✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. The government on Friday told Lok Sabha that 83 Indian defence personnel, including prisoners of war are believed to be in Pakistan’s custody. In a written reply, Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan said the Pakistan government has however not acknowledged the presence of prisoners of war or the Indian defence personnel in their custody.
2. 8-ft-high statue of Mahatma Gandhi vandalised in US, probe launched
A bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi, located at Union Square near Manhattan was vandalised on Friday. Condemning the incident, the Consulate General of India in New York said the matter has also been taken up for immediate investigation. The 8-foot-high statue was donated by the Gandhi Memorial International Foundation on October 2, 1986, to mark Gandhi’s 117th birth anniversary.
3. India-UAE relations: Emirate’s royal member Sheikh Majid Rashid Al Mualla’s visit to India. Member of the ruling family accompanied by a team of five is likely to be in India from Feb 11-14.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. Russia on Saturday said it will ease certain COVID-19 restrictions from Sunday, as a record 1,77,282 daily cases are reported. People from Sunday do not have to quarantine after coming in contact with infected persons, as up to 20% of infected people in Russia have no symptoms. Moscow’s schools and nurseries can end isolation rules for students starting next week.
2. Greek farmers on 04 Feb protested against rising energy costs with hundreds of tractors blocking a national highway in central Greece. High energy costs have led to inflation increasing to 5.1% in December, the highest in 11 years.
3. 10 killed, 3 other injured in landmine blast in Somalia. They were travelling in a bus was heading to the southern port city of Kismayo. Kismayo is a former stronghold of the Islamic terrorist group al-Shabaab, which frequently attacks civilian and government targets in the country.
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