✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. WHO’s Technical advisory group will meet on Oct 26th to consider Emergency Use Listing for Covaxin. Dr Soumya Swaminathan, WHO’s Chief Scientist said.
2. World Bank President David Malpass met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Washington and discussed India’s efforts on climate change action.
3. The World Bank statement added that President Malpass congratulated Minister Sitharaman on India’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign and thanked India for its international role in vaccine production and distribution.
4. Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan will be on a five day official visit to Sudan and South Sudan from today. (18 Oct).
5. India has proposed to host a meet National Security Advisors (NSA) on Afghanistan in Delhi around November 10-11 and NSAs of key stakeholders including Russia and Pakistan have been invited for the meet.
6. On October 20, India will be part of Moscow Format of talks on Afghanistan which will bring Indian officials face to face with Taliban for first time since the interim Govt. The Russian President has made it clear that Moscow is not officially recognising Taliban (outlawed in Russia) in a haste even as it wound maintain contact with the interim government.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. Pakistan has opened its air trade route for the first time to commercial cargo destined to landlocked Afghanistan.
2. Russian actress Yulia Peresild and Russian producer-director Klim Shipenko landed on Earth after 12 days of filming their movie ‘Challenge’, on the International Space Station.
3. The 131st death anniversary of the legendary Sufi saint of Bangladesh Lalon Fakir was observed in the country on 16 Oct. A programme ‘ Lalon Smaran Utsab’ was organised at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) to pay tribute to Lalon on this occasion.
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