News Digest: Rahul Gandhi's remarks 'unwholesome', says Dhankhar, Congress hits back

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Friday, March 10, 2023
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Rahul Gandhi's remarks 'unwholesome', says Dhankhar, Congress hits back

Curiosity kills man who poked tiger with stick

AI crew member held in Kochi for smuggling gold, is suspended

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Practicable superconducting material created in lab: Study

Water on Earth may be older than our Sun: Study
Astronomers have detected gaseous water in the planet-forming disc around the star V883 Orionis, about 1300 light-years away from Earth. The detection of water supports the idea that water on Earth is even older than our Sun, the researchers said. This water carried a chemical signature that explained the journey of water from star-forming gas clouds to planets, they said in a study.

Isro successfully completes controlled re-entry of decommissioned satellite Megha-Tropiques
Isro successfully completed the controlled re-entry for the decommissioned Megha-Tropiques-1 (MT-1) satellite on Tuesday. Isro progressively lowered the satellite’s perigee (nearest point to Earth) through a series of 20 manoeuvres, spending about 120kg fuel since August 2022.

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Panasonic launches its 'most-expensive' TV lineup: Price, specs and more
Panasonic OLED Television - LZ950 works on Android OS and is enabled with technologies such as OLED supported by 4K Studio Colour Engine processor, Hexa Chrome Drive, Dolby Vision and Atmos and more. Connectivity is further ensured by Panasonic’s IoT-enabled platform – MirAIe and other voice control platforms such as Google Assistant and Alexa smart speakers’ capabilities.

Explained: What is Google One 'Dark Web Report' feature and how will it help users
Google One is a subscription-based service that offers expanded cloud storage to consumers. The company has recently announced that it is expanding its VPN service to all Google One members across all plans. Google One’s VPN was previously available only for members who subscribed for the Premium 2TB plan. The company’s VPN service will now be available for Google One’s Basic plan (which costs $1.99 per month) subscribers. Apart from expanding VPN services, the company is also rolling out a new dark web report feature for all Google One subscribers.

WhatsApp Expiring groups: What is this new feature, how it works and more
WhatsApp is testing a new feature called "Expiring groups." This feature will allow users to set a date for a group to expire, and then the group will automatically be removed from the app after the date is reached. This will make it easier for users to manage groups, and it is expected to be released in a future update.

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Apple to shake up international sales operations to make India its own region
The shift will mark the first time that India becomes its own sales region at Apple, which has seen demand surge in the country. That will give the Asian nation increased prominence inside the tech giant, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the move hasn’t been announced.

India, US to sign memorandum of understanding on semiconductors
India has been seeking to attract more big-ticket investments under a $10 billion incentive plan for chip and display production, aiming to become a key player in the global supply chain.

DGCA de-registers 2 SpiceJet aircraft within 5 days of request from lessor
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday deregistered two Boeing 737s leased to SpiceJet under the provisions of Irrevocable De-registration and Export Request Authorisations (IDERA).

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4th Test, Day 1: Khawaja, Green put Australia on top against India
Opener Usman Khawaja (104 not out) and Cameron Green (49 not out) put on a quick partnership to push Australia on top of the fourth Test against India in Ahmedabad on Thursday. The visitors ended the opening day's play comfortably placed at 255 for 4. Khawaja scored his first hundred against India, his 14th overall in Tests, and along with Green added 85 runs off just 116 balls for the fifth wicket to grind the Indian bowlers

WPL: Unbeaten Mumbai crush Delhi to consolidate top spot
All-round Mumbai Indians brushed aside Delhi Capitals to continue their unbeaten run in the inaugural Women's Premier League on Thursday. Harmanpreet Kaur and co. inflicted a heavy eight-wicket defeat over Delhi for their third straight win and strengthened their position on top of the table. The defeat was also Delhi's first of the season.

Sunil Gavaskar hits out at Indian fast bowlers
India endured a tough outing on the first day of the fourth Test with Australia dishing out a disciplined effort with the bat and finishing at 255/4 at the close of play.

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OPSC Medical Officer Result 2023 declared on opsc.gov.in, check how to download
The Odisha Public Service Commission has released the OPSC Medical Officer Result 2023. Candidates who took the Medical Officer (Assistant Surgeons) exam can download the merit list from the official website at opsc.gov.in. The OPSC Medical Officer exam was held on February 20, 2023. Read the article below for more details.

KVS Teacher Admit Card 2022 for re-examination released on kvsangathan.nic.in, download now
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has released the KVS Teacher Admit Card 2022 for primary teacher re-exam. Candidates who have registered and will appear for the re-examination can download their hall tickets from the official website at kvsangathan.nic.in. The re-examination will be conducted on Saturday, March 11, 2023. Read article for more details.

Partition archive' inaugural book 10,000 Memories, a lived history of partition set to release on Friday
The 1947 partition archive, a trust that documents the oral histories of the partition, has started putting these histories in the shape of books. The archive is set to release its first book, "10,000 Memories, a lived history of partition, independence and World War II in South Asia," on Friday.

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Carbon dioxide emissions reached a record high in 2022

Antarctic glaciers flow faster in summers, exhibiting seasonal behaviour: Study

In a first, US startup plants carbon-guzzler GM trees

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Several dead in shooting at Jehovah's Witness church in Hamburg
“We only know that several people died here; several people are wounded, they were taken to hospitals,” police spokesman Holger Vehren said . The motive behind the attack remains unclear.

Russia uses newest hypersonic missiles to hit Ukraine, nine killed
Russia launched its biggest aerial attack in weeks on Thursday, hitting targets across Ukraine with a complex barrage of weapons including its newest hypersonic missiles, in what it said was retaliation for an incursion last week by a pro-Ukrainian armed group in the Bryansk region of Russia.

Suicide blast kills Afghan governor
Most senior Taliban official to be eliminated since 2021 takeover

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Carbon dioxide emissions reached a record high in 2022

Antarctic glaciers flow faster in summers, exhibiting seasonal behaviour: Study

In a first, US startup plants carbon-guzzler GM trees

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VRO posts done away with for public good: State to HC
Advocate general BS Prasad on Thursday urged the Telangana high court not to stall the state's decision to do away with the system of village revenue officers (VROs).

36 girls take ill after food poisoning
As many as 36 girl students were taken to a government hospital after they fell sick due to suspected food poisoning at Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) residential school at Dharmanna Colony in Mahabubabad district on Thursday.

Compulsive punter involved in 72 thefts in 4 years, finally in net
A notorious burglar who had allegedly committed 72 offences in four years in Mancherial and Peddapalli has been arrested. Ramgundam police said that the accused stole 1.2 crore worth valuables and squandered most of it in on online betting.

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Preparations for 26th All India Forest Sports Meet finalized, 2500 participants expected

Unruly scenes in Punjab Assembly over Sidhu Moose Wala murder
During the Zero Hour in the ongoing budget session of the Vidhan Sabha, Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira reminded the treasury benches that Moosewala's parents Balkaur Singh and Charan Kaur on Tuesday had staged a 'dharna' outside the House, seeking justice in the murder of their son.

24-year-old NRI from Canada killed in brawl in Punjab's Anandpur Sahib

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In A'bad, India and Aus PMs play a friendly game of cricket diplomacy
On the momentous occasion of having completed 75 years of cricketing ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese jointly witnessed the fourth Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Narendra Modi stadium here on Thursday.

Soon, FASTag-enabled car parking at Ahmedabad airport
Transiting through the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport in Ahmedabad will be a little easier with less of parking hassles and waiting in queues. On lines of Mumbai airport, the city airport too will soon get a FASTag-enabled car parking access. Sources privy to the development confirmed the facility will be introduced this month itself.

Banter goes awry, man kills friend
A moment of banter gone awry resulted in a murder at a Vatva GIDC factory on Wednesday. Deepak Naik, 30, was allegedly murdered by his friend Kanu Naik hours after they exchanged heated arguments.

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2 history-sheeters stabbed to death in separate incidents
In two separate incidents, two people were killed in the city. In Neelankarai, a 22-year-old crime offender was murdered and a 30-year-old man in Kodungaiyur was stabbed to death in broad daylight.

Study: 8.7% of people in TN have chronic kidney disease
The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (stage 3 or more) is 8.7% in Tamil Nadu with no difference in gender, says a study by the Institute of Community Medicine, Madras Medical College, released on Thursday. The disease, predominantly seen in rural areas, is mostly silent as only 6.8% of patients with chronic kidney disease had symptoms, the study showed.

Ooty girl dies after gobbling 45 iron tablets on a dare
A Class VIII girl student of Ooty Municipal Urdu Middle School at Kandal died on Thursday, three days after playing a 'dare game' of eating the maximum number of iron tablets kept in the headmaster's room. Competing with her five friends, Jaiba Fatima, 13, swallowed the maximum number (45) of iron tablets.

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Bengaluru: Freida back in Spain, Orange yet to reach Los Angeles
Orange’s parents are ruing that they aren’t as lucky as Freida’s. While pet cat Freida that went missing from Kempegowda International Airport on November 23, 2002 was found 10 days later, Orange, another feline pet, has been missing for over two months at KIA and the search has been called off.

In Karnataka, cops return 2,500 lost phones in 2 weeks
At least 2,500 mobile phones that were stolen or lost have been returned to their owners in the last two weeks, thanks to the Central Equipment Identify Registry (CEIR) system. This complaining mechanism provides for deactivating the stolen devices and alerts police whenever an attempt is made to use them.

In Karnataka, class 5, 8 kids to have exams @ own schools
Following a lot of complaints from parents about their wards being allotted test centres away from their schools for the newly introduced class 5 and 8 examinations, the department of school education and literacy has said that the students’ own schools will be their exam centres now.

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Bengaluru: Freida back in Spain, Orange yet to reach Los Angeles
Orange’s parents are ruing that they aren’t as lucky as Freida’s. While pet cat Freida that went missing from Kempegowda International Airport on November 23, 2002 was found 10 days later, Orange, another feline pet, has been missing for over two months at KIA and the search has been called off.

In Karnataka, cops return 2,500 lost phones in 2 weeks
At least 2,500 mobile phones that were stolen or lost have been returned to their owners in the last two weeks, thanks to the Central Equipment Identify Registry (CEIR) system. This complaining mechanism provides for deactivating the stolen devices and alerts police whenever an attempt is made to use them.

In Karnataka, class 5, 8 kids to have exams @ own schools
Following a lot of complaints from parents about their wards being allotted test centres away from their schools for the newly introduced class 5 and 8 examinations, the department of school education and literacy has said that the students’ own schools will be their exam centres now.

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Maharashtra budget: Rs 527 crore for terminal at Shirdi airport
A new passenger terminal will be constructed at Shirdi airport at a cost of Rs 527 crore, announced DCM Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday. The pilgrimage site will have wider passenger handling capacity to cater to the flow of devotees during festivities.

Rs 12,000 per year for farmer as Maharashtra matches central dole
In probably the biggest package for farmers in the recent past, finance minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday allocated around Rs 30,000 crore for sustainable farming and farmer prosperity schemes that included the Namo Shetkari Mahasamman Nidhi to double the honorarium for farmers to Rs 12,000 per year.

Ajit Pawar says Rs 500 crore scam in nod for government ads in 2017, 2018
Leader of the opposition Ajit Pawar alleged in the assembly on Thursday that there was a Rs 500 crore scam involving state government advertisements in 2017 and 2018, when Devendra Fadnavis was chief minister.

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16,000 teachers' posts vacant in Delhi govt schools: DoE To HC
Over 16,000 teaching positions are vacant in different Delhi government schools, Directorate of Education (DoE) recently informed Delhi High Court in an affidavit. As on March 1, 16,546 posts were vacant against the sanctioned strength of 53,933 and these positions were being filled by guest teachers for now, it added.

GRAP stage-I curbs revoked as AQI improves in Delhi, rain likely from next week
The Commission on Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Thursday revoked all restrictions under GRAP Stage-I in view of a significant improvement in Delhi-NCR's overall AQI.

Deserted building comes crashing down in northeast Delhi
A deserted, four-storeyed building collapsed in the Bhajanpura area of northeast Delhi on Wednesday, causing power connections to snap in its vicinity.

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16,000 teachers' posts vacant in Delhi govt schools: DoE To HC
Over 16,000 teaching positions are vacant in different Delhi government schools, Directorate of Education (DoE) recently informed Delhi High Court in an affidavit. As on March 1, 16,546 posts were vacant against the sanctioned strength of 53,933 and these positions were being filled by guest teachers for now, it added.

GRAP stage-I curbs revoked as AQI improves in Delhi, rain likely from next week
The Commission on Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Thursday revoked all restrictions under GRAP Stage-I in view of a significant improvement in Delhi-NCR's overall AQI.

Deserted building comes crashing down in northeast Delhi
A deserted, four-storeyed building collapsed in the Bhajanpura area of northeast Delhi on Wednesday, causing power connections to snap in its vicinity.

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16,000 teachers' posts vacant in Delhi govt schools: DoE To HC
Over 16,000 teaching positions are vacant in different Delhi government schools, Directorate of Education (DoE) recently informed Delhi High Court in an affidavit. As on March 1, 16,546 posts were vacant against the sanctioned strength of 53,933 and these positions were being filled by guest teachers for now, it added.

GRAP stage-I curbs revoked as AQI improves in Delhi, rain likely from next week
The Commission on Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Thursday revoked all restrictions under GRAP Stage-I in view of a significant improvement in Delhi-NCR's overall AQI.

Deserted building comes crashing down in northeast Delhi
A deserted, four-storeyed building collapsed in the Bhajanpura area of northeast Delhi on Wednesday, causing power connections to snap in its vicinity.

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Atiq's son Ali maintains low profile in jail; security upped
Ali Ahmad, son of jailed mafia don-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and is currently lodged at the high security barrack in Naini Jail, is leading a disciplined life.

Body of Pal case suspect's brother found
The police of neighbouring Kaushambi district on Thursday recovered the body of 50-year old Zakir, the elder brother of Sabir, one of the absconders in Umesh Pal shootout case. Zakir has been missing since February 27.

3 of family killed, 2 injured as cars collide head on in UP's Pratapgarh
​​​​The deceased have been identified as Rahul Srivastava, 35, his wife Prachi, 30, and son Artha, 10, residents of Sohbatia Bagh locality in Prayagraj. They were coming from Lucknow to celebrate Holi, police said.

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Bracing for a Covid spike? Madhya Pradesh govt buying 20,000 Remdesivir vials
What adds to the concern is that the government has run out of vaccine stocks when it seems to be bracing for another spike. Even children who have come of age to the Covid vaccine are unable to take the shot.

Seven extra casual leaves for female govt staffers in Madhya Pradesh
The MP government will give seven more days of casual leave a year to female government employees in addition to the 13 they are entitled to already. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced this on Women's Day, saying women deserve extra leave because they multitask, managing both household and office. At 20 CL, MP will be on a par with Punjab, Haryana and Andhra.

Five of family dead, eight injured in MP accident
Five people of a family were killed and 8 injured after their vehicle swerved off the road and slammed into a tree in MP's Tikamgarh district on Tuesday. They were on their way to attend a relative's funeral.

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Major fire breaks out at Laxmi Market Complex in Odisha's Puri, 140 tourists evacuated
Over 100 firefighters and 12 fire tenders were mobilised to control the fire at Laxmi market complex on the Grand Road in Puri.

Suspected spy pigeon with camera, chip fitted on leg caught in Odisha
A pigeon, suspected of being used for spying, was handed over to the Marine police by some fishermen in Odisha.

Cop accused of killing Odisha min not mentally ill: Med report
The cop accused of killing Odisha minister Naba Kishore Das is not mentally ill, a court in Jharsuguda district said, quoting a report of the medical board that examined him.

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