Daily Curated News – 423

November 15, 2024 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 15 Nov – 5 Mins read
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  1. Study: Recognition from senior leaders, openness at work – most important factors in fostering a positive workplace culture, with 63% employees emphasizing the value of acknowledgement from leadership
  2. An study reveals that memory formation isnt limited to brain cells but may occur in various body cells (Kidney And Nerve Cells), altering our understanding of memory
  3. World First: Stem Cell Transplant Restores Sight In Multiple Patients; Two years after surgery, three patients experienced improved corneal transparency with no serious side effects
  4. India Tests Latest Pinaka System As France, Armenia Line-Up To Buy Rockets; During the test, the Pinaka system’s range, accuracy, consistency and rate of fire for multiple target engagement in a salvo mode were assessed
  5. Manipur’s Meiteis Demand Safe Release Of 6 Hostages, Hold Silent Protests; AFSPA Imposed In New Areas Of Manipur Amid Fresh Violence
  6. Adapting to a sea level rise of up to 0.5 metres (1.64 feet) will cost the three most vulnerable Pacific atoll nations nearly $10 billion – equivalent to about 20 years of GDP
  7. Construction Halted, Buses Restricted: Stricter Anti-Pollution Measures In Delhi; Primary Schools To Move To Online Classes Amid Severe Pollution; 300 Flights Delayed At Delhi Airport Amid Heavy Smog
  8. AI Model Detects Residual Brain Tumour In 10 Seconds, Offers Real-Time Guidance; Model has been pre-trained on more than 11,000 surgical specimens, 4MN unique microscopic fields of view
  9. Reliance, Walt Disney Close $8.5BN Merger Of Indian Media Assets; Indian Gaming Market To Hit Rs 76,000 Cr, 66% Gamers From Small Towns
  10. Cooking oil prices surge 13% in a month, no post-Diwali reprieve; AIBOC presses for 5-day work week, implementation of protective measures for bankers; SBI hikes lending rates under MCLR by 0.05%
  11. Holdco to house Tata Motors’ demerged CV, PV businesses; Murugappa to buy Germany’s Hubergroup; acquisition at an enterprise value of $310MN; Telcos, experts flag draft rules on cybersecurity as fears of overlap with MeitY guidelines loom
  12. India Steps Up Extradition Bid For Terrorist Arsh Dalla, Arrested In Canada; Dalla arrested in Canada’s Halton last month in connection with an accidental shooting
  13. Mother leopard seen fighting a lion head-on, to save her two cubs. Incident was recorded inside Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, by Carol and Bob
  14. New Zealand MP Leads Traditional Dance, ripping up a copy of a contentious bill during a House session
  15. Key Bangladesh Official Proposes Removing ‘Secularism’, ‘Socialism’ as two of four principles of the Constitution
  16. SpaceX Launches 24 Starlink Satellites In Back-To-Back Space Missions; constellation should then provide high-speed internet to remote, underserved areas around the world
  17. Trump Targets 1 Million US Migrants: Plans To Roll Back Temporary Protection; Trump picks his lawyer Todd Blanche for deputy attorney general; announces RFK Jr as US health secretary
  18. Israel continues Beirut strikes as UN resolution comes into focus; Israel accused of mass displacement in Gaza amounting to war crime, says US based human rights group
  19. Today’s Word – Halcyon – Time in the past that was idyllically happy & peaceful.