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.
1.Naga armed group and the government of Manipur sign a peace accord
The Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF), a Naga armed organisation with Manipur as its base, and the governments of the Union and Manipur have agreed to cease operations.The banned organisation has been calling for a separate State for the Zeliangrong Naga people for ten years. The armed organisation has claimed in previous comments that they are devotees of Manipur freedom hero Rani Gaidinliu, who spent 14 years in a British prison.
2. Union Health Minister Mandaviya reviews the COVID-19 mock drill while at Safdarjung Hospital
On Tuesday, December 27, 2022, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya examined the Covid reaction fake drill at the locally owned Safdarjung Hospital to assess its readiness to handle any rise in the number of coronavirus infections. The Center has instructed States and Union Territories to hold practise drills at all the designated COVID-19 hospitals as a precaution due to an increase in COVID-19 patients in various nations.
3. Parliamentary Committee states that creating a National Tourism Policy alone is insufficient; a Tourism Council is required
According to a Parliamentary committee, creating a National Tourist Policy alone will not be sufficient to advance the tourism industry in the nation. The establishment of a National Tourism Council, along the lines of the GST council, has been proposed by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism, and Culture in order to expedite recommendations to the federal and state governments on a variety of issues affecting the tourism industry and its stakeholders.
4. Centre yet to make its stand clear on Ram Setu petition
In spite of a protracted legal battle brought by former Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy to have the Ram Setu recognised as a national historic monument, the government stated in Parliament that satellite imagery cannot provide “direct information” about the origin and age of the structure in the Ram Setu region. The Union government has not submitted an affidavit outlining its position on Mr. Swamy’s argument, which has caused the hearing on this petition to be postponed numerous times.
5. Plan reveals Tesla would operate with reduced output in Shanghai in January
According to an internal timetable seen by Reuters, Tesla intends to run a limited production schedule at its Shanghai plant in January, continuing the decreased output it started this month into next year.As per the timetable obtained by Reuters, Tesla would produce electric vehicles for 17 days in January, from Jan. 3 to Jan. 19, and then suspend production for a longer break for the Chinese New Year from Jan. 20 to Jan. 31. In its output forecast, Tesla did not give an explanation for the production slowdown. It was also unclear whether production at the factory would continue while the Model 3 and Model Y manufacturing lines were shut down. For the Chinese New Year, Tesla has not made it a standard habit to shut down for a prolonged amount of time.
6. Russia forbids oil shipments to countries that have a $60 per barrel price cap
On Tuesday, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree that forbids the supply of crude oil and oil products beginning on February 1 for a period of five months to countries who adhere to the restriction. This was Russia’s long-awaited reaction to a Western pricing cap. In response to Moscow’s “special military operation” in Ukraine, the Group of Seven major nations, the European Union, and Australia agreed this month to a $60 per barrel price restriction on Russian seaborne crude oil, effective as of December 5.
7. As chest-deep snow traps families for days, the US blizzard leaves over 50 people dead
Several families were reported to have been trapped for days during the “blizzard of the century” in the monster storm that devastated New York state and aviation travellers nationwide over the Christmas holiday.After three more fatalities were reported in western New York’s Erie County, the crisis’s crux, the number of deaths linked to the winter storm increased to more than 50. The largest city in the lakeside county, Buffalo, which has been cut off for five days by chest-deep snow banks and power outages, and where further snowfall was predicted for Tuesday, tweeted that the police department “expects that number to climb.”
8. Rohit Sharma will serve as captain again in ODIs, while Hardik Pandya will captain the T20Is against Sri Lanka
The BCCI confirmed late on Tuesday night that star all-rounder Hardik Pandya will captain the Indian cricket team in the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka, beginning on January 3 in Mumbai. The T20I team does not include KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, or Rohit Sharma. Starting on January 10, Rohit will return to captain Team India in the ODI series against the same opponents. In the T20I series, Suryakumar Yadav will serve as the team’s vice-captain; in the ODI series, Hardik will take Rohit’s place.
9. LG’s new camera tech could solve the bulky smartphone camera bump issue
Although LG has formally left the smartphone business, it is still producing smartphone displays and other accessories. The South Korean company has just revealed that it has created a brand-new camera module that may be the answer to one of the greatest problems with current flagship smartphones. Recently, LG Innotek developed a small camera module for smartphones that can provide up to 9x of genuine optical zoom.
10. Cirkus Box Office Collection Day 5: Rohit Shetty-Ranveer Singh’s Bollywood film crashes
Cirkus Box Office Collection: Rohit Shetty’s holiday film, which stars Ranveer Singh and a large ensemble cast that also includes Pooja Hegde, Jacqueline Fernandez, Johnny Lever, Varun Sharma, Mukesh Tiwari, Radhika Bangia, Vrajesh Hirjee, Murali Sharma, and Anil Charanjeett, is performing poorly at theatres. Major centres and multiplexes failed to demonstrate any growth, which resulted in essentially flat collections for the movie. The movie, which came out on December 23, has gotten a lot of negative and positive feedback from critics and people alike.
