WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD

Army Day is celebrated on 15 January every year in India, in recognition

of Lieutenant General Kodandera M. Cariappa's (later who became Field
Marshal ) taking over as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian
Army from General Francis Roy Bucher , the last British Commander-in-
Chief of India, on 15 January 1949. The day is celebrated in the form of
parades and other military shows in the national capital New Delhi as well
as in all headquarters. On 15 January 2023, India celebrated its 75th Indian
Army Day in Bengaluru. Army Day marks a day to salute the valiant
soldiers who sacrificed their lives to protect the country and its citizens.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation issued a show-cause notice to Go

First on Tuesday after a flight from Bangalore airport took off leaving more
than 50 passengers forgotten in a bus on the tarmac. The aviation
regulatory sent a notice to the airline officials, asking why enforcement
action should not be taken against them for “dereliction of their regulatory
obligations". Meanwhile, the airline issued an apology, de-rostered all
concerned staff and initiated an inquiry into the incident. “All concerned
staff have been de-rostered by the airline and an inquiry is currently
underway," sources said. The DGCA has given two weeks time to the airline
to submit their reply.
Satellite images released by ISRO’s National Remote Sensing Centre on
Friday show that Uttarakhand’s Joshimath witnessed a rapid sinking of
5.4cm in just 12 days— between 27 December 2022 and 8 January 2023.
The images and report have come just days after cracks appeared in many
roads and hundreds of houses in the city, which has now been declared as a
landslide and subsidence-hit zone by the authorities. So far, a total of 168
families have evacuated to temporary relief centres.
What exactly is subsidence?
Subsidence is the “sinking of the ground because of underground material
movement”, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA). It can happen for a host of reasons, man-made or
natural, such as the removal of water, oil, or natural resources, along with
mining activities. Earthquakes, soil erosion, and soil compaction are also
some of the well-known causes of subsidence.
Why is Joshimath sinking?
The exact reason behind the land subsidence in Joshimath is still unknown,
but experts suggest that it might have been caused by unplanned
construction, overpopulation, obstruction of the natural flow of water, and
hydel power activities.

At least 68 people were confirmed dead in the plane crash in Nepal, the
worst air crash in three decades in the small Himalayan nation. Officials
said they had retrieved the remains of 68 people onboard a 72-seater
passengers aircraft operated by Yeti Airlines before they had to call off the
search operation for the day. The twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft was flying
from Kathmandu to Pokhara, a tourist town located 200 kilometres west,
when it crashed while attempting to land at a newly opened airport.
Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority said that the plane was carrying 68
passengers including 15 foreign nationals, as well as four crew members.
The foreigners included five Indians, four Russians, two South Koreans, and
one each from Ireland, Australia, Argentina and France.

Israel’s parliament has sworn in Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister,

inaugurating the country’s most far-right, religiously conservative
government in history. Netanyahu, 73, took the oath of office on Thursday,
moments after Israel’s parliament, or Knesset, passed a vote of confidence
in his new government. Of the parliament’s 120 members, 63 voted in
favour of the new government, with 54 votes against.

The song ‘Naatu Naatu’, from the wildly popular Telugu film RRR, made
history at the 80th Golden Globes as it became the first Indian song to win
the Best Original Song award. Composed by M M Keeravani, and sung by
Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava, it is an energetic song featuring the
film’s lead actors Ram Charan and Jr NTR. Some of the other nominees in
the category were Rihanna’s ‘Lift Me Up’ from Marvel’s Black Panther:
Wakanda Forever, Taylor Swift’s ‘Carolina’ from Where the Crawdads
Sing and Lady Gaga’s ‘Hold My Hand’ from Top Gun: Maverick. RRR was also
nominated in the Best Non-English Language film category but lost
to Argentina 1985.

Thousands of rioters barged into the presidential palace, Supreme Court

and Congress in Brazil. These rioters have claimed that they are supporters
of former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, according to reports. The mob
violence lasted over three hours. So far, around 300 rioters have been
arrested in connection with riots in Brazil. Leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula
da Silva had defeated Jair Bolsonaro in the presidential election in October.
The Presidential polls were one of the tightest in the country's history. Lula
was the President of Brazil from 2003 to 2011.