NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 18 Nov – 5 Mins read
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- UP: Salwar Caught Fire But – Nurse Megha James was on duty when the fire broke out at the Jhansi hospital and she threw herself headlong into the rescue efforts, playing a hero’s role by saving several babies; Hospital Fire That Killed 11 Babies Accidental, Finds Panel
- GRAP Stage-4 Curbs Kick In As Delhi-NCR Chokes Under Severe Air Pollution; Schools Go Online, No Entry For Truck; “Complete Failure”: Supreme Court On Solid Waste Management Rules In Delhi
- Pakistan-Trained Hizbul Terrorist, 31 Years On The Run, Nabbed By UP Police In Kashmir
- India successfully test-fires long-range hypersonic missile; designed to carry various payloads for ranges greater than 1,500 km
- BJP’s Manipur Ally Withdraws Support, Blames Biren Singh For Crisis In State; Amit Shah Reviews Manipur Security Situation Amid Unrest; Headless Body Of 2-Year-Old Meitei Hostage, Grandmother Killed By Suspected Kuki Militants Found In Manipur River
- Mob vandalises homes of BJP leaders, tries to storm Biren Singh’s residence as Jiribam anger spills to capital Imphal; Manipur asks Union Govt to withdraw AFSPA from 6 police station areas; Mizoram govt urges residents to exercise caution following recent violence in Manipur
- PM Modi To Get Nigeria’s ‘GCON’ Award, 2nd Foreign Guest After Queen Elizabeth; 1st visit by a PM of India to Nigeria in 17 years
- Jharkhand BJP Told To Take Down Social Media Post As It Violates Poll Code; party asks EC to explain the violation
- IPFT Tipraha faction emerges as new party in Tripura, trains guns at tribal parties in ruling alliance for ‘abandoning’ Tipraland issue
- New tower companies bank on Vodafone Idea, BSNL expansion; Kerala becomes battleground in banks’ fight for NRI deposits; Dubai-based siblings to transfer jiohotstar.com domain to Reliance ‘free of cost; India to shift to ‘smartphone era’ for cars embracing 5G, advanced AI in 2025
- Prestige Estates to launch Rs 52,000-cr housing projects by March 2025 amid strong demand; Sirius India Airlines looks to raise USD 100 million for expansion; Fine Acers aims for Rs 5,000 crore in assets under management; WestBridge to float a general insurance JV with Neelesh Garg
- Coal India arm NCL plans to relocate township in MP having 600 MT of mineable coal underneath; Targets met, subsidy on electric cargo three wheelers to end; Telangana announces 100% exemption on road tax, registration fees for electric vehicles; Days after listing, ACME Sun Power secures Rs 3,753Cr loan for projects in Rajasthan, Gujarat
- Biden Becomes First Sitting US President To Visit Amazon Rainforest Ahead Of G20 Rio Summit; ; ‘Pro-Putin’ Trump’s Win Leaves Ukraine At Europe’s Mercy As Russia ‘Escalates
- On 1,000th Day Of War, Russia Targets Ukraine With Fierce Missile, Drone Attacks; ‘Could Give Russia A Major Win’: Democrats Cast Doubt On Tulsi Gabbard’s Inclusion In Trump 2.0
- Pope Francis suggests study into possibility of Israel’s Gaza offensive being a genocide; IDF Strike Kills Two Lebanese Soldiers, Synagogue Damaged in Haifa Attack, Hezbollah Official Killed
- Spike in methane emissions from tropical wetlands threatens climate goals; From 2020 to 2022, methane concentrations in atmosphere hit their highest levels since measurements began in 1980s
- US Woman Visits Hospital For Sore Throat, Only To Discover She’s Pregnant With Quadruplets; The odds of conceiving spontaneous quadruplets are less than one in 500,000
- Today’s Word – Kismet – Destiny or fate.