World and International News – 21 December 2022

Millions of Twitter users voted in favour of musk stepping down

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. The first Joint Finance and Health Task Force, JFHTF meeting under India’s G20 Presidency was held in virtual mode yesterday.

2. Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said that Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, will promote inclusive development through the enhancement of trade and investment in the region.

3. India restores e-visa facility for Canadian passport-holders. The High Commission of India in Ottawa said.

4. Stones were allegedly hurled at Indian workers, building a protection wall along the Kali river between India and Nepal, from across the border in Uttarakhand.

🌎WORLD NEWS🌍

1. In Thailand, HTMS Sukhothai capsized on Sunday night as it was patrolling the Gulf of Thailand. Thai military frigates and helicopters were searching for 31 sailors after a naval vessel sank.

2. Pakistan, all the 33 suspected militants, who captured a Counter-Terrorism Depart­ment (CTD) centre in Bannu last weekend, were killed in an operation conducted by the Pakistan Army.

3. Australia, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been named country’s next ambassador to the United States.

4. Ahead of the national elections due in January 2024 in Bangladesh, the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) , unveils 27-point agenda for constitutional, governance reform.

5. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected as the leader of the governing African National Congress (ANC) at a party leadership contest.

6. In Afghanistan, the death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in a tunnel north of the capital, Kabul, has risen to 31.

7. Millions of Twitter users have voted in favour of Elon Musk stepping down as the head of Twitter in a poll conducted by the billionaire himself. Elon Musk has tweeted for the first time since more than 10 million people voted in favour of him stepping down as Twitter’s chief executive, saying that only paid Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to vote in future policy-related polls

8. Hawaii’s Last Princess, Abigail Kawānanakoa passes away at the age of 96 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

9. Taliban bans university education for Afghan girls. The move further restricts women’s access to formal education, as they were already excluded from secondary schooling.

10. Pakistan plans to shut markets, restaurants by 8 pm amid energy crisis.

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