NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 09 Jan – 5 Mins read
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- India, Afghan Taliban Government Hold Key Meet In Dubai, Discuss Chabahar Port; Maldives Attempts To Rebuild Defence Ties With India 8 Months After Fallout
- Chief Justice Of India, 24 Judges To Travel To Visakhapatnam, Hold Key Meet; will travel at their own expense, availing the Leave Travel Concession (LTC)
- Farm Workers, Drivers Fastest Growing Jobs In Next 5 Years; In its Future of Jobs Report 2025, WEF also said 170MN new jobs will be created by 2030, 92MN projected to be displaced, resulting in 78MN net new jobs
- Govt to make it mandatory for domestic airlines to share weather data captured by aircraft during takeoffs, landings with weather office, could lead to significantly better forecasts
- Maharashtra’s Buldhana: Several residents of 3 villages turned bald within a week after mass hair loss over the past few days; Health officials suspect water pollution due to fertilisers was behind the mass hair loss
- 6 Die In Stampede At Tirupati During Distribution Of Tokens To Offer Prayers; A massive rush of devotees attempting to secure tokens resulted in the stampede
- Assam: One body recovered from flooded Indian mine as rescuers search for trapped men; The mine, which is 300 ft deep and has multiple underground tunnels; hope fades away
- 18-carat is new gold standard for young buyers; Noel Tata’s daughters appointed to Ratan Tata Institute’s board; Power generation capacity for next 2 years to be reassessed; SC directs SEBI to review Oberoi Realty, Valor Estate proposals for Sahara’s prime 106-acre Mumbai plot
- ICICI Bank picks up 1.3 lakh sq ft office space in Navi Mumbai’s Turbhe; NRAI seeks industry status for food services sector; Mahindra looks to scale up auto biz globally; eyes more markets with new models; Banks, dealers want RBI to act on the liquidity front
- India eyes two more lithium blocks in Jammu and Kashmir, sources says; India mines ministry seeks Rs 2,600 crore budget for critical minerals; Proposed duty levy on steel imports could lead to steep price hike in 2025; L&T bags significant orders in Q3 in India, overseas
- Safe From Looting, Damascus Museum Reopens A Month After Assad’s Fall; UAE says it has discussed a potential role in postwar Gaza, but conditions remain unmet; Israel’s military releases interrogation video in bid to defend assault on Gaza hospitals
- Residents flee as wind-fueled wildfires destroy homes in Los Angeles County; Bulldozer clears path through abandoned vehicles amid LA wildfire chaos; Wildfires like ones ranging in California right now can unlock cancer-causing chemicals from the soil, research shows
- Trump’s Greenland Comment “Incomprehension” For EU says German Chancellor, France too warns Trump; Trump Asks Supreme Court To Block His Hush Money Sentencing; “I Think Yes”: Biden On Whether He Could Have Defeated Trump
- Dangerous Times Ahead”: Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa As Meta Ends Us Fact-Checking Program
- Hadi Nazari – An Australian student missing for 2 weeks near Kosciuszko National Park found after surviving by foraging for berries, drinking water from a creek and finding two muesli bars left behind by other hikers
- Ukraine says it attacked fuel depot serving Russian strategic bombers’ air base; US Jumps At ‘Once-In-30-Yr Chance’ To Oust Hezbollah, ‘Offers Saudi Cash’ To Influence Lebanon Polls
- Mexican America’: Mexico Suggests New Name For US After Trump Plans Renaming Of Gulf Of Mexico
- Today’s Word – Gregarious – Fond of company; sociable
