NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 30 March – 5 Mins read
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- Racist’ Cartoon Targets Indian Crew On Ship After Baltimore Bridge Collapse; The cartoon is being criticised not just for its racist depiction of Indians, but also for undermining the ship’s crew
- IMD: temperatures may be above normal and heat wave conditions are expected in the months of April and May
- Hair straightening may damage kidneys, finds a study; Woman suffers kidney failure, skin burn after straightening
- Indian Ports Struggle With Massive Demand As Ships Re-Route Amid Red Sea Crisis highlighting a growing challenge for the maritime industry
In India, higher educated young people are more likely to be unemployed than those without any schooling, according to the International Labour Organization - Students Rescued From Ukraine Pay For Minister’s V Muraleedharan Security Deposit For Lok Sabha Polls in Attingal; 44% Lok Sabha MPs Face Criminal Charges, 5% Are Billionaires; Samosa, Biryani, Tea: Ahead of LS Polls, District Election Panels Fix Menus to Manage Expenditure; 6,600 Complaints Per Day: Election Commission’s cVIGIL App Empowers Citizens to Flag Poll Code Violations
- Assam Extends “Disturbed Area” Status Of 4 Districts Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, and Sivasagar For 6 Months under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), 1958
- Karnataka Farmer Vivek Alva Devises Betel Nut Tooth Powder, Research Shows It’s Safe To Use; started the process to launch it in the market and has contacted CAMPCO brand for this purpose
- Ballastless track, or ‘slab track’ is becoming hugely popular in some countries for high-speed lines. For the first time, the J-slab ballastless track system is being used in India
- Akasa Air Begins International Operations with its inaugural overseas flight departing from Mumbai to Doha, Qatar, Aims For Rapid Global Expansion
- RVNL-Salasar JV gets Rs 60 crore transmission project in central Africa; Adani Green Energy begins operation of 775 MW solar projects in Gujarat
- Bank credit growth in India expected at 14-14.5% in FY25: CareEdge Ratings; Banks’ GNPAs set to improve further to 2.1 pc by FY25: Report
- Kia India looks to expand sales, service network to 700 touchpoints by year-end; Force Motors to shut down its agricultural tractors business
Israel’s Netanyahu Approves New Round Of Gaza Ceasefire Talks; Strike In Lebanon Kills Hezbollah Rocket Unit Commander; 42 Killed In Israeli Strikes In Syria’s Aleppo, Says War Monitor; Top World Court Orders Israel To Ensure Urgent Aid Reaches Gazans
- King Charles due to make his first public appearance at a royal event since his cancer diagnosis on Sunday, but likely absence of Prince William, Kate will spotlight how depleted monarchy has become
- Texas’s attorney general has launched an investigation into Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems over “reoccurring issues” with some parts it provides to the US aviation giant
- As the Solar Eclipse, also known as Surya Grahan, is set to take place on April 8, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a warning for flying ahead of this celestial event
US: Passengers boarding a flight to Orlando were evacuated using the jet bridge and evacuation slides after a “strong odour” was detected on the plane; 1 passenger injured
- Pope Francis, who often pleads for compassion to prisoners, washed the feet of 12 incarcerated women in Rome on Thursday in a rite marking Holy Thursday before Easter
- China Stops Work On Pakistan’s Two Major Dam Projects After Suicide Bomb Attack That Killed 5 Nationals; Joe Biden Writes To Shehbaz Sharif, Says US-Pak Ties ‘Critical’ For Global Security
- US Skydivers Light Up Arizona Night, Sparking Frenzy Among Residents Who Mistook It As Alien Invasion
- IPL 2024: Venkatesh Iyer’s 50, Sunil Narine and Phil Salt’s fiery start help KKR defeat RCB by 7 wickets
- Today’s Word – Takin – Heavily built Himalayan goatlike ruminant
