✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. India could talk with a new government in Afghanistan if it is inclusive and has representation of all sections of the society of Afghanistan. Experts have suggested all diplomatic resources be used to ensure that Afghanistan does not become a hub of anti-India activity.
2. Oman to allow entry to Indians from 01 September 2021.
3. The govt is committed to “full evacuation” of Indians from Afghanistan, where the situation is “critical”, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday after briefing the leaders at an all-party meet on the Afghan situation.
4. India has sought “more clarity” from the US on the price fixation, maintenance and transfer of technology in the proposed $3 billion (around Rs 22,000 crore) deal to acquire 30 armed MQ-9B Predator drones, which are designed for long-range precision strikes against hostile targets on land and sea.
5. BrahMos Aerospace, a joint venture (JV) of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India and NPO Mashinostroeyenia (NPOM) of Russia, has proposed the setting up of a modern production facility in the Lucknow node of the Uttar Pradesh Defence Corridor.
6. The DRDO on 25 Aug said its latest advanced chaff technology to safeguard IAF’s fighter jets provides passive jamming against infra-red and radar threats. In collaboration with the Pune-based facility of the DRDO, the Defence Laboratory in Jodhpur has developed the advanced chaff material and chaff cartridge
7. India and Russia have signed defence deals worth $15 billion in the past three years with big-ticket purchases such as the S-400 missile system, said Viktor N Kladov, director for international cooperation and regional policy.
8. Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India General Bipin Rawat said the Taliban in Afghanistan are the same as they were 20 years ago. “We are getting reports of what’s happening there. Only their partners have changed now,”
9. Four-day Malabar wargame begins off coast of Guam in Western Pacific
Indian Navy has deployed its stealth frigate INS Shivalik, anti-submarine warfare corvette INS Kadmatt and a fleet of P8I maritime surveillance aircraft in the 25th edition of the mega exercise.
10. India on 26 Aug (Thursday) strongly condemned the deadly bomb explosions near the Kabul airport and said the attacks reinforced the need for the world to stand unitedly against terrorism.
11. The Taliban is not allowing 140 Afghan Hindus and Sikhs to visit India on the occasion of the 400th birth anniversary of Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur, Delhi-based think tank Indian World Forum claimed on 26 Aug (Thursday).
12. The high-voltage Malabar exercise featuring the navies of all four Quad countries—India, the US, Australia and Japan—began on 26 Aug (Thursday)
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🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. The Taliban has been showing off its own “special forces” on social media, soldiers in new uniforms equipped with looted American equipment who contrast sharply with the image of the usual Afghan insurgent.
2. The Pentagon on 26 Aug (Thursday) confirmed two explosions in Kabul, which resulted in the deaths of scores of people, including at least 12 US Marine servicemen. The first blast was reported at the Abbey Gate while the second one was near the Baron Hotel. Thousands of people have gathered to try to flee the country on Western airlift since the Taliban seized power earlier this month.
3. An ISIS suicide bomber was responsible for the explosion outside the Kabul airport. According to a local reporter, a suicide attacker blew himself up in the middle of a large crowd at the airport.
4. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the terror attack near Hamid Karzai International Airport and expressed his support for the victims of the blast.
5. America’s Vice President, Kamala Harris, met top Vietnamese leaders during a trip across South Asia. She offered the States’ support to Vietnam in their bid to counter China’s increasing presence in the South China Sea.
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