News Digest: One should be advocate or parliamentarian, not both: Sibal

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		Thursday, February 23, 2023
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		India
		One should be advocate or parliamentarian, not both: Sibal 1st meet in Beijing since LAC standoff Supreme Court counters Uddhav camp, says deputy speaker to blame More India News»

		Science
		Salt could play key role in energy transition: Study Study: Spinal cord stimulation improves arm, hand movement after stroke Scientists unlock secrets of Earth's wickedly hot innermost realm More Science News»

		Technology
		Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 may have a bigger external display than Oppo Find N2 Flip With domain expertise in health and wearables, SRI-N engineers have been focused on enhancing health features in the flagship devices. The Galaxy S23 series is equipped with a new Sleep tracker widget on the home screen, which enables users to track their sleeping patterns and sleep score very easily. Similarly, the Water tracker feature allows users to set their own day-wise water intake targets and sends reminders at custom scheduled timings. Meet the jury of the third edition of Gadgets Now Awards Twitter to notify users of tweets getting flagged by a Community Note: How will it work Twitter has been pushing its algorithmic feed for a while now. Whenever users like, retweet, or reply to a tweet, it gives the post relevance in the recommendation algorithms. If the original view of a post is exposed by the context provided by a Community Notes contributor, there is a possibility that people might remove their likes or retweets from the concerned tweets. More Technology News»

		Business
		MSCI's India stock gauge heads for correction amid Adani selloff The MSCI India Index slid as much as 1.7%, taking its losses from a December 1 peak to more than 10%. Eight of the 10 Adani-linked stocks are part of the measure. They were the biggest decliners on the index on Wednesday. Investors lose Rs 6.97 lakh crore in 4 days as stock markets fall Domestic equity indices extended their fall for the fourth session in a row, wipping off Rs 6.97 lakh crore of investor's money. As a result, the benchmark BSE sensex is now at 3-week low, falling below the 60,000-mark. While, the broader NSE Nifty is at a 4-month low. Inflation remains high, premature to lower guard: MPC minutes Earlier in February, the MPC hiked the key repo rate by a quarter percentage point, as expected, but surprised markets by leaving the door open to more tightening, saying core inflation remained high. More Business News»

		Sports
		Australia are a strong team but we can beat them, says Richa Ghosh India's star keeper-batter Richa Ghosh said on Wednesday that the five-time champions Australia are 'beatable'. India will lock horns with the Southern Stars in the semi-final of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup on Thursday. Ghosh feels beating Australia will be a "huge confidence booster" heading into the big final. Lawson blames Cummins' inexperience for Australia's defeats Australia great Geoff Lawson has blamed captain Cummins' inexperience in leading a side on spinning tracks and assistant coach Daniel Vettori's inadequate inputs for the team's woeful performance. Hosts India retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after two matches, with their spin-bowling duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja doing the maximum damage to the Aussies. In Pics: Ashwin, Jadeja make gains in ICC Test rankings Read more on TOI Sports More Sports News»

		Education
		SMVD Gurukul bags 8 medals in first ever North Zone Youth Festival-Katra SMVD Gurukul students excelled and bagged 08 Medals at the 3-day North Zone Youth Festival ‘Kshitij’ organized at the premises of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board in collaboration with Central Sanskrit University which concluded with the valedictory function held at the Spiritual Growth Centre, Katra here today. Manipur Class 12 Board Exam 2023 begins tomorrow, check important guidelines here The Council of Higher Secondary Education, Manipur will begin the Class 12 Board Exams tomorrow, February 22, 2023. Candidates preparing for the exam can check the important exam day instructions here. As per the schedule, the Manipur 12th Board Exam 2023 will be conducted from February 23 to April 01, 2023. Gujarat Board Exams 2023: School principals to manage board examination centres The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) on Wednesday issued a circular ordering that the school principal of the school which is selected for the board's final examination will manage the centre. Class 10, 12 final exams will be conducted from March 14 to 29 across the state. More Education News»

		Environment
		Drinking water top issue at world's wettest spots In peak monsoon, it can rain more than 1,000mm in a day in Mawsynram and Cherrapunji, as it did on June 17 last year to set a new 24-hour record of 1003.6mm. Ask Larisa Myrthong to explain the conundrum of unrelenting rain and unreasonable water shortage and she has a response as dry as the water tap she points to. Endangered African penguin chicks hatch at Arizona aquarium An Arizona aquarium is celebrating the hatching of three endangered African penguin chicks, saying the tiny additions are genetically valuable as zoos and aquariums around the world work to ensure the species' survival through breeding programs and conservation efforts. 27 feedback loops, or global warming accelerators, add urgency to respond to climate crisis: Study Scientists have identified 27 global warming accelerators known as amplifying feedback loops, including some that the researchers said may not be fully accounted for in climate models. Scientists said that the findings added urgency to the need to respond to the climate crisis. In climate science, amplifying feedback loops are situations where a climate-caused alteration can trigger a process that causes even more warming, which in turn intensifies the alteration. More Environment News»

		World
		Putin says Xi to visit Russia, ties reaching 'new frontiers' President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that China's Xi Jinping would visit Russia, saying relations had reached "new frontiers" amid US concerns Beijing could provide material support to the invasion of Ukraine. "We await a visit of the President of the People's Republic of China to Russia, we have agreed on this," Putin told Chinese diplomat Wang Yi. WHO 'moving rapidly' with Syria quake relief as sanctions are paused The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday it was taking advantage of a temporary easing of sanctions against Syria designed to allow humanitarian aid to be more easily distributed in the war-torn country after deadly earthquakes. Taliban demand US return $3.5 billion in Afghan assets after court ruling Taliban authorities called on Washington Wednesday to return $3.5 billion belonging to Afghanistan's central bank after a New York federal judge ruled the families of victims in the 9/11 attacks cannot seize the funds. The United States took control of the assets soon after the Taliban stormed back to power in Afghanistan in 2021, with President Joe Biden saying the money could be made available to the families of 9/11 victims. More World News»

		Environment
		Drinking water top issue at world's wettest spots In peak monsoon, it can rain more than 1,000mm in a day in Mawsynram and Cherrapunji, as it did on June 17 last year to set a new 24-hour record of 1003.6mm. Ask Larisa Myrthong to explain the conundrum of unrelenting rain and unreasonable water shortage and she has a response as dry as the water tap she points to. Endangered African penguin chicks hatch at Arizona aquarium An Arizona aquarium is celebrating the hatching of three endangered African penguin chicks, saying the tiny additions are genetically valuable as zoos and aquariums around the world work to ensure the species' survival through breeding programs and conservation efforts. 27 feedback loops, or global warming accelerators, add urgency to respond to climate crisis: Study Scientists have identified 27 global warming accelerators known as amplifying feedback loops, including some that the researchers said may not be fully accounted for in climate models. Scientists said that the findings added urgency to the need to respond to the climate crisis. In climate science, amplifying feedback loops are situations where a climate-caused alteration can trigger a process that causes even more warming, which in turn intensifies the alteration. More Environment News»

		Hyderabad
		No audit of CDP in Telangana since state formation, says FGG The Forum for Good Governance has alleged violations in usage of funds granted under the constituency development programme (CDP) by MLAs and MLCs and said no audit of CDF was done since formation of Telangana in 2014. Acceptance is my biggest concern: Transwoman Asha A transgender has broken the glass ceiling. Thirty-year-old Ashadam Asha of Karimnagar is set to start her own photography and videography venture, having been granted a loan of 5 lakh under the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP). Asha, who holds a PG diploma in hotel management from the city, lives in Karimnagar town. Singapore apex court ex-judge visits Telangana high court Justice VK Rajah, former judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore along with Justice L Nageswara Rao, former judge of the Supreme Court of India, visited Telangana high court on Wednesday. They interacted with the bench and the bar. Advocate General BS Prasad, special GPs Santhosh Kumar and Sai Krishna received Justice VK Rajah and later he was felicitated at the high court advocates association by Bar president V Raghunath and others. More Hyderabad News»

		Chandigarh
		Haryana to rejuvenate 2,679 ponds by June 30: chief secretary The Haryana government will now develop and rejuvenate 2679 Amrit Sarovars against the target of 1,650 by June 30, 2023. Complainant, shadow witness turn hostile; get 6-month jail term in Haryana India's lightest bulletproof jacket to be manufactured in Haryana: Dushyant Chautala Haryana deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala said on Wednesday that the state government is committed to providing the best ecosystem to the industries. More Chandigarh News»

		Ahmedabad
		PM Narendra Modi virtually inspects lake in Botad district Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday conducted a virtual inspection of an artificial lake developed in a village in Gadhada taluka of Botad district as a part of 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' celebrations. Car rams into bike killing 3 at Modasa Three persons of a family including a three-year-old girl, were killed and one other injured when a car rammed into the motorcycle that they were riding in Modasa taluka of Aravalli district on Wednesday. The accident occurred near Rasulpur village on the Modasa-Himmatnagar highway, said police. Skinning, dumping of carcasses shocks Gujarat HC The Gujarat high court on Wednesday issued notice to the state government and sought a report from the Gandhinagar district collector over skinning and disposal of animal carcasses near Pethapur, on the outskirts of Gandhinagar. The bench of Chief Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice Sandeep Bhatt sought a reply from the authorities over a PIL filed by a farmer from Pethapur village, Baldev Prajapati. More Ahmedabad News»

		Chennai
		Cuddalore police arrest four for selling babies The Cuddalore district police have arrested a gang of four people, including a woman siddha practitioner, on charges of buying and selling babies to childless couples in the state. Farmers will get crop damage relief in a week: Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin Chief minister M K Stalin has assured delta farmers that the state government compensation for rain-affected samba paddy will be credited to the bank accounts of the respective farmers within a week. Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin to unveil new buildings for 17 hospitals Chief minister M K Stalin will inaugurate new buildings for 17 district headquarters hospitals across the state, flag off the construction work of new hospitals and work for upgrading existing ones, virtually from the secretariat next week, health minister Ma Subramanian said on Wednesday. More Chennai News»

		Bangalore
		Bengalurean sues supermarket for selling worm-infested chocolates, wins Rs 15,000 A consumer court ordered a top supermarket chain in the city to pay a customer Rs 15,000 in compensation, apart from a refund of Rs 805, following a complaint from a customer that his wife and infant son fell ill after eating worm-infested chocolates bought from the store. How to prevent suicides? Nimhans to start initiative The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (Nimhans) is all set to launch SURAKSHA (Surveillance System to Track Suicide and Self-Harm), a community-based suicide-prevention initiative, in Channapatna taluk of Ramanagara district in Karnataka. Witness: Plot to kill Gauri Lankesh hatched in Vijayanagar park Sujit Kumar and Naveen Kumar, two of the accused in journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh murder case, hatched the plot in a park near Adichunchanagiri complex in Vijayanagar, Bengaluru, in August 2017, a panch witness told a special court. More Bangalore News»

		Bangalore
		Bengalurean sues supermarket for selling worm-infested chocolates, wins Rs 15,000 A consumer court ordered a top supermarket chain in the city to pay a customer Rs 15,000 in compensation, apart from a refund of Rs 805, following a complaint from a customer that his wife and infant son fell ill after eating worm-infested chocolates bought from the store. How to prevent suicides? Nimhans to start initiative The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (Nimhans) is all set to launch SURAKSHA (Surveillance System to Track Suicide and Self-Harm), a community-based suicide-prevention initiative, in Channapatna taluk of Ramanagara district in Karnataka. Witness: Plot to kill Gauri Lankesh hatched in Vijayanagar park Sujit Kumar and Naveen Kumar, two of the accused in journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh murder case, hatched the plot in a park near Adichunchanagiri complex in Vijayanagar, Bengaluru, in August 2017, a panch witness told a special court. More Bangalore News»

		Mumbai
		'Why is the matter circulated now?' Bombay HC judge says in lighter vein in Adani co case Citing laxity, HC asks I-T to return jewellery seized in 2002, refund tax plus interest Maharashtra: Conman held for duping 60 job aspirants A 26-year-old man has been arrested from Kanpur by Amboli police for posing as an officer of a ship management company and duping around 60 job aspirants. More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		Railway plans elevated high-speed track from Delhi to Jaipur Indian Railways is planning to construct an elevated corridor between Delhi Cantonment and Jaipur to run semi-high speed that run at 200-220 kmph. The proposal earlier was to build the elevated stretch up to Rewari in Haryana and now the national transporter is looking at whether this can be extended up to Jaipur. Delhi liquor policy scam: ED to quiz Hyderabad CA in Tihar Jail A court has allowed Enforcement Directorate (ED) to question Hyderabad-based chartered accountant Butchi Babu Gorantla in Tihar Jail in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam. Delhi weather: 102 hours of dense fog this winter, most in six years The city has recorded 102 hours of dense fog so far this winter season, beginning November 2022, making it the most intense spell in the past six years. More Delhi News»

		Delhi
		Railway plans elevated high-speed track from Delhi to Jaipur Indian Railways is planning to construct an elevated corridor between Delhi Cantonment and Jaipur to run semi-high speed that run at 200-220 kmph. The proposal earlier was to build the elevated stretch up to Rewari in Haryana and now the national transporter is looking at whether this can be extended up to Jaipur. Delhi liquor policy scam: ED to quiz Hyderabad CA in Tihar Jail A court has allowed Enforcement Directorate (ED) to question Hyderabad-based chartered accountant Butchi Babu Gorantla in Tihar Jail in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam. Delhi weather: 102 hours of dense fog this winter, most in six years The city has recorded 102 hours of dense fog so far this winter season, beginning November 2022, making it the most intense spell in the past six years. More Delhi News»

		Delhi
		Railway plans elevated high-speed track from Delhi to Jaipur Indian Railways is planning to construct an elevated corridor between Delhi Cantonment and Jaipur to run semi-high speed that run at 200-220 kmph. The proposal earlier was to build the elevated stretch up to Rewari in Haryana and now the national transporter is looking at whether this can be extended up to Jaipur. Delhi liquor policy scam: ED to quiz Hyderabad CA in Tihar Jail A court has allowed Enforcement Directorate (ED) to question Hyderabad-based chartered accountant Butchi Babu Gorantla in Tihar Jail in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam. Delhi weather: 102 hours of dense fog this winter, most in six years The city has recorded 102 hours of dense fog so far this winter season, beginning November 2022, making it the most intense spell in the past six years. More Delhi News»

		Allahabad
		Allahabad HC fines petitioner for repeated pleas against CM Yogi Adityanath The Allahabad high court on Wednesday imposed an exemplary cost of Rs 1 lakh on Parvez Parwaz and another for filing repeated petitions against UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath regarding 2007 Gorakhpur riot case in spite of the issue being settled by the Supreme Court. UP Board: 1.7 lakh class 10 students skip Maths exam Amid stringent anti-copying measures initiated by the UP Secondary Education Board in the ongoing high school and intermediate board exams, over 1.70 lakh high school students skipped the Mathematics exam on Tuesday. Besides, the number of absentees in the second shift, including those for class 12 Commerce and Home Science and class 10 Computers, was over 25,000. Richa Singh moves ECI against her expulsion from SP; HC next Former president of Allahabad University Students’ Union (AUSU) and two times SP candidate from Allahabad West assembly seat, Richa Singh has moved Election Commission of India (ECI) against her recent expulsion from the Samajwadi Party (SP). More Allahabad News»

		Bhopal
		Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurates Adivart cultural village at G-20 meet in Khajuraho Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday inaugurated MP Tribal and Folk Art State Museum, Cultural Village Adivart, on the occasion of G-20 Culture Working Group meeting at Khajuraho in Chhatarpur district. CM Chouhan lit the lamp in front of the statue of Badadev and Budhi Dai. Youth chats on video call with GF, ends life in Rewa A youth committed suicide within minutes of showing the noose to his female friend over a video call in Rewa district. Ken-Betwa project: All eyes on tech body's first meet today The Ken Betwa Link Project Authority has called on 1st meeting of the technical advisory group in New Delhi on Friday. This meeting is considered to be very important for the project and will be chaired by D P Bhargava, former director technical NHPC Faridabad. Engineers from both MP and UP would be present. More Bhopal News»

		Bhubaneswar
		Level of political discourse in Naba Das murder disturbing: Naveen Patnaik FBI help being sought in Naba Das murder probe: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik Chief minister Naveen Patnaik said they have requested the ministry of home affairs to facilitate an evaluation of the behaviour of the accused by the behavioural support unit of the FBI. 5-day film fest back on Puri beaches More Bhubaneswar News»

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