Today’s Top 10 News: From PM Modi’s luxury Ganga cruise launch to Oscar Winner Jessica Chastain’s praise for SS Rajamouli’s “RRR,” here is the wrap up 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.
1. On January 13, PM Modi will launch luxury Ganga cruise
On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will set sail from Varanasi on the world’s longest river cruise, “MV Ganga Vilas,” which will travel 3,200 kilometres in 51 days along 27 different river systems in five states in India and Bangladesh. According to a statement released on Sunday, the voyage is scheduled to stop at 50 tourist destinations, including World Heritage Sites, National Parks, river ghats, and important towns like Patna in Bihar, Sahibganj in Jharkhand, Kolkata in West Bengal, Dhaka in Bangladesh, and Guwahati in Assam.
2. Army’s rightsizing plan: cross-skilling and veterans in training facilities
The Army’s planned manpower optimisation operation aims to improve its tooth-to-tail ratio by bringing in veterans with specific skills for its training institutions on a contractual basis, cross-skilling technical trades, and outsourcing various services at its static units (the number of military personnel it takes to supply and support a combat soldier).
3. Street sellers and small business owners received loans totaling $1,550 million; Sitharaman encourages women to create FPOs and apply for finance
At a financial outreach event held here on Sunday, loans totaling 1,550 crore were distributed in a single day to street sellers, small-scale business owners, and cattle rearers. Some recipients received the checks from Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Other borrowers, according to officials, will receive their loan amounts during the day.
4. In the Ludhiana court blast case, NIA names five
In the chargesheet submitted in connection with the explosion at the Ludhiana court complex in December 2021, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has named the Pakistan-based smuggler through whose network the improvised explosive device (IED) was reportedly carried into the country. Lakhbir Singh Rode, the leader of the outlawed International Sikh Youth Federation, is credited by the FBI with planning the explosion. On December 23, 2021, an event occurred that resulted in the death of Gagandeep Singh and the injury of six other individuals. He is accused of carrying an IED to the court complex.
5. Rioters supporting Bolsonaro attack Brazil’s highest levels of government
Just one week after the inauguration of his leftist challenger, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters invaded Congress, the Supreme Court, and the presidential palace in the nation’s capital on Sunday. They refused to recognise their candidate’s electoral defeat. Thousands of protesters broke over security barriers, scaled roofs, shattered windows, and entered all three structures, which were thought to be largely empty on the weekend. Some of the protesters demanded military action to either instal Mr. Bolsonaro, a member of the far-right, or remove Mr. Lula from office.
6. 15 Ministers, including Rishi Sunak, could lose their seats in the general election, according to a recent poll
According to a media claim using recent polling data, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and 15 of his Cabinet Ministers could lose their seats in a general election “wipeout” in 2024. As per the polling data provided to The Independent newspapers, senior Tories like Prime Minister Sunak, Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab, and Health Secretary Steve Barclay are all at risk of losing the election anticipated in 2024.
7. Pharma industry to prioritise supply chain and Covid management
The local pharmaceutical industry will prioritise pandemic preparedness and supply chain alignment in 2023 as the possibility of a new coronavirus variety looms large for several nations, including India. The three main weapons in the fight against Covid—medications, boosters, and diagnostics—are once again in the forefront. Additionally, a focus on quality will rule the agenda for pharmaceutical businesses in the aftermath of recent child deaths in the Gambia and Uzbekistan that may have been brought on by tainted cough syrups, according to sources in the industry.
Lenders for Reliance Capital (RCap) will get together on Monday to conduct yet another round of auctions for the heavily indebted corporation in an effort to increase their recovery. This comes after IndusInd International Holdings (Hindujas) made a tardy offer in an effort to outbid Torrent Investments, the top bidder in the previous challenger round of the auction.
9. Fitness for cricket should come first, not for tests like Yo-Yo: Sunil Gavaskar
The enigmatic Yo-Yo test, according to legendary Indian batter Sunil Gavaskar, is an inaccurate indicator of a cricketer’s level of fitness.The newly-elected board and the team management reached an understanding during a review meeting on January 3 that the test will once again be employed as a selection criterion prior to an international assignment, as stated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
10. Oscar Winner Jessica Chastain heaps praises on SS Rajamouli’s Magnum Opus “RRR”
The most recent Hollywood A-lister to praise SS Rajamouli’s masterpiece RRR is Oscar winner Jessica Chastain.The performer, who is well-known for her roles in Zero Dark Thirty, Interstellar, A Most Violent Year, and The Eyes of Tammy Faye, expressed her enthusiasm for the movie in a tweet.
