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World Lion Day: Significance, interesting facts and types of lions

World Lion Day plays an important role in mobilising support and action to secure a future for these wild animals by underlining their conservation needs.

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World Lion Day: Significance, interesting facts and types of lions

World Lion Day is celebrated on August 10 every year to raise awareness about their declining population. The day is commemorated to recognize that lions were facing potential crisis with habitat loss, man-human conflict, poaching and diseases. 

World Lion Day 2023: Significance

World Lion Day plays an important role in mobilising support and action to secure a future for these wild animals by underlining their conservation needs. It is often said that there is an urgent need for their conservation. This day aims to educate the masses about the importance of lions in the ecosystem and their cultural significance.

World Lion Day 2023: Interesting facts

Lions can eat about 40 Kg of meat at once. They are known to have enormous appetites and can consume nearly 25% of their body weight in a single meal. 

It is hardly known that among all big cats, lions are the laziest. They sleep and rest for 21 to 22 hours a day and therefore they hunt only two to three hours in a day. As per records, the large cats consume so much food at once that they can go on many days without eating. 

Male lion’s roars are audible up to 8 Km away. In addition, they can also cover short distances at a speed of 80 kph. They are also capable of climbing vertical trunks of trees with ease. 

Lionesses give birth secretly. The lioness often gives birth to her cub alone and far from the rest of the pride. Following the birth, she hides the cub from everyone for almost six weeks. 

World Lion Day 2023: Types of lions

Barbary Lion: They are also known as North Africa lion, Atlas lion and Egyptian lion. They are now extinct. It is reported that the last Barbary lion was probably killed in 1922 in Morocco. 

Asiatic Lion: They are also known as Persian Lion. Currently, they can only be found in India. Reportedly, its range has been restricted to Gir National Park in Gujarat. 

Transvaal Lion: These lions are a subspecies of the African lion and are found in the Southern parts of Africa.

Southwest African Lion: This species is majorly found in Angola, Namibia, western Zimbabwe and Zambia.

White Lion: These lions are genetic rarity of Panthera Leo and is found in only one place on the planet namely Timbavati and Kruger regions. 

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Mentally unwell man reunited with family in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal after 10 years

On August 16, the residents of his native village held a welcome ceremony for him as he had returned after a decade, Kakade said. 

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A mentally unwell man who was missing for over a decade was reunited with his family in Yavatmal in Maharashtra last week, an official said on Saturday.

According to an official, the 34-year-old man, a tribal, was working as a caterer in Bengaluru and lost his mental balance, after which he began roaming around aimlessly.

Speaking to the national news agency PTI, Ashok Kakade of Divya Seva Residential Rehabilitation Centre in Varvand said a missing person complaint was filed at Bengaluru police station at the time.

After one social worker, Sandeep Shinde spotted him in Latur, he was shifted to Divya Seva Residential Rehabilitation Centre in Varvand in Buldhana where he had been treated for the last 10 years, Kakade added.

Kakade said: “We named him Pushkar and after a long time, he started writing in Kannada on a board. An elderly woman who came to the centre recognised him and identified him as Arjun. She gave us more details, due to which we could verify his Aadhaar card and realised his family was in Yavatmal.”

On August 16, the residents of his native village held a welcome ceremony for him as he had returned after a decade, Kakade said. 

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Railway reacts to viral video of ticket inspector being attacked in Mumbai local train

The ticket price of the AC local is more than the first-class tickets, he further said.

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Reacting to the viral video of a Mumbai local train where a travelling ticket inspector (TTE) was physically assaulted by passengers on August 15, the CPRO Wester Railway Vineet Abhishek said those three persons who tried to create a disturbance had no connection with the three passengers caught with the first class tickets.

Speaking to ANI, the CPRO Abhishek said that a video went viral on social media of the incident that happened on  August 15 in which three passengers travelling in the AC local were caught with three first-class tickets. The ticket price of the AC local is more than the first-class tickets, he further said.

He added, “These passengers were told to pay the penalty by the ticket checker. Three persons tried to create a disturbance and these persons had no connection with the three passengers caught with the first class tickets.”

The Railway official said that they also misbehaved with the staff. After calling GRP and RPF the three persons issued a written apology, he added. “We request the passenger to travel with a valid ticket and should not misbehave with the railway staff”, he said.

In a viral video, the passengers’ unruly behavior on the Churchgate-Virar fast air-conditioned (AC) local train caused chaos and the heated argument turned into a physical altercation with a Railway TTE. The incident, which was recorded on video that went viral, highlights the challenges faced by ticket checkers while doing their duties in the crowded suburban trains in Mumbai.

Ticket inspector Singh was conducting a ticket check when he discovered three passengers traveling with first-class tickets in an air-conditioned local train. Singh asked the passengers to pay the fine in accordance with railway regulations. During this process, Aniket Bhosale, another passenger on the same train, began arguing with Singh. The situation escalated into a violent confrontation.

When the train reached Borivali, Singh requested Bhosale to disembark, but Bhosale refused. He reportedly abused Singh and physically assaulted him, tearing Singh’s shirt, due to this problem Singh lost Rs 1,500 that had been collected as fines from other passengers. Singh claimed that the train was halted at Borivali due to the altercation, preventing him from performing his duties.

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Two Hindu outfit workers arrested for offering Gangajal at Taj Mahal; video goes viral

The police have identified the arrested individuals as Vinesh and Shyam from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh.

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Two members of the Hindu outfit, Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, were arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday for allegedly offering Gangajal (Holy water) at the Taj Mahal in Agra on the occasion of Sawan month. The video of the incident has been shared widely on the internet.

A viral video of the incident shows one of the accused, who entered the monument’s premises after purchasing a ticket as a tourist, pouring water from a plastic bottle on a closed staircase.

At the Taj Mahal, the original grave of the Mumtaz Mahal is in the basement of the world’s seventh wonders. The accused argued that the Taj Mahal is not a monument but a Shiva temple, and the holy water was poured onto a sticker displaying Om.

The accused, who are in Tajganj Police custody, claimed that they offered holy water in plastic bottles, considering the Taj Mahal as ‘Tejo Mahalay’, a Shiv temple.

The police have identified the arrested individuals as Vinesh and Shyam from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh.

A case has been registered at the Tajganj police station against these two youths by the Agra city deputy commissioner of police Suraj Rai, following a written complaint by CISF. Necessary action is being taken.

The Deputy Commissioner said two youths have claimed to have offered Gangajal inside the Taj Mahal, referring to it as Tejo Mahalaya. They performed this act at the basement door of the main mausoleum and have shared a video of it online, he added. The CISF, responsible for Taj Mahal security, detained the youths and handed them over to the police, Rai further said.

The arrested individuals, Vinesh and Shyam from Mathura, are associated with the Hindu Mahasabha, adding that DCP Rai said police are currently investigating the matter.

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