NEWS DIGEST to start the DAY – 23 Jan – 5 Mins read
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- Trump Tells Putin To Make Ukraine Deal “Now” Or Face Tariffs, Sanctions; Musk vs Ramaswamy ‘Rift’ At DOGE Was Over H-1B Visa Holders; 22 US States Sue Trump Over Birthright Citizenship Order; Mexico Builds Temporary Shelters To Prepare For Mass Deportations From US
- China Vows To Protect “National Interest” Against Trump’s 10% Tariff Threat; US Govt Workers In Diversity Jobs To Be Put On Paid Leave; ‘Bhakt NRI Friends…’: Memes Flood Internet As Indian Immigrants’ Fate Hang In Balance After Trump’s Order; Trump’s 2nd inauguration had lowest US TV audience since 2013
- Everest Dream Gets Costlier As Nepal Hikes Permit Fee For Climbers; permit needed to climb the 8,849 mts peak will cost $15,000 — a 36% rise from the $11,000 fee
- 13 Dead After Jumping Off Pushpak Express Train Over Fire Rumour, Getting Hit By Karnataka Express; Track Curvature Affected Visibility; Railway Safety Commissioner To Probe
- CBI Seeks Death Penalty For RG Kar Rape Convict, Approaches HC; says West Bengal’s petition seeking the death penalty for the convict is not maintainable
- JDU Manipur Chief Pulls Support From BJP Govt In State, Party Sacks Him; Of 6 MLAs elected in Feb-Mar 2022, five joined the ruling BJP later
- Major Anti-Tunneling Operation At Borders With Pakistan As BSF ‘Digs Deep’ To Counter Infiltration
- Assam detention centres: SC slams Assam govt, summons chief secretary; Lawyer said the affidavit contained the addresses of foreigners and the details could go to the media
- Rs 33Cr in transport reimbursement in 3 year; CAG red flags expenditure by company developing RRTS; SC refers to another bench pleas of RBI, others related to writing off AT-1 bonds of Yes Bank; 509 cr gain helps HUL profit beat FMCG blues
- Govt approves bill to ease aircraft leasing rules, reducing costs for airlines; Samsung to locally manufacture S25 series of AI smartphones in Noida plant; Sun Petrochemicals inks pact with Telangana govt for setting up Rs 45,500Cr pumped storage projects
- Domestic air traffic grows to 16.13Cr in 2024; Max Estates, M3M group among top bidder in Noida authority’s Rs 1,500Cr auction; Bharat Petroleum to invest $121 mn to develop Indonesian oil and gas block; Star Air marks six years with massive discount: 66,666 Tickets starting at just Rs 1950
- Nuvama, Cushman and Wakefield JV raises Rs 1,700Cr through office fund first close; CleanMax gets USD 27-mn financing from HSBC for solar projects in UAE; Netflix hikes content budget to $18 billion for fiscal 2025
- ASA India surrenders microfinance licence, seeks to continue as business correspondent for banks; Bharat Mobility Expo sees 90+ launches, 8 lakh visitors; Hyundai localises over 1.2k parts & EV battery packs; Muted natural gas output likely in FY25 on cautious Reliance Industries’ KG Basin fields outlook
- Maha Kumbh 2025: Yogi Adityanath, ministers take holy dip in Maha Kumbh at Sangam after Cabinet meet; 100 unauthorised gas cylinders seized following fire
- Sword hangs over Pataudi family properties worth Rs 15,000Cr after Saif Ali Khan was told to approach tribunal
- Houthis ‘Coordinate’ Israel-Linked Galaxy Crew’s Release With Hamas, Trump Plans Middle East Visit; Hamas’ Post-Truce Show of Strength Punctures Netanyahu’s ‘Total Elimination’ Dream?
- Iran Govt had put off enforcing the country’s strict Islamic dress code in order “not to put women under pressure
- Rishi Sunak’s To Move To California? Former UK PM Takes Up New Roles At Oxford, Stanford
- In veiled message to China, Quad foreign ministers vow to oppose ‘actions that seek to change status quo by force or coercion
- Today’s Word – Unflappable – Having or showing calmness in a crisis
