✈ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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1. Union Minister of State for Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh, announced that India has emerged as the world’s 6th‑largest patent filer, with over 64,000 patents filed, of which more than 55 per cent are by resident Indian innovators. He made this declaration while speaking at an annual tech‑fest in New Delhi.
2. Odisha’s Puri and Sunapur beaches secure the prestigious Blue Flag certification for 2025–26, reaffirming global recognition for eco-friendly beach tourism.
3. India will receive 8 cheetahs from Botswana under Project Cheetah, strengthening efforts to reintroduce the species decades after extinction.
4. External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar chaired a conference of Indian Consul Generals in the United States, convening senior Indian diplomats from missions across the country to review India-US bilateral cooperation and engagement with the Indian diaspora.
5. The National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) has been honored with the prestigious CIMUSET Award for its climate change gallery “On The Edge?” at Science City, Kolkata. The award was announced during the 27th ICOM General Conference in Dubai, marking a significant achievement for India’s science museum community.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
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1. Ukraine strikes major oil terminal in port city Novorossiysk of Russia; Moscow retaliates with barrage of drones and missiles.
2. A Russian Su-30 fighter jet crashed on Thursday evening during a routine training flight in the Karelia region, which borders Finland, killing both pilots on board, the Russian Defence Ministry confirmed. The crash is the latest in a growing number of non-combat aviation accidents involving Russian military aircraft in recent months.
3. Tensions between China and Japan have sharply escalated after new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan were interpreted in Beijing as signalling possible Japanese military involvement in a Taiwan crisis.
4. Presidential Polls Open in Chile Amid Rising Crime, Immigration Concerns and Economic Challenges. If no candidate obtains more than half of the votes, the two frontrunners will go to a runoff election on December 14, according to Chilean law.
5. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone call yesterday to discuss a wide range of Middle East developments, with a strong focus on Gaza, Iran’s nuclear programme and the situation in Syria.
6. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has reaffirmed that the upcoming Group of 20 (G20) Leaders’ Meeting will proceed as planned despite the United States’ decision not to participate.
7. The death toll in the landslide that struck Indonesia’s Java province on Thursday has reached 11.
8. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has detained seven Bangladeshi nationals, including four women and three men, as they attempted to cross into India illegally through the Maheshpur border in Jhenaidah district.
9. The Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 rebel group have signed a framework agreement in Qatar to move towards a peace deal aimed at ending fighting in eastern Congo. Representatives from both sides signed the agreement in the Qatari capital Doha.
10. US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said that South Korea and the United States have opened a new chapter in their alliance with the release of a joint fact sheet on bilateral security and trade agreements.
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