1.Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll tops 12,000.-Thinly stretched rescue teams on Wednesday continued searching for survivors buried in the rubble of thousands of buildings destroyed in Turkey and Syria by catastrophic earthquakes and aftershocks that killed more than 12,000.Amid calls for the Turkish government to send more help to the disaster zone, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited a "tent city" in Kahramanmaras, where people forced from their homes are living.-cbsnews.com
2.Twitter on Wednesday began placing limits on the frequency of tweets an account can send, with users operating both individual and business accounts receiving error messages about exceeding the “daily limit for sending Tweets.The company, under Elon Musk, is now placing limits to the number of direct messages and tweets that a user can send per day, according to a page on Twitter’s Help Center site.-hollywoodreporter.com
3.President Biden on Wednesday said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has “already lost Ukraine,” adding that aid to Ukraine during the Russian invasion is open-ended.“There’s no way that Putin is going to be able to — he’s already lost Ukraine,” Biden said.-thehill.com
4.The US wants to be not only India's security partner of the first resort but also its “premier partner” in its extraordinary growth story, the Pentagon has said.These remarks were made by Pentagon Press Secretary Brig Gen Patrick Ryder on Wednesday while responding to a question on the recently launched India-US initiative on critical emerging technologies, which has a significant defence component in it.-ndtv.com
5.The US is not looking to sanction New Delhi for continuing its purchase of oil from Russia as the India-US relations are most consequential, US assistant secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried on Wednesday said. "We are not looking to sanction India. Our relationship with India is the most consequential relationship," Donfried said in a telephonic press conference, as reported by ANI.-hindustantimes.com
6.Plant based meat alternatives, also known as meat analogs or meat substitutes, are products designed to mimic the taste, texture, and appearance of meat, but made entirely from plant-based ingredients. These products have gained popularity in recent years due to increased concern for animal welfare, environmental sustainability, and personal health. However, the nutritional benefits and drawbacks of plant-based meat alternatives are a subject of debate.-hindustantimes.com
7.Speaker of legislative assembly, Rahul Narwekar, convened a meeting with the chairperson of Mumbai Port Authority (MPA) Rajiv Jalota on Monday, to address the issue of the lack of parking space in Colaba. In the course of the meeting, it was discussed that a car park be planned on a plot owned by MPA and occupied by the Taj Mahal Palace.-hindustantimes.com
8.For every rupee that the Government of India earns, 34 paise comes through borrowings and liabilities while Goods and Services Tax (GST) contributes 17 paise, the 2023 Union Budget reveals.Income tax and corporation tax add 15 paise each to every one rupee the Centre earns each year, while Union Excise Duty and Customs add seven and four paise respectively.The remaining eight paise comes from non-tax receipts and non-debt capital receipts.-ndtv.com
9.India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), the public sector undertaking under the aegis of the Ministry of Tourism announced the impressive results for quarter and nine months ended 31st December, 2022. The turnover for the period Oct-Dec.2022 is INR 123.13 crore which is the highest during the F.Y. 2022-23 and the cumulative turnover for the nine months ended 31st December, 2022 is INR 318.50 crore. The profit before tax is INR 60.73 crore for the nine months ended 31st December, 2022.-hospitalitybizindia.com
10.Domestic travel, especially the leisure travel segment, gave wind to the industry in 2022 and we expect the momentum to continue in 2023 too. Within this sector, the demand for experiential travel has seen an exponential growth with travellers seeking unique and offbeat getaways with immersive, hyperlocal experiences, that truly help them connect to the place travelled to.-hotelierindia.com
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