NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 14 Jan – 5 Mins read
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- Sensex Crashes 1,100 Points; Govt Approves 56 New Watershed Development Projects Worth Rs 700Cr; Investors Lose Rs 24.69 Lakh Cr In Wealth After 4 Days; Retail Inflation Eases To 4-Month Low Of 5.22% In Dec; Union Budget May See Fiscal Consolidation But Rural, Welfare, Subsidies May Go Up
- Study: Obesity May Affect Survival Rates In Children With Cancer; 390MN children and adolescents aged 5-19 years were overweight in 2022, including 160MN who were living with obesity
- Bombay HC: Filing False Complaint Under Section 498A IPC To ‘Correct Husband’s Behaviour’ Is Cruelty
- PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Rs 2,700 crore Z-Morh tunnel in J&K; Located on the strategic Srinagar-Leh National Highway, will be crucial in providing all-weather connectivity to the Ladakh region; Jio Becomes The First Telecom Operator To Install 5G Base Stations At Siachen For Armed Forces
- Trump To Kill Zelensky’s NATO Dream? Says ‘Know How Putin…’; Russia’s Saratov Faces Ukrainian Drones; North Korean Soldiers In Ukraine Ordered To Kill Themselves Before Capture, 300 Dead says Seoul
- Qatar Hands ‘Final’ Draft Of Gaza Ceasefire Deal To Israel And Hamas; Iran Unveils ‘Seraj’ Air Defence to Protect Nuke Sites, IRGC Gets 1000 New Drones With 2000-km Range; Tanker Hit By Houthis Salvaged, Red Sea Disaster Averted
- Rs 2,000,000,000,000: The Revenue Maha Kumbh Is Likely To Generate For UP; expected to bring more than 40Cr people to Prayagraj; Seer Enters Maha Kumbh On Harley Davidson, Attendees Add Colour To Mega Event
- LA fires: Region braces for dangerous winds as death toll rises to 24; Where could the blaze go next after Palisades, Eaton and Kenneth; Crews finding remains in Altadena; Strong winds to return as 3 major LA County fires burn 38,600 acres
- Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi: Women officers in the Army are performing exceedingly well and the force is looking at increasing their induction
- Starting Jan 26, riders of two wheelers may not get fuel at filling stations in Lucknow if they are found without helmet or protective headgear
- China, India Refiners Scour The World For Oil Amid US Sanctions On Russia; UP looks to privatise two power distribution firms; HCL Tech Q3 Results: PAT grows 6% YoY to Rs 4,591Cr, revenue up 5%, Rs 18 dividend declared
- JSW Energy bags KSK Mahanadi for Rs 15,985Cr; PCBL’s Rs 3700Cr capex plan on track, stock slides 10%; AIG Hospitals to invest Rs 800Cr in new oncology centre; GTPL Hathway spends Rs 265Cr on capex in 9 months FY25; India’s renewable energy capacity rises 16% to nearly 210 GW by Dec
- Fintechs’ personal loan portfolio drops 10 pc in Q2, NPAs inch up; LIC’s decline dampens life insurance industry growth in Dec 2024; NPCI debunks new ‘Jumped Deposit Scam’ reports; clarifies 3 points to note; Smartphone exports set to hit $20BN in FY25, driven by surge in iPhone sales
- IndiGo seeks airport manager at London Heathrow, Paris and Amsterdam; DoT okays majority of Trai suggestions on service authorisation; Orb Energy provides over Rs 300Cr finance for SMEs to adopt solar energy solutions; Kinetic Green ties up with Yuma Energy to deploy 1 lakh EVs in 4 years
- Chinese School Asks Students To Sign “Suicide Disclaimer” (if they try to injure or kill themselves), Take Blame For Their Actions
- Top ICJ Judge Nawaf Salam Set To Be Lebanon’s New Prime Minister; nomination was made by Western-backed groups as well as independents in the Lebanese parliament
- Biden Puts New Curbs On AI Chip Exports Aimed At China, NVIDIA Says New Rule ‘Does Nothing To enhance US security
- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will receive a scheduled pay rise, despite an impeachment trial and investigation into his ill-fated martial law declaration
- Today’s Word – Melange – A varied mixture.
