News18 Afternoon Digest: 2 Big Wins for India at the Oscars; India Qualify for World Test Championship Final & More

India won two awards at the 95th Oscars.

India won two awards at the 95th Oscars.

Passenger dies in Delhi-Doha Indigo flight; HSBC comes to the rescue, acquires Silicon Valley Bank’s UK unit and other stories

latest in 95th Academic Awards; Uproar in Parliament over Rahul Gandhi’s UK remarks and other major news

Big win for India; Hollywood gives standing ovation to Natu Natu; Deepika Padukone applause on stage

SS Rajamouli’s RRR’s Natu Natu won the Best Original Song Oscar at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday night. Composer MM Keeravani and lyricist Chandra Bose accepted the award on stage. India’s Guneet Monga won the prize for The Elephant Whispers. Read more

Uproar over Rahul’s UK statement, BJP leader Giriraj Singh demands registration of sedition case against Congress leader

a day after prime minister Narendra Modi Indirectly targeted the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi For the comments made by him in London, several Union ministers condemned Gandhi’s UK comments during the second part of Parliament’s budget session on Monday. Read more

‘Ex-servicemen must get salary’: SC expresses concern over pension dues under OROP scheme

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed concern over non-payment of pension to armed forces personnel. This is the second time the SC has taken cognizance of the matter in the last month. A three-judge bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud expressed displeasure over the recent communication from the Union Defense Ministry and urged them to withdraw it. Read more

Passenger dies in Delhi-Doha Indigo flight, emergency landing of plane at Karachi airport

An IndiGo airline plane made an emergency landing at Pakistan’s Karachi airport after a passenger fell ill in Karachi. Indigo airline said the passenger, a Nigerian, was declared brought dead by the airport medical team. Read more

India will qualify for the World Test Championship final to face Australia at The Oval in June

India sealed their place in the final of the World Test Championship after New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 2 wickets in Christchurch and will face Australia. Australia and India will lock horns in the World Test Championship final at The Oval from June 7-11. Read more

SVB collapse: HSBC comes to rescue, acquires UK unit of Silicon Valley bank

HSBC said on Monday it is acquiring the UK subsidiary of Silicon Valley Bank for £1. HSBC CEO Noel Quinn said the acquisition makes excellent strategic sense for our business in the UK. The UK government also said that deposits would be protected without any taxpayer support. Read more

WhatsApp is rolling out 21 new emoji: Here’s what you need to know

WhatsApp, the popular instant messaging application owned by Meta, is reportedly rolling out at least 8 tweaked emoji and 21 new emoji on its platform. The new emoji are available now for some beta testers who installed the latest update for WhatsApp beta for Android from the Play Store, and they’re rolling out to even more people in the coming days. Read more

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