Daily Curated News – 438

December 6, 2024 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 6 Dec – 5 Mins read
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  1. Dilli Chalo: Prohibitory Orders In Ambala, Delhi Braces For Snarls As Farmers Plan March Today; foot march to the Parliament building Delhi is expected to begin at 1 pm; Security Tightened
  2. Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra, produced by Cepheid, “is the first test for TB diagnosis and antibiotic susceptibility testing that meets WHO’s prequalification standards
  3. ISRO successfully launched ESA PROBA-3 satellite; was on board ISRO’s workhorse rocket – the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle or PSLV in its 61st commercial mission ‘C-59
  4. Gujarat – ₹ 70,000 For Medical Degree: Police arrested 14 fake doctors who purchased degrees from the gang that operated from Surat; had a database of 1,200 fake degrees
  5. Manipur Attempt To Reopen Public Transport Hits Kuki Roadblock; prompted Kuki tribes to strengthen unwavering opposition to “partisan and baseless” government directive
  6. High Court Raps Madhya Pradesh; even 40 years after the gas disaster, authorities are in a “state of inertia; directed state Govt to dispose of the toxic waste lying at the now-defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal 
  7. _Delhi Records Winter Season’s Coldest Night So Far At 8.5 Degrees Celsius; Pollution Curbs Under GRAP 4 Revoked In Delhi, GRAP 2 To Be In Force€
  8. Sebi Bans 5 Companies From Stock Markets Over Alleged Financial Mismanagement; “Unable To Walk Since Mid August”: IndiGo Passenger Falls On Plane Ramp, Airline Apologises
  9. 3,500 Deaths In 6 Years: Snakebite ‘Epidemic’ Raises Hood In UP, But Union Govt Move May Defang Menace 
  10. Two Dead, 19 Hospitalised In Chennai’s Pallavaram Due To Suspected Water Contamination 
  11. India and China expressed satisfaction with the progress of their disengagement agreement during the 32nd meeting of the WMCC 
  12. Creditors agree to recast IL&FS Transportation Networks arm’s Rs 1,269Cr debt; NHB frowns at delayed data filing to mask delinquencies; Govt expanding data sources for better decisions; CAG flags poor exploration by Hindustan Copper 
  13. IFFCO seeks govt nod to launch new nano NPK fertiliser in retail mkt; HDFC Ergo aims at 18% growth in retail health insurance in FY 25; CITI warns of job losses, economic impact from proposed GST hike on garments 
  14. Ericsson working on making network operations autonomous using GenAI agents; Airtel inches closer to Jio in revenue market share in Q2, Vi’s hits record low; We are removing ‘airlines may change the fare in 24 hours’ clause to address irregularities in airfares: Civil Aviation 
  15. CCPA seeks additional documents from Ola on consumer rights violations and unfair trade practices; Dr Reddy’s unit gets penalty of Rs 28.7 lakh from Kazakhstan; Aurobindo unit gets USFDA nod for generic cancer drug; Foreign investors in love with Indian hospitals, write $1.5 billion cheque 
  16. 7.0 Magnitude Earthquake Hits US’ California, Tsunami Warning Issued; depth of 10KMs; 100KMs west-southwest of Ferndale; NASA Delays Crewed Lunar Landing Until 2027 As Trump Prepares For Office
  17. Russia Says Ready To Defend Through “Any Means”; Lavrov Slams ‘NATO Fantasies’ Of Sending Troops To Ukraine Amid OSCE Faceoff With US, Kyiv Diplomats 
  18. FBI Warns Texts Between Android And iPhone Could Be Targeted By Chinese Hackers; urged citizens to use encryption to secure their communications
  19. Syria Army Confirms Hama Fall, HTS Warns Iraq, Hezbollah ‘Stands By’ Assad, Russia Vows Military Aid; Hezbollah “Designed To Be Disrupted”, Rebuilding Fighting Capabilities Against Israel says US Intel
  20. Today’s Word – Cachinnate – To laugh immoderately.