Today’s Top 10 News: From Cheetah arrival from South Africa on February 18 to passing way of 1960’s Hollywood Sex Siren Raquel Welch, here are the top picks for you
Today’s Top 10 News: DNP News brings to you top 10 breaking stories of the day to keep you abreast of all the latest developments from India and around the world.
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1. On February 18, 12 cheetahs will arrive from South Africa
Eight cheetahs from Namibia that were brought to Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno Palpur in September of last year are currently awaiting their release into the wild, but on February 18, another group of 12 big cats from South Africa are most likely to join them. They will all likely be in cages in the coming months, although separate ones.The cats will be flown from South Africa to Gwalior before being brought to Kuno, according to representatives of the Union Environment Ministry. According to the rules, the cheetahs will be quarantined for a month, he said. Almost seven decades after the cheetah went extinct in India, the species is again being reintroduced.
2. Naval Chief: By the end of the year, the Indigenous Aircraft carrier INS Vikrant will be completely operational
By year’s end, INS Vikrant, the nation’s first indigenous aircraft carrier, which is now undergoing aviation trials, will be completely operational.It would be fully operational by the end of 2023, according to Navy Chief Admiral R. Hari Kumar’s statement on Wednesday. This month, the Mig-29K and indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA-Navy) made their first landings on the carrier.
3. Union Cabinet clears 7 ITBP battalions with an eye on China
On Wednesday, the Union Cabinet approved two decisions to strengthen the social and security framework along the China border, including raising seven new ITBP battalions and allocating $4,800 million under the Vibrant Villages Programme (VVP) to stop migration and increase tourism in villages bordering China. The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) first authorised the formation of seven additional battalions of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force. 9,400 people will need to be hired in order to deploy in Arunachal Pradesh, where 12 staging camps and 47 new border outposts are being built. In January 2020, the outposts received approval. Along the 3,488 kilometre China border, there are 176 outposts of the ITBP in total.
4. Bridge collapse tragedy: Gujarat Govt asks Morbi municipality for a new response to the show-cause notice
The Morbi municipality has been asked by the Gujarat Government to resubmit its response to a show-cause notice explaining why it should not be dissolved for failing to carry out its responsibilities prior to the collapse of a suspension bridge in the town last year, which resulted in the deaths of 135 people. In a letter to the municipality’s chief, the urban development department requested that it provide a formal response by February 16 that had been duly approved by its general body. On January 18, a show-cause notice had been given. A response from the municipality’s attorney dated February 7 was rejected by the government, who then requested a new response so it could decide whether to hold an in-person hearing for the civic body. The municipality has scheduled an urgent general body meeting for Wednesday due to the government’s revised deadline, according to civic sources.
5. Israel adopts legislation depriving Arab attackers of their citizenship
A measure to deport Arabs who have accepted stipends from the Palestinian Authority and are found guilty of nationalistic crimes was unanimously approved by Israel’s Parliament on Wednesday. Both Arab MPs and Palestinian leaders in the occupied West Bank denounced the decision as discriminatory because it may have an impact on hundreds of Palestinian citizens and residents of Israel.
6. Nicola Sturgeon steps down as first minister of Scotland
Nicola Sturgeon, the leader of Scotland and the eight-year face of the nation’s independence movement, has declared her intention to step down amid criticism of her efforts to make it simpler for people to legally alter their gender. During a news conference on Wednesday at her official house in Edinburgh, Ms. Sturgeon made the announcement and said that part of serving well is recognising when to make way for someone else.
7. Deadline for Adani Power’s Rs 7,017-crore purchase of DB Power has expired
Due to an expired deadline, Adani Power’s proposed Rs 7,017 crore acquisition of DB Power was unsuccessful. The long-stop date specified in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has passed, the business stated in a filing.The initial duration of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was until October 31, 2022, according to an agreement that the companies had signed on August 18, 2022. The corporations, however, changed the deadline to November 30 on October 31. The deadline was extended first on November 30 to December 31, then to January 15 and then February 15.
8. Hindenburg report is not gospel of truth; JN Gupta, former SEBI executive director
Hindenburg Research, a US-based short seller, may have claimed that Adani Group has engaged in stock manipulation, accounting irregularities, and the round-tripping of cash through shell companies, but many in the market think the research is driven and that Hindenburg hasn’t revealed anything novel.The founder and managing director of Stakeholders Empowerment Services (SES), a proxy advisory company, and a former executive director of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), J N Gupta, believe that the US-based firm’s short positions, which are intended to profit from a decline in stock price, undermine the credibility of the Hindenburg report.
9. India’s strategy against Australia is to attack in order to survive
On Wednesday afternoon, Virat Kohli spent a good 45 minutes batting against net bowlers in the Kotla nets before getting ready, speaking briefly with head coach Rahul Dravid, and leaving the facility as the rest of the Indian team was just beginning a strenuous net session.The actions of Kohli while he was at the nets served as a model for hitters in situations where spin is advantageous. The practise fields appeared to be crumbly like a biscuit and were clearly barren and dry.Virat approached the spot and violently scratched the surface all the way across its length. Kohli kept moving down the track, obviously wanting to attack, while left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar and off-spinners Pulkit Narang and Hrithik Shokeen toiled away at the target.
10. Actress Raquel Welch, a 1960s sex icon, passes away at age 82
According to her management, Raquel Welch, a prominent sex icon of the 1960s and 1970s thanks to her seductive, curvy appearance, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 82.Welch first caught the attention of moviegoers with her part in the 1966 science fiction adventure “Fantastic Voyage,” which was followed by her legendary performance in the ancient drama “One Million Years B.C.” later that year.
