NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 10 Dec – 5 Mins read
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- Sources: One Nation, One Election Bill Likely In This Session Of Parliament; Implementing the One nation one election” plan would involve at least six bills to amend the Constitution and the government would require a two-thirds majority in parliament
- 1990 batch officer from the Rajasthan cadre Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra Appointed New RBI Governor; Comp Science from IIT Kanpur & Master’s in Public Policy from Princeton University, US
- IIT Guwahati Researchers Make Bacteria Eat Carbon Dioxide, Methane For Cleaner Fuel; addresses harmful environmental impact of greenhouse gases, and the depletion of fossil fuel reserves; A nifty biological sequestration route is the discovery but is still at five litre laboratory scale
- A Hoax Bomb Alert on Nagpur-Kolkata flight, An Emergency Landing, Arrest Of ‘Intelligence Officer; Flight’s 187 passengers & 6 crew members – were evacuated safely, the aftermath has left one man – who claims to be an intelligence officer – in legal limbo
- Indian Navy Inducts Russia-Made Guided Missile Frigate INS Tushil; ship’s new design provides it with enhanced stealth features and better stability characteristics
- Shimla Gets Season’s First Snow, White Roads Welcome Tourists In Himachal Pradesh, Jammu And Kashmir; covering fields and roads with a thin white blanket
- Major Tragedy Averted As Explosive Defused On Srinagar-Baramulla Highway; 3 Dead In Bengal Blast, Bombmaking Gone Wrong Suspected
- China Woman Stays Calm Without Phone For 8 Hours In Unique Contest, Wins $1,400; challenge was designed to highlight the growing dependence on technology and encourage people to embrace mindfulness and digital detox practices
- Kharga’ Kamikaze, Indian Army’s High-Speed Drone – Known as a kind of ‘suicide’ drone, it can easily destroy enemy targets; carry up to 700 grams explosives, equipped with GPS
- Auto Driver Harasses 20-Year-Old Student In Bengaluru; demanded additional ₹ 200 over the app’s allotted fare of ₹ 380 for a 24-km journey from Bellandur to Mallasandra
- KREEVA, Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate, ASK to invest Rs 270Cr in Gurugram housing project; Metropolis Healthcare to acquire Core Diagnostics for Rs 247Cr; Car sales plunge 14% in Nov amid weaker demand and festive spillover; Rates, more than CRR lifeline, will help sustain rally in PSU banks
- India-China de-escalationto help Xiaomi’s India operations; Tata Power to invest Rs 1.2 lakh Cr in Rajasthan; Vedanta Group to invest Rs 1 lakh crore in zinc and oil production, develop industrial park; TRAI seeks feedback on broadcast audit regulations post open house discussion
- An IndiGo plane took off from Delhi’s IGI Airport with only crew members and landed on runway At Noida Airport after necessary security checks. It was received with a water salute
- Noida Startup YesMadam, a home salon and tech-enabled beauty and wellness platform Runs Mental Health Survey, Fires Staff Who Reported “Stress” sparked controversy online
- Attacks On Religious Places Regrettable”: India’s Plainspeak With Dhaka; Palace Looted, Portraits Torn: How Assad’s Fall Echoes Sheikh Hasina’s Fate
- Dry land now covers 40% of the Earth’s land mass, excluding Antarctica, UNCCD study found, cautioning the shift could affect up to five billion people by 2100
- US Sanctions Syrian Leader Bashar Al Assad’s Father-In-Law ; Assad’s Fall An Opportunity To Rid Syria Of Chemical Weapons; Assad’s Exit Shatters Iran’s Influence But Risks Islamists’ Rise In Syria; Fall Of Assad Breaks Key Link In Iran’s “Axis Of Resistance”; Israel Struck “Chemical Weapons” In Syria, Says Foreign Minister Gideon Saar
- A British Indian student, Anoushka Kale, elected president of University of Cambridge’s historic Cambridge Union Society, among world’s oldest debating societies which prides itself as a defender of free speech since 1815
- Extreme heat poses a greater risk to younger populations than the elderly, according to a new analysis which revealed that 75% of heat-related deaths in Mexico from 1998-2019 occurred among those aged under 35 years
- Today’s Word – Gossamer – Used to describe something very light
