politician Seen Sleeping On Bed Of Notes
  8. India plans to spend nearly $3.7 billion to fence its 1,610-km porous border with Myanmar within about a decade to prevent smuggling and other illegal activities
  9. All Manipur Bar Association has written to the CJI Chandrachud highlighting the need to speak out against underhanded attacks on the judiciary
  10. Mumbai Police Seize Mephedrone Worth Rs 245 Crore from Factory in Sangli District; Six Held
  11. BHEL bags Rs 4,000Cr order for 1600 MW thermal project from Adani Power; India can easily surpass 500 GW RE target before 2030; Sterlite Power, GIC to form JV for developing, operating power transmission projects in India
  12. Hear out, show proof to borrowers suspected of ‘wilful default’: Bombay High Court; Microlending portfolio grows 31 pc in Dec quarter; RBI issues advisory on banks’ investments in alternative investment funds
  13. Go First lenders yet to decide on bids, airline’s revival likely to be delayed’; Fire breaks out in Patna-Delhi Holi Special train; no casualties reported
  14. IIT Kharagpur partners with Jindal Stainless to execute R&D projects metallurgical research and development
  15. “Deadliest” Israeli Strike On Lebanon Kills Seven, Hezbollah Strikes Back with Rocket Barrage; Israel Pounds Gaza, Fights Hamas Around Major Hospitals As UN Warns Of ‘Man-Made Famine’; Israel Truce Team Leaves Doha, Official Blames Hamas For ‘Dead End; Israel Asks US To Reschedule Scrapped Meeting On Rafah Offensive Plans
  16. Nepal Mayor’s Daughter Goes Missing From Goa Meditation Retreat, Found Two days Later in Hotel in North Goa’s Mandrem
  17. UK Can Fight Russia “Only For Few Months”, Biden Says US Needs To Save Ukraine from “Butcher Putin
  18. 4,600 asylum seekers arrived in Britain on small boats so far in 2024, a record total for 1st 3 months of 2024 and giving Prime Minister Rishi Sunak a fresh political headache
  19. A mystery person in the US state of New Jersey has won a whopping $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot; 8th-Largest In US History
  20. IPL 2024: Sunrisers Hyderabad Survive Carnage to Beat Mumbai Indians in Jaw-dropping Run-fest after SRH posting record-breaking 277/3 – IPL’s Highest
  21. Today’s Word – Railophone – Telephone installed in a train