The Hindu Morning Digest, March 26, 2024

The Hindu Morning Digest, March 26, 2024

Members of the United Nations Security Council vote on a Gaza resolution that demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan leading to a permanent sustainable ceasefire, and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., March 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.N. Security Council … Read more

Morning Digest | Second batch of Indians to arrive from Israel under Operation Ajay; CBI arrests key accused in Manipur students’ murder case, and more

Morning Digest | Second batch of Indians to arrive from Israel under Operation Ajay; CBI arrests key accused in Manipur students’ murder case, and more

Second batch of Indian passengers to board flight back to India from Tel Aviv under ‘Operation Ajay’. on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI Operation Ajay | Second batch of Indian nationals flies out of Israel amid conflict The second batch of 235 Indian nationals, including two infants, wishing to leave Israel was safely evacuated on … Read more

Morning Digest | Air India flight from Israel arrives in Delhi; India reiterates call for ‘sovereign, independent, viable state of Palestine’, and more

Morning Digest | Air India flight from Israel arrives in Delhi; India reiterates call for ‘sovereign, independent, viable state of Palestine’, and more

Indian nationals wait to board Air India flight to return India, at Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. The Air India flight is bringing back stranded Indian nationals from Israel under operation Ajay. | Photo Credit: PTI Israel-Hamas war, day 7 updates: Air India flight from Tel Aviv lands in Delhi An Air India flight … Read more

Morning Digest | U.S. Secretary of State to travel to Israel; ISRO to conduct first test flight of Gaganyaan mission on October 21, and more

Morning Digest | U.S. Secretary of State to travel to Israel; ISRO to conduct first test flight of Gaganyaan mission on October 21, and more

A view shows houses and buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza City, October 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel-Hamas war day 4 LIVE updates  President Joe Biden is dispatching his top diplomat to Israel on an urgent mission to show U.S. support after major terrorist attacks by Hamas militants, the State Department said … Read more

Morning Digest | Finance Ministry says wrong to assess economic activity on GDP alone, number of Nipah virus cases rises to six in Kozhikode, and more

Morning Digest | Finance Ministry says wrong to assess economic activity on GDP alone, number of Nipah virus cases rises to six in Kozhikode, and more

Nipah outbreak | Number of cases rises to six in Kozhikode One more person tested positive for the Nipah infection in Kozhikode district of Kerala on Friday, taking the total number of infected persons to six now. Meanwhile, lab tests have proved that E. Mohammedali, the first patient who died on August 30, too was … Read more

Morning Digest | PM Modi, President Xi call for speedy disengagement along LAC; Trump arrested in Georgia racketeering case, and more

Morning Digest | PM Modi, President Xi call for speedy disengagement along LAC; Trump arrested in Georgia racketeering case, and more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping engage in a brief interaction at the 15th BRICS Summit, in Johannesburg on August 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Trump arrested in Georgia racketeering case Former U.S. President Donald Trump was arrested at a Georgia jail on August 24 on racketeering and conspiracy charges for … Read more

Morning Digest | With moon now in India’s orbit, focus shifts to Pragyan rover; Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash: Russian agencies, and more

Morning Digest | With moon now in India’s orbit, focus shifts to Pragyan rover; Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash: Russian agencies, and more

Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the Russian private mercenary group Wagner. | Photo Credit: Reuters With moon now in India’s orbit, focus shifts to Pragyan rover With Vikram, the lander module of Chandrayaan-3, successfully landing on the surface of moon on Wednesday, the focus has now moved to the rover in its belly, Pragyan. Years of … Read more

Morning Digest | Food prices to cool soon, says FinMin; Piyush Goyal cautions protesting onion farmers against ‘political opponents’, and more

Morning Digest | Food prices to cool soon, says FinMin; Piyush Goyal cautions protesting onion farmers against ‘political opponents’, and more

India’s inflation woes are not over yet but food price spikes may be “transitory”, the Finance Ministry said on August 22, attributing the latest spike in headline inflation to global uncertainties triggered by the termination of the Black Sea Grain Initiative. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA U.S. will issue record number of visas this … Read more

Morning Digest | All eyes on Modi’s possible meet with Xi in South Africa; Praggnanandhaa heads to World Cup Chess finals, and more

Morning Digest | All eyes on Modi’s possible meet with Xi in South Africa; Praggnanandhaa heads to World Cup Chess finals, and more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping. | Photo Credit: PTI Praggnanandhaa heads to World Cup Chess finals, beating Fabiano Caruana Continuing his dream run, Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa on August 21 stunned world No.3 Fabiano Caruana 3.5-2.5 via the tie-break in the semifinals to set up a summit clash with … Read more

Morning Digest: August 17, 2023

Morning Digest: August 17, 2023

Locals gather near Kuki-Zo community’s houses which were burnt down by miscreants in the violence-hit Manipur. File | Photo Credit: PTI CBI forms 53-member team to probe Manipur violence cases The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has constituted a team comprising 53 officials to probe multiple cases related to the incidents of violence in Manipur. … Read more