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.
ADVERTISEMENT
1. Voice of the Global South Summit: Prime Minister Modi asserts that the world is in a condition of crisis
On January 12, 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a video address to the opening session of the “Voice of Global South Summit” in New Delhi.We have turned the page on another challenging year that saw war, bloodshed, terrorism, and tensions, Mr. Modi remarked during the opening session.
2. Airports are on high alert amid perceived threats
In light of the increased threat perceptions, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has issued a notice urging increased anti-sabotage measures at all airports around the nation. Police sources claim that a high level of alert has been issued due to intelligence agency recommendations to increase airport security. The State police have been instructed to station Quick Reaction Teams at strategic locations and increase patrolling in the area around the airports in addition to rigorous access-control measures.
3. Piyush Goyal, G20 summit is a “wonderful chance” for India to highlight its capabilities
According to Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, the upcoming G20 summit offers India a “wonderful chance” to highlight a number of its strengths and show leadership in relation to a number of difficulties the world is now facing.Mr. Goyal is visiting the United States on business. Together with US Trade Representative Katherine Tai, he served as co-chair of the Wednesday meeting of the India-US Trade Policy Forum.
4. Redoubled efforts by administration to persuade locals and hotel owners to give consent to demolition, amid high pitched calls for compensation
The administration made further attempts on Wednesday to convince hotel owners and residents who were opposed to the demolition of two precariously standing hotels in subsidence-hit Joshimath, Uttarakhand.Meenakshi Sundaram, the chief minister’s secretary, and the protesters who have been calling for compensation on the model of Badrinath before the demolition exercise were in talks once more.
Parvez Elahi wins Pakistan Punjab Assembly confidence vote in midnight drama
Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, the chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly, was able to win a vote of confidence in a late-night drama, opening the way for the assembly’s dissolution at the request of ousted prime minister Imran Khan.Last month, PMLN governor of Punjab Baligur Rehman asked CM Elahi for a vote of confidence in an effort to prevent the dissolution of the legislature. Elahi and his cabinet have been de-notified for disobeying his orders. However, Elahi and his government had been reinstated by the Lahore High Court.
6. Kabul explosion outside the foreign ministry claims five lives
A Taliban police spokesperson reported that an explosion near the Foreign Ministry in the Afghan capital on Wednesday left five persons dead and several more injured. This was the second significant strike on Kabul so far in 2023.The Islamic State in Khorasan Province, a regional affiliate of the Islamic State organisation, has expanded its attacks since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021, however there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. Taliban patrols and the nation’s Shiite minority have both been targeted.
7. World Bank: Of the top 7 rising economies, India will expand the fastest
According to a recent report by World Bank, India’s economy is predicted to grow at the fastest rate among the seven largest emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). In addition, the multilateral organisation drastically reduced its prediction for global growth for 2023 from 3% to 1.7%, which is the third-weakest rate of development in three decades. According to the World Bank, India’s growth is expected to slacken from 8.7% in FY22 to 6.9% in FY23.
8. India plans to make its first $2 billion green bond issuance to test the market
With its inaugural offering this month that hopes to fund $2 billion for sustainable projects, India is experimenting with the waters of a slow global green bond market.Indian officials have made it plain that they intend to raise a sizeable “greenium” from the sale in order to cut the country’s borrowing rates; but, doing so will involve luring in a sufficient number of foreign investors for the rupee-denominated debt.
At the scenic Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, the Men’s Hockey World Cup, 2023 began on Wednesday night with an impressive opening ceremony that was observed by thousands of hockey fans in attendance from all across the nation and overseas.FIH president Tayyab Ikram, Hockey India chairman Dilip Tirkey, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, and members of each of the 16 participating teams were in attendance at the spectacular celebration. From January 13 to January 29, the games will take place at Birsa Mundra Hockey Stadium in Rourkela and Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
Also Read: Cricket Viral Video: Rohit Sharma goes out on Lambo ! Leaves everyone amused with his number plate, watch now
Sports News
10. Review of the movie “Varisu”: Vijay reverts to his retro self from the 1990s in this well-known emotional entertainment
In Tamil cinema, there are several “amma emotion” films. And some others with “appa sentiment.” In addition to combining these two elements that Tamil cinema has long exploited, Vijay’s most recent box office success, Varisu, also adds a third element: brotherly affection. Varisu is like a popcorn tub that has been through several rounds of flavoured seasonings because it contains so much information on a family that has a variety of issues among its members.
