NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 19 Nov – 5 Mins read
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- Jhansi Hero Yakub Mansuri Who Saved Many Babies From Hospital Fire Lost His Twin Daughters; broke through a window and managed to rescue some newborns
- Class 7 student Jeridisha set a new world record for performing 50 yoga asanas in just 20 minutes – while sitting on a bed of iron nails
- All Delhi School Classes Go Online After Top Court Rap Over Air Pollution; 14 Flights To Delhi Diverted Due To Poor Visibility, Bad Weather; sC Flags “Wrong Approach” In Enforcing GRAP Curbs; SC Asks About Delhi Construction Ban; Lawyer’s Reply mentioning construction happening in SC complex Stuns Judge
- Autopsy Of 5 Bodies Of Missing 6 From Manipur Done, 6th Body Found Floating In Assam; Internet Shutdown Extended For 2 Days In Manipur Amid Protests Over Jiribam Violence
- Dhaka, Islamabad Inch Closer With Historic Sea Link; implications on New Delhi’s security establishment especially due to Bangladesh’s proximity to India’s northeastern states
- ED seized ₹ 1,000Cr worth of cash, liquor and other inducements in the ongoing elections in Maharashtra, Jharkhand, 14 states where bypolls are being held; 7 Times More Than 2019
- Apple supplier Foxconn ordered hiring agents that recruit iPhone assembly workers in India to remove age, gender, marital criteria as well as manufacturer’s name in job Ads; Meta Fined $25.4 MN By India, WhatsApp Data Sharing Blocked For 5 Years
- K Sanjay Murthy (1989) To Be Next Comptroller And Auditor General Of India; of Himachal, will succeed Girish Chandra Murmu
- ED uncovers Amazon and Flipkart’s direct links with sellers; RBI extends supersession on Abhyudaya Coop Bank board for another year; Delhi HC seeks response from Norway’s Pure E&P on ONGC’s Rs 252Cr arbitration award; Chennai-Vladivostok maritime corridor becomes operational; Go for gold! Goldman predicts $3,000 breakthrough in 2025
- Ujjivan Small Finance Bank to sell Rs 270Cr in bad loans to asset reconstruction firms; Tyre makers to see 7-8 pc topline growth this fiscal; Delhi HC seeks response from Norway’s Pure E&P on ONGC’s Rs 252Cr arbitration award
- NGEL, OGL incorporate JV company to work in RE sector; Godrej Agrovet collaborates with Provivi to offer sustainable crop solutions for rice and maize farmers; IIT Guwahati, IRS launch India’s first underwater welding & deep diving certification programme
- Vodafone executives resign from Indus Towers board after Bharti Airtel gains majority stake; Bharti Global completes acquisition of 24.5% stake in BT Group; Two more insolvency pleas against SpiceJet, NCLT issues notice over Sabarmati Aviation plea
- IndiGo aircraft, which had 175 people on board including Bihar Governor Rajendra Arlekar, was delayed at Patna Airport due to an alleged puncture in the tyre
- 62,000 Dead In Sudan’s Civil War, Real Figure Might Be Far Higher; The ongoing war in Sudan has often been overlooked amid higher-profile conflicts raging across multiple continents
- Organic carrots, baby carrots sold in grocery stores across US being recalled after an E. coli outbreak that has left at least one person dead and 15 others hospitalized
- Justin Trudeau Says ‘Made Mistakes’ On Immigration, Plans Big Change; Canada immigration plan is very straightforward lower the No of immigrants — both permanent and temporary
- Ocean Plankton Survived Ice Age But May Not Cope With Climate Change Now; Models project a shift of plankton towards both poles, and losses to zooplankton in the tropics
- Woman-Owned Cafe In Indonesia’s Ultra-Conservative Sharia Stronghold Shakes Stigma; Aceh still catches attention for its ultra-conservative values, including by-laws that require Muslim women to wear hijabs
- Netanyahu Aide Under Suicide Watch In Prison, “Gave Hostage Data” to Bild to Help PM?; After Qatar Ouster, Hamas Shifts Base to Turkey? Israel Prez “Blocked” From Entering Turkey Airspace
- Today’s Word – Labyrinthine – Irregular and twisting; complex