NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 19 Dec – 5 Mins read
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- Encounter Breaks Out Between Terrorists, Security Forces In J&K’s Kulgam; 5 Terrorists Killed
- World’s Oldest Crocodile Henry, Who Has Fathered 10,000 Babies, Celebrates 124th Birthday at the Crocworld Conservation Centre in South Africa
- A World-First Discovery – Twin Stars Trapped Orbiting Galactic Black Hole; At centre of Milky Way is a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A*. Roughly 27,000 light years from Earth and 23.5 million kilometres in diameter
- US Fed Cuts Key Interest Rate By 0.25%, Sending Stocks Tumbling; Policymakers voted 11-to-1 to lower the central bank’s key lending rate to between 4.25% and 4.50% as expected
- Govt Appoints Rama Mohan Rao Amara As SBI Managing Director; SEBI Board Approves Tightening Norms For Small And Medium Enterprises’ IPOs
- 13 drowned, (3 Indian Navy sailors); 99 rescued from Arabian Sea when a naval speedboat on engine trials lost control, abruptly rammed into a passenger ferry, near Raigad Coast; PM condoles, Announces ₹ 2 Lakh Aid
- 5,000 Pending Cases of Rape Of Minors In Madhya Pradesh, Accused Out On Bail; include 64 heinous cases where the victim was murdered after the rape
- First-ever tagging of the iconic Ganges River Dolphin, found in the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna River system and its tributaries, has been conducted in Assam
- New Madhya Pradesh Govt spent more than ₹ 32.85Cr on air travel in less than a year since coming to power, averaging ₹ 9.25 lakh a day
- In 2024 Olympian wrestler and newly elected Congress MLA Vinesh Phogat most Googled Indian; Bihar CM Nitish Kumar comes 2nd while Chirag Paswan Is Third
- Holiday rush: Most top-end hotels sold out for the year end despite rise in overseas travel; 59% Companies faced financial fraud in past 2 years says PwC; GMR Sports refinances Rs 1,000 crore debt via ADIA, Barclays; NPPA ropes in patent office to decide on pleas for price cap exemption
- Fintechs seek RBI nod for credit line on UPI platform; Welspun One targets Rs 4,000-cr fund raise as global investors eye strategic GP-level entry; Hindustan Zinc to raise RE contribution to over 70 pc of total power needs by 2027
- Airlines say new rest rules on pilot rest duty can only be implanted only from 2026; Enso Group partners with G-Energy to launch engine oils in India; SECI defends transfer of 2,333 mw power project from Azure to Adani
- Govt disburses Rs 331.8Cr telecom PLIs, Jabil Circuit, Nokia top beneficiaries; Airtel becomes first private telecom operator to connect Kupwara, Baramulla, Bandipore
- Although during wars, audience engagement is expected to rise, data analysis showed a 77% decline in engagement for Palestinian-based news organisations, Israeli news organisations saw a 37% increase in engagement during the same period; Talks For A Gaza Ceasefire And Three Phase Deal To Release Hostages
- Trump Can Negotiate To Stop Iran From Getting Nuclear Bomb; US Says Syria’s HTS Should Learn From Taliban Isolation; Turkey Rejects Trump Claim Of Ankara “Takeover” In Syria; In Israeli-Annexed Golan’s ‘Trump Heights’, Settlers Ready For Expansion
- UK Pledges New $286 Million Defence Package For Ukraine; Russia Detains Uzbek Man For Killing General On Orders Of Ukraine’s SBU
- France’s Nicolas Sarkozy To Wear Electronic Tag After Corruption Ruling; Sarkozy previously found guilty of attempting to secure favors from a judge
- US Reports First Severe Infection Of Bird Flu In A Human; Amid Rising Bird Flu Cases In Humans, Experts Warn Next Pandemic May Come From The US
- Today’s Word – Mirth – Amusement as expressed in laughter.
