Daily Curated News – 455

January 7, 2025 0 Comments

NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 07 Jan – 5 Mins read

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  1. After 2 Bengaluru Cases, 1 HMPV Infection Detected In Gujarat, 2 in TN Amid Surge In China; Bloodbath In Indian Markets Amid Fears Of HMPV Virus, Sensex, Nifty Down By Over 1.5%; HMPV Not A New Pathogen, Cases Have Been Reported Worldwide
  2. Why Don’t You Want Probe?” Karnataka High Court To Techie Atul Subhash’s Wife while rejecting the plea for cancelling the FIR against her 
  3. H-1B Visa Renewal To Get Major Boost In 2025. Indians To Benefit Most; soon be able to renew their H-1B visas without having to leave the US 
  4. 18 Labourers Feared Trapped As Water Enters 300-foot ‘Rat Hole’ Mine In Assam; Water has reached about 100 feet of the illegal quarry; Rescue team pumping out water
  5. /SC Appointed Panel Meets Farm Leader Jagjit Dallewal, Urges Medical Aid; on an indefinite hunger strike since Nov 26, 2024, over legal guarantee on minimum support price for crops_
  6. Justin Trudeau, Facing Dissent Within His Party, Announces Resignation As PM; ruling party gets 90 days from date of resignation of its leader to find a replacement 
  7. Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi: A case of appalling apathy has come to the fore in, where two men, in a viral video, are seen dragging a body by its legs inside a postmortem house 
  8. Mumbai: Taj Security Alert About 2 Cars With Same Number Leads To Bizarre Loan Tale; cab driver’s desperate attempt to escape the car loan cycle by forging his number plate set off a chain of events 
  9. Naxalites blew up a vehicle carrying police personnel with an improvised explosive device in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur; 9 (eight jawans and the driver) were killed 
  10. DGCA Removes Akasa Air Pilot From Training Duties For Lapses; Indian Tech Cos Secure 20% Of H-1B Visas; TCS topped the list; 400 flights delayed at Delhi airport due to bad weather; IndiGo faces penalty from customs department; to contest order 
  11. Gaurs Group pre-sales jump around 4-fold to Rs 4,800Cr in Apr-Dec 2024 on strong demand; Securitisation volumes jump 80% in July-Sep, FY25 likely to see deals worth Rs 2.4 lakh Cr; Adani teams up with Thailand’s Indorama for petrochemical foray 
  12. Titagarh Rail Systems delivers driverless trainset to Bengaluru Metro’s Yellow Line, two more trainsets to arrive in April; Cipla rolls out mobile application for asthma screening; Bengaluru tops office leasing at 21.8 mn. sq. ft. in CY 2024 across top 9 cities 
  13. Rane ZF to collaborate for electric power steering products; Airtel, Vodafone Idea exit Wi-Fi JV Firefly Networks; Reliance launches ‘Raskik’ after fizzing up market with revival of Campa Cola; India eyes private capital for $107 billion grid expansion 
  14. Pope Francis named 1st woman to lead a major Vatican Dept, appointing Italian Sister Simona Brambilla, to take charge of office that oversees world’s Catholic religious orders
  15. Nepal’s airlines halted helicopter flights to Everest region after locals angry at environ impact and loss of income from trekkers threatened landing sites 
  16. Turkey’s Syria Mercenaries’ Clash With PKK, ‘Over 100 Dead’, US ‘To Ease’ Aid Curbs Amid HTS Appeal; China Anchors ‘Monster Ship’ In South China Sea, Philippine Coast Guard Says 
  17. Kim’s Missile Flies 1100 Km, Lands Near Japan, US Warns Russia Could Give North Korea Space Tech; Ukraine “Stuns” Russian Army in New Kursk Offensive, Putin Ally Lukashenko Apologises To Zelensky? 
  18. Pressure Mounts On Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Tribunal Issues Another Arrest Warrant over alleged enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings
  19. Today’s Word – Eudaimonia – A state of being happy, healthy, or prosperous