NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 16 Jan – 5 Mins read
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- Israel and Hamas have reached a landmark agreement to cease hostilities in Gaza and exchange Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners; Smiles, Tears & Hugs: Thousands Celebrate Ceasefire On Gaza Streets
- India made history by commissioning two indigenously developed and manufactured warships – a class-leading stealth frigate and guided missile destroyer – and an attack submarine
- SC asked whether the money from the state exchequer should be used for creating housing, health and educational facilities for the poor or laying cycle tracks in the country
- US Removes Restrictions On 3 Indian Nuclear Entities – Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Indira Gandhi Atomic Research Centre (IGCAR) and the Indian Rare Earths (IRE); was finalising steps to “remove” hurdles for civil nuclear partnership between Indian and American firms
- E-Classes Back, Some Categories Of Cars Banned As GRAP 4 Reimposed In Delhi; IMD Issues Orange Alert In Delhi Amid Season’s First Intense Fog Spell; SC Deliberates On Making Colour-Coded Stickers Mandatory For Vehicles stressed on the effective implementation of PUC certificate norms
- Govt Mulls Monthly, Yearly Toll Passes For Passenger Vehicles as they account for only 26% of total realization; Customs Dept Imposes Fine of 25 lakh on IndiGo in relation to duty on jet fuel; Airline To Take Legal Measures
- 50,000 QR Codes At Electric Poles Installed To Help Locate Lost Pilgrims At Maha Kumbh; These codes can be scanned using mobile phones to pinpoint one’s geographic location
- Kerala: From Friend Who First Raped Her & Recorded Act To 57 Others: 44 of 58 men who were arrested were from the Dalit settlement where the survivor lived and from neighbouring areas
- Meta To Fire 3,600 Employees; Mark Zuckerberg Says Will Hire New People; Reliance to take Campa overseas to add more zing to cola business; Railways earnings hit Rs 2 lk cr on higher freight loading; Aditya Birla Fashion to raise $500m via QIP, preferential issue
- DoT pushes telcos to roll out caller ID feature for mobile phones urgently; SFB NPAs to go up, loan growth to slow to 18-20 pc in FY25; Hero MotoCorp advocates GST reduction amid shifting market trends; Welspun inks pact with Saudi Aramco for setting up manufacturing facility
- Aditya Birla Fashion to raise $500m via QIP, preferential issue; India to achieve 20% ethanol blending target in 2 months; Attero launches MetalMandi, a platform for metal scrap industry; eyes annual turnover of Rs 2,000Cr; Steelmakers set to see a dent in profits for 3rd quarter in a row
- Japanese pharma Takeda launches innovation centre, eyes to onboard AI-driven talent; Alembic Pharmaceuticals gets USFDA nod for generic antidepressant tablets; Railway Board gives recognition to AIRF, NFIR for five years; Netflix, Amazon, and Google invest big in CDNs to meet growing data demands in India’s Tier-2 cities
- Agencies Warn Of Trump’s Inauguration Being A Target For Violent Extremists; India To Co-Chair Paris AI Summit; PM Modi, Macron To Attend, Trump, Musk Invited; India To Co-Chair Paris AI Summit; PM Modi, Macron To Attend, Trump, Musk Invited
- North Korean Troops “Blowing Themselves Up” To Avoid Capture In Ukraine; Russian Ship Loiters Over Undersea Cables In The Pacific; Though the ship has returned to Russia, the incident sparked wider fears of Russian sabotage or espionage activities targeting global communication networks
- 3000 Forces, 5 Hour-long Standoff – Impeached South Korean President Yoon Arrested Over Failed Martial Law Bid; Complying with investigators to avoid bloodshed says Impeached President
- Mysterious 5,000-Year-Old ‘Stonehenge Of The East’ Drifting; As per a study, the tectonic plates in the area around Golan Heights shift between 0.3 and 0.6 inches every year
- A study by Kanazawa University has linked daily green tea consumption to reduced white matter lesions in older adults without dementia
- California’s Insurance System Faces Crucial Test as Losses MountThe California FAIR Plan, the state’s insurer of last resort, had just $377 million available last week to pay claims that could reach billions
- A Delta Air Lines flight and a United Airlines flight “landed safely” after experiencing “a loss of required separation” while heading to Phoenix airport
- Today’s Word – Oleaginous – Excessively flattering; oily.
