World and International News – 21 January 2023

chinese president xi inspects combat readiness of troops at india china border in eastern ladakh

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. Gilgit-Baltistan Region In Pakistan Demands to be United with India: Pakistan has been witnessing economic turbulence and unrest.

Amid the chaos, the people of the Gilgit-Baltistan region have been protesting against the government of PM Shehbaz Sharif PoK.

2. The fourth round of talks on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the European Union is expected around March this year in Europe.

3. Indian Coast Guard Ships ICGS Shaurya and ICGS Rajveer were on a six-day visit to Chattogram, Bangladesh from 13 to 19 January, 2023 to enhance the cooperative engagements and interoperability under the provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between Indian and Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG).

4. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday expressed India’s solidarity with Sri Lanka and said that New Delhi would encourage more significant investments in the Sri Lankan economy, especially in the core areas like energy, tourism and infrastructure.

India becomes first country to extend assurance to Sri Lanka for its debt restructuring.

5. India’s largest and most valuable drone start-up Garuda Aerospace is participating in World Economic Forum 2023 to unveil the first-ever carbon-neutral drone at the Indian Sustainability Lounge, Davos.

6.Chinese President Xi inspects combat readiness of troops at India-China border in eastern Ladakh
Eastern Ladakh is the region where a standoff erupted on May 5, 2020, between India and China following a violent clash in the Pangong lake area. Xi, who is also general secretary of the ruling Communist Party of China and the commander-in-chief of the PLA, in his remarks to the troops, referred to how “in recent years, the area has been constantly changing” and how it had impacted the Army

🌎WORLD NEWS🌍

1. The ongoing protests in Baluchistan due to the loss of livelihood in the region and a repeated crackdown on the protesters has left the Chinese leadership worried, raising deep concerns about Beijing’s security of investments.

People in Baluchistan have realised that China’s investment is primarily about its own economic and geopolitical objectives.

2. At least eight people were injured in an explosion near a railway track in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province on Friday.The incident took place in the Paneer area of the Bolan district.

3. Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba’s (LeT) deputy chief Abdul Rehman Makki released a video from the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore, denying any links with Al-Qaeda.”
4. In Sri Lanka, at least seven people were on Friday killed and around 50 injured in an accident in Nanu Oya area of Nuwera Eliya district.

5. A federal US judge has ruled that ex-president Donald Trump and one of his attorneys must pay a combined penalty of nearly one million dollars for filing a baseless lawsuit claiming former secretary of state Hillary Clinton had tried to rig the 2016 election.

6. People protested on the streets of Paris and other French cities on Thursday amid nationwide strikes against the government’s plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.

7. US announces fresh military aid for Ukraine worth $2.5 bn.

8. Three suicide drones attacked a US base in Syria on Friday, wounding two.

9. Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes near Guadeloupe in the Caribbean on Friday.

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