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. Lalu Yadav returns to National Capital after undergoing Kidney transplant surgery in Singapore
Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Yadav, made his way back to the national capital on Saturday night following a kidney transplant procedure in Singapore in December last year. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader landed in Delhi on Saturday night, and his daughter Misa Bharti, a Rajya Sabha member, welcomed him. According to party insiders, he would spend a few days in Delhi with her.
2. FM Sitharaman : New tax regime to benefit middle class; leave more money in their hands
On February 11, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that the middle class will gain from the new tax structure since it will put more money in their pockets. She told reporters that it is not necessary to encourage people to invest through government initiatives, but rather to offer them the chance to make their own investment decisions after delivering the annual post-Budget presentation to the Central Board of RBI.
3. Ladakh L-G, R.K. Mathur, removed after intensified protests from civil society organizations
R.K. Mathur, the lieutenant governor of Ladakh, has been fired by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), a top government official confirmed to the media sources.The present governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Brig. (Retd.) B.D. Mishra, was announced as the new L-G Ladakh in a communication from the office of the President of India. It further stated that Mr. Mathur’s resignation had been accepted.
4. Indian found dead beneath the rubble in Turkey’s Malatya
According to the Indian Embassy in Ankara, the lifeless remains of the lone Indian who went missing following the earthquake in Turkey on Monday have been discovered. The declaration came at the same time as reports that both Turkey and Syria had requested further supplies of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies.
5. Pakistani government passes new electricity tax to comply with IMF requirements
According to a statement, Pakistan is working quickly to appease the IMF by approving a new tax on power consumers, including farmers, to earn an additional Rs 170 billion in revenue to satisfy the global lender’s requirements. The International Monetary Fund mission met with Pakistani officials for ten days in order to release the next $1.1 billion loan tranche, but they left on Thursday without concluding a staff-level agreement
6. Man beaten to death by a mob in Pakistan after being accused of blasphemy
The police reported that a mob of young people murdered a Muslim man on Saturday in Pakistan after accusing him of blasphemy. This was the most recent murder in the nation involving religious intolerance.In Pakistan, a country with a majority of Muslims, blasphemy is a very sensitive topic; even unverified accusations can incite mobs and bloodshed.
7. India surpasses France as UK’s top market for Scotch whisky
With a 60% increase in imports in 2022 over the previous year, India has surpassed France to become the UK’s greatest market for Scotch whisky in terms of volume, according to the most recent statistics provided by Scotland’s primary industry group. According to the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA), India imported 219 million 70cl bottles of Scotch last year compared to France’s 205 million, which indicates an increase of more than 200 percent in the Indian Scotch market over the previous ten years.
8. Adani pledges increased equity with SBI for project in Australia
As part of his credit line arrangement with SBI, Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani has pledged additional shares of his firms worth Rs 1,038 crore as security for the Carmichael coal mine and rail project in Australia. On February 8, stock exchange disclosures revealed that his flagship Adani Enterprises, which last week cancelled its Rs 20,000 crore follow-on public offering (FPO) due to the Hindenburg Research report controversy, pledged 0.35% of Adani Ports & SEZ, 0.11% of Adani Transmission, and 0.38% of Adani Green Energy’s equity.
There will undoubtedly be a chapter on the spin trio that is dominating this age on home surfaces fifty years from now when someone gets down to write the history of Indian cricket in the twenty-first century. Axar Patel, the third wing of the attack, poses a significant threat in addition to R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, the two superstars with a combined total of more over 700 Test wickets.
10. Dhanush performs a duet in “Viduthalai” song composed by Ilaiyaraaja
For the movie Viduthalai, directed by Vetrimaran, actor Dhanush sang a brand-new song to Ilaiyaraaja’s music. Along with Ananya Bhat, Dhanush sang the song Onnoda Nadanthaa, Kallana Kaadu Poothadum Povanam Aagidume for the movie, and the audio has since been made available. The song’s lyrics were written by filmmaker Suka. The author of the narrative is Jayamohan.
