✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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1. The BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs have condemned the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on 22nd of April in the strongest terms. The BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs held their annual meeting on the sidelines of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York yesterday. The meeting was chaired by India in its capacity as the incoming BRICS Chair for 2026.
2. The Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve in Himachal Pradesh has been inducted into the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves. The announcement was made at the World Congress of Biosphere Reserves in Hangzhou, China, highlighting the region’s significance as a model for sustainable development.
3. India’s Dugong Conservation Reserve in Palk Bay has received formal recognition from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The motion was adopted at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 held in Abu Dhabi.
4. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released the 8th issue of Environmental Accounting on Forest
2025 on 25th September 2025. The publication aligns with the UN System of Environmental Economic Accounts (SEEA) framework.
5. The Government of India has recently launched a major programme aimed at enhancing water security across rural areas. This initiative focuses on integrating water conservation with rural employment schemes to ensure sustainable use of water resources.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
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1. The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has recently ordered a suspension of all construction activities within one kilometre of the Pallikaranai Marshland. This directive aims to protect the ecologically sensitive wetland until a detailed scientific study defines its precise zone of influence.
2. The UAE has introduced its first Sovereign Mobility Cloud at the Dubai World Congress for Self-Driving Transport in 2025. This platform marks advancement in the country’s autonomous mobility ambitions.
3. Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has launched the Dubai Autonomous Zone (DAZ) — a 15-kilometre corridor for driverless vehicles and marine transport, to be operational by early 2026.
4. Hungary has rejected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s claim that Hungarian reconnaissance drones violated Ukraine’s airspace.
5. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that British citizens and permanent residents will have to produce a mandatory digital identification card in order to get work, reviving a contentious idea in an effort to show that the government has control of the country’s borders.
6. United Nations’ sanctions on Iran are set to be reimposed this weekend after the UN Security Council failed to adopt a resolution that would have extended the 2015 Iran nuclear deal for six months to allow time for diplomacy. The draft resolution, tabled by China and Russia, won four votes in favour and nine votes against, with two abstentions, failing to get the nine positive votes required for adoption.
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