HAPPY NEW YEAR
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A new morning, a new day and a new year. As Lord Alfred Tennyson said, “let the great world spin for ever down the ringing groves of change.” Its time to move forward towards new horizons and ring in the change we have always wanted.
Wishing you all a very happy new year.
This small page or blog is for all those students in India, struggling over current affairs and general knowledge, so essential for competitive exams. Every day get a brief capsule of news gleaned from different international and national newspapers, which are important in terms of competitive exams in India.
It will be convenient for the reader to copy paste in in a separate file on the mobile/ computer/ tablet. Create a single word file with daily news pages in brief. If required highlight the news items which one would like to read about, in detail.
Author is an officer of Indian Civil Services, 1998 batch.
JANUARY 01, 2024
News Capsule:
- The US Navy says it sank three Houthi boats after they attacked a container ship off the coast of Yemen. The Houthis have been carrying out a spate of attacks on ships, which they say are revenge against Israel for its military campaign in Gaza.
- CNN Business’ staff chose Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella as the CEO of the Year, beating out other contenders including Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. In 2023 Microsoft made a multi-billion dollar investment in AI, commercialized and added AI tools like ChatGPT into its suite of products before rivals.
- The queen of Denmark has announced that she is to abdicate after 52 years on the throne. Announcing the surprise news to the nation in her new year speech, Queen Margrethe II said she would step down on 14 January, the 52nd anniversary of her accession, leaving the throne to her son, Crown Prince Frederik.
- India will begin the New Year today with an effort to solve one of the biggest mysteries of the universe — black holes. A rocket- XPoSAT will lift off today carrying an advanced astronomy observatory meant to study black holes and neutron stars.
- Vinesh Phogat, one of India’s most decorated women wrestlers, left the prestigious awards: Khel Ratna and Arjuna award, on a roadside kerb after she was refused permission to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She and several wrestlers accuse former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Singh of sexually harassing women wrestlers for years.
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