Good news: From World Elephant Day to Tigress Sheela giving birth, read 5 cheerful stories

With coronavirus cases and death toll witnessing a surge worldwide, news updates can create a gloom-and-doom driven environment. However, good news amidst all se uncertainties can help lift people's moods. Here's a wrap update on all positive events from day.

World Elephant Day: Netizens share photos, videos to celebrate 'majestic' beings

World Elephant Day is an annual celebration dedicated to perseverance and protection of world’s elephant population. occasion, which is marked on August 12, aims to bring attention to urgent plights of Asian and African tuskers. day also holds a special place in hearts of Indians, who consider elephants ‘cultural herit’ of country. While actor Randeep Hooda shared a mochrome photograph writing that species were ‘regenerators of forest’, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javbedkar shared a video clip highlighting that elephants are protected in India t only because of strong wildlife laws but because Indians revere, are more tolerant & affectionate towards animals.

Queen of night flower looks gorgeous as it blooms; watch Time-lapse video

A beautiful video showing blooming of night flower has gone viral on social media. Queen of Night, also called Epiphyllum oxypetalum, is a species of cactus and its flowers bloom during night time only. Captured in a time-lapse video, blooming of night flower has stunned netizens. 

World Elephant Day: Needle hole point near Mahabaleshwar looks like an Elephant's trunk

Seven kms away from Mahabaleshwar, near Kate’s point is beautiful Needle Hole Point. Kwn for some stunning views of Deccan Trap, rock formation can be seen with a hole in between. Thus, giving it name, ‘Needle Hole’ and looking similar to an Elephant’s trunk. A very much kwn tourist point, speciality of this place is its natural rock formation which gives it a unique structure, looking similar to an elephant’s trunk. On August 12, which is celebrated as World Elephant Day, people are resharing ims of magnificent Needle Hole point across social media. People are using hashtag #HaathiHumaraSaathi to spread awareness. 

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Smriti Irani shares photo of her loved ones with important te to raise COVID awareness

Amid rising threat from COVID-19 pandemic, Union Minister Smriti Irani took to social media to spread an important mess- 'wear masks'. Irani, who is kwn to spread awareness and inspiration through her relatable posts, shared a photograph of her family, all covered in face coverings as y stepped out. In caption, 44-year-old lawmaker wrote that she never let’s her loved ones to leave house without covering ir faces and asked people to follow same.

Good News: Tigress Sheela gives birth to three cubs at Bengal Safari in Siliguri

Bengal Safari Tigress Sheela gave birth to three cubs on August 12, taking total tiger population at rth Bengal Wild Animals Park, Siliguri, to seven. park had earlier four tigers, including Shenasish (male) and Sheela (female) brought from Nadankanan Zoological Park, Orissa and one male Tiger Viban brought from Tata Steel Zoological Park, Jharkhand. rth Bengal Wild Animals Park shared video of cubs on its Facebook p Bengal Safari, calling it a result of successful conservation breeding. Calling it a blissful day at Bengal Safari, Tiger Safari said that Tigress Sheela gave birth to three adorable cubs early in morning on August 12.

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