NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 29 March – 5 Mins read
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- Noida Dumping Yard Blaze Continues For 4th Day, 150 Firefighters On Spot; The site was filled with dry leaves and twigs too, where some unidentified miscreants allegedly ignited fire on the day of the Holi
- Three people were killed as roof of the popular Sekhmet Bar collapsed in Chennai’s busy Chamiers Road in the Alwarpet area; Officials added “the bar was functional
- World’s Biggest Election Loser’: Tamil Nadu Man Gears Up To Contest 2024 Polls After Losing 238 Times
- 1st Flight Of Light Combat Aircraft Tejas Mk1A Conducted Successfully; flying time of 18 minutes
- Not Just Bengaluru, Entire South India Staring At Water Crisis This Summer As Dipping Reservoir Stores Raise Alarm
- Study: Song Lyrics Are Getting Simpler, Angrier and More Repetitive; Lyrics have also become angrier, more self-obsessed over last 40 years, reinforcing the opinions of cranky ageing music fans everywhere
- Key Conspirator Muzammil Shareef, who extended logistic support In Bengaluru Cafe Blast Case Arrested By Anti-Terror Agency after massive raids across multiple locations in three states
- Adani, Ambani Collaborate – Reliance Picks 26% stake in a MP power project of Adani; Torrent Power gets letter of award to supply 150 MW renewable energy; Coal India achieves 610.8-MT supply to power sector, tops annual target
- India’s fixed communication revenue to grow to $13.2 bn in 2028 vs $11.5 bn in 2023: GlobalData; Flash calls: Third-party aggregators save cash even as telcos red-flag new verification method
- Delhi HC mulls contempt proceedings against SpiceJet Ajay Singh over arbitration award payment dispute; No evidence of wrongdoing’: CBI closes UPA-era Air India aircraft leasing against Praful Patel; Vistara takes delivery of 7th wide-body Boeing aircraft
- Essential medicines to cost slightly more from April 1; Wockhardt raises Rs 480 crore to pare debt, fund drug trial; Mankind joins race for Apax’s surgical supplies company Healthium Medtech; Eli Lilly in advanced clinical trials for its weight-loss pill
- Adani cements its Ambuja stake with₹6,661 cr infusion; Jindal Advanced Materials ties up with Italy’s MAE to invest Rs 2,700 cr in carbon fibre plant; ICICI, Axis, IIFL invest in GMR’s Rs 800Cr Delhi Airport bonds
- India set to send teams to Chile seeking lithium and copper assets, report says; Chennai refinery expansion cost goes up over Rs 3,600Cr; Diesel exports plunge 25% to $20 billion as global prices soften
- China’s Xiaomi Enters Car Market With New Electric Vehicle; EVs cross adoption tipping point in 31 nations; Car shipments shifting back to pre-Covid gear; Maruti, Hyundai at the top; Madras HC stays Rs 80 cr GST demand on Hyundai seconded employees pay
- Israeli Soldiers Seen Posing With Gaza Women’s Underwear In Online Posts; “Positive Development”: India On UN Resolution Calling For Gaza Ceasefire; Israel Must “Ensure Urgent Humanitarian Assistance” In Gaza: World Court; Battles Rages Near Gaza Hospital Amid Tensions Between US-Israel Tensions; Palestine PM Forms New Cabinet, Will Serve As Foreign Minister Too
- Lufthansa’s ground staff will get average pay rises of 12.5 percent under a deal reached after a series of crippling strikes
- Iconic Door Prop That Kept Rose Alive In ‘Titanic’ Sells For Staggering ₹ 5.9 Cr; Many fans argue that Jack could have been saved because there was enough space on the door for both the main characters
- Traveling in New York is already costly, but it just got worse: authorities have approved a controversial $15 toll, set to take effect in mid-June, for motorists entering the busiest part of Manhattan
- Debt-plagued Thames Water revealed that it failed to raise a major cash injection from shareholders, blaming industry regulations that made its rescue plan uninvestable
- Japan’s unmanned Moon lander woke up after surviving a second frigid, two-week lunar night and transmitted new images back to Earth
- Putin Says Russia Will Not Attack NATO, But F-16s Will Be Shot Down In Ukraine; In Mali, Russian Wagner Mercenaries Are Helping the Army Kill Civilians, Rights Groups Say; Russian Veto Brings End to UN Panel Monitoring Enforcement of North Korea Nuclear Sanctions
- Chinese company suspends hydropower project in Pakistan after deadly attack on Chinese nationals. Security concerns lead to layoff of workers
- IPL 2024: Riyan Parag Fireworks and Bowlers’ Cool Nerves Help Rajasthan Royals Beat Delhi Capitals by 12 Runs
Today’s Word – Salamandroid – Like a salamander; able to withstand fire
