NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 02 Jan – 5 Mins read
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- After 4 Decades, Bhopal Rid Of Toxic Waste From 1984 Gas Tragedy; 30 Ton toxic waste transported through a 250KM-long green corridor, accompanied by ambulances, cops, fire brigades; Drs filed a petition questioning the waste disposal process without adequate trials
- 2024 now ranks as the warmest year on record since 1901, surpassing 2016, which had recorded a mean land surface air temperature 0.54 degrees Celsius above normal
- 8 Pakistanis arrested by Indian Coast Guard in 2015, Caught With 232-Kg Drugs Off Gujarat Coast, Jailed For 20 Years; fined 2 lakh on each of the convicts; 4 JeM Associates, Who Offered Logistics Support To Terrorists, Arrested In J&K’s Pulwama
- On New Year’s Day, Kunal Kamra Targets Blinkit CEO Over Wages To Delivery Partners; says platform owners exploit gig workers & they aren’t job creators; landlords without owning any land
- A Class 5 student died after a school bus she was travelling in overturned at Valakkai in Kerala’s Kannur; bus lost control on a slope and flipped over
- Just As Battlefield…”: Israel’s Sacked Defence Minister Yoav Gallant Quits Politics; Inciting Content”: Palestinian Authority Suspends Al Jazeera Broadcasts
- India, Pakistan Exchange List Of Nuclear Installations; continues for the 34th consecutive year under an agreement signed in 1988
- UP’s Maharajganj: Former DM, Cops Among 26 Booked over the alleged illegal demolition of a house without issuing a prior notice here in 2019
- Air India 1st Indian Airline To Offer In-Flight Wi-Fi On Domestic Routes; Air Kerala to become India’s newest airline; launch regional flights from Kannur International Airport in June 2025
- Fire cover premiums to surge as rising claims pour cold water on discounts; Vodafone to sound war bugle with 5G march; Global steel sector struggling to generate profits, demand increasing in India
- 2000 notes withdrawal: Rs 6,691Cr worth such notes still with public; India’s power consumption up 6% to 130.40 bn units in Dec 2024; Reliance Power arm Sasan Power pays $150MN debt to IIFCL; Auto industry closes 2024 in top gear with record-breaking car sales
- MoUs worth Rs 18,500Cr investment potential inked in 7 mega textile parks; US power bank maker sourcing lithium cells from India amidst US-China trade war; Metro Brands promoters buy three more luxury apartments in Mumbai’s Worli for Rs 243Cr
- 1 Killed After Tesla Cybertruck Explodes Outside Trump’s Las Vegas Hotel; Musk said caused by very large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck
- Hell-Bent On Carnage”: 15 Killed As Pickup Truck Rams Crowd In New Orleans; driver is now dead and the attack is being investigated as an “act of terrorism; 10 Killed, Several Injured In Shooting In Montenegro; Gunman dies by suicide
- Pakistan Begins 2-Year Term At UN Security Council, To Oppose Reform Sought By India; will also preside over the UN Security council in July, so can set the agenda
- Chinese Govt hackers breached US Treasury office that administers economic sanctions, identifying targets of a cyberattack Treasury disclosed earlier this week
- Smokers in Italy’s financial and fashion capital of Milan risk being fined for lighting up on city streets or crowded public areas, after the country’s toughest ban came into effect
- Kim Jong Un Receives New Year’s Card From Xi, Attends Festivities With Daughter Ju Ae; South Korea Police Raid Muan Airport Over Jeju Air Crash That Killed 179
- Today’s Word – Zaftig – Having a full, rounded figure; plump
